Nevada’s Spooky Attraction is ‘America’s Scariest Motel’
With the approach of the spooky season, thrill-seekers and Halloween enthusiasts eagerly seek out the most chilling and immersive experiences. In Nevada, there’s a motel that has fully embraced a clown theme and proudly goes by the moniker “America’s scariest motel.”
The Clown Motel is located in Tonopah. According to their website, the lobby has various clown decorations, including a life-sized clown figure seated in a chair, cradling smaller clown dolls. Adding to the motif, every room follows the clown theme. Each part of the hotel has clown depictions on doors and portraits of well-known clowns like Bozo hanging on the walls.
“America’s scariest motel” has ghostly encounters
Tonopah is often recognized as a ghost town. It was even featured on Discovery+ during the 14th season of Ghost Adventures in 2021. In an interview in that episode, the former owner, John Perchetti, shared accounts of numerous staff members and guests of the motel claiming to have experienced paranormal incidents. The Ghost Adventures team managed to record EVP (electronic voice phenomenon) featuring a voice saying, “Hello, it turned on,” and they also captured what seems like footage of a sizable clown doll’s hand detaching from its leg, seemingly moving by itself.
Interestingly, “America’s scariest motel” is conveniently located next to the historic Old Tonopah Cemetery, adding to its spooky vibe. As Travel Nevada highlights, between 1901 and 1911, the Old Tonopah Cemetery served as the resting site for nearly 300 people. Many of them fell victim to the untamed Wild West way of life and the health regulations of that era. The source also notes that a significant portion of those that met their end there, due to the puzzling “Tonopah Plague” in 1902 or the catastrophic Belmont Mine Fire that ravaged on February 12, 1911.
Are you brave enough?
If you’re up for it, the clown motel requires guests to be at least 21 years old to book a room. If you’re younger, you’ll need an adult over 21 to stay with you. And even if you can’t visit “Americas’ scariest motel,” you can still taste its spookiness. From movies like the 2019 slasher movie “Clown Motel: Spirits Arise,” which was filmed right there. The film features Ari Lehman, known for his role as young Jason Voorhees in the 1980 movie Friday the 13th.
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