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Nov 09
Beyond the Shadows Paranormal
Oct 24
Front Range Paranormal Society
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Sep 08
Cheyenne Mountain Paranormal Investigators
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Sep 05
Boulder Theater
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Sep 05
The Old Stone Church Restaurant
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Sep 03
Windsor Hotel
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Sep 03
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Nov 25
Colorado Ghosts – Part IV
by Deb Anderson
We have all wanted to make a wish list of haunted places we would like to investigate and Colorado has enough to keep us busy for the next few years, when we’re not doing residential investigations.
Some of Colorado’s haunted places are famous and you probably already know about them, but I will touch on them and we will then move on to local places that we can get to in one weekend,
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is one of them; it is haunted by its owner and his wife, F.O. Stanley, inventor of the Stanley steamer and his wife Laura. A little-known haunt of the Stanley, is Lord Dunraven, who actually built the hotel. He may be encountered at room 407, where he stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses have reported that a light in the corner turns on and off and the elevator is heard operating even though it is not running at the time.
Other rooms that are haunted our 217 and 401, and children are apparently seen in room 418 and leave impressions on the bed when no one is staying in the room. Guests who stay in room 418 complained of children playing in the hallway at night even when there are no children registered at the hotel.
Another famous Colorado haunt is Cheesman Park in Denver, which began in 1858 as Mount Prospect Cemetery and became Boot Hill. In 1873 the cemetery was renamed City Cemetery and buried only criminals, transients and epidemic victims there.
In 1893 the city gave notice all bodies must be removed in 90 days. The city hired a local undertaker to dig up the 6,000 to 10,000 remaining bodies not claimed by family, put them in 1′ x 3.5′ pine boxes and deliver them to the Riverside Cemetery.
Workers hired by the undertaker broke corpses into pieces to get them to fit into this miniature caskets, unrelated bones were thrown together and many of the graves were looted.
Spiritualists at the time warned workers that the dead would return unless a short prayer was uttered for each casket, but no one listened to them. One worker removing valuable brass coffin handles ran hysterically from the graveyard saying that a ghost jumped on his back. People in neighboring houses and apartments reported confused spirits wandering through their homes and appearing in mirrors.
A huge scandal erupted and Mayor Platt Rogers ordered all work halted for an investigation. No one was able to sort the mess out, so the remaining bodies were plowed under and grass and trees were planted over them.
As you walk through the park is said that you can still feel a sadness and confusion at the site and some say you can hear a low moaning sound coming from under the ground.
Denver International Airport was built on land considered sacred by the Native Americans and opened later than expected due to all sorts of unforeseen problems. This was confirmed by experts in Feng Shui when they surveyed the airport said the site was “full of images of death and grief”. In spring 1995 Colorado Indian tribes held a ceremony to put their ancestor’s spirits to rest.
Molly Brown house also in Denver was built in 1889 by Molly and her husband James Joseph Brown in 1894. Molly had survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and become a national heroine. Her ghost and that of her husband have been detected in the gray brick mansion since then. Ghost lectures are held in the house in October and tours are given daily.
Union Depot on 22nd St. in downtown Denver has the ghost of a man called the soldier by employees who since the unmistakable presence of a military officer in the great Hall. In the 1930s a shadowy operation was reported several times in the station, but the confuse ghost which seem to be seeking a way out of the building eventually found his way out. Union Depot replaced the original Denver Depot in 1880 which was torn down because of the dozens of apparitions reported by telegraph operators and agents who worked there. Among the ghost at the Denver Depot was a three fingered hobo who harassed agents by tapping on the glass petitions at ticket counters. He was seen scores of times over a ten-year period at around 2 AM and would appear on train platforms, in the lobby, and inside the offices of the Denver Depot. Several agents quit rather than work with the ghost.
Also in Estes Park, the Baldpate Inn a 12 room, log cabin lodge is haunted by the couple who built it 1917. The ghosts of Ethel and Gordon Mace walk the hallways of this inn and have been seen by both guests and employees. Ethel is seen mostly in her old bedroom and a small stateroom called the Key Room which houses the largest collection of keys in the world. The collection was begun in 1923 when Clarence Darrow donated one of his keys. The collection of celebrity keys has grown to over 12,000 and includes Edgar Allen Poe’s dorm room key (number 13) and Stephen King’s key to the hotel room where he wrote The Shining.
Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez houses the ghosts of the Anasazi Indians, the mysterious “ancient ones” who suddenly disappeared around A.D. 1500. They are seen among the ruins of their 220 room dwelling known as Cliff Palace. The apparitions are encountered most frequently near the 23 pit houses or kivas, on the floor of the canyon. Each of these ceremonial buildings has a hole in the floor that serves as a spirit gateway or “Earth Naval”. In one building known as the Sun Temple, there is a great sunflower carved in stone. Called the “Sun Shrine”, the 2 foot diameter stone flower is mounted on an altar. Geologists say it was not carved by human hands, but was formed by the natural erosion of a sandstone boulder. The sacred symbol is painted on the walls of pueblos throughout the Southwest. In all of their architecture, the Anasazi express their belief in spiritual links that connected all things. Perfectly straight roads link Mesa Verde with its sister city in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Silver Cliff Cemetery near Rosita, in south-central Colorado, is said to have the ghosts of deceased pioneers showing up as shimmering blue lights that hover over the graves in this old cemetery. The haunting lights were first reported by silver miners in 1882 and are still seen to this day. It is believed the lights are the dancing blue spirits of sacred hilltop that are spoken of in Indian legends.
A 1967 article in the New York Times caused the site to become a tourist attraction and hundreds of people reported seeing a strange floating lights. Edward Linehan of National Geographic, investigated the site in 1969 and observed “round spots of blue white light” glowing over the graves. When he approached one, it disappeared and slowly then reappeared in a different area. The lights are not reflections of car, train, or airplane lights as they appeared long before these inventions were in wide use. A Geiger counter survey revealed no radioactivity in the area.
One last haunting you may not be aware of in Grand Junction takes place on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. The phantom of the old steam locomotive, Engine 107, haunts these tracks with a ghostly whistle.
At the turn-of-the-century, engineers avoided the unlucky locomotive, dubbed Dread 107. This steam engine was the instrument of death for scores of people. On one of its first runs the train went off a trestle, killing several trainmen and many passengers. The engine was restored to the line and rebuilt and then struck a massive boulder, tossing passengers from their seats like dolls. Dozens of people were killed or injured. Repaired once again, Dread 107 hit a snow slide in the Black Canyon which claimed more lives. The railroad finally scrapped the cursed locomotive in 1909 after several more accidents which claimed even more lives. The phantom train or rather its ghostly whistle, are still seen and heard along the tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. It is most often encountered near the Gunnison River and Crystal Creek.
Nov 25
Colorado Ghosts – Part III
by Deb Anderson
Denver- Belle Worden’s House- The ghost of John Fitzgerald haunts the whorehouse where he was murdered.
On March 19, 1884, he was stabbed to death as he lay sleeping in the bed of a prostitute.
His lifeless body was thrown into cherry Creek and found by a group of boys two months later. Madame Bell Worden and two of her employees were sent to jail for the murder robbery. The phantom of Fitzgerald has returned to make sure the place would never again be a house of ill-repute. The house is a private residence at 578 Holiday Street.
Bombay Club-Owner Greg McAllister says he serves cowboy ghosts as well as living guests in the 1895 saloon. The Bombay Club is located at 1128 Grant Street.
Bradmar-The haunting of this Tudor mansion began when a ceiling beam was split by a ghost. The mansion was built in 1920 by George Gano, when he died; Hubert Work bought the house and married Gano’s widow Ethyl.
Many years before her death, Ethyl told friends and relatives that when she died she wished to lie in state before the fireplace. She promised that on that night she would split a certain beam on the ceiling above her coffin. The beam split just as she had promised.
After the Works died, no one lived in the house until 1962, when it was purchased by Dr. Robert Bradley and soon after moving in; the Bradleys experienced ghostly presences, levitating objects, odors, and moaning sounds.
Dr. Bradley consulted renowned psychic Arthur Ford who identified the spirits as Ethyl and Hubert Work. Bradley wrote a book about the experiences and finally the house was sold in 1980. The people who bought it couldn’t stand the paranormal activity and moved out shortly after. It is still a private residence at 4100 South University Blvd.
Croke-Patterson-Campbell Mansion-The haunting began in 1970 when tenant’s offices were remodeled. The often heard typing in the building at night and when they brought in two Dobermans to guard the place, the found them the next morning dead on the sidewalk, the animals had been so frightened of something they jumped from a third floor window.
In the same year, a baby died in the third floor nursery and the distraught mother committed suicide. The mansion was then turned into a museum at 428 East 11th Street.
Denver Courthouse-In 1900, every night for a week at 3:00 AM, the ghosts of departed souls walked the hallways accompanied by the stench of brimstone. Not one but dozens of spirits were reported by night watchmen and janitors and one of the ghosts was the courthouse elevator operator who had fallen to their death down the elevator shaft.
The courthouse is located on the corner of 16th Street and Tremont Avenue.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion-This old house is said to be haunted by five ghosts, one the former owner, A.E. Humphreys. Humphreys died on May 8, 1927 from a suspicious gun accident despite being an excellent marksman.
A séance sponsored by radio station KNUS contacted several ghosts. The Grant-Humphreys Mansion is located in the Cheesman Park area and ghost lectures are held in October.
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center-Ghostly laughter and music have been heard coming from this community theater building late at night. The ghost also likes to mess up workers desks and move their personal belongings.
Molly Brown House-The ghost of Molly Brown wanders her former home, which was built in 1889. Molly survived the sinking of the Titanic and died in 1932. Her husband James Joseph Brown’s ghost has also been detected in the home as visitors sometimes smell cigar smoke in his study.
Molly Brown House Museum is located at 1340 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Peabody Mansion-This house was built by Colorado Governor James Peabody at the turn of the century and haunted by later residents. It is rumored a woman was brutally raped in the basement and that someone committed suicide in the bathroom.
Whatever the cause of the disturbances, many people feel bad vibes here.
Reynolds Cottage-This historic house is haunted by Madge Reynolds who had an adulterous affair with Denver Post owner Fred Bonfils. She collapsed and died in her bedroom after a horseback ride with Bonfils. Ever since, her ghost has been seen roaming in the rooms on the north side of the house. The house is a private residence on Logan Street in the Capital Hill area of Denver.
Fairplay-Buckskin Cemetery-J. Dawson Hidgepath came to Fairplay to find gold and a wife, but only found tragedy in 1865. His broken, lifeless body was found at the bottom of the West side of Mount Boss where he had apparently fallen while trying to prospect the mountainside.
Soon after, the bones of the wandering lothario were found in the bed of a dance hall girl in the town of Alma.
Believing some prank had occurred, the citizens of Fairplay reburied the bones in the Buckskin Cemetery. Time and time again, the bones would find their way to the house of some fair lady.
By 1872, Dawson’ bones were the talk of the territory, and in a last attempt to rid themselves of the wandering bones; someone threw them into an outhouse where they seemed to have stayed.
Alma is two miles east of Buckskin Cemetery though not much is left of the town. Buckskin Cemetery is in the town of Laurette eight miles northwest of Fairplay.
Nov 25
Colorado Ghosts – Part II
by Deb Anderson
Alamosa-the Luther Bean Museum is the site of a UFO sighting that left a horse named Snippy dead with unusual holes in the ground around the body. On September 9,1967, the three year old gelding was found with all the flesh on its neck and shoulder carefully removed and the internal organs were missing, yet the rest of the carcass was intact. The hoof prints of two other worse is turned away from Snippy’s tracks, and headed back toward the ranch house. No other tracks were found around the carcass.
Brown’s Park-Brown’s Hole-the ruin of Butch Cassidy’s cabin where he and the wild Bunch hit out is rumored to give visitors. Sensations of being drawn back in time by the powerful emotions of the individuals who rode through this Valley. Brown’s Park is in the extreme northwest corner of Colorado in Moffat County, near Maybell, Colorado.
Central city-the Masonic cemetery is said to harbor the ghost of a lady in black satin dress that has been seen placing blue Columbine flowers on the grave of John Edward Cameron. Cameron died of “heart paralysis” on November 1, 1887 at the age of 28. A beautiful woman in black attended the funeral and reappears every April 5 and November 1 to put flowers on his grave. No one knows who she is, but she is rumored to be a ghost of a former lover who committed suicide after Cameron wed another woman. On November 1 (no year given), over a dozen people gathered at the grave hoping to get to glimpse of the ghost. Then at sundown, she appeared and lay flowers on the grave as two men tried to grab her, she vanished over the top of the hill. Ever since people been trying to catch the faithful wraith on Cameron Monument.
Chivington-Sand Creek-After fierce fighting here on November 29, 1864, the phantom of the gray wolf appeared to Cheyenne women and children to lead them to safety. Colonel John Chivington led the Third Colorado Regiment in the bloody attack on Chief Black Kettles camp at Sand Creek. The mysterious animal escorted the few survivors all the way to another Cheyenne camp near the forks of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers. Sand Creek is also rumored to have a phantom teepees and the sounds of children and women that appear in the fall near November 29. Chivington is 28 miles north of Lamar in Kiowa County.
Colorado Springs-Black Forest hauntings-Paranormal activity in a two-story log cabin began when Stephen Lee purchased it in 1992. Lights flashed through it sounded like people stomping across the roof and they would hear chains rattling. One night they awoke and heard orchestra music. Strange things started happening every day. Their two boys complained of weird lights and shadows in their rooms. Lights and appliances started turning off and on by themselves and pungent odors burned family members eyes and throats. The sheriff stopped responding to their pleas for help so the leaves hired private investigators to try to find out what was going on. They noticed that photographs and videotape taken in certain locations of the property had strange light streaks running through them and sometimes translucent faces appeared on the film. To this day red, yellow, and white forms are seen and recorded as well as apparitions of an old lady, a little girl, a burly man dressed in 1800s clothing, and a “flying dog” not to mention hundreds of forlorn faces seen floating in the mirrors of the house. So far, there are 4000 photographs and 400 videotapes supporting the validity of this case. The Black Forest area is directly east of the Air Force Academy, the haunted property is in El Paso County 15 miles north east of Colorado Springs. ( Www.haunted-places.com)
Dead Man’s Canyon-Colorado Springs-this can it is haunted by the ghoulish Phantom of a man with an ax in his four head. The ghost of William Harkins has haunted the area since 1863 when he was murdered by a gang of Mexican religious fanatics. Over the years dozens of people have reported being chased by the angry phantom near his cabin on Little Fountain Creek. Some have fired bullets at his ghastly shade and one mother struck him in the ear for scaring her son. It took a few seconds before she realized the man with an ax in his head was a ghost. Dead Man’s Canyon is 10 miles south of Colorado Springs, follow Highway 115 through the canyon toward Canon City.
Cripple Creek-the Dunn Building-This building is to be a funeral parlor, but Mrs. T. F. Dunn turned it into a boarding house. Her presence is still felt in the 11 original rental rooms and her footsteps are often heard scurrying about as she attempts to clean them up. Legend says another spirit in the building is a miner killed in an explosion at the Mamie R Mine. Late one night, while the undertaker was preparing the body, the dead miner began to moan in pain. Not wanting to delay his job or cancel preparations, the mortician injected morphine to quiet the man and continued his work.
Fairley Brothers and Lampman Building-this block square building is home to a ghost locals call Maggie, who wears a white shirt waist with a long brown dress and high heeled boots. Witnesses say Maggie appears to be in her late 20′s and keeps her shoulder length brunette near hair pinned up. Contractors, employees, and visitors have all detected Maggie’s ghost walking in the second floor corridor or dancing in the third floor ballroom. The red brick building is on the corner of Third Street and Bennett Avenue in Victor.
The Mamie R. Mine-The ghosts of three minors haunted the depths of this gold mine for several years. The men all died in separate accidents in 1894. Minors reported encountering their phantoms in the main shaft, at the 375 foot level and in the isolated dress in the deeper recesses of the mine. One ghost carries his severed arm over her shoulder and another like to write in the or buckets. It was said the mine was also possessed by mischievous sprites called Tommy Knockers. The Earth spirits cause beams to give way and explosions go off prematurely. After several unexplained accidents and ghost sightings, the mine shutdown in 1895. It is located on Raven Hill in Cripple Creek.
Palace Hotel-this old hotel is haunted by the presence of one of the original owners, Mrs. Kitty Chambers who likes to keep candles lit and placed in certain spots, just as they were when the Palace Hotel first opened. Mrs. Chambers died in room three of the hotel in 1908 and is said to haunt the room. That doesn’t stop her from turning up all over the hotel and she may be responsible for turning down beds in other rooms and stealing all the keys to room nine as well. The Palace Hotel and Casino is located at 172 Bennett Ave., Creek. Www.palacehotelcasino.com
Nov 25
Colorado Ghosts – Part I
by Deb Anderson
We have all wanted to make a wish list of haunted places we would like to investigate and Colorado has enough to keep us busy for the next few years, when we’re not doing residential investigations.
Some of Colorado’s haunted places are famous and you probably already know about them, but I will touch on them and we will then move on to local places that we can get to in one weekend,
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is one of them; it is haunted by its owner and his wife, F.O. Stanley, inventor of the Stanley steamer and his wife Laura. A little-known haunt of the Stanley, is Lord Dunraven, who actually built the hotel. He may be encountered at room 407, where he stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses have reported that a light in the corner turns on and off and the elevator is heard operating even though it is not running at the time.
Other rooms that are haunted our 217 and 401, and children are apparently seen in room 418 and leave impressions on the bed when no one is staying in the room. Guests who stay in room 418 complained of children playing in the hallway at night even when there are no children registered at the hotel.
Another famous Colorado haunt is Cheesman Park in Denver, which began in 1858 as Mount Prospect Cemetery and became Boot Hill. In 1873 the cemetery was renamed City Cemetery and buried only criminals, transients and epidemic victims there.
In 1893 the city gave notice all bodies must be removed in 90 days. The city hired a local undertaker to dig up the 6,000 to 10,000 remaining bodies not claimed by family, put them in 1′ x 3.5′ pine boxes and deliver them to the Riverside Cemetery.
Workers hired by the undertaker broke corpses into pieces to get them to fit into this miniature caskets, unrelated bones were thrown together and many of the graves were looted.
Spiritualists at the time warned workers that the dead would return unless a short prayer was uttered for each casket, but no one listened to them. One worker removing valuable brass coffin handles ran hysterically from the graveyard saying that a ghost jumped on his back. People in neighboring houses and apartments reported confused spirits wandering through their homes and appearing in mirrors.
A huge scandal erupted and Mayor Platt Rogers ordered all work halted for an investigation. No one was able to sort the mess out, so the remaining bodies were plowed under and grass and trees were planted over them.
As you walk through the park is said that you can still feel a sadness and confusion at the site and some say you can hear a low moaning sound coming from under the ground.
Denver International Airport was built on land considered sacred by the Native Americans and opened later than expected due to all sorts of unforeseen problems. This was confirmed by experts in Feng Shui when they surveyed the airport said the site was “full of images of death and grief”. In spring 1995 Colorado Indian tribes held a ceremony to put their ancestor’s spirits to rest.
Molly Brown house also in Denver was built in 1889 by Molly and her husband James Joseph Brown in 1894. Molly had survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and become a national heroine. Her ghost and that of her husband have been detected in the gray brick mansion since then. Ghost lectures are held in the house in October and tours are given daily.
Union Depot on 22nd St. in downtown Denver has the ghost of a man called the soldier by employees who since the unmistakable presence of a military officer in the great Hall. In the 1930s a shadowy operation was reported several times in the station, but the confuse ghost which seem to be seeking a way out of the building eventually found his way out. Union Depot replaced the original Denver Depot in 1880 which was torn down because of the dozens of apparitions reported by telegraph operators and agents who worked there. Among the ghost at the Denver Depot was a three fingered hobo who harassed agents by tapping on the glass petitions at ticket counters. He was seen scores of times over a ten-year period at around 2 AM and would appear on train platforms, in the lobby, and inside the offices of the Denver Depot. Several agents quit rather than work with the ghost.
Also in Estes Park, the Baldpate Inn a 12 room, log cabin lodge is haunted by the couple who built it 1917. The ghosts of Ethel and Gordon Mace walk the hallways of this inn and have been seen by both guests and employees. Ethel is seen mostly in her old bedroom and a small stateroom called the Key Room which houses the largest collection of keys in the world. The collection was begun in 1923 when Clarence Darrow donated one of his keys. The collection of celebrity keys has grown to over 12,000 and includes Edgar Allen Poe’s dorm room key (number 13) and Stephen King’s key to the hotel room where he wrote The Shining.
Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez houses the ghosts of the Anasazi Indians, the mysterious “ancient ones” who suddenly disappeared around A.D. 1500. They are seen among the ruins of their 220 room dwelling known as Cliff Palace. The apparitions are encountered most frequently near the 23 pit houses or kivas, on the floor of the canyon. Each of these ceremonial buildings has a hole in the floor that serves as a spirit gateway or “Earth Naval”. In one building known as the Sun Temple, there is a great sunflower carved in stone. Called the “Sun Shrine”, the 2 foot diameter stone flower is mounted on an altar. Geologists say it was not carved by human hands, but was formed by the natural erosion of a sandstone boulder. The sacred symbol is painted on the walls of pueblos throughout the Southwest. In all of their architecture, the Anasazi express their belief in spiritual links that connected all things. Perfectly straight roads link Mesa Verde with its sister city in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Silver Cliff Cemetery near Rosita, in south-central Colorado, is said to have the ghosts of deceased pioneers showing up as shimmering blue lights that hover over the graves in this old cemetery. The haunting lights were first reported by silver miners in 1882 and are still seen to this day. It is believed the lights are the dancing blue spirits of sacred hilltop that are spoken of in Indian legends.
A 1967 article in the New York Times caused the site to become a tourist attraction and hundreds of people reported seeing a strange floating lights. Edward Linehan of National Geographic, investigated the site in 1969 and observed “round spots of blue white light” glowing over the graves. When he approached one, it disappeared and slowly then reappeared in a different area. The lights are not reflections of car, train, or airplane lights as they appeared long before these inventions were in wide use. A Geiger counter survey revealed no radioactivity in the area.
One last haunting you may not be aware of in Grand Junction takes place on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison.The phantom of the old steam locomotive, Engine 107, haunts these tracks with a ghostly whistle.
At the turn-of-the-century, engineers avoided the unlucky locomotive, dubbed Dread 107. This steam engine was the instrument of death for scores of people. On one of its first runs the train went off a trestle, killing several trainmen and many passengers. The engine was restored to the line and rebuilt and then struck a massive boulder, tossing passengers from their seats like dolls. Dozens of people were killed or injured. Repaired once again, Dread 107 hit a snow slide in the Black Canyon which claimed more lives. The railroad finally scrapped the cursed locomotive in 1909 after several more accidents which claimed even more lives. The phantom train or rather its ghostly whistle, are still seen and heard along the tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. It is most often encountered near the Gunnison River and Crystal Creek.
May 06
Arrowhead Paranormal Research
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Apr 19
Colorado Ghosts – Part 4 by Deb Anderson
We have all wanted to make a wish list of haunted places we would like to investigate and Colorado has enough to keep us busy for the next few years, when we’re not doing residential investigations.
Some of Colorado’s haunted places are famous and you probably already know about them, but I will touch on them and we will then move on to local places that we can get to in one weekend,
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is one of them; it is haunted by its owner and his wife, F.O. Stanley, inventor of the Stanley steamer and his wife Laura. A little-known haunt of the Stanley, is Lord Dunraven, who actually built the hotel. He may be encountered at room 407, where he stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses have reported that a light in the corner turns on and off and the elevator is heard operating even though it is not running at the time.
Other rooms that are haunted our 217 and 401, and children are apparently seen in room 418 and leave impressions on the bed when no one is staying in the room. Guests who stay in room 418 complained of children playing in the hallway at night even when there are no children registered at the hotel.
Another famous Colorado haunt is Cheesman Park in Denver, which began in 1858 as Mount Prospect Cemetery and became Boot Hill. In 1873 the cemetery was renamed City Cemetery and buried only criminals, transients and epidemic victims there.
In 1893 the city gave notice all bodies must be removed in 90 days. The city hired a local undertaker to dig up the 6,000 to 10,000 remaining bodies not claimed by family, put them in 1′ x 3.5′ pine boxes and deliver them to the Riverside Cemetery.
Workers hired by the undertaker broke corpses into pieces to get them to fit into this miniature caskets, unrelated bones were thrown together and many of the graves were looted.
Spiritualists at the time warned workers that the dead would return unless a short prayer was uttered for each casket, but no one listened to them. One worker removing valuable brass coffin handles ran hysterically from the graveyard saying that a ghost jumped on his back. People in neighboring houses and apartments reported confused spirits wandering through their homes and appearing in mirrors.
A huge scandal erupted and Mayor Platt Rogers ordered all work halted for an investigation. No one was able to sort the mess out, so the remaining bodies were plowed under and grass and trees were planted over them.
As you walk through the park is said that you can still feel a sadness and confusion at the site and some say you can hear a low moaning sound coming from under the ground.
Denver International Airport was built on land considered sacred by the Native Americans and opened later than expected due to all sorts of unforeseen problems. This was confirmed by experts in Feng Shui when they surveyed the airport said the site was “full of images of death and grief”. In spring 1995 Colorado Indian tribes held a ceremony to put their ancestor’s spirits to rest.
Molly Brown house also in Denver was built in 1889 by Molly and her husband James Joseph Brown in 1894. Molly had survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and become a national heroine. Her ghost and that of her husband have been detected in the gray brick mansion since then. Ghost lectures are held in the house in October and tours are given daily.
Union Depot on 22nd St. in downtown Denver has the ghost of a man called the soldier by employees who since the unmistakable presence of a military officer in the great Hall. In the 1930s a shadowy operation was reported several times in the station, but the confuse ghost which seem to be seeking a way out of the building eventually found his way out. Union Depot replaced the original Denver Depot in 1880 which was torn down because of the dozens of apparitions reported by telegraph operators and agents who worked there. Among the ghost at the Denver Depot was a three fingered hobo who harassed agents by tapping on the glass petitions at ticket counters. He was seen scores of times over a ten-year period at around 2 AM and would appear on train platforms, in the lobby, and inside the offices of the Denver Depot. Several agents quit rather than work with the ghost.
Also in Estes Park, the Baldpate Inn a 12 room, log cabin lodge is haunted by the couple who built it 1917. The ghosts of Ethel and Gordon Mace walk the hallways of this inn and have been seen by both guests and employees. Ethel is seen mostly in her old bedroom and a small stateroom called the Key Room which houses the largest collection of keys in the world. The collection was begun in 1923 when Clarence Darrow donated one of his keys. The collection of celebrity keys has grown to over 12,000 and includes Edgar Allen Poe’s dorm room key (number 13) and Stephen King’s key to the hotel room where he wrote The Shining.
Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez houses the ghosts of the Anasazi Indians, the mysterious “ancient ones” who suddenly disappeared around A.D. 1500. They are seen among the ruins of their 220 room dwelling known as Cliff Palace. The apparitions are encountered most frequently near the 23 pit houses or kivas, on the floor of the canyon. Each of these ceremonial buildings has a hole in the floor that serves as a spirit gateway or “Earth Naval”. In one building known as the Sun Temple, there is a great sunflower carved in stone. Called the “Sun Shrine”, the 2 foot diameter stone flower is mounted on an altar. Geologists say it was not carved by human hands, but was formed by the natural erosion of a sandstone boulder. The sacred symbol is painted on the walls of pueblos throughout the Southwest. In all of their architecture, the Anasazi express their belief in spiritual links that connected all things. Perfectly straight roads link Mesa Verde with its sister city in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Silver Cliff Cemetery near Rosita, in south-central Colorado, is said to have the ghosts of deceased pioneers showing up as shimmering blue lights that hover over the graves in this old cemetery. The haunting lights were first reported by silver miners in 1882 and are still seen to this day. It is believed the lights are the dancing blue spirits of sacred hilltop that are spoken of in Indian legends.
A 1967 article in the New York Times caused the site to become a tourist attraction and hundreds of people reported seeing a strange floating lights. Edward Linehan of National Geographic, investigated the site in 1969 and observed “round spots of blue white light” glowing over the graves. When he approached one, it disappeared and slowly then reappeared in a different area. The lights are not reflections of car, train, or airplane lights as they appeared long before these inventions were in wide use. A Geiger counter survey revealed no radioactivity in the area.
One last haunting you may not be aware of in Grand Junction takes place on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. The phantom of the old steam locomotive, Engine 107, haunts these tracks with a ghostly whistle.
At the turn-of-the-century, engineers avoided the unlucky locomotive, dubbed Dread 107. This steam engine was the instrument of death for scores of people. On one of its first runs the train went off a trestle, killing several trainmen and many passengers. The engine was restored to the line and rebuilt and then struck a massive boulder, tossing passengers from their seats like dolls. Dozens of people were killed or injured. Repaired once again, Dread 107 hit a snow slide in the Black Canyon which claimed more lives. The railroad finally scrapped the cursed locomotive in 1909 after several more accidents which claimed even more lives. The phantom train or rather its ghostly whistle, are still seen and heard along the tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. It is most often encountered near the Gunnison River and Crystal Creek.
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Dec 11
Colorado Ghosts – Part 3 by Deb Anderson
Denver- Belle Worden’s House- The ghost of John Fitzgerald haunts the whorehouse where he was murdered.
On March 19, 1884, he was stabbed to death as he lay sleeping in the bed of a prostitute.
His lifeless body was thrown into cherry Creek and found by a group of boys two months later. Madame Bell Worden and two of her employees were sent to jail for the murder robbery. The phantom of Fitzgerald has returned to make sure the place would never again be a house of ill-repute. The house is a private residence at 578 Holiday Street.
Bombay Club-Owner Greg McAllister says he serves cowboy ghosts as well as living guests in the 1895 saloon. The Bombay Club is located at 1128 Grant Street.
Bradmar-The haunting of this Tudor mansion began when a ceiling beam was split by a ghost. The mansion was built in 1920 by George Gano, when he died; Hubert Work bought the house and married Gano’s widow Ethyl.
Many years before her death, Ethyl told friends and relatives that when she died she wished to lie in state before the fireplace. She promised that on that night she would split a certain beam on the ceiling above her coffin. The beam split just as she had promised.
After the Works died, no one lived in the house until 1962, when it was purchased by Dr. Robert Bradley and soon after moving in; the Bradleys experienced ghostly presences, levitating objects, odors, and moaning sounds.
Dr. Bradley consulted renowned psychic Arthur Ford who identified the spirits as Ethyl and Hubert Work. Bradley wrote a book about the experiences and finally the house was sold in 1980. The people who bought it couldn’t stand the paranormal activity and moved out shortly after. It is still a private residence at 4100 South University Blvd.
Croke-Patterson-Campbell Mansion-The haunting began in 1970 when tenant’s offices were remodeled. The often heard typing in the building at night and when they brought in two Dobermans to guard the place, the found them the next morning dead on the sidewalk, the animals had been so frightened of something they jumped from a third floor window.
In the same year, a baby died in the third floor nursery and the distraught mother committed suicide. The mansion was then turned into a museum at 428 East 11th Street.
Denver Courthouse-In 1900, every night for a week at 3:00 AM, the ghosts of departed souls walked the hallways accompanied by the stench of brimstone. Not one but dozens of spirits were reported by night watchmen and janitors and one of the ghosts was the courthouse elevator operator who had fallen to their death down the elevator shaft.
The courthouse is located on the corner of 16th Street and Tremont Avenue.
Grant-Humphreys Mansion-This old house is said to be haunted by five ghosts, one the former owner, A.E. Humphreys. Humphreys died on May 8, 1927 from a suspicious gun accident despite being an excellent marksman.
A séance sponsored by radio station KNUS contacted several ghosts. The Grant-Humphreys Mansion is located in the Cheesman Park area and ghost lectures are held in October.
Littleton Town Hall Arts Center-Ghostly laughter and music have been heard coming from this community theater building late at night. The ghost also likes to mess up workers desks and move their personal belongings.
Molly Brown House-The ghost of Molly Brown wanders her former home, which was built in 1889. Molly survived the sinking of the Titanic and died in 1932. Her husband James Joseph Brown’s ghost has also been detected in the home as visitors sometimes smell cigar smoke in his study.
Molly Brown House Museum is located at 1340 Pennsylvania Avenue.
Peabody Mansion-This house was built by Colorado Governor James Peabody at the turn of the century and haunted by later residents. It is rumored a woman was brutally raped in the basement and that someone committed suicide in the bathroom.
Whatever the cause of the disturbances, many people feel bad vibes here.
Reynolds Cottage-This historic house is haunted by Madge Reynolds who had an adulterous affair with Denver Post owner Fred Bonfils. She collapsed and died in her bedroom after a horseback ride with Bonfils. Ever since, her ghost has been seen roaming in the rooms on the north side of the house. The house is a private residence on Logan Street in the Capital Hill area of Denver.
Fairplay-Buckskin Cemetery-J. Dawson Hidgepath came to Fairplay to find gold and a wife, but only found tragedy in 1865. His broken, lifeless body was found at the bottom of the West side of Mount Boss where he had apparently fallen while trying to prospect the mountainside.
Soon after, the bones of the wandering lothario were found in the bed of a dance hall girl in the town of Alma.
Believing some prank had occurred, the citizens of Fairplay reburied the bones in the Buckskin Cemetery. Time and time again, the bones would find their way to the house of some fair lady.
By 1872, Dawson’ bones were the talk of the territory, and in a last attempt to rid themselves of the wandering bones; someone threw them into an outhouse where they seemed to have stayed.
Alma is two miles east of Buckskin Cemetery though not much is left of the town. Buckskin Cemetery is in the town of Laurette eight miles northwest of Fairplay.
Dec 11
Colorado Ghosts – Part 2 by Deb Anderson
Alamosa-the Luther Bean Museum is the site of a UFO sighting that left a horse named Snippy dead with unusual holes in the ground around the body. On September 9,1967, the three year old gelding was found with all the flesh on its neck and shoulder carefully removed and the internal organs were missing, yet the rest of the carcass was intact. The hoof prints of two other worse is turned away from Snippy’s tracks, and headed back toward the ranch house. No other tracks were found around the carcass.
Brown’s Park-Brown’s Hole-the ruin of Butch Cassidy’s cabin where he and the wild Bunch hit out is rumored to give visitors. Sensations of being drawn back in time by the powerful emotions of the individuals who rode through this Valley. Brown’s Park is in the extreme northwest corner of Colorado in Moffat County, near Maybell, Colorado.
Central city-the Masonic cemetery is said to harbor the ghost of a lady in black satin dress that has been seen placing blue Columbine flowers on the grave of John Edward Cameron. Cameron died of “heart paralysis” on November 1, 1887 at the age of 28. A beautiful woman in black attended the funeral and reappears every April 5 and November 1 to put flowers on his grave. No one knows who she is, but she is rumored to be a ghost of a former lover who committed suicide after Cameron wed another woman. On November 1 (no year given), over a dozen people gathered at the grave hoping to get to glimpse of the ghost. Then at sundown, she appeared and lay flowers on the grave as two men tried to grab her, she vanished over the top of the hill. Ever since people been trying to catch the faithful wraith on Cameron Monument.
Chivington-Sand Creek-After fierce fighting here on November 29, 1864, the phantom of the gray wolf appeared to Cheyenne women and children to lead them to safety. Colonel John Chivington led the Third Colorado Regiment in the bloody attack on Chief Black Kettles camp at Sand Creek. The mysterious animal escorted the few survivors all the way to another Cheyenne camp near the forks of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers. Sand Creek is also rumored to have a phantom teepees and the sounds of children and women that appear in the fall near November 29. Chivington is 28 miles north of Lamar in Kiowa County.
Colorado Springs-Black Forest hauntings-Paranormal activity in a two-story log cabin began when Stephen Lee purchased it in 1992. Lights flashed through it sounded like people stomping across the roof and they would hear chains rattling. One night they awoke and heard orchestra music. Strange things started happening every day. Their two boys complained of weird lights and shadows in their rooms. Lights and appliances started turning off and on by themselves and pungent odors burned family members eyes and throats. The sheriff stopped responding to their pleas for help so the leaves hired private investigators to try to find out what was going on. They noticed that photographs and videotape taken in certain locations of the property had strange light streaks running through them and sometimes translucent faces appeared on the film. To this day red, yellow, and white forms are seen and recorded as well as apparitions of an old lady, a little girl, a burly man dressed in 1800s clothing, and a “flying dog” not to mention hundreds of forlorn faces seen floating in the mirrors of the house. So far, there are 4000 photographs and 400 videotapes supporting the validity of this case. The Black Forest area is directly east of the Air Force Academy, the haunted property is in El Paso County 15 miles north east of Colorado Springs. ( Www.haunted-places.com)
Dead Man’s Canyon-Colorado Springs-this can it is haunted by the ghoulish Phantom of a man with an ax in his four head. The ghost of William Harkins has haunted the area since 1863 when he was murdered by a gang of Mexican religious fanatics. Over the years dozens of people have reported being chased by the angry phantom near his cabin on Little Fountain Creek. Some have fired bullets at his ghastly shade and one mother struck him in the ear for scaring her son. It took a few seconds before she realized the man with an ax in his head was a ghost. Dead Man’s Canyon is 10 miles south of Colorado Springs, follow Highway 115 through the canyon toward Canon City.
Cripple Creek-the Dunn Building-This building is to be a funeral parlor, but Mrs. T. F. Dunn turned it into a boarding house. Her presence is still felt in the 11 original rental rooms and her footsteps are often heard scurrying about as she attempts to clean them up. Legend says another spirit in the building is a miner killed in an explosion at the Mamie R Mine. Late one night, while the undertaker was preparing the body, the dead miner began to moan in pain. Not wanting to delay his job or cancel preparations, the mortician injected morphine to quiet the man and continued his work.
Fairley Brothers and Lampman Building-this block square building is home to a ghost locals call Maggie, who wears a white shirt waist with a long brown dress and high heeled boots. Witnesses say Maggie appears to be in her late 20’s and keeps her shoulder length brunette near hair pinned up. Contractors, employees, and visitors have all detected Maggie’s ghost walking in the second floor corridor or dancing in the third floor ballroom. The red brick building is on the corner of Third Street and Bennett Avenue in Victor.
The Mamie R. Mine-The ghosts of three minors haunted the depths of this gold mine for several years. The men all died in separate accidents in 1894. Minors reported encountering their phantoms in the main shaft, at the 375 foot level and in the isolated dress in the deeper recesses of the mine. One ghost carries his severed arm over her shoulder and another like to write in the or buckets. It was said the mine was also possessed by mischievous sprites called Tommy Knockers. The Earth spirits cause beams to give way and explosions go off prematurely. After several unexplained accidents and ghost sightings, the mine shutdown in 1895. It is located on Raven Hill in Cripple Creek.
Palace Hotel-this old hotel is haunted by the presence of one of the original owners, Mrs. Kitty Chambers who likes to keep candles lit and placed in certain spots, just as they were when the Palace Hotel first opened. Mrs. Chambers died in room three of the hotel in 1908 and is said to haunt the room. That doesn’t stop her from turning up all over the hotel and she may be responsible for turning down beds in other rooms and stealing all the keys to room nine as well. The Palace Hotel and Casino is located at 172 Bennett Ave., Creek. Www.palacehotelcasino.com
Dec 11
Colorado Ghosts – Part 1 by Deb Anderson
We have all wanted to make a wish list of haunted places we would like to investigate and Colorado has enough to keep us busy for the next few years, when we’re not doing residential investigations.
Some of Colorado’s haunted places are famous and you probably already know about them, but I will touch on them and we will then move on to local places that we can get to in one weekend,
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park is one of them; it is haunted by its owner and his wife, F.O. Stanley, inventor of the Stanley steamer and his wife Laura. A little-known haunt of the Stanley, is Lord Dunraven, who actually built the hotel. He may be encountered at room 407, where he stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom door. Witnesses have reported that a light in the corner turns on and off and the elevator is heard operating even though it is not running at the time.
Other rooms that are haunted our 217 and 401, and children are apparently seen in room 418 and leave impressions on the bed when no one is staying in the room. Guests who stay in room 418 complained of children playing in the hallway at night even when there are no children registered at the hotel.
Another famous Colorado haunt is Cheesman Park in Denver, which began in 1858 as Mount Prospect Cemetery and became Boot Hill. In 1873 the cemetery was renamed City Cemetery and buried only criminals, transients and epidemic victims there.
In 1893 the city gave notice all bodies must be removed in 90 days. The city hired a local undertaker to dig up the 6,000 to 10,000 remaining bodies not claimed by family, put them in 1′ x 3.5′ pine boxes and deliver them to the Riverside Cemetery.
Workers hired by the undertaker broke corpses into pieces to get them to fit into this miniature caskets, unrelated bones were thrown together and many of the graves were looted.
Spiritualists at the time warned workers that the dead would return unless a short prayer was uttered for each casket, but no one listened to them. One worker removing valuable brass coffin handles ran hysterically from the graveyard saying that a ghost jumped on his back. People in neighboring houses and apartments reported confused spirits wandering through their homes and appearing in mirrors.
A huge scandal erupted and Mayor Platt Rogers ordered all work halted for an investigation. No one was able to sort the mess out, so the remaining bodies were plowed under and grass and trees were planted over them.
As you walk through the park is said that you can still feel a sadness and confusion at the site and some say you can hear a low moaning sound coming from under the ground.
Denver International Airport was built on land considered sacred by the Native Americans and opened later than expected due to all sorts of unforeseen problems. This was confirmed by experts in Feng Shui when they surveyed the airport said the site was “full of images of death and grief”. In spring 1995 Colorado Indian tribes held a ceremony to put their ancestor’s spirits to rest.
Molly Brown house also in Denver was built in 1889 by Molly and her husband James Joseph Brown in 1894. Molly had survived the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 and become a national heroine. Her ghost and that of her husband have been detected in the gray brick mansion since then. Ghost lectures are held in the house in October and tours are given daily.
Union Depot on 22nd St. in downtown Denver has the ghost of a man called the soldier by employees who since the unmistakable presence of a military officer in the great Hall. In the 1930s a shadowy operation was reported several times in the station, but the confuse ghost which seem to be seeking a way out of the building eventually found his way out. Union Depot replaced the original Denver Depot in 1880 which was torn down because of the dozens of apparitions reported by telegraph operators and agents who worked there. Among the ghost at the Denver Depot was a three fingered hobo who harassed agents by tapping on the glass petitions at ticket counters. He was seen scores of times over a ten-year period at around 2 AM and would appear on train platforms, in the lobby, and inside the offices of the Denver Depot. Several agents quit rather than work with the ghost.
Also in Estes Park, the Baldpate Inn a 12 room, log cabin lodge is haunted by the couple who built it 1917. The ghosts of Ethel and Gordon Mace walk the hallways of this inn and have been seen by both guests and employees. Ethel is seen mostly in her old bedroom and a small stateroom called the Key Room which houses the largest collection of keys in the world. The collection was begun in 1923 when Clarence Darrow donated one of his keys. The collection of celebrity keys has grown to over 12,000 and includes Edgar Allen Poe’s dorm room key (number 13) and Stephen King’s key to the hotel room where he wrote The Shining.
Mesa Verde National Park in Cortez houses the ghosts of the Anasazi Indians, the mysterious “ancient ones” who suddenly disappeared around A.D. 1500. They are seen among the ruins of their 220 room dwelling known as Cliff Palace. The apparitions are encountered most frequently near the 23 pit houses or kivas, on the floor of the canyon. Each of these ceremonial buildings has a hole in the floor that serves as a spirit gateway or “Earth Naval”. In one building known as the Sun Temple, there is a great sunflower carved in stone. Called the “Sun Shrine”, the 2 foot diameter stone flower is mounted on an altar. Geologists say it was not carved by human hands, but was formed by the natural erosion of a sandstone boulder. The sacred symbol is painted on the walls of pueblos throughout the Southwest. In all of their architecture, the Anasazi express their belief in spiritual links that connected all things. Perfectly straight roads link Mesa Verde with its sister city in Chaco Canyon, New Mexico.
Silver Cliff Cemetery near Rosita, in south-central Colorado, is said to have the ghosts of deceased pioneers showing up as shimmering blue lights that hover over the graves in this old cemetery. The haunting lights were first reported by silver miners in 1882 and are still seen to this day. It is believed the lights are the dancing blue spirits of sacred hilltop that are spoken of in Indian legends.
A 1967 article in the New York Times caused the site to become a tourist attraction and hundreds of people reported seeing a strange floating lights. Edward Linehan of National Geographic, investigated the site in 1969 and observed “round spots of blue white light” glowing over the graves. When he approached one, it disappeared and slowly then reappeared in a different area. The lights are not reflections of car, train, or airplane lights as they appeared long before these inventions were in wide use. A Geiger counter survey revealed no radioactivity in the area.
One last haunting you may not be aware of in Grand Junction takes place on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison.The phantom of the old steam locomotive, Engine 107, haunts these tracks with a ghostly whistle.
At the turn-of-the-century, engineers avoided the unlucky locomotive, dubbed Dread 107. This steam engine was the instrument of death for scores of people. On one of its first runs the train went off a trestle, killing several trainmen and many passengers. The engine was restored to the line and rebuilt and then struck a massive boulder, tossing passengers from their seats like dolls. Dozens of people were killed or injured. Repaired once again, Dread 107 hit a snow slide in the Black Canyon which claimed more lives. The railroad finally scrapped the cursed locomotive in 1909 after several more accidents which claimed even more lives. The phantom train or rather its ghostly whistle, are still seen and heard along the tracks that run between Grand Junction and Gunnison. It is most often encountered near the Gunnison River and Crystal Creek.