The Quinta Gameros — five ghosts haunt Chihuahua's grandest mansion

A mansion in Chihuahua City, built between 1888 and 1893, is said to be inhabited by at least five ghosts. The building, one of the grandest residences in northern Mexico, was commissioned during the Porfiriato era (the long dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz) and reflects the extreme wealth of Chihuahua's mining and ranching elite. The five ghosts are said to include the original owner, his wife, a child, a servant, and an unidentified figure in military dress (possibly from the Mexican Revolution, during which Chihuahua was a major battleground). Staff and visitors describe encounters with these different entities in various parts of the building — the owner in the library, the wife in the bedroom, the child on the staircase, the servant in the kitchen, and the soldier in the main hall. Some visitors have described the ghosts interacting with each other, suggesting an intelligent haunting where the former residents continue their domestic routines. The building's lavish Art Nouveau interior, with its carved woodwork and imported European furnishings, creates an environment that the ghosts apparently find comfortable enough to remain in permanently.