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The Most Haunted Places in Colorado

Posted on October 21, 2024   |   Updated on September 30, 2025
Bree Davies

Bree Davies

An abandoned building in Cripple Creek, Colorado.

An abandoned building in Cripple Creek, Colorado. (Pierre PERRIN / Getty Images)

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The 6 Most Haunted Places in Colorado

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Halloween is nearly here, and we want to set the mood. We asked friend of the show and local contemporary art curator Thad Mighell — the biggest paranormal stan we know — to set our spines tingling with tales about the spookiest spots in Colorado (that aren’t the Stanley Hotel).

This ghost town in Chaffee County is the eerie remnants of a mining boom community. Virtually destroyed by a fire in the late 1800s, St. Elmo was almost totally abandoned by the living by the 1960s — but many believe it remains today as the stomping ground for some eccentric lost souls who can’t seem to leave their hometown.

This fully functioning hotel in Aspen is purportedly haunted by the ghost of a little boy who drowned on the grounds in the 1930s. Guests report seeing apparitions of a dripping wet child who leaves puddles for footprints.

This Gilded Age hotel in Glenwood Springs is supposedly built on a cursed site. Allegedly, the hotel is haunted by decades of ghostly guests trapped on the hallowed grounds.

Vacationers lounge poolside at Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, 1951

The luxury resort, Hotel Colorado, in Glenwood Springs pictured in 1951. (The Denver Post Archives / Getty Images) .

Out in the middle of nowhere over Kiowa Creek, this desolate road-crossing’s alleged connections to the underworld have attracted cars full of teenagers for decades — some of whom never seem to make it back home.

Situated in the San Luis Valley, this UFO — or UAP (unidentified anomalous phenomena) as they are now known — viewing location is reportedly the best place in the world to have an extraterrestrial experience.

This fully operational city in Teller County is a former mining camp where long-dead spirits allegedly abound — like the father and daughter duo who are rumored to haunt the Imperial Hotel and a childlike ghost who draws on the walls of Buffalo Billy’s Casino.

👉 Psst! Want more?

Hear Thad share all the grisly details for each of these ghostly stories on the City Cast Denver podcast.

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Then, get more spooky season recommendations from Thad in our 2024 October Event Guide. Happy haunting! 👻

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