We were there in the beginning. Covering Colorado since its birth, the Rocky Mountain News has documented the everyday goings-on of the Centennial State -- and has uncovered a few hauntings along the way.
Below, from 1876 to the present, you'll find true tales from the state's ghostly birth.
Wonderful manifestations through the mediumship of C.B. Cutler
Published: May 7, 1876
On instantly opening the door a scene was presented which might be described as a mock representation of the infliction of the legally prescribed death penalty, which the quadruple murderer, Gallotti, has just escaped. In short, the medium was found hanging by the neck.
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Disembodied gravediggers haunt the location of a forgotten cemetery
Published: October 14, 1889
Passing the corner of Seventeenth and Arapahoe streets in daylight no one would ever dream that of four consecutive nights seven strange forms have moved hither and thither in the full glare of the electric light and have performed manual work.
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Moviemaker's tale is stuff from which horror flicks sprout
Published: October 26, 1986
A strange story unfolded as the medium spoke in a trance. The crippled child would have inherited a great fortune from his grandfather, but the child died before he could inherit. He was buried secretly, and the family acquired a similar-looking boy from an orphanage and palmed him off as their own in order to collect the inheritance.
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Ghostly stories liven up history of Colorado with eerie, tricky twists
Published: October 31, 1988
"You can connect a lot of ghost stories with drinking alcohol," a ghost author says, "but there are other stories people have a hard time explaining away."
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Cultists may follow drug routes into state
Published: September 15, 1989
Boulder police raided a suspected cocaine dealer's home. During their search, they found a hidden altar and evidence of animal sacrifices. Later, police were called to a local church after a form of animal offering was discovered on the building steps.
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Exorcism denied: Sentencing set for 13-year-old in slaying of two
Published: April 2, 1987
In what he called the first "devil-made-me-do-it" case in his court, Otero County District Judge Durant Davidson will sentence 13-year-old Kathryn Trogler, who pleaded guilty this week to murdering her sister and wounding her mother.
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More than one Gallagher ghost may haunt mine near Leadville
Published: May 26, 1991
Just at this moment there came a shrieking noise that could be heard for miles, and the visitors . . . scattered in all directions. It took us 30 minutes to gather up the party, and then not a one of them would get close to Johnny for the rest of the tour.
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