Places can be haunted by the spirits left in the wake of a tragedy, right? What about when you disturb someone’s final resting place? He and the two victims that fell are often reported to be seen throughout the hotel lobby. This darkness has included several deaths (two falls from balconies into the hotel, an assault/murder, a bomb in the parking garage, and a fight that lead to one person’s death as recently as 2010), financial setbacks during construction, and many injuries during construction as well as the death of a construction worker. Because there is only one sphinx at the hotel, it’s left the hotel open to darkness on the other side. I always thought that there was only one in Egypt, but it turns out there were actually two originally, but only one survived the elements.

Legend says that you have to have two sphinxes, one facing east and one facing west, for protection. However, they only included one which may be the reason for the curse. When they were building the hotel they naturally included the very recognizable sphinx. The Luxor’s shape was modeled after the Great Pyramid (it’s ¾ scale) and it once housed many replica artifacts. The hotel and casino are actually rumored to be cursed. However, it turns out the Luxor was haunted on its own before the artifacts made their way there. I figured that it had to do with the Titanic exhibit and didn’t give it too much thought at first. While I was looking into some of the most haunted places in Las Vegas, I saw the Luxor come up more than a few times.

Haunted Las Vegas by Paul W. Papa