In November 2008, during initial construction of a new parking structure for the Denver Botanic Gardens between York and Josephine Streets, human bones and parts of coffins were unearthed, and in November 2010, workers digging trenches for a Cheesman Park irrigation system unearthed four skeletons.This walk-through haunted theme park has four different haunted houses across six acres of the Pleasanton Fairgrounds. The land was converted to the park in 1907. McGovern, an undertaker, was elected to remove the remains, yet utilized child-sized coffins instead of adult-sized ones, sometimes using as many as three caskets for just one body. In their haste, body parts and bones were literally strewn everywhere in a disorganized mess. Congress to allow the old graveyard to be converted to a park. Families were given 90 days to remove the bodies of their loved ones to other locations, yet more than 5,000, remained unclaimed.Į.P. The cemetery opened in 1858, and in March 1860, slain Denver gambler Jack O’Neal and John Stoefel, the man who murdered O’Neal, became the first two people buried in the cemetery.īy the late 1880s the cemetery was rarely used and Colorado Senator, Henry Moore Teller, persuaded the U.S. The number one creepy and real haunted place in Colorado is awarded to Cheesman Park!Ĭheesman Park, located in Denver, dates back to the 19th century and its land used to be Prospect Hill Cemetery. Location: 8th Ave & N Williams St, Denver, CO 80218 George’s spirit then started to appear around the 1980’s, during the theater’s renovations. People reported sightings of figures, lights would get turned on and people could “feel something” in the green room. The theater first opened its doors as the Boulder Theater on January 9, 1936.Ĭolorado Daily reports that in the 1940s, George Paper, the then-manager of the Boulder Theater, accidentally hung himself while doing some rigging on the stage. Location: 2032 14th St, Boulder, CO 80302īoulder Theater, located in Boulder, first opened in 1906 as home to the former Curran Opera House, named after wealthy billboard sign owner James Curran. The Fox Theater Company purchased the building in 1935 and created the Boulder Theater. Reports include those of a ghostly figure of a man in a white shirt standing on the railroad tracks and who vanishes suddenly, a railway engineer in period clothing walking through the hotel lobby, and that the hotel staff refuses to work alone on the upper floors! #3 BOULDER THEATER claims that the hotel was built on old railroad tracks and is believed to be haunted by many apparitions. The hotel also includes historic outlets such as the world-famous Diamond Belle Saloon, an original ragtime piano bar that dates back to the era of the Old West. The hotel’s interior features handcrafted woodwork, period wallpaper, and the largest collection of American Victorian walnut antiques. Strater Hotel, located in Durango, was built in 1887 by Henry Strater, and is a Historic Hotel of America Member. Location: 699 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301 Photograph courtesy of © Library of Congress

Psst… CCPI Paranormal Investigations decided to investigate these claims and recorded high electro-magnetic fluctuations between the hours of 12am to 1am! #4 STRATER HOTEL Paranormal sightings include an elevator moving from floor to floor with no passengers, a young girl in Victorian clothing seen playing with a ball in various areas of the hotel, and a female apparition that peers over sleeping male guests. Legends of America claims that the hotel is home to several spirits that inhabit the building, and that guests and staff have reported very unusual activity during the late hours of the night. Hotel Colorado, located in Glenwood Springs, was built in 1891 during Colorado’s mining boom and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Hotel Colorado’s originator, Walter Devereux, spared no expense in the creation of the “Grande Dame”, and the resort served Colorado’s wealthy elite. Location: 526 Pine St, Glenwood Springs, CO 81601 Photograph courtesy of © Legends of America

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