Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly
Episode: Ro Fisher: Are Las Vegas Hotels Actually Haunted? (DSH #1718)
Date: December 29, 2025
Guest: Ro Fisher
Episode Overview
In this intriguing episode, Sean Kelly sits down with Ro Fisher to tackle one of Las Vegas’s most persistent urban questions: are the city’s iconic hotels actually haunted? The conversation dives into the intersection of personal experience, paranormal theory, and the unique history of famous Vegas landmarks. Ro shares chilling anecdotes, explores the science of energy, discusses the psychology of hauntings, and muses on the metaphysical. The host and guest reflect on everything from cursed artifacts to the implications of spiritual attachment, offering a dialogue that is both contemplative and unsettling.
Key Discussion Points & Insights
1. What Makes a Ghost: Unfinished Business or Lack of Connection?
- Ro’s Theory:
- Some spirits linger due to "heartstrings"—deep attachments with the living. Others, without living loved ones, "linger instead and that’s why they usually stay in those environments" ([00:06], [07:56]).
- The importance of connection in life: maintaining relationships may influence what happens after death ([08:24]).
- Quote:
- “A lot of times people are still connected with heartstrings to individuals that they love deeply and sincerely... there's some individuals that don't have a loved one to connect with, so they linger instead.” — Ro Fisher [00:06]
2. Las Vegas Hotels: A Hotbed for the Paranormal
- The Luxor:
- Ro emphatically believes it’s haunted, citing the presence of "too many entities" and discussing the energy lingering from exhibits like the Titanic artifacts and King Tut’s tomb ([00:51]).
- Objects such as Titanic memorabilia may be conduits for spirits, attracting the presence of those who perished connected to them ([01:27], [01:43]).
- Bally’s (Formerly MGM):
- A fire in 1988 led to lingering spirits; visitors regularly experience cold spots—a classic sign of ghostly presence in Ro’s view ([09:41]).
- Circus Circus:
- Ro recounts a particularly grim history in room 123, where a mother killed her children and herself decades ago. Guests have reported unexplained phenomena: moaning, scratches, and “help me” written on the mirror ([05:22]).
- Quote:
- “There’s too many entities within [the Luxor]... If we have bodies that are actual decrepit corpses inside of the casino, they still have spirits attached to it.” — Ro Fisher [00:51]
- "Since then people have heard moaning and groaning, scratches and even seen the words 'help me' written on the mirror from the children." — Ro Fisher [05:32]
3. How Spirits Attach to Objects
- Personal belongings with sentimental or regular use may become “anchored” for energy, trapping or attracting spirits ([02:01]).
- Ro suggests hotels and nightclubs, locations of frequent emotional turmoil, are especially fertile hunting grounds for negative energy ([02:25], [02:41]).
- Quote:
- “If it’s a cup that someone deals with on a daily basis, it’s easy for their energy to be entrapped inside of that cup or even surround that cup. So that’s why you have houses that are usually possessed.” — Ro Fisher [02:01]
4. Sensitivity to Energy and Paranormal Encounters
- Ro identifies as highly sensitive to energies, able to detect spiritual and negative presences, and recounts childhood experiences starting at age nine ([02:25], [02:34]).
- Work in nightclubs enhanced his awareness; Ro encountered up to seven separate spirits in one venue ([02:34]).
- Meditative focus and “positive energy” are tools for spiritual self-defense ([03:04]).
- Quote:
- “You have to be very persistent with your positive energy... Otherwise, it’s easy to be consumed by it as well.” — Ro Fisher [03:04]
5. Negative Energy in Older Vegas Hotels
- “Cheaper, older hotels in Vegas... seem to really be a breeding ground for this negativity.” ([03:51])
- Ro points to prevalence of despair, mental illness, and suicide in these settings as contributions to spiritual unrest ([05:05]).
- Notable Moment:
- Discussion of suicides at the Stratosphere and Luxor. Ro describes witnessing a suicide clean-up: “within 20 minutes everybody was able to go inside” ([06:16]).
6. Ghosts, the Afterlife, and Dimensions
- Ro explains his search is about “clarity”—making paranormal investigation less taboo and more about understanding life’s next stages ([06:33]).
- On ghostly behavior: they can enter dreams, influence AI, and perhaps interact with our world in ways not yet fully understood ([09:01]).
- Quote:
- “Some of the basis of what we’re seeing, there’s another dimension that’s accessible as well. It’s like Idle Hands... If we have something that is emulating life... the life that is able to access it in the spiritual realm will take hold of it if it can.” — Ro Fisher [09:01]
7. The Nature of Spirits: Heat, Cold, and Perception
- Ghostly cold spots at Bally’s contrast with the usual warmth of living beings.
- Afterlife described not as tangible “clothes, clouds,” but as “an energy mass of matter” ([10:30], [10:49]).
- Quote:
- “When we radiate energy, it’s heat… I think it’s just the opposite that they’re trying to emulate energy and the closest they can is cold.” — Ro Fisher [10:07]
Memorable Quotes & Moments (with Timestamps)
- “There’s too many entities within [the Luxor]... science has already proven to us energy is real.” — Ro Fisher [00:51]
- “You have to be very persistent with your positive energy... Otherwise, it’s easy to be consumed by it.” — Ro Fisher [03:04]
- “In Circus Circus... a mother that was there and she was distraught... she ended up unfortunately taking the life of two children that were hers and her own.” — Ro Fisher [05:22]
- “It’s not a suspicion or a conspiracy to talk about ghosts. It’s a part of life. It’s the next journey.” — Ro Fisher [06:33]
- “I even think that ghosts have been able to infiltrate AI. I think some of the basis of what we’re seeing, there’s another dimension that’s accessible as well.” — Ro Fisher [09:01]
- “When we radiate energy, it’s heat... I think it’s just the opposite that they’re trying to emulate energy and the closest they can is cold.” — Ro Fisher [10:07]
Important Timestamps
- 00:06 – Ro’s theory on who becomes a ghost
- 00:51 – Haunted Luxor: Energy and entities
- 01:27 – Possessed Titanic memorabilia and King Tut's tomb
- 02:01 – How spirits attach to objects
- 02:25 – Ro's sensitivity to energies and nightclub encounters
- 03:04 – Positive vs. negative energy
- 05:22 – Circus Circus hauntings & tragic history
- 06:16 – Suicides at Vegas hotels; Stratosphere incident
- 06:33 – Ro’s motivation: dispelling suspicion around ghosts
- 09:01 – Spirits in dreams, AI, and further dimensions
- 09:41 – Bally’s/MGM fire and cold spots
- 10:07 – The energy of ghosts: cold vs. heat
- 10:30/10:49 – Heaven as matter & energy, not a physical place
Closing & Where to Find Ro
- Find Ro Fisher: @IDKRowOfficial, Off the Grid Network; “Know Your Row” with Maverick, Devon, and Big Homie ([11:07])
Tone & Takeaway
The episode is deeply conversational, mixing personal anecdotes with metaphysical speculation and a touch of dark Vegas history. Ro’s stories are delivered earnestly, occasionally with chilling specificity, and Sean’s sincere curiosity keeps the conversation engaging for believers and skeptics alike. The interplay between science, spirituality, and the mysterious underscores the haunted appeal of Las Vegas hotels.