Hosting your wedding on Halloween is a wonderful idea for an immaculate, mysterious and romantic event. With a swirl of autumn colors, a touch of classy decorations such as antique chandeliers and romantic candles, some masquerade masks for your guests for elegance and mystery and dramatic tunes chiming in the background as your guests marvel at the occasion. For a complete effect of mystery and romance bring your guests to one of Colorado’s famous Haunted Hotels for the perfect Halloween wedding.
Here is a list of Colorado’s Haunted Hotels that you would make the perfect venue for your Halloween Wedding. To see more details on the following hotels please click on the link.
Hotel Jerome Ghost Story
Built in 1889 and Renovated in 1985. Ever find a lost, shivering and soaking wet boy in your hotel room? Well you might at the Hotel Jerome. A woman recently found just that in Room 310 of the Hotel Jerome. When a staff member arrived to help, the boy had vanished, leaving only wet footprints. At that time, no children were registered in the hotel. Legend has it that a child had drowned in the hotel’s original swimming pool. Room 310 is located right in the middle of an addition to the hotel that was built over that original pool.
Hotel St Nicholas Ghost Story
Overlooking Cripple Creek, one of the most haunted cities in the United States, is the Hotel St. Nicholas. It was built in 1898 as a hospital to serve the local prospectors, families and the mentally ill. The hosptial closed it’s door in the 1970s and sat empty for two decades. There are several ghosts staying here. Petey is one who moves small items or hides cigarettes in the bar. He is believe to be a young boy who was cared for by the Sisters of Mercy in the hospitals early days. A second ghost is a miner and has been reportedly heard and seen walking down the back stairs. The ghosts are friendly and playful here. There are also reports of other sightings and feelings in different areas of the hotel. You may also encounter Stinky. He has been seen lurking around the back stairs and puts off a sewage-like smell.
Victor Hotel Ghost Story
The Victor Hotel was first built in 1894 but it and the whole town was destroyed by fire in 1899. The next version was built with brick and stone. During the winter, the elevator was used to carry dead bodies up to the fourth floor until the ground thawed enough in the spring to bury them.
Guests have reported seeing disembodied ghosts on the fourth floor. They look like both doctors and patients without arms, legs or heads. Other areas with ghosts include the basement, the third floor, the kitchen and of course, that elevator. The ghost with a name is Eddie. He fell down the elevator shaft during a stay in Room 301. He is often seen in that room, in hallways and the elevator. The elevator runs by itself going up and down the hotel with no one around. It stops on the third floor and the ghostly activity loves 3:00 a.m.
Brown Palace Hotel Ghost Story
A luxury hotel for more than hundred years after being built in 1892. Renovations, but never closing, have kept it fresh. A Denver socialite once lived in room 904 from 1940 to 1955. As time went on, the hotel offered tours and the story of her life and heartbreak over a lost love were told to the tour members. The switchboard began to receive calls from room 904. What’s so unusual about that? The room was empty undergoing renovation and had no furnishings, lights, or telephone lines to make the calls. When the story was eliminated from the tour, the telephone calls from room 904 stopped coming. Another ghost was encountered by an employee. It was a man dressed in an old train conductors uniform. This spirit was seen in the airline ticket office, which used to be the railroad ticket office.
Hotel Teatro Ghost Story
This is the old Tramway building, built in 1911, and then became the University of Colorado’s downtown campus followed by the Denver Center for Performing Arts. In the late 1990’s, renovations turned it into a luxury boutique hotel that serves guests and ghosts today. From early on, construction crews would hear voices in rooms that turned out to be empty. The ghost of a mechanic has been spotted. He walks down the hallways with tools and vanishes. He worked on railcars in the basement and died in an accident while at work.
Lumber Baron Inn Ghost Story
Built in 1890, this mansion was built by a Scottish imigrant who made well as a lumber jack. Deteriorating over the years, it became apartments and and then abandoned. In 1991, it was renovated and turned into the bed and breakfast it is today. The ghosts remain. During it’s troubled tenement times, a 17 year old girl was raped and killed in the building. A friend who discovered the murder was also killed. Those murders are unsolved. A ghostly woman is often spotted and phantom footsteps are heard.
Oxford Hotel Ghost Story
Built in 1891, this five-story brick building was designed by the same architect, Frank E. Brooke, that did another haunted hotel, the Brown Palace Hotel. The hotel was remodeled art deco in the 1930’s. As the oldest hotel in Denver it still caters to guests and ghosts. A bartender served a man in an old style post office uniform. He served a beer and then heard the man customer muttering about the price, the children and other odd remarks. After he left, the bartender went to pick up the empy, only it was full. Untouched. In the early 1900’s, a postal worker was delivering presents to Central City. He never arrived. His body and the gifts were found in the spring. A young woman having an affair may have been murdered by her husband in Room 320. Guests have reported seeing a faint image of a woman in the room.
Baldpate Inn Ghost Story
Built in 1917 and named after a fictional inn a mystery novel where regular guests were given their own keys, the inn still houses the original owners. Ethel and Gorden Mace haunt their old rooms. Ethel likes the Key Room especially. She likes to sit in a wing-backed rocker before a fireplace. She is said to sit with her feet up in the rocker and reading the bible. She likes to spill drinks, perhaps going back to her support of the prohibitionists. George doesn’t like smoking. The inn is no smoking but if a guest does light up, something may smash the cigarette or the pack goes missing.
Stanley Hotel and Conference Center Ghost Story
You may have heard of an author name Stephen King. And you may have heard of a book and film called “The Shining.” Here lies the inspiration within… The Stanley Hotel began construction in 1906 and opened in 1909. F. O. Stanley and his wife Flora built their home nearby and then this hotel. F.O. built a hydroelectric plant up in the mountains so as the hotel could be all electric. He even had phones in every room. Both were quite a luxury at the time. The Stanley was a summer resort so heat was not added until 1979. Before then, any heat in the building came from fireplaces on the first floor. Other than that, it is mostly the same as in 1909. Besides a history Most notably, Stephen King, who wrote half of “the Shining” in room 217. Stephen King came back when the ABC mini-series was filmed here as well. Stanley Kubrick’s film version was NOT filmed here. They used sets for most of that film. There aren’t any known evil spirits at the Stanley Hotel. The Shining was fiction after all. The ghosts of the owners are still around. In the music room, Mrs. Stanley’s favorite, you may hear the piano playing by itself. Or you may feel the presence of Mr. F.O. Stanley around the lobby or in his favorite space, the Billiard room. The fourth floor is the old servant quarters and fairly active with spirits. You will notice the narrow corridors. The sound of children playing in the halls is common. Even when there isn’t a child in the building. The center of the activity in the hotel seems to be the very active room 418.
Hotel Colorado Ghost Story
Built in 1891, the Hotel Colorado was a luxurious stop that was modeled after the 16th century Villa de Medici in Italy. During World War II, the hotel was used as a naval hospital. Today, it is serving normal hotel guests and some that never leave. It’s a busy hotel between 2-4 a.m. with the elevator moving from floor to floor, the smell of cigars in the lobby, perfume and dish sounds in the Devereaux Dining Room. A young girl may be seen playing with a ball around the hotel. A femal ghost may watch over sleeping male guests. During it’s days as a naval hospital, a chamber maid was caught in an affair and murdered. Her screams may still be heard. The room in which she died is so active that it can’t be rented any longer.
Imperial Casino Hotel Ghost Story
The Imperial Hotel was built after a fire leveled most of the city in 1896. It opened as the Collins Hotel and had the most modern amenities of the time. Electric lights and steam heat. The hotel was run by George Long who married his first cousin in Denver. They had two daughters and one son. The oldest daughter, Alice, had a severe mental disorder and was eventually locked in an apartment next to the lobby. This is now the Red Rooster bar. George fell to his death on the narrow stairs to the basement. Rumors had it that Alice killed him, hittng him on the head with a cast iron skillet. George still haunts the hotel today. He likes to flirt with the ladies and play slots. Night guards have reported hearing the machines play late at night after the casino has closed. When they check, no one is there. The machines are checked and they are malfunction free. Alice is also said to be around still. If staff leaves the door to the Red Rooster closed, the sounds of scratching on the other side could be heard.
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