{"id":13321,"date":"2024-08-16T04:39:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=13321"},"modified":"2024-08-16T04:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T09:39:56","slug":"deaths-in-luxor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/deaths-in-luxor\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s With All The Deaths at Luxor Las Vegas?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Las\nVegas is a city that is full of incredible stories of legend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is certainly the case when it comes to the Luxor, where it is believed that an eerily high number of deaths have taken place at the venue, resulting in a huge amount of paranormal activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alongside the usual games of poker<\/a>, blackjack<\/a>, and slots<\/a>, the Luxor is famous for its many grisly deaths and supposed hauntings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a look at the mystery of the deaths at the Luxor and find out how it got dubbed the most haunted casino<\/a> hotel in Sin City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Destined to be Doomed From Day One?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The iconic pyramid-shaped casino resort has a notorious reputation for being linked with numerous suspicious and untimely deaths. It’s even part of the well regarded Vegas Ghost Tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many guests that have chosen to stay at the 4,407 room Egyptian-themed resort have frequently shared their experiences of ghostly events. If you take a look at the history of the venue it\u2019s not surprising that there are so many claims of haunted sightings within the property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The impressive building, which is one of the world\u2019s largest hotels and the 4th largest pyramid, opened in 1993 and took only 18 months and $375 million<\/a> to build. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is thought that\nseveral construction workers died during the building process, with conspiracy\ntheorists suggesting that the management kept these deaths under\nwraps to save the reputation of the resort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reasonable grounds\nfor haunting don’t you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are also some\nwho argue that the Luxor was doomed to be haunted before it was even built, simply\nbecause it is designed like an Ancient Egyptian tomb \u2013 a sure fire way to upset\nthe spirits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many suggest that the Luxor\u2019s\nhaunting has increased since the hotel opened a Titanic themed exhibition in\n2008. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition contains parts of the\ndoomed ship and personal items belonging to many of those who lost their lives\nin the tragedy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A History of Tragic Deaths<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Luxor
Image: Simon Q\/Flickr<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In Las Vegas hotels deaths are not exactly uncommon. Approximately 1,100 visitors die every year in Sin City with the majority being from natural causes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, 15% of all deaths are suicides, 11% homicides, and an eery 6% go completely unexplained<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly all of these deaths will not be reported on<\/a> because the whole of Las Vegas knows that bad news can affect tourism and reduce the city\u2019s profits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, there is little proof of the many deaths that have occurred<\/strong> at the Luxor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, even\nwithout these unreported deaths it is clear something strange is happening\ninside that famous black pyramid. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Luxor\u2019s first\nreported death occurred in 1996 when a lady jumped from the 26th floor of the\nhotel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the Luxor, suicides of this nature are made extra grisly because the pyramid shape of the building means those leaping to their deaths do so from indoor balconies. This means instead of the street they land in the building’s atrium amongst the other guests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another guest is also believed to have fallen to his death, this time from the 10th floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The circumstances around his death remain a mystery but there was no evidence to suggest his fall was voluntary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Surprisingly Large Range of Grisly Endings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Luxor has also seen deaths from many other causes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These have included strangulation, as was the case in the assault, robbery, and murder of a 16-year-old woman by the name of Sara Gruber. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But perhaps the most alarming means of murder came in 2007 when a casino worker, 24-year-old Willebaldo Dorante Antonio, was killed by a home-made explosive device in a plot that Newsweek<\/a> compared to the hit TV show CSI<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bomb was set\nunder a plastic cup that had been left turned upside down on the top of his\ncar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Antonio turned\nthe cup over the explosion was triggered, ripping a hole in the car’s roof and\nkilling him. The casino was not evacuated, and it continued to run as\nnormal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years later,\nthe highest profile death took place at the resort. UNLV football player\nDemario Reynolds got into a fight with another guest, Jason Simon Sindelar, over\nhis partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sindelar was an MMA\nfighter and struck a devastating blow to Reynolds, who then fell unconscious\nafter hitting the floor and never woke again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\n2010 a court ruled that Reynolds had died from an overdose and not from the\nfight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 saw the next\ndeath \u2013 a casino employee was murdered by their boyfriend in full view of the\npublic in the lobby, scarring those who witnessed the murder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The same year, a\ncase of Legionnaires\u2019 disease took another victim at the hotel. Two cases had\nbeen identified previously, with the water being treated both times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, this third\ncase was not picked up quickly enough because tests on the water came back\nnegative until just after the victim\u2019s death. Creepy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A third bizarre death took place that year when an airman visiting from Nellis Air Force Base mysteriously fell 25 feet down an elevator shaft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, no evidence suggested that the victim\u2019s fall was intentional<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghostly Goings On<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Luxor
Image: Glen Scarborough\/Flickr<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With so many deaths\noccurring at the Luxor over the 29 years it has been open, it\u2019s no wonder that\nguests report seeing and meeting many ghosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But who are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nDeadly Blonde<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The most common ghost guests report seeing at the Luxor is a mysterious blonde lady who is often seen in bedrooms on the Luxor’s 12th floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guests sleeping in these rooms have been known to wake up fighting for breath<\/strong> and feeling as if they were being choked<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Others report catching glimpses of the woman standing over their bed or feeling a phantom hand running across their face<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a VERY WEIRD experience when I was staying at the Luxor hotel in Vegas for EVO once. I don't even believe in ghosts\/spirits, but every other "logical" explanation literally does not fit what happened. Not even close.<\/p>— Jen \/\/ LLumiya \ud83d\udc7d (@LLumiya) August 26, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>