The Lady in Red Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The Review-Journal quoted the hotel's own version: a prostitute called Rose, real name Evelyn Mae Johnston, who died on January 2, 1914, killed by a jealous gambler. Her ghost is said to haunt Room 502 and the fifth-floor hallway, and some guests say they found a pearl on their pillow. The columnist herself spent three nights there and found no ghosts. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2016.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The Mizpah and the nearby Belvada Building, both five stories, shared the title of tallest building in Nevada until 1927. The hotel was named after the Mizpah Mine (Wikipedia).
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported in 2016 that the hotel was first built in 1907 and was restored and reopened in 2011 by owners Fred and Nancy Cline (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2016).
Ghost stories
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A senator on ice Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The same column noted a legend that Sen. Key Pittman, who died in 1940, was kept on ice in a hotel bathtub until the votes were counted, and that historian Guy Rocha debunked it. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2016.
The same column noted a legend that Sen. Key Pittman, who died in 1940, was kept on ice in a hotel bathtub until the votes were counted, and that historian Guy Rocha debunked it. Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2016.
Then and now
Public access
Open to the public It is an operating hotel (Mizpah Hotel). Last checked: Oct 31, 2026.
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