Two weeks ago, it was a haunted library.

Today it’s a haunted hotel in Douglas:

It doesn’t have to be Halloween for ghost stories at the Gadsden. Employees and guests have reported eerie tales all times of the year. There are so many stories that the issue is met with a shrug. Employees don’t seem upset that their workplace is haunted. The ghosts apparently are frisky, not nasty.

“They’re nice,” said Brenda Maley, the assistant manager who’s worked at the hotel for 32 years. “I think they’re happy here.”

These stories join the Republic’s hard-hitting psychics coverage.

In the haunted library story, the reporter mentioned a group called “Sonoran Paranormal Investigations Inc.” This group’s web site says that its work is based on “true scientific inquiry and stringent analysis.”

This story has a whole other paranormal investigation group to call on, called the “Phoenix Arizona Paranormal Society.” This group boasts of its use of “modern techniques and documented evidence aquired during investigations”—and of its “years of paranormal experience both personal and investigative.”

Both sound like reliable sources for newspaper articles.

A representative of the Phoenix Arizona Paranormal Society is called in to attest to the hauntedness of the hotel:

Count in Rod Franklin, a computer technician and founder of the Phoenix Arizona Paranormal Society, as a believer. His group tries to help people get rid of unwanted spirits.

“There are a lot of people who don’t take it seriously, but they’ve never had an encounter,” he said.

It’s hard to argue with that logic!