Zonie.com Benefit Party & Mixer at the Haunted Hotel San Carlos
You are cordially invited to the benefit party and mixer to help save Zonie.com. Join Arizona filmmakers, actors, entertainers, artists, production crew and industry business folk from all over the State, for a night of fun, friends, films, and SPECTERS at the famous Hotel San Carlos in downtown Phoenix. Everyone is welcome! Bring your business cards & your cameras. See if you can capture a ghost on film!
IFP Phoenix Member Debbie Overbey‘s Zonie.com site has been an Arizona community service for the film, production and artist industry since 1997. Dedicated to promoting and supporting the Arts & Arists of Arizona…getting them jobs, keeping them informed, safe, and assisting in making their artistic dreams a reality. Now, after 14 years Zonie is accepting business and corporate sponsors to aid in our quest for another 14 years and longer.
About the Benefit Event
When: Saturday, September 17th, 2011 from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Where:
The Historic, Hotel San Carlos 202 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Phone: 602-253-4121 Toll Free: 1-866-253-4121 www.hotelsancarlos.comAdmission: $5 donation at the door (alcohol, food and drinks are available for purchase)
Spread the word… It’s going to be an awesome and memorable evening!!
Have questions about this event? Please contact Debbie Overbey directly.
More about Hotel San Carlos
Many employees have said that they have seen ghosts at the hotel, the most commonly mentioned being that of Ms. Leone Jensen, dressed in a white evening gown. This caused the Travel Channel to dedicate part of their show World Travels to the hotel’s permanent, although spectral guests. This feature on the hotel was premiered on Monday, January 19, 2004.
On May 7, 1928, The Arizona Republic reported the death of Leone Jensen. The article’s headline read “Pretty blonde jumps from (the) San Carlos (hotel) early today”. Based on what she wrote on her death note, it could be assumed that the 22 year old woman was physically abused by her boyfriend, a bellboy at the Westward Ho. Speculations have been made as to whether Jensen was pregnant and/or her boyfriend was having an affair with another hotel worker. Because of these theories, the way she died is also debated. While most evidence pointed to suicide, many have said that she could have been pushed off by her boyfriend or her boyfriend’s other girlfriend.
Another ghost frequently mentioned by hotel employees is that of a little girl, possibly around six to nine years old, who is rumored to visit hotel rooms at night and sit crying. Ghost believers think she was probably one of the area children affected either by the school’s closing or the flu epidemic.
On December 9, 2004, yet another death happened at this hotel, when an unidentified man jumped to his death from the hotel’s roof.
