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Last Updated: June 2008
Adams - Thornton - Woodglenn Park - In
the late 80's, early 90's at the back side of Woodglenn Park there was
a playground and a men’s and women’s bathroom building. Some teenagers
one day were playing a prank on a young man and locked him in the
bathroom so he could not get out the building caught on fire and the
young man was killed. Some say it was a prank gone badly and some say
it was murder. If you are walking down that sidewalk late at night you
can here screams and also something in the large Cottonwood Trees that
still stand above where the bathroom used to be. Now there is a new
playground there but the spirit still remains. It is said that after
you have heard these noises that you feel like someone is chasing you,
like the boy wants to chase you down. May 2008
Correction: The building is still there. It is no longer being used as
a bathroom, even though there is faded print on one of the doors that
says women’s. The doors are locked and there are two port-a-potties on
the side to replace the bathrooms. Also there are two trees really
close to the building. One of the trees has no bark on the side of the
trunk that is facing the building (likely from the fire). Oh and one
more thing. Something really similar happened about 7 years ago at the
same building.
Alma - The Schwartz Hotel - People have reported seeing strange lights and
experiencing an eerie feeling as they walk by this hotel. Legend states
that a father and son had a dispute during the 1800's and shot each
other. They are now believed to haunt the place. They even frightened
one lady so horribly that she hanged herself from the upper balcony.
Witnesses have claimed to see her in the upstairs hallway.
Aurora - Fitzimons - Fitzimons used to be an old military base, now it is a
hospital. There are still the old buildings there, if you drive in
there go towards the back, many spooky buildings, even in the day. If
you are brave you will park your car and walk around the old army
buildings, they are all abandoned. One in particular is a white 4-story
building, if you go up the stairs outside and pear down the window on
the door, it is reported that you can see and feel many war victims
trying to get out the door.
Aurora - North Middle
School - Haunted by a girl who drowned in
the pool.
Aurora - Overland High
School - Theatre - May 2008 Removed
Aurora - Smoky Hill 7-11 -
It is said that this 7-11 was built on an old
Indian Reservation. Between midnight and 3 am, strange occurrences
start to happen. Things randomly flying off the shelves when no one is
near them, glowing red eyes in the back in the cooler, footsteps when
no one is in the store, and when you leave you can hear voices of the
natives saying "Thank you, please come back and see us," and Indian
music playing. The voices and the music are very faint.
Aurora - Third Bridge #2 -
Travel east on Smokey Hill Rd and take a left at
the stop sign when the road becomes one lane each way. Drive all the
way up and down over the hills on the dirt road until you come to the
third bridge. Local High School students have died there in and car
accident. Drums can be heard in the distance and if people visiting the
bridge are loud and obnoxious, the drums get louder and closer as
though whomever playing them wants you to hear. It is said that an
Indian massacre took place there in which settlers killed the men in
battle and then returned and killed the woman and children of the
tribe. Some have reported fog rolling in from both directions and have
seen a man floating on a horse and other strange things.
Bennett - Train Bridge
over the Kiowa creek - Many years ago a massive
train accident happened around the bridge, crossing over the Kiowa
creek. Many of the passengers passed away on board. To this day it's
said on some nights you will be able to see or hear a ghost train
passing by.
Berthoud - South of Carter
Lake - A man is seen in the vicinity of Bennet
Road during daylight walking through the hills carrying a canvas bag
that is thrown over his shoulder. "Mr. Bennet," the original settler of
the area was shot and killed on Bennet Road as the result of a land
dispute. The apparition disappears as he walks along.
Blackhawk - Casino - There is a certain casino in Blackhawk that is haunted
(not that hauntings are unusual in that area) by at least one ghost.
Cold spats are common, as well as occasional power outages. The story
among employees goes that once the security guards were watching the
cameras upstairs, as usual, when they spotted a small girl holding a
balloon. They radioed other security guards, alerting them that a minor
was in the building (which is illegal), and the guards searched for
her. One was even seen on the video to be right next to the girl, but
he couldn't see her. She could be seen on the camera, but not "in
person". Eventually the girl disappeared.
Blackhawk - Guilpin Hotel
Casino - a woman is sometimes seen in the second
floor restaurant people say she is Lucile; she killed her self after
finding out her boyfriend was killed in a mine accident
Blackhawk - Rocky Mt 100ft
Cemetery- Known for a lady ghost who, for the
past 100 years, 2 times every year visits the same gravesite and leaves
flowers. Over the years people have gathered to watch her and try to
talk with her but she always disappears over a hill.
Boulder - Boulder High
School - Theatre - while seated in the house
after a late rehearsal back in the late 1980's, a witness heard loud
footsteps on stage and rumbling and crashing above in the catwalks in
the proscenium arch. Others have said they would get a feeling of dread
in the tunnel, which connected the dressing rooms under stage to the
school lobby. There is a labyrinth of tunnels rumored to be between the
high school and the University of Colorado up the street; this was one
of them evidently.
Boulder - Cockerell Hall -
Third floor ghost with dark brown hair and a long
white nightgown. Often seen by the attic door and in the bathroom.
Boulder - College Inn - The College Inn is a building circa 1970, which is
currently used as a conference center/hotel, though in recent years it
has also served as a dormitory. Haunted by at least one entity of
unknown origin. The building director of eight years knows of no death
in the building during his time here. The activity centers on the third
floor, particularly the south side of the building. Phenomena range
from rummaging sounds coming from bathrooms, elevator doors opening and
closing when people walk by, smoke-like apparitions, reddish stains
appearing on walls and voices that have been heard by nearly every
staff member. There is a globe style lamp in the hallway that leads to
the bathroom in every unit of the hotel. One night in July of 1999
every single one fell to the floor while the hotel was between
conferences and vacant, it took two days to put them back up.
Boulder - Fairview High
School - Auditorium - In 1982, a senior
hung himself in one of the dressing rooms. Since then, students have
reported hearing singing from the dark areas offstage, stage lights
flickering and flats falling completely over, even though they were
completely nailed down to the floor.
Boulder - Hotel Boulderodo
- a lady and her baby often haunt the hotel
Patrons have seen her.
Boulder - Howe Mortuary - In the basement where the old records are kept, there
is a very cold spot as you enter. There is a very uneasy feeling that
makes you have goose bumps. The extra storage area in the basement also
has cold spots. On the ground floor there have been many sightings of
people just standing in the lobby where there was no viewing scheduled.
At night several times a month, the motion detectors and security
alarms go off for no apparent reason. They say that the main spirit is
Mr. Howe the original owner but several spirits are also said to haunt
the basement. - June 2008 update: the property
has been sold to a developer. There are condos or some type of
residences being built there.
Boulder - Macky Auditorium
- In the early 1960's a young woman was raped
and murdered by the janitor while practicing opera alone in a room.
Allegedly her ghost roams the hallways of the Auditorium and sometimes
late at night you can hear an organ coming from the building even
though nobody is there. Numerous local media document this. So no one
hears opera late at night. However, bloodstains remain on the floor,
which is now a professor's office.
Boulder - University of
Colorado - Macky Auditorium - There is
reputedly a brown-clad man who haunts one of the building's towers. He
seems to be harmless, but there is a bit of local legend connecting him
with some documented murders in the building.
Broomfeild - Children’s
World - A young lady that worked at this daycare
not to long ago says that it was after 11pm and she was finishing paper
work so she could go home. When she went out to the parking lot, there
was a man standing in the playground walking towards her. She loaded
her car and every time she turned around, the man was closer to her.
She got into her car and locked the doors and when she turned around,
the man was gone, and nowhere to be found. It is also said that if you
are in the building by yourself late at night, you will hear whispers
and strange noises.
Cañon City - Prison
Museum - the prison museum used to be one of the
first museums in Cañon City in the cleaning room where the
female convinces used to do laundry there are many cold spots and the
smell of tobacco in some stops of the laundry room and then in cell
number 19 you can see orbs in photographs taken after the female who
used to be there died as well as you can hear the coughing and smell
the sent of original cell member of cell number 19.
Cañon City - St.
Cloud Hotel - Guests of the hotel have reported
seeing strange figures, never unsettling, just a bit surprising.
complaints of a young child playing with her ball in the halls of the
hotel and disappearing potpourri. the St. Cloud Ghosts enjoy playing
games, hiding things from the housekeepers and turning off lights and
televisions. stacking furniture and startling guests and employees, the
St. Cloud Hotel is both charming and spooky.
Cañon City - Woodpecker
hill(cemetery) - cold spots, many orbs, shadowy
figures in the day lighted figures in the night (this was mostly used
for the convicts who died of the death penalty or when they died in
jail/prison all of which never got headstones just a marker saying
there cell number) all of the convicts are on the west corner and then
they started adding children and teenagers at the turn of the century.
also you can hear small children laughing in the distance.
Castle Rock - Castle Pines
Golf Course - In the first cottage along the #1
fairway, the bottom floor has had unexplainable happenings. During
times that staff has been in cleaning the cottage, showers have turned
on, soaking the maids, a smell of rotten eggs normally follows. Towels,
glasses, sheets, have all been moved while they are in there. Lights
burn out frequently. No guests have reported anything, but the staff is
well aware of the happenings.
Castle Rock - South
Elementary - In the woods behind the school
there is a bridge that you can stand on leading into the hills. If you
stay on that bridge long enough and stay very quiet you will hear
children's faint giggling. As well as men’s voices heard. It is known
that the men took the children up to the hills and for some reason,
they all burned to death.
Central City - Old mining
town located near Denver, with many very well
preserved buildings, including a historic opera house/theatre. Central
City in Colorado although inhabited by the living was well spoken of
for it's vaporous inhabitants (one really can't say deceased when the
specter doesn't themselves admit to it). In a certain bar on the main
street on the floor there is a lovely painting of a woman, it is
carefully maintained by the proprietor. The tale is that a distraught
miner painted it when his wife died of consumption. He went into the
bar and drank himself into a stupor, while stupefied he proceeded to
paint his wife's portrait on the floor. He spoke tenderly of her
sweetness almost as an incantation to give it the life she lost so
young. He painted long into the night and on to past noon. Once it was
complete he slept, he never awoke. They buried him next to her and some
say on the anniversary of his death you can hear them talking tenderly
to each other through her portrait on the dance floor.
Coahoma - old Colorado
city highway - at night turn your car off and
you can hear noises and screams of a woman. it has been said that
something moved a car with 6 teenagers and a mom.
Colorado Springs - Adam's
Mark on Cascade - formerly The Antler's Hotel - At least 3 ghosts to speak of, One hangs out after
hours in the bar Judge Baldwins. The other is a woman in a long gown
seen coming down a back flight of stairs. The third is a suicide on
prom night in the 70's of a young girl in one of the rooms.
Colorado springs - Arby's
- around 1996 to 1997 a manager was shot in the
Arby's parking lot by one of her own employees. Several things happen
here, for instance whispering in the lobby, things moving from where
you had put them to somewhere else in the store. so far the things have
only happened when the person is alone. People have seen a lady walk
from the front of the kitchen all the way out the back door. Sometimes
when the opener is alone in the morning they may here their name being
called by a man. When You close the store and put the chairs up the
same 12 chairs every night will be found the next morning or later that
night down again when NO ONE was anywhere near them. many other things
happen there it is a very scary place.
Colorado Springs - British
Home Shop - There are several spirits just
hanging out at the British Home Shop with daily activity. One of the
spirits has fun by locking you in the woman's restroom. Several
investigations have produced positive videos, orb and ecto pictures and
evp's. The owners of the shop will talk to you about the spirits just
ask them.
Colorado Springs - Broadmoor
Hotel - There was once a fire in this hotel.
Guests have claimed to hear the ghosts of the fire victims. - February 2007 Correction: A former worker reports
there never was a fire in the Broadmoor Hotel. However, that isn't to
say that there aren’t any ghosts. There are several stories in which
employees late at night have seen a woman dressed in 1920s clothing
walking around the main Hotel. It is believed that this lady is very
likely the Countess Portales, wife of Count Portales who built the
original casino which had been moved and then used as a golf club house
before being torn down in the 1990s.
Colorado Springs - Chapel
Hills - K-Mart - There have been reports of
displays being knocked over and strange noises back in the Garden Shop.
Employees who have had to open the Garden Shop early in the mornings
have reported cold spots and the feeling of someone brushing against
them as they've gone through the aisles. The occurrences have been
attributed to a former manager there by the name of Carl who passed
away in 1998.
Colorado Springs - Cheyenne
Canyon - Helen Hunt falls - The falls now bear
her name. Her grave is up a little higher in the mountains in a place
called Gold Camp Road. On the average of 5 people die around the Gold
Camp area each year. If you drive through the tunnels there, something
freaky ALWAYS happens. Handprints on the car, voices in the tunnels,
etc.
Colorado Springs - Colorado
School for the Deaf and the Blind - Colorado
School for the Deaf and the Blind was built in 1874. Sometimes deaf
people see ghosts in the dorm, gym, and basement (the most scary
place). Hearing people hear strange noises from.
Colorado Springs - Community
Prep High School was Garfield Elementary - About
40 years ago two 3rd graders committed suicide, in one of the rooms
down stairs you can still feel the coldness of the two elementary
students presence. Also from students who go there now say they see and
hear the voices of the two children. One student said that when they
were down in the room they felt something pulling their hair while
sitting down in the classroom. Until this day you can still smell what
the dead bodies smell like.
Colorado Springs - Coronado
High School - When the school first opened in
the seventies, the pool was open to the public. Reportedly, a lifeguard
invited his girlfriend and her little sister to do some swimming after
hours. While the couple was making out in what is now the girl's
coaches office, the little girl drowned in the pool. Early mornings in
the pool, a little girl in a bathing suit can be seen sitting in the
far corner of the pool area. Strange cold spots or things rubbing
against swimmers have also been reported.
Colorado Springs - Days
Inn - Airport - There is an older gentleman that
haunts room 207 at the Days Inn-Airport. There have been reports of
cold spots, curtains opening and closing and "thumping" when no other
guests are present. Hotel staff knows about him and the housekeepers
don't like to clean that room without at least two others nearby.
Colorado Springs - Devonshire
Square Apartments - The apartment is pretty
old. At least four people in the building have seen an apparition in
the sauna (in the weight room), and all four times it has been
described as disappearing once the person entered the room. The light
is in the room, so you have to actually enter to turn it on, and
beforehand you could easily mistake a ghost inside as being another
person. Knockings in the 300 series have been heard.
Colorado Springs - Garden
of the Gods - There used to be a Indian Burial
ground. Now when tourists come around they can feel a presence in the
car with them. We have had reports of cars dieing in the middle of the
road and being found the next day empty with the doors left completely
open. The breaks on cars have been known to go out. Blue orbs have been
seen.
Colorado Springs - Gold
Camp Road - The tunnels along the road are
haunted by the spirits who built the in the 1800's, the road was
originally a railroad from Colorado Springs to cripple creek but was
the tracks were later removed to allow for transportation by car. - March 2005 Update: The national Forest Service is
talking about opening this tunnel and making it accessable for one way
traffic. The people in the community have 60 dyas to let the forest
service know what they want to do but the Forest Service will make a
decision July 2005.
Colorado Springs - Harrison
High School Auditorium- It is said that the
ghost of a young thespian named Malcom haunts this Auditorium. You can
hear his footsteps on the stage and catwalk. If you venture up to the
catwalk area you may see a glowing light coming from no light source.
Once a young woman slipped on the catwalk and nearly fell to what could
have been her death when she felt someone grab a hold of her, pulling
her back to safety. When she caught her breath and looked for her hero,
she found no one, but felt something brush her cheek as if being
kissed.
Colorado Springs - Cascade
Blvd. - Hearthstone Inn - Reports of seeing a
little girl run thru the houses laughing. Cold spots in the houses that
would give you goose bumps and things flying of hooks on the walls and
shelves. No reports of ever felt threatened but claims of witnesses’
heart stopping on several occasions.
Colorado Springs - Lee
Family Home - This home, located near the Black
Forest area, has been on "Sightings" and has had several paranormal
investigators visit. There are over 20 spirits that haunt the house and
the grounds. Apparently it is a spiritual portal lying on the crossing
of two major lay lines, according to a Hopi Shaman.
Colorado Springs - Liberty
High School Auditorium - During the building of
the Catwalk, a man fell and landed on the seats, breaking his back. He
suffered a long death. During shows he will occasionally turn off/on
one or two lights. If you sit on the stage in the dark you will head
footsteps on the catwalk then the sound of something falling.
Colorado Springs - nightclub
- In the 1950's, a previous owner shot her
husband and than hanged herself in the basement. Almost all employees
have heard whispering or seen her ghost. None of them will go down to
the basement alone.
Colorado Springs - Palmer
High School - In the sixties or seventies, a
student hung herself in the first floor restroom after being denied a
role in a production of Macbeth on its opening night in the school
auditorium. Poltergeist-like activities occur when someone in the
school auditorium says 'Macbeth' just prior to the premier of a play or
performance. Take heed: such occurrences can be disastrous, leading to
the termination of the production due to damages done on stage. This is
often accompanied by the sound of the empty seats in the balcony being
opened and closed. During an assembly in the spring of 1998, a noose
was seen hung above those seats.
Colorado Springs - Pioneer's
Museum - It is supposedly haunted by a manager
who was shot dead by an employee over a pay dispute in 1959 (not sure
about the year). The security guards who have to patrol the museum at
night try to avoid the guy's former apartment because they feel very
uneasy there.
Colorado Springs - Rock
Ledge Ranch - this was once a hospital for
Tuberculosis patients in the 1800s. Lights turn on by themselves,
footsteps can be heard in the upper levels. The antique rocking chair
in the basement moves by itself.
Colorado Springs - Rockrimmon
- McDonalds - Currently during business hours
employees had reported hearing children scream as if they are being
killed, along with children playing around the fryers. It is said at
night during closing hours an Indian chief has been known to shut off
lights, push people and move things. Along with things opening closing
and starting by themselves.
Colorado Springs - St.
Francis Health Center - When the hospital first
started, nuns were in charge of the nursing and healthcare. There is
one who does not want to leave. She has been seen with blood on her
clothes and she wanders around the hospital. Many say that she will
exit through a wall, which was added after her death.
Colorado springs - Wards -
Wards what now is memorial hospital
administration building many previous shoppers report hearing sounds
coming from the walls and when they were in the women’s restroom the
toilets and sinks flush and turn on lights turning off at night the
previous security guard quit from those effects in the late 90's a
young girl and boy were lost from there mother and father when they let
there children go to the restroom and they never came out. to this day
no one knows where the children went. People still say the parents
never left the out side of the restroom.
Colorado Springs - Wards -
El Paso - In the 90's a family at a local
shopping center "Wards" got more then they expected when a little boy
was with his parents and needed to use the restroom and the mother and
father took him. When the father let the son go in he screamed like no
other had screamed before, and when the parents rushed in to the
restroom there child were gone. The rumor has it there had been a man
in the man's bathroom to this day no one know what happened to the
children but when ever anyone goes in one of the bathrooms there are
strange noises and toilets flushing by them self.
Colorado Springs - Wendy’s
- A few days after it opened, one of the workers
was closing up and he went to empty the trash and found the body of a
dead girl about the age of 16 in a ballerina costume. Late at night you
can hear her calling the name "Tommy" and the sound of soft music.
Colorado Springs - The
Underground - This bar is next door to a
building that once housed a mortuary. Reportedly, during major
epidemics and the like, bodies were stored in the basement of what is
now The Underground, in the back bar area known as 'The Pit'. Several
employees have reported things being thrown about and broken in a
locked storage area when nobody is down there. Numerous pictures taken
there have shown orbs of varying sizes and degrees of brightness. There
are also reports of a female ghost that haunts the elevator and
hallways in the upper stories of the building, which house offices.
Commerce City - The Barn -
The barn is located on a dirt road the runs
behind the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. Legend says that one night to high
school sweethearts went out to the barn. When they arrived the
boyfriend went psycho and killed his girlfriend by hanging her by the
rafters of the barn. On some nights when you go out to the barn you can
hear the screams of a woman coming from within the barn. It's believed
that the girl that was killed in the barn haunts the area. The second
you hit the road to make your way to the barn your hair stands on ends.
Craig - Craig middle
school/old high school - In 1948 a man fell to
his death out of the art room and on to the stage. In the art room the
door swings open even when there is no draft.
Cripple Creek - Fairley
Bros. & Lamoman Building -Ghost called Maggie
walks the floors.
Cripple Creek - Imperial
Hotel & Casino - Workers report it is
guaranteed to see or hear something that wasn't of this world. Some
people say they have seen a man falling down the stairs, or a young
lady walking by during a mellow drama wearing clothing from the 1800's.
A former employee worked at the casino for three years has documented
some of what happened while they where there at - Not a Ghost of a Chance
Cripple Creek - Palace
Hotel & Casino - People report feeling a
gentle nudge as they walk down the stairs.
Denver - Cheeseman Park - Cheeseman park was the cemetery for Denver and there
are graves left in the park. There are more than just graves. During
that time period the care of graves was terrible. If someone did not
have a grave they may have been thrown in another with someone else or
just left lying until a mass burial grave was dug. Also if someone were
buried in a grave that belonged to someone else they would just take
the person in there out and leave them. If you go around the time the
grass should turn green you can see the graves. This is because the
grass over the graves turns green first. Also you can see sunken spots
from the graves.
Denver - Denver Children's
Home - In the late 1880s, Denver Children's Home
located on Albion Street and Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado provided
lodgings to orphaned children. A fire in 1888 (then known as the Denver
Orphan's Home) killed several children in the attic/third floor. Today,
DCH is still providing youth services, counseling, and housing to
youth. Apparitions of children playing and ethereal voices of crying
and whimpering are regular phenomena. Also, an apparition of a female
in a wedding gown is regularly seen floating down the third floor steps
and across the 50 ft. length of the second floor hallway. The FIFTH
exorcism occurred in 1999, but still certain paranormal oddities
remain.
Denver - Denver County -
Red Rocks Amphitheater - Apparitions of an old
man was standing on the "restricted" side of the railings. He looks to
be an old miner. He was about 5'5, white, beard, dirty brownish hat
with a bottle in his hand. He appears for just a few seconds then
disappears.
Denver - Denver
International Airport - Several problems
were encountered while building the airport. This is reportedly due to
the fact that the airport was built on top of sacred Native American
ground. Some employees and visitors have reported hearing or seeing
strange things.
Denver - Denver
Public Library - According to some
employees, there is a ghost in the basement of the library who shoves
people hard when they are walking through. According to one employee, a
security guard quit because they were frightened so badly while
patrolling the basement at night. Now the security guards patrol it in
groups of two.
Denver - Dora
Moore K-8 - Many have seen a ghost at
Dora Moore K-8 school. She is most often seen walking along the large
wooden staircase that connects the first and second floors, but some
have seen her in the third floor auditorium. She's seen at night or
during days when it's so dark outside you could mistake it for night.
She wears a longish dress (ankle length, but doesn't touch the floor)
and her hair is twisted into a bun. She walks quietly, not making any
noise at all.
Denver - George
Washington High School - The ghost of an
old heavy bald man is seen on the football field. He will show up in
the middle of the day and then just disappear into thin air. Some say
he is the ghost of an old football coach.
Denver - Josephina's
Restaurant - Larimer Square- Haunted by a
female regular whose daughter from the prohibition era (the restaurant
used to be a speak-easy) earlier in the century. The mirror in the
women's bathroom has broken one-too-many times to be a coincidence as
well as other freaky things (i.e. Whiskey bottles turning over by
themselves, chair scooting from one end of the dining room to the
other, etc.)
Denver - Molkerei
- Formerly a tuberculosis clinic in the
heart of east Denver back in the late 1880's. It was closed down as a
clinic and Remained open as an asylum between 1902 and 1906. It was
believed the unethical practices of early psychology led to the
untimely death of the residents. Many sightings have been reported of
things such as lights within the house flickering on and off
repeatedly; visions of people walking around inside a seemingly
abandoned house and one instance of a male leaving the house wearing a
white surgeon's mask and walking around the surrounding park. It is
also believed that there was formerly a network of tunnels underground
that area leading to the nearby castle of Barron Von Ricthofen himself.
The house has been recently remodeled but strange instances still occur
within the surrounding park and neighborhood.
Denver - Molly
Brown House - The infamous house of
Margaret Brown is haunted, although by who has not yet been determined.
An investigator found cold spots throughout the house, the scent of
pipe tobacco when no one was smoking, & doors that had "a mind of
their own". Apparitions also seen. The house is now a tourist
attraction.
Denver - Monk
monastery on hill - Reports of an
apparition of a monk walking on the road
Denver - North
Denver - Lumber Baron Inn - June 2005
Correction: previously listed in Boulder- In
the 1970's this house was converted into apartments. A young run away
girl, 17 years old, lived in one apartment. She was raped and murdered
one night. A friend of hers stumbled upon the murder and was also
killed. The house is now a bed and breakfast. There have been several
haunting incidences, including a sighting of a girl in a flapper dress.
Footsteps have been heard and seen on the squeaky steps. www.lumberbaron.com
Denver - State
Capitol Buildings - Many security guards
see a woman in a long dress. She is seen there often, and in four or
five nearby buildings. People report sounds of voices, footsteps, and
doors.... Cold spots too.
Denver - Tivoli
Student Union - Houses the student union
for the Auraria Campus combining Community College of Denver,
Metropolitan State College and University of Colorado at Denver. Built
in 1866 as the original Tivoli Brewery. Large brewing equipment still
remains. Converted to student union in 1994. Ever since, voices are
often heard through vents on the third floor as though an elegant party
is going on, whispers in the bathrooms.
Denver - Tramway
building - The building has been
renovated, and some of the construction crew has seen and heard strange
things. One crew heard voices in an office. When they went to inspect
the voices in the office they opened the door and there was nobody
there. Also, there is a ghost of a mechanic who used to work on
railcars in the basement. Legend is that he died in a tragic accident.
He is seen walking down corridors carrying a huge tool and then
disappearing.
Denver - University
of Denver - Mary Reed Building
It was the Dupont Room, named for a long-gone alumni who left money for
the Reed Library. The room was all fixed up, with high-backed leather
chairs, glass bookcases, etc. People say the ghost of Mrs. Dupont liked
to sit in "her" room and read, and the janitor claimed to have seen her
more than once.
Denver - University
of Denver Lamont School of Music - Dunklee Hall - was located at the intersection of Montview and Quebec
(it is moving to the main campus where the also haunted Mary Reed
building is located). Legend has it that a student killed herself on
the second floor of the dormitory, Dunklee Hall. That floor was used as
practice rooms for the music students. There was one particular room
(out the elevator, to the right, last door on the right), Is usually
standing open. Upon leaving it quietly closes behind you.
Denver - VFW
Post # 1 (9th & Bannock) - Many
employees of the bar at the VFW Post #1 have reported seeing ghostly
shapes in the hallway and hearing a loud rapping noise in the furnace
room (these are assumed to be the spirits of dead soldiers attached to
the artifacts in the VFW's Museum, dating back to the Spanish/American
War to current). The most frightening of these occurrences happened
after the bar closed one night in 2003. The bar manager (my husband)was
alone in the building, cleaning the bar area. He turned on the TV to a
hard-rock music channel to help keep him motivated and awake. The TV
channel suddenly turned to a non-music channel. The bar manager, not
yet frightened, turned the channel back to the music channel. Again,
the channel changed to a non-music channel. The bar manager, says out
loud "I can get out of here much faster if you let me listen to my
music channel". The channel changed back to the music channel and
stayed there.
Edgewater - Jefferson
High School - A few of the gothic
students were known to practice there witch craft at down stairs in the
girls locker room. One day they were all found decapitated with their
heads puzzled on different bodies. At the end of the day you can hear
them screaming for the gym teacher’s help!!
Empire - The
Pratt Hotel - This Bed and Breakfast was
built in the late 19th century and is haunted by the first owner's
daughter, Millie Pratt, who fell down the very steep front stairway.
She only seems to appear to women. Her room is the one by the top of
the stairs. She whispers "mother!" in women's' ears at night and
several have seen her fall down the stairs or lying at the bottom of
the staircase.
Englewood - Cherry
Creek High School - The Old School House - It
was reported that sometime in the 1930's a little girl was beaten to
death by her teacher inside that school house. Students often hear
screams coming from the inside of the schoolhouse and once in a while
see a girl walking on the greenbelt and then suddenly disappearing.
School supplies come up missing quite often.
Englewood - Englewood
High School Auditorium - Cold spots -
believed to be haunted by drama teacher who died in the mid 70's.
Englewood - formerly
the Forney Transportation museum - reports
of glowing eyes with a great feeling to leave, at least the basement.
Englewood - St.
Mary's Academy - The students have seen
strange lights in the theater and have felt un-naturally cold in the
tunnels.
Estes Park - Baldpate
Inn - Gordon and Ethel Mace built this
charming lodge in 1917, and it stayed in their family until 1986 when
the family lost ownership of it. Not to deter Ethel, however, who has
haunted her old room for years. She especially likes to sit in a
wing-backed rocker before a fireplace in what is now a storage room,
her feet up, reading the Bible. Gordon hates smoking. Few guests are
able to keep a cigarette lit for long - something smashes it out or
steals the pack! Ethel must be somewhat of a prohibitionist, because
mixed drinks seem to spill and fly off tables fairly often.
Estes Park - The
Stanley Hotel - This huge, eerie hotel
built in the early 1900's was a resort for famous celebrities and such.
This hotel inspired Stephen King to write "The Shining." Past employees
have mentioned hearing footsteps and seeing various apparitions. A
ghost has been spotted in room 407 in the window and most other guests
complain about hauntings in Room 217 and 401
Estes Park - Stanley
Hotel - Room 407 - is definitely
haunted. Believed to be haunted by Lord Dunraven. He was, of course,
run out of town after trying to swindle folks out of their land and
money. He mostly stands in the corner of the room near the bathroom
door. Witnesses report he turned a light in the opposite corner on and
off several times. When it was off, they just told him that they knew
he was there and that they would only be staying for two nights and
would he please turn the light back on. He did. During their attempted
sleeping hours the elevator was constantly making noise. No one was
using the elevator! at 2 in the morning.
Evergreen - Brook
Forest Inn - A beautiful mountain Inn
with numerous ghost stories. Haunted on the top floor by two ghosts:
Jessica, a chambermaid murdered by her lover, a stable hand, and the
stable hand who committed suicide after killing her. Cold presences are
felt going the stairs to the third floor, according to the staff. The
Second floor is said to have been the location that "Carl" murdered his
wife after finding out she had an affair with another man. (The AFSPR
and RMPRS investigated and found numerous magnetic anomalies in the
suggested room for the past homicide.) The third floor is said to hold
the spirit of a mischievous little boy who died from the flu or some
other type of illness. It is said he can be heard running up and down
the hallway late at night. The AFSPR (American Foundation for
Scientific Paranormal Research) will present a full report on this
investigation sometime in August.
Evergreen - Brook
Forest Inn - Surrounding Forest - Believed
to be haunted by the Indians that lived their Hundreds of years ago.
Evergreen - Hiwan
Homestead Museum - Reports of being
called in "the Spinning Room" & a grayish/white, full sized
apparition dressed in a floor length nightgown. In a locked, unused
room above the study Reports of footsteps and a sound that was almost
like a rocking chair coming from above. Strange anomalies have showed
up on film as well.
Fairplay - Fairplay
Hotel - Ghost seen singing and dancing in
hallways, especially in mid- to late-October.
Florence - Florence
Hotel - there was a man who took a baby
and covered the baby in cement in the basement of the hotel along with
a woman. People have seen the lady walking down to the basement and
also in the bathrooms, bedrooms and the old dining room. At night some
people can hear the baby crying, if you ever go there (ask to sleep in
the pink room.)
Florissant - Costello
Street Coffee House - This building
used to be a house that was built in 1886. The owner of the house,
James Castello died at home. James's Wife Catherine died from severe
burns after her dress caught fire. One of their Son's Frank and
his wife had a daughter and son who died in Florissant as children. The
lights turn on after being turned off. The owner of the now coffee
house has a picture of a little girl sitting on the bathtub upstairs. A
musical moose that is put out at holiday time has started playing music
on 5 different occasions when no one was near it. Employees have
reported hearing footsteps up stairs when the coffee house is
closed. Many times employees can't find things because they are
never in the same place twice. The upstairs of the house is always cold
at night despite having the heat turned on.
Fort Carson - bldg
#1047 - on the third floor a soldier went
crazy and killed three other soldiers, the soldiers that live on that
floor say that, you can still hear what sounds like crying, some say
that if you go to room 313 you feel cold spots, beds will shake, stuff
will fall, and you can even make out what looks like a man just looking
at you in the dark
Fort Carson - The
old Ft. Carson hospital/mental clinic - The
old hospital and other surrounding buildings in this area were built
around 1941, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. In the 40's there were a
lot of German and Italian POW's located on Ft. Carson. There is also an
intricate system of tunnels linking the buildings together, one of the
post's Military Police investigated an open door one night and deep
into one of the tunnels he found an old setup of children’s toys, a
small chair, a small kids table and a few other things. There were also
witnessed by three Military Policeman words painted inside an area
under the building with no visible way to get inside and paint them
there. The words didn't make any sense, and when they attempted to look
for them on a later date they were gone, as if they’d never been there.
They weren't painted over because the surface wasn't painted, and they
weren't sandblasted off either. On some nights especially when the
weather gets colder, many strange noises are heard there. Movement is
heard through the building, like furniture is being shoved around,
repetitive banging noise, and sometimes faces are seen peering through
the barred windows. an elder American Indian woman says the site was
directly on the old trail of tears. She said that, there is a large
low-lying field where no structure will stand; several attempts at
building there have been unsuccessful.
Fort Collins - Avery House - They do
public tours now but it used to be a private residence. John Avery
built that house for his wife right after they got married. The two
main places are in the kitchen pantry and a middle bedroom upstairs.
It's painted green and it seems to that it's young child but that this
child was very unhappy because the feeling in that room is very
oppressive. The front sitting parlor has a feel to of a presence.
Fort Collins - Centennial High School - It
is a historical fact that a girl fell to her death from the fire escape
when the building was an elementary school a Custodian actually quit
after his experience with the rumored entity
Fort Collins - Hell - It's an abandoned
goat farm. Many sightings have occurred there. The ghosts may vary from
a floating white blob to a shadow figure of a man. Many say that they
hear bells jingling as they approach the site.
Fort Collins - The Hell Tree - Back in
the early 1900's a farmer would hang his farm hands from this tree. One
afternoon they rebelled against him. Later that evening his wife found
him hanging from this tree. Sometimes on a late night when the moon is
silhouetting the tree you can see the farmer and his farmhands hanging
in this tree.
Fort Collins - Helmshire Inn - On the
third floor a worker claims ghosts would undo their work after rooms
had been tidied lot of times the curtains would be open again, one time
a bed had been "unmade" and toilets would flush when nobody was on the
floor with me. Also, the basement, in certain areas, seems to have a
presence, it may not be the same one from the third floor. You should
give Fort Collins another glance since this area was an intense
battleground. Look back in some of the old newspapers. Especially areas
near and around Legacy Park and Martinez Park.
Fort Collins - Holiday Inn Holidome - There's
a ghost of a man in the top hall of the northwest wing that is an
ominous presence. The ghost of a woman looks out over the swimming
pool, from one of the rooms, when children are playing, supposedly to
watch over them. The main apparition though, is of a little girl who
haunts a room across the hall and a bit east of the now unused king
suite. She does little poltergeist activities mainly- (guests there
often find their key cards missing, etcetera) and she also blasts the
air conditioning.
Fort Morgan - Baker's
School - The school has been rebuilt at
least three times, and it burns down every time. The last time it burnt
down was in '96, and once again it was rebuilt. You can see lights
going on and off at night when no one is there, and you can hear
children playing.
Fort Morgan - Nature
Trails at Riverside Park - Trails run for
more than a mile from Riverside Park, to the Ponds, with swamp like
land and thick woods. The trail runs all along the South Plate River,
and the whole way to the Ponds, you can hear and sense spirits. Some
people have become possessed, or followed by spirits. Rumors have
called her the River Witch, a woman in the 1900's who practiced the
dark arts, and was treated very badly by all of Fort Morgan's
residents, so one night she was sick of it and walked into the river,
killing herself. Most of the spirits revolve around her. You can feel
the bad energy out there, and you hear them, and can see glowing eyes
in the trees.
Genesee - Mount
Vernon Country Club - Several hauntings
have been reported. On Mondays, the restaurant is closed, but often a
manager comes in to run invoices and such. The sound of feet walking
across the floor were heard, in the lobby. When asked "who's there?" a
straw flew from an empty glass sitting on a shelf behind him, and
landed on paperwork he was working on. He left for the rest of the day.
The next morning, the receptionist came in early and began to check
messages. The telephone's 'auto-answer' feature was active, so the
phone could not ring. As she was checking messages, the telephone, to
her surprise, rang. She answered it in her normal fashion, and a
scruffy, whispering voice on the other end said to her "tell me what
you're wearing". She replied, "excuse me", and the voice again said,
"tell me what you're wearing". Immediately, the caller hung up. The
receptionist quickly had other workers in the club try to call her
extension to see if it would ring, but all attempts were unsuccessful.
Georgetown - Full
Circle Cafe - Cafe was featured on
Sightings, has about 15 to 20 Ghosts!!!! The whole town is haunted!!!
Glenwood Springs - Hotel Colorado- Doors
open and close by themselves, elevator goes up and down by itself,
smell of cigar smoke when no one is smoking in lobby, a little girl in
a Victorian dress playing on the staircase, and a murdered chambermaid
who appears at night in the Devereux Room.
Golden - Heritage
Square - This is a type of shopping
center/ amusement park that is haunted by many ghosts. One in
particular is a young man who supposedly fell in love with a young girl
from one of the Indian tribes that was passing through the area at the
time. Some one supposedly forbid their love and as the young man chased
after the girl in his horse drawn wagon he was mysteriously killed. To
this day there have been stories of young girls hearing galloping, and
a male voice crying out for them to wait for him.
Grand Junction - Horse Thief Canyon - Horse
Thief Canyon is located west of Grand Junction and connected to the
Colorado National Monument. In the 19th century, horse thieves would
bring their latest herd of horses here and hide them for a while. One
night the sheriff surrounded the area and shat the thieves along with
some of the horses. The spirit that haunts this place seems to be
unrelated to the canyon's history. On certain nights a woman in a white
dress has been spotted walking from canyon wall to canyon wall. Her
background is unknown, but others have claimed to see her walking the
banks of the Colorado River.
Grand Junction - The Elks Club - reports
of 3 to 4 different shadows have been reported to have been seen in the
building by members and employees. One shadow is said to have been a
woman who died of unnatural causes in the building. Employees have
reported trashcans that were left on the tables after mopping were
thrown across the room, doors closing on their own, and voices have
been heard.
Grand Lake - Grand
Lake - Way back in the day, the Ute
Indians were suddenly attacked by the Cheyenne. Fearing for their women
and children, the Ute braves loaded them on rafts and shoved the rafts
into the lake for safety. As the battle with the Cheyenne raged among
the trees and along the lakeshore, a fearful storm came up, blowing the
rafts far out onto the 400 ft. deep lake. The rafts overturned and all
the women and children drowned. Legend says that if you go out to the
lake on a stormy night after a balmy day, you can see a ghostly mist
rise above the lake and drift across the waters. You can even hear the
cries of the ones who died there.
Greeley - University
of Northern Colorado - Edith, the ghost
on the third floor of an all girl dorm. She used to be a dorm mother,
but the girls were horrible to her; keeping her up all hours with
pranks and what not. The woman was never completely there to begin with
so she was driven to suicide, hanging herself in her room. All the
girls hear her come in from time to time, she'll change channels on the
television, flip lights and move furniture while you sleep.
Greeley - University
of Northern Colorado - Turner Hall - Haunted by numerous spirits, chiefly, two main
spirits that most of the students who reside in it know and have either
seen or heard. The first spirit was a former student who threw himself
out of the window of the 11th floor. Another is because of a fire that
happened in one of the rooms (12th?)and trapped the students there.
Greeley - University
of Northern Colorado Wilson Hall - On
the third floor of Wilson hall where Edith committed suicide. There are
stories about the kids throwing marbles at her. That is why the vents
make so much noise, because the marbles are rolling around. Residents
report hearing doors opening and shutting and footsteps moving around
in the attic.
Greeley - The
Ramkota Hotel - The hotel was built where
the old Chief Theatre used to exist. Her boyfriend killed a young woman
in the theatre. She was thrown off the balcony. Sometimes she will play
tricks on people (poltergeist activities) and sometimes she will show
herself outright. Almost everyone who has worked at the Ramkota has
seen the ghost of "Rosy."
Gunnison - Western
State College - Roubidoux Hall - 3rd Floor - Third Floor Roubidoux is haunted by the ghost of at
least one spirit. He had died from smoke inhalation when the
building caught on fire some 20 years ago. Those who live in the
boys old room where he died have seen ghostly apparitions over the side
of the bed while sleeping. The doors have also been known to lock
people within the room as he was trapped inside his room when he
realized there really was a fire.
Hamilton - The
Highway Northwest of the town - Reports
of a strange mist on the road at the site where a young man lost his
life when he fell asleep and wrapped his car around the front wheel of
a tractor trailer rig.
Hamilton - The
Town - The little town of Hamilton near
Craig, in Northwestern Colorado has a benevolent spirit of a mountain
man or trapper from a century ago. Sightings of him are wearing
buckskins and smoking a pipe. He suddenly disappears and only the smell
of the pipe remains. Witnesses will catch a glimpse out of the corner
of their eye. When they turn to look there is nothing there, also the
strong scent of a pipe or cigar.
Hartsel - Mountain
Muffin Restaurant - The building that
this cafe was located dates back about 100 years. There was a
hanging in the back room of this building. There was an Ice Cream
Parlor in the early 1900's. A new cafe was then put into this
building. There was talk of a person who hanged himself after
killing another man over a romance gone bad. Reports of lights
going off and on and Coffee Makers just turning on by themselves, Cash
register's just opening on their own. To this date the building
is still there, but there has not been a sighting for almost l8 years.
Highlands Ranch - Daniels Park - Old 19th
century armory on the south face of the hill, below and to the left of
the park facilities, a ghost named "Kether" dwells. She was sacrificed
on this spot as punishment for disobedience of her coven whose beliefs
were loosely based on worship of the Egyptian god "set". Often, on a
hot summer day, the concrete and stone bunker goes suddenly cold and
the spot where her blood spilled becomes damp to the touch. An
apparition has also been seen on the hill nearby.
Highlands Ranch - Highlands Ranch High School Auditorium - After leaving things locked up in the booth over night
they will be moved the next day, or the item is not in the booth at
all. Cold spots, the hair on the back of your neck and arms stand up,
& footsteps in the catwalk when no one is up there.
Highlands Ranch - Highlands Ranch Mansion - There
is a mansion on S. Ranch Road that was built in the 1890's. The owner
of the ranch and his family lived there. There was a single daughter
who was forced to stay in the house all day, every day to clean and
cook while the other men were out in the fields. She's still alive,
she's 97. It's the impression of her sadness that haunts the mansion. A
great example of a residual haunting that happens even though the
person is not dead.
Highlands Ranch - Northridge elementary - you
can see the monkey bar handles moving when there is no wind and you can
hear people sliding on the slides when no one is there the cafeteria
lights flicker on and off (sometimes) and you can hear children
laughing on the "lower/ yellow playground"
Highlands Ranch - Ranch View Middle School - laughter, crying, and talking can be heard in the
halls of the school. In the bathroom behind the stage, you can hear
laughing, and crying in the bathroom stalls. The lights flicker, and
the hand-dryers and the water turn on by themselves. The elevator
lights flicker and stalls, and then stops. Then it will stop up again.
the light and sound control panel’s switches it’s setting when closed.
In the stairs by the gym, you can hear laughing and balls from the
playground equipment bin fall out.
Highlands Ranch - Thunderridge High school - Laughing and footsteps in the halls can be heard when
alone and shadows walking in the halls in the corner of there eye. Hear
teachers talking when there are none in the halls at that time. There
are also strange occurrences in the "F" wing where you feel people
following you and when you look no one is there. You can also feel
things fly by you head and there is nothing to be seen. The last thing
is the "Gym" hall seem to have a person walking on the tile and there
is no one to be seen.
Kiowa County - Sand Creek - The site of
the Sand Creek Massacre is long believed and experienced as a haunted
site. On November 29, 1864 over 200 Native Americans (mostly women and
children) were brutally massacred by US Col. John Chivington. His
forces hunted the people as they tried to escape along the Sand Creek,
in many cases, as they tried to take shelter in small sand caves. They
were used as target practice, mutilated, and even had body parts
amputated before death as trophies. Annually, on the anniversary night
of the massacre, campers have reported seeing manifestations of
numerous Native women, children, and the occasional warrior, wandering
down the Sand Creek bed and banks where they were killed, most
appearing only briefly, and then dissolving into the creek's soil.
La Veta - Fort
Francisco Museum Hall Mansion - The west
wing of this old fort is haunted by two ghosts, the Candle Lady ghost
and the Floating Lady ghost. There is cold spot in the kitchen. Staff
have seen orbs and experienced flickering lights.
Lakewood - Union
Square 6 Mann Theatre - In 1997 the
theatre was haunted by an old man with a bad temper. Employees where
teased and tormented, many quit. Even customers noticed him wondering
around. Management had to bring a specialist.
Lamar - The
Old Chapel - It is told that a man had
come and killed a preacher and a nun, while raping another. The poor
nun found out later that she was pregnant, and hanged herself on the
top floor. To this day, the unhappy nun can be heard crying and moaning
throughout the week, and a few have even seen her weeping while walking
along the halls.
LaPorte - Bingham
Hill cemetery - When you go there late at
night you can people screaming and babies crying and feel cold hands
touching you
Lafayette - Andevine
middle school - there is a teacher in
the school and it is said that she murdered a child. One night a
student went in the classroom after detention and there was a little
boy with blond hair and red eye sitting there writing on a peace of
paper. now if you go there late at night you will see the little boy
sitting there writing on a peace of paper.
Leadville - Alps
Motel - drastic temperate changes,
feeling of dread or something wanting to cause you harm.
Leadville - Evergreen
Cemetery - Blue lights shoot through the
treetops, and a woman in white flies over the tombstones.
Littleton - Columbine
High school - apparitions are said to
appear but not confirmed. Pictures produce orbs.
Littleton - Littleton
Cemetery - Alfred Packer, the alleged
cannibal is buried here. While he seems to rest in peace, Angelica, a
goat that was supposed to serve as a medium for him, supposedly haunts
the graveyard. If you aren't impressed with a medium-goat, go for
Alfie's grave and the other lovely old graves. Since it is a Cemetery,
It's probably open to the public, but locked at night. The Littleton
Cemetery is actually just up the road from the melting pot- two trips
for one!
Littleton - Melting
Pot Restaurant (formerly the town's library) - Employees have reported seeing various apparitions and
objects moving by themselves. Anyone who is a native of Littleton has
probably heard of this. This restaurant is in downtown Littleton at
Santa Fe Drive and Bowles Ave.
Longmont - Vance
Brand Civic Auditorium - The identity of
the specter is known as "Edison," as there are many strange things that
happen to the electrical system. Supposedly, the ghost is of a janitor,
which was killed when the balcony collapsed on him while the place was
being built. Students here have reported cold spots, lights turning on
and off and strange noises occurring. One student even spotted a
strange figure in the back of the balcony watching them. A witness
reports seeing a giant dog, which chased him and a fellow technician
into a storage room, where the dog disappeared, as well as foot steps
on the catwalks during a show, and have heard someone screaming from
within the auditorium and neighboring hallways, when no one was in the
auditorium & cold spots. The chairs in the auditorium have also
been known to move as if someone is sitting down or getting up from
them.
Louisville - Pasquinis
- The Pizzeria is in historic downtown
Louisville, used to be Colacci's. The basement was at one time during
the turn of century and prohibition a bootlegging tunnel and gambling
hall. A poker dispute caused a shooting of a man, and his "girl" who
tried to stop it. The tunnels now blocked are said to be the entryway
into the basement, which runs the length of the building. Employees for
years have said the presence of the innocent girl who died prematurely
is felt with quick changing temperatures and light bulbs disappearing.
Manitou Springs - Bath and Spa house - Indians
were pushed out of there lands and were cut off from there sacred
spring. The Indians put a curse on the land. The building was made over
the spring and then as soon as it opened it caught on fire killing many
people. They tried to open again and flooded, also killing many. Every
time they try to open it something horrible happens and many die. It is
fenced off but you can see in the windows. You can see the people walk
by. And you can see lights flickering.
Manitau Springs - Marmont Castle - is or
was haunted by a little boy and his stepfather. The nuns and/or monks
may be there still. The castle is and can be found in the local
Colorado Springs phone book.
Manitou Springs - Mushroom Monday - At
the shop downtown, called Mushroom Monday, that is still open today,
there is a spirit of an old man. Multiple people, both employees and
customers have seen him. He stands near a small fountain, but appears
to be standing on a surface below the shop's floor, as he comes out of
the ground at the knees. He only appears briefly then is gone, and
those who have seen him say he is benevolent. The store is very close
to the Bath House, so it is possible that the two are somehow
connected. You can even ask the owner of the store about him, she can
tell you more.
Marmount Castle - The Cliff House - Manitou Springs - A noble couple from Europe came to the valley and met
an untimely and gruesome deaths (she cheated on him and he murdered her
and committed suicide.) The place is haunted. Voices (mumbled) and some
have seen a white, translucent blur floating through walls. Steps being
heard.
Mead - Mead
grave yard - When going to this place u
will see that there are graves dating back to the 1800 and people have
reported seeing mobs and people lynching black men and many other
things
Mesa Verde - Balcony
House - This area is an ancient ruin of
the Anasazi Indians. Several ghosts walking among the ruins. Very
little is known about this specific ruin. Just standing inside the
ruins one can feel the spirits.
Mesa Verde - Cliff
Palace - The spirits of the ancient
Anasazi walk in and around the ceremonial pit houses (kivas).
Niwot - Niwot
High School - is haunted by a child that
was in the basement and was killed by the janitor.
Ouray - Beaumont
Hotel - On a woman’s wedding night she
was brutally murdered by her new husband. So now she walks on every
quarter of the moon at 2:15 a.m. all over the house in search of her
husband. and on the anniversary of her death you can see her being
killed, but you can’t ever see her husband just her, like she is dieing
by herself. her husband stabs her twice in the chest and once in the
leg. he then drug her down the service flight of stairs, where he
proceeded to drag through the hallway and then hung her in a door
frame, so don’t ever go on the third floor by yourself.
Park County - Bailey
- Platte Canyon High School - In the
storage room above the gym, a faculty member that hanged himself was
found by students. It was later determined that he had raped a 14 year
old freshman girl just before committing suicide. Ever since then,
students and faculty members have reported hearing strange footsteps,
lights flickering, and weird moaning sounds. They all seem to occur in
the storage room.
Penrose - Old
Glendale Station - This two story stage
stop was built in 1861. A woman in a white wedding dress haunts the
front porch of the ruined stone building. She is the ghost of Kathleen
Cooper, who still waits for her husband-to-be. The gold miner she waits
for was killed in a holdup on his way to the wedding. She most commonly
appears to people on horseback but occasionally is seen by people on
foot.
Pierce - Highland
Elementary - reports of hearing a baby
cry and doors slamming.
Pierce - Pierce
Elementary - sounds of footsteps
following you, but when you turn around there is no one there, doors
opening and closing on their own, then sometimes you'll hear a baby
crying and see different shadows.
Platoro - The
Skyline Lodge - built 1945 in the
tiny mining town of Platoro, Colorado. The Lodge is a 3story log/wood
building and contains a general store, a restaurant, a game room, and
guest/employee rooms. It stands at 10,000ft. elevation in a
valley of the San Jaun Mountain Range in Southern Colorado. There
is much history at the lodge and in the Platoro area in general.
Platoro was founded in the early 1880's to provide housing, food and
even a post office for local gold/silver miners. One of the ghosts
that haunt the area/lodge is believed to be 'Little Eva'. Eva was a
16yr. old prostitute that was shot by the wife of a local miner.
Her grave is an unmarked concrete slab that's in a field about 150yrds
from the lodge. - (private
property) - Another 'Spirit' is
believed to be Henry, the ghost of a man that passed away(1950's)
inside the main lodge after suffering a heart attack while hunting.
Some of the mysterious things that happen are;
Shadows(silhouettes)passing by/behind people when they're alone. Bowls,
silverware, plates getting thrown off counters and shelves. Doors
opening/shutting, even locking on there own. Numerous cold spots that
are almost always there. The sound of furniture being dragged across
upper floors when no one's around. Things missing and turning up
in strange locations, and fires in the main lobby fireplace
starting/stopping on there own.
Poncha Springs - Mears Junction - Along
the old "Chile Line" abandoned Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, above
Mears Junction (about 2 miles up to the south), used to be a water tank
where trains would stop to replenish water for their boilers so they
could make it over Poncha Pass. The story goes that one time in the
fall of 1894, when the train stopped, a small child named Annabell got
off the train to walk in the woods awhile with her brother. When the
train started up she was no where to be found. Her parents and brother
got off the train to look for the girl. They stayed for days, and even
with the help of the County Sheriff and local ranchers on horseback,
she was never found. On several occasions during the autumn while the
train was still running, engineers and conductors have thought that
they saw a small child playing in the woods. In later years on many
occasions, boy scouts and scout leaders camping in the area during the
fall have heard a small voice singing in the dense aspen groves
directly to the east of the old abandoned railroad bed.
Poncha Springs - Near top of Poncha Pass - On
a small tract of land, owned by the Boy Scouts for their Rocky Mountain
High Adventure Base, is an old dugout cabin, near a small gold mine,
surrounded by an old corral. Many adults and scouts have reported on
various occasions hearing moaning and low muttering sounds coming
directly from the dugout late at night. The story is that De Anza
buried some gold at this site on his way down into Poncha Springs in
the 1600's. An old miner found the stash of Spanish gold pieces while
mining in the area. They found him dead, locked and sealed up in his
little dugout, supposedly scared to death, with no mark on him! He had
reported on his previous trips into town that he was continually being
alarmed by lights and hearing loud Speaking voices which told him to
leave the gold and leave the area....or die! The cabin, the mine and
some of the corral are still there.
Poncha Springs - Poncha Pass - A civil
war haunting is present just off the highway on the north side of the
pass on a big curve, where according to Union Army records, a small
contingent of troops encountered a renegade bunch of Southern soldiers
running from a posse of mounted volunteers. It seems they had been sent
by the South to intercept a gold shipment and take it back to Texas.
They were successful in stealing the gold shipment on a wagon and had
almost crossed Poncha Pass when they ran into a Union patrol form Ft
Garland. A small skirmish ensued where three rebels were killed and
most of the gold was retaken. Two soldiers that were wounded carried
off one of the four wooden crates of gold and ran to the south up
little Pemmican Creek where they disappeared for all time. Some say
they left the area, and some have said they died in the dense woods and
aspen groves from their wounds. The Union patrol searched for many days
but could not find any trace of them. The three Southern soldiers who
had been killed are buried in the Poncha Springs Little Round Top
Cemetery. Local ranchers and miners have reported seeing a old man in
tattered grey uniform feebly asking for help, but when they would go to
help him, they could never find him. Motorists along this stretch of
Hwy 285 have seen a older man in tattered clothes saluting as they
passed. The sheriff was called on several occasions to investigate, but
no one was ever found. Scouts and adults at the scout base along
Pemmican Creek have reported seeing a strange looking grey ghostly
figure in early evening while they camped out there.
Pueblo - Arkansas
River - Many people have died along the
old trails beside the river. Many Indian burial sites have also been
unearthed along the river. When walking on the Pueblo Nature trail one
feels uneasy, as if you are being followed and watched.
Pueblo - Pioneer
Cemetery - the pioneer cemetery is
located in pueblo co. there are very noticeable cold spots and
temperature changes. the pioneer cemetery has graves from the 1800's
and there are some new ones too. it is attached to an old Jewish
cemetery as well. intense feeling of dread, bad odors, and visible
black mist.
Pueblo - Rendezvous
Restaurant - Witnesses have reported
seeing a small child running about on the balcony and then jumping off
suddenly. It is believed that it is the spirit of a little boy fell
from the balcony to his death. Also felt the spirit of a woman.
Pueblo - Rosemount
Museum - The museum was home to the
prominent Pueblo family, the Thatcher’s, during the 1800's. There are
noises and movements all over the property as well as a real Egyptian
Mummy in one of the top stories. Under their house there are extensive
tunnels not open to the public.
Pueblo County - Battle site of Cuerno Verde - this is where a Spanish army fought and defeated a
band of Comanche Indians. The Comanche chief, Cuerno Verde, was killed
at this site as well as many Spaniards and Comanche. At the historic
marker of the site whispers can be heard in Spanish and Comanche as
well as a strange presence can be felt.
Silver Cliff - Silver Cliff Cemetery - Well
documented Ghost lights. The ghosts light of this old cemetery is well
known in the region. The town has gone as far to shutting off all the
lights in the town because critics stated that the ghost light is
reflections of the streetlights. The town turned off all the lights and
still the light danced around the tombstones. The lights were first
noticed by a group of weary partygoers coming back by wagon from the
town of Rosita. They were questionable witness to say the least. But,
after their report other people began to notice lights in the
graveyard. Thinking it was some local kids having fun, the local men
decided to hide at night and catch the vandals. Well hidden, they
waited past dark, and then the lights came. The men jumped out from
their hiding place and saw the lights with no one around. They went
home rather spooked. The lights are still seen today.
South of Sterling - Summit Springs Battlefield - Battle between US Calvary and Cheyenne dog soldiers.
The Cheyenne had abducted a frontier woman in Wyoming. with the Calvary
not far behind ,they finally met at Summit Springs. The woman was
killed and her grave overlooks the battlefield, many Calvary and
Warriors died here. The Dog Soldier leader killing his own prized war
pony, by cutting the horses throat in full view of the Calvary, so as
not to let it fall into their hands. It is a very remote location, with
whispers in the grass, hoof beats at night, and a visible mist that
moves across the prairie and returns back to where it came from, the
marker of the frontier woman's grave.
Sterling - Old
Logan County Hospital - The old hospital
is now shut down and owned by Centennial Mental Health. A little boy,
Sterling, died there and haunts the place. Electricity was cut off but
inside you can still turn on the lights and all the clocks have the
same time on them that doesn't change even when they are plugged in.
Telephone dial tones can be herd when you pick up the phone to but no
calls can be made. The little boy supposedly tugs on your shirt to get
your attention.
Sterling - Ramada
inn - It is known that if you enter room
104, that you can see a woman in a night gown with what looks to be a
blood stain on the front where she was supposedly shot walks around the
room cleaning.
Thornton - Brittany
Hill - If you go up to the Brittany Hill
Restaurant after closing walk up to the old mansion doors and you can
see the ghost of a man holding his wife in his arms. The owner of the
mansion was caught cheating on his wife and she jumped out the tower
window when he saw her dead he hung him self in the tower now they both
stand up in the tower window together
Thornton - Riverdale
Road - Riverdale Road is a circuitous and
meandering stretch of poorly maintained country road running primarily
from northeast Denver then north to Highway 7 in Brighton. The road is
within a distinctly rural area currently and derives its name from its
parallel relationship to the South Platte River. Between the road and
the west riverbank is a dense alluvial soil which is rich and fertile
which attributes a long history to the road. The area was not farmed in
the traditional sense until the late 1880's and there was never any
official form of slavery on any of these farms, yet there is a definite
sense of the arcane and tragic. Unlike the officially platted roads of
the Colorado highway system, Riverdale is very curvy and follows the
bank of the South Platte, belying its original usage as a section of
the so-called Trapper, or Cherokee Trail, used by the indigenous
inhabitants of the area for nearly 1500 years before contact with the
Europeans in 1817. Little is known about the place during this time.
What is well documented is the time period from 1880-1950's when the
area was part of the large truck farm complex, primarily of Sugar
Beets. The harvesting of the Beets would occur during the fall and was
done by abjectly poor eastern European immigrants who worked the
Smelters the remainder of the year. As a result the farms were
notorious for their abuses of the migrant workers to the point of near
slavery, a tragedy which continues today. This, along with the many
pioneers and such who died traveling Cherokee trail has riddled it with
angry and unpleasant spirit activity. In addition to the aforementioned
legend there is a place, some miles south of Highway seven and near to
the northernmost end of the road which is distinctly hilly, uncommonly
so. The hills are some 300' in height and uniform in shape. These hills
surround a large building and a residence known to local teenagers as
the "gates of hell". The legend which surrounds this place is that some
time in the early 1980's a bizarre and abusive religious cult was
cloistered there where they would commit unknown heresies, including
the death of a child. To this day it is said, that at certain times, a
number of phantom dogs can be seen guarding the driveway and have even
gone so far as to chase some people into their cars, a point at which,
they disappear without a trace.
Walsenburg - catholic
school - half of the building was burned,
and at one time the school was run by nuns. When you’re by yourself you
can hear the baby cry. And in the 50s a girl died in the car accident,
on the way to school, she still walks back and forth, up and down the
hall.
Westminster - city
hall - at 12 midnight you can see a lady
with two little girls looking over to Sheridan St. they say it's
because a man killed them and then buried them under the tower.
Westminster - Pillar
of Fire - Is haunted by the victims of a
murder that happened years ago, the hauntings consist of faces being
seen in the tower windows ghost mist around in the cemetery.
Wheat Ridge - Ridge
Mental Institution - The institution was
for kids 18 years old and younger. It was Closed in the 70's. Although
recently tore down, the place was a pinnacle for paranormal activity.
Voices of kids playing could be heard, a well as a little girl crying
in one of the rooms. Apparitions also appear in the form of black
masses that are very unfriendly. All of the buildings exhibit these
traits, especially the boiler room where the room grows cold and a
stench begins to fill it. Many people have also reported a feeling of
being watched, as well as someone unseen whispering incoherently into
their ear. Poltergeist activity was also noted, mainly the hiding of
flashlights and things appearing in different places than they were
before. Pictures revealed hundreds of orbs and plasma streaks.
Wheat Ridge - Wheat
Ridge Middle School - Gymnasium -
their have been reports of a little girl in the girls locker room seem
to be appearing in the dark when your all alone the gym teacher says
that she knows theirs a ghost of a little girl in their she says she
sees her in the morning their has also been reports of some activity in
the boys locker room as well a little boy haunts the boys locker room
apparently a ling time ago before the school was rebuilt their was a
shoot out and people mostly died in the gym and aberrantly their is a
few ghost in and around the school in the dark is where they decide to
come out.
Woodland Park - Saylor Park Forest - Cadets
from the Air Force Academy participating in Survival training have
reported feeling presences, seeing glowing figures among the trees.
Night vision goggles reveal pulsing lights near various scattered
granite monoliths between 1am-3am.
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