Graceland Guards Report Mysterious Midnight Music as Priscilla Presley Shares Deepest Family Losses

Memphis — Graceland, the iconic home of Elvis Presley, has seen decades of visitors, rumors, and legends. But on the early morning of February 1 — what would have been Lisa Marie Presley’s birthday — something happened that even longtime security staff couldn’t explain.

According to guards on duty, security cameras captured Elvis’s beloved white grand piano playing on its own at exactly 3:16 a.m.

“We checked every room,” one guard told reporters. “No one was there, but the melody was unmistakable.”

The instrument appeared to play softly for nearly a minute before falling silent. The guards reviewed footage from every angle but said no one entered or left the music room. The unexplained moment has quickly become part of Graceland lore — a haunting yet tender event on a day already heavy with remembrance for the Presley family.

Priscilla Presley Opens Her Heart in New Memoir

At the same time, Priscilla Presley is reclaiming her personal story in a candid new memoir, Softly, as I Leave You: Life After Elvis, set for release September 23. Now 80, Priscilla shares the emotional journey of life beyond Elvis’s death in 1977 and the private heartbreak of losing their only daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, in January 2023.

“It was the second saddest day of my life, other than losing Elvis,” Priscilla writes. “It took a long time to come to terms with the fact that Lisa was gone.”

Lisa Marie died at age 54 from complications related to a previous surgery. Her former husband Danny Keough discovered her unresponsive at home and called Priscilla, who rushed to the hospital.

“We were there all day long,” Priscilla recalls. “Lisa really wasn’t breathing, so she was on the ventilator. For hours we waited, hoping and praying, until the doctor came in and said, ‘Priscilla, I’m so sorry, she’s gone.’ We just couldn’t believe it — didn’t want to believe it.”

Grief, Resilience, and Family Strength

Priscilla’s memoir also reflects on other profound challenges — including the death of her grandson Benjamin Keough in 2020 and helping her son Navarone Garibaldi overcome drug addiction.

“It hasn’t been easy at all,” she says. “But you have to find strength.”

Today, Priscilla finds comfort in her family’s healing. Navarone, 38, is now sober and “in a good place,” she says. She beams with pride for granddaughter Riley Keough, 36, who continues to honor the Presley legacy while raising her young children with husband Ben Smith-Petersen.

“That’s what makes me happy: knowing everyone is doing well,” Priscilla shares.

A Home Filled With Memories — and Mystery

For decades, Graceland has stood as both a museum and a family sanctuary. The unexpected piano music on Lisa Marie’s birthday added another chapter to its legend — an unexplained, gentle echo of the past.

Whether it was a trick of acoustics or something more mysterious, those who were there say it felt profoundly personal.

For Priscilla, who has weathered unimaginable loss yet continues to find hope in her children and grandchildren, the night serves as a quiet reminder: the Presley story is still unfolding — filled with music, memory, and an enduring love that refuses to fade.