Articles for tag: Estes Park, Estes Park Colorado, Stanley Hotel

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The Ghosts of the Stanley Hotel in Colorado

Of all the places in the world rumored to be haunted, the most famous might be The Stanley Hotel. This hotel in Estes Park, Colorado has long been rumored to be haunted, and has frequently appeared on listings compiling the most haunted places in America. The hotel was rumored to be the inspiration for Stephen ...

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The Stanley Hotel Ghost Tour

After becoming addicted to the Sci Fi channel’s “Ghost Hunters”, my wife and I could not resist the opportunity to tour the Stanley Hotel while staying in beautiful Estes Park Colorado. In my mind I had pictured the hotel to be in an isolated valley, remembering the depiction in Stephen King’s “The Shining”. However, when ...

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Haunted Places in Colorado

Ghost stories and rumors of haunted places exist all over the country. Colorado is no exception to the list of supposedly haunted location. There are several locations within Colorado that are rumored to be haunted. Third Bridge #2, in Aurora, off of Smokey Hill Road, is one of these allegedly haunted places. High school students ...

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American Hauntings: The Stanley Hotel

There are so many haunted places in America but one of the most haunted is The Stanley Hotel. In 1903 Freelan Oscar Stanley, the co-inventor of the Stanley Steamer automobile first came to Estes Park for his health. Stanley, who suffered from tuberculosis, and his wife Flora had been arranged by his doctor to stay ...

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Visit the Famous and Haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado

You just never know what secrets are hiding behind the exterior of what appears to be a nice hotel, so you would probably never guess that the Stanley Hotel was once used for the horror movie, “The Shining” or for filming the last part of “Dumb and Dumber”. The hotels popularity has drawn in many ...

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Haunted Colorado, Sixth in a Series of “These Haunted States of America”

Everyone loves a good ghost story. That’s what makes authors like Stephen King, Bentley Little and Robert R. McCammon so popular. Haunted Colorado was made “mainstream” by Stephen King’s The Shining, but you won’t find The Overlook Hotel here, though there is The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park where Stephen King received the inspiration for ...

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Haunted Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, CO

The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado is in the Rocky Mountains and enjoys breathtaking scenery. The hotel is situated on 35 acres of majestic natural beauty. The Stanley Hotel is said to be the inspiration for the spooky Overlook Hotel in the Steven King movie “The Shining.” Ghost Stories The Stanley Hotel is said ...