Pranksters in the rooms Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
A Las Vegas paranormal group told KSNV in 2019 that spirits at the motel touch people and pull the covers off, and said it filmed the life-size clown in the office moving its hand in 2017. Source: News 3 Las Vegas (KSNV), 2019.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The motel was opened in 1985 by Leroy and Leona David in honor of their late father Clarence, whose clown collection decorated it. It stands beside the historic Tonopah Cemetery, and Vijay Mehar bought it in 2019 (Wikipedia).
Ghost stories
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Room 217 Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The motel's own site claims a housekeeper fled Room 217 after a bedsheet settled into the shape of a body, and that Ghost Adventures investigated rooms 217 and 108 in 2016. Source: Clown Motel (official).
The motel's own site claims a housekeeper fled Room 217 after a bedsheet settled into the shape of a body, and that Ghost Adventures investigated rooms 217 and 108 in 2016. Source: Clown Motel (official).
Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public It is an operating motel (Clown Motel). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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