Tag: Halloween
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Is this Park Hill block Denver’s best decorated for Halloween?
While for some, Halloween festivities last just a weekend or the month, Ann Lincoln sees the spooky spectacles she builds outside her South Park Hill home as a yearlong passion. “It’s kind of become my fulltime hobby. I plan in the cold months and I build a little in the Spring… I start really putting…
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The spooky tale of the hitchhiker on Colorado’s Gold Camp Road
Gold Camp Road is known as a stunning scenic drive in Colorado Springs that offers wonderful views of the mountainous terrain found west of the city. That said, some aspects of its past are a bit spooky.. As a former railroad route, the road is now used for activities like hiking and biking, but it’s…
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Did aliens mutilate a horse in Colorado? Bizarre details spark questions
“Flying Saucer Sought in Death of Horse,” read a headline following the death and mutilation of Colorado’s most infamous equine, Lady. More commonly known as Snippy – Lady’s posthumous alias, the body of this horse was found stripped clean of the hide covering her skull, seventeen miles from Alamosa on September 9, 1967. Cuts said…
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Aided by a new sponsor, the Broadway Halloween Parade returns Saturday
With All Hallows’ Eve just around the corner, South Broadway will soon become a meeting point for Denver’s population of ghouls, ghosts and otherworldly spirits. The ever-popular Broadway Halloween Parade will be back Saturday evening, featuring more than 80 parade floats traveling the 1.2-mile stretch between East 5th Avenue and East Virginia Avenue, said Luke…
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After 12 seasons of screams, this 13th Floor veteran scare actor remains blood thirsty for more
For most of us spooky season comes around once a year – for Dusty Salas it’s a lifestyle lived year-round When it comes to making a monster, Dusty Salas has all the right pieces and knows just how to put them together. “I love being spooky,” Salas said. Walking through dark corridors and cobweb-filled alleys…
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Why the Peabody-Whitehead Mansion is said to be one of Denver’s spookiest spots
The Peabody-Whitehead Mansion has a reputation as one of Denver’s most haunted locations, and when you learn about its spine-chilling history, it’s not hard to see why. Designed by architect Frank Edbrooke, the mansion was constructed in 1889. William Riddick Whitehead, a surgeon, was the first person to inhabit the mansion. According to Uncover Colorado,…
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You’ve heard of Alferd Packer – but did you know about Colorado’s ‘other’ cannibal?
In the age of the Internet, most Coloradans have probably heard at least a few words about Alferd Packer, the infamous ‘Colorado Cannibal’ best known for consuming parts of his companions during an expedition gone wrong in 1874. Heck, there’s even a University of Colorado Boulder dining hall named after him – the Alferd Packer Grill. That…
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Denver to haunt drivers by closing road near Union Station for ‘Spooky Wynkoopy’ Halloween festival
Drivers in Lower Downtown next week may be haunted by a Halloween-themed temporary road closure outside Union Station. Beginning Friday afternoon, the city will close the 1700 block of Wynkoop Street to cars for a week-long Halloween celebration called “Spooky Wynkoopy,” according to a Thursday news release from the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure. Drivers…
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8 spooky haunted houses to check out around Colorado this year
Spooky season is upon us, and that means it’s time for a classic fall tradition – haunted houses. Here are some of Colorado’s best haunted houses that are sure to deliver a good scare this Halloween season: Located in Westminster, this haunted house has been terrifying Colorado residents for 40 years. As well as making…
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The haunting of Butcherknife Creek in Steamboat Springs
Said to have a history of unexplained occurrences like babies crying at night, Steamboat Springs’ Butcherknife Creek is a notoriously ‘haunted’ Colorado spot. Butcherknife Creek is a waterway in Steamboat Springs that runs through the Strawberry Park campus of the Steamboat Springs School District and then through Old Town. According to The Group Real Estates,…