The Hotel San Carlos branch in Phoenix, Arizona, is both an operating hotel and tourist site. It has been associated with ghost sightings. Jump to: navigation, search Phoenix was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ... Jump to: navigation, search Reputed ghost of a monk. ...

Legend

Many employees have said that they have seen ghosts at the hotel, the most commonly mentioned being that of Leone Jensen. This caused the Travel Channel to dedicate a space of their show World Travels to the hotel. This feature on the hotel was premiered on Monday, January 19, 2004. Whether the ghost sighting theory is a promotional stunt or not is debatable. The Travel Channel is a cable television network that features documentaries and how-to shows related to travel and leisure around the United States and throughout the world. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Historical facts

The site where the hotel sits at was the place where the first school in Phoenix was built. The school was inaugurated in 1874. It stopped working in 1916, with construction of a luxury hotel in mind. In addition, many area children passed away during the 1918 swine flu epidemic that attacked the United States. Jump to: navigation, search 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1916 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Negatively stained flu virions. ...

In 1919, the land was bought over by San Carlos Hotel company owners, but construction was delayed until 1927. The hotel competed with the posh, nearby Westward Ho hotel, which was located on what once was Phoenix's first radio transmitter and whose list of clientele include such celebrities as Jack Dempsey and John F. Kennedy. Jump to: navigation, search 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the boxer named Jack Dempsey. ... Jump to: navigation, search John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to as Jack Kennedy or JFK, was the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963). ...

On May 7, 1928, the Arizona Republic reported the death of Leone Jensen. The article's headline read "Pretty blonde jumps from (the) San Carlos (hotel) early today". Based on what she wrote on her death note, it could be assumed that the 22 year old woman was physically abused by her boyfriend, a bellboy at the Westward Ho. Speculations have been made as to whether Jensen was pregnant and/or her boyfriend was having an affair with another hotel worker. Because of these theories, the way she died is also debated. While most evidence pointed to suicide, many have said that she could have been pushed off by her boyfriend or her boyfriend's other girlfriend. Jump to: navigation, search May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Arizona Republic is a newspaper published in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Jump to: navigation, search Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending ones own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act. ...

Another ghost frequently mentioned by hotel employees is that of a little girl, possibly around six to nine years old, who is rumored to visit hotel rooms at night and sit crying. Ghost believers think she was probably one of the area children affected either by the school's closing or the flu epidemic.

On December 9, 2004, yet another tragic death happened at this hotel, when an unidentified man jumped to his death from the hotel's roof. Jump to: navigation, search December 9 is the 343rd day (344th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

Nowadays, hotel San Carlos in Phoenix faces stiff competition from such other five-star hotels such as The Phoenician, The Biltmore, the Ritz Carlton, many Hilton Hotels and the downtown Hyatt. Categories: Companies traded on NYSE | Corporation stubs | Fortune 500 companies | Hotels | Companies based in California ...