Ghosts of Colorado

by Dennis Baker

Tour of one of the most haunted landscapes in the United States. Walk the halls of the chilling Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, a place that gave even Stephen King the creeps. Explore legends of Doc Holiday at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs and visit his grave to see his ghost. Learn about "unsinkable" Molly Brown's haunted home in Denver, and read ghost stories that have haunted the Colorado Rockies for centuries. These places and more will chill you to the bone! Like on FaceBook @ghostsofcolorado

160 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 2008

Reviews

[C.R. Richards · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. I was hoping for more.

[Candy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this book and all the stories

[Keegan Cool · Rating 1 out of 5]

I picked this because I both live in Colorado and am part of the Paranormal field. I had Hope's of finding information on new locations and maybe some stories behind the structures and legends. Was I wrong, to start off the "Most Popular Haunting" is Orbs? Balls of energy Orbs? Not spirits Orbs? Wow, yeah could it be good to see an orb yes, but it's also reported along UFOs and Cryptid Sightings, lightning storms. They are not even a haunting, at least the ones that you cant debunk as dust or bugs. Is there some cool pictures, yeah some are cool and some are blurry. Writing style, a mix of the author trying to be Stephen King and at other times it's like reading a microsoft power point. Also some of the locations have 4 lines dedicated to them, not even 4 sentences. While other less deserving locations where other then rumors no "Paranormal" evidence has ever been found get pages.......its hard for me to say this because everyone may have different tastes in books but I cant recommend this. If you want to know locations then save your money and check out the website http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/... and if you want books talking about hauntings or cool places then check out books such as Haunted Boulder 2, Angel's Ghosts and Demons or even Weird Colorado.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is one part rumor, two parts sensationalism, and two parts urban legend. Haunted takes on a loose term. Lights were on, and a chair knocked over, so now an Arby's in Ft. Collins is considered "haunted".
So many of these stories are from the victorian era, and the gold rush days, that you have to wonder how the stories survive. Urban legand. Some stories didn't include locations or much detail. However all the famous stories are here. Molly Brown, and of course, the Stanley hotel.
A story that seems to make the rounds a lot in Colorado is also in this book. A graveyard was being moved in the name of progress. The graves were dug up, and for some reason, the bodies/bones were put into smaller boxes. They were so small that only parts of bodies could fit in one box. Why they weren't left in their coffins for ease of transportation & reburial is a mystery. Arm bones went with other peoples skulls, ribs of another were with legs of someone else. When the new obviously much smaller location was full, the remaining corpses were put in one common grave, plowed over, and today that area is called Cheeseman park.

[Christine · Rating 1 out of 5]

I have read better ghost stories , these are just rewritten and not very well. This book is a total waste of time.