Historic haunted places in Manitou Springs, CO. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Haunted place
404 Manitou Ave, Manitou Springs, CO
Open (restaurant and event venue).
Dr. Bell's family made this 1870s manor their summer home during the era when tuberculosis patients flocked to Manitou's springs. It later became a fine-dining restaurant, and its …
Source: visitcos.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
9 Capitol Hill Ave, Manitou Springs, CO
Open (museum run by the Manitou Springs Historical Society).
Father Jean Baptiste Francolon built this 1895 hillside castle, which later served as a sanatorium run by the Sisters of Mercy. Staff and visitors describe a little girl, a man gli…
Source: visitcos.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Red Mountain, Manitou Springs, CO
Open (hiking trails; outdoor site).
Emma Crawford came to Manitou hoping to cure her tuberculosis and died at 19, asking to be buried on top of Red Mountain. Years of storms later washed her remains down the slope, a…
Source: visitcos.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
306 Cañon Ave, Manitou Springs, CO
Open (operating hotel).
Opened in 1873 as a stagecoach stop and later grown into a grand resort, the Cliff House is tied to a sad 1913 robbery. A night watchman named Albert was shot after refusing to ope…
Source: nightlyspirits.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.