Podcasts about Brown Palace Hotel

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the enigmatic history of Denver's Brown Palace Hotel, a landmark that has stood since 1892. Renowned for its architectural grandeur and esteemed guests, this hotel also harbors tales of unexplained phenomena. From mysterious phone calls originating from vacant rooms to spectral figures roaming its halls, the Brown Palace's legacy is rich with stories that blur the line between history and the supernatural.   Join Tony as he explores the hotel's storied past, delving into accounts of ghostly children, phantom music, and the lingering presence of former residents. This episode seeks to uncover what truly lies within the walls of this historic Denver establishment.

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the enigmatic history of Denver's Brown Palace Hotel, a landmark that has stood since 1892. Renowned for its architectural grandeur and esteemed guests, this hotel also harbors tales of unexplained phenomena. From mysterious phone calls originating from vacant rooms to spectral figures roaming its halls, the Brown Palace's legacy is rich with stories that blur the line between history and the supernatural.   Join Tony as he explores the hotel's storied past, delving into accounts of ghostly children, phantom music, and the lingering presence of former residents. This episode seeks to uncover what truly lies within the walls of this historic Denver establishment.

This week, we're revisiting one of our favorite conversations! During a past trip to Denver, Bob and Ben had the privilege of sitting down with journalist and historian Dick Kreck at the historic Brown Palace Hotel to discuss the fascinating history of Denver and its development in the 19th and early 20th centuries. With more than four decades of experience as a reporter for The San Francisco Examiner, The LA Times, and The Denver Post, Kreck has also published numerous books on the history of Colorado and the American West. In this episode, he shares his incredible insights on western migration, the construction of the transcontinental railroad, and how the Denver of today reflects its storied past. We are reairing this episode in memory of Dick Kreck, who passed away on December 4, 2024. You can read his obituary here.    

Guest: Jay Homstad Development Director Historic Denver was formed over 50 years ago when community members came together to save the home of Margret Brown.  One the members who saved the home was Ann Love who was the wife of the Governor at the time.  Historic Denver went on to become and advocacy group to help restore and save the historic places and spaces.  Historic Denver's 54th Annual Gala will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024, at The Brown Palace Hotel.  This event will give out awards to people and projects that are making a difference to the architectural and cultural legacy of Denver.  This year they will be handing out nine awards.        www.historicdenver.org

In this thrilling episode of The Halloween Podcast, host Lyle Perez takes you deep into the Centennial State—Colorado, where ghostly tales and haunted locations abound. From historic hotels to abandoned mining towns, Colorado's eerie encounters will leave you with chills. This is Episode 6 of the Haunted America series, released on September 17, 2024. Here's a glimpse at the haunted locations we'll explore: The Stanley Hotel - 333 E Wonderview Ave, Estes Park, CO 80517 Explore the inspiration behind Stephen King's The Shining, where the ghosts of F.O. Stanley and his wife, Flora, are said to haunt this grand hotel. The Molly Brown House - 1340 Pennsylvania St, Denver, CO 80203 Visit the home of the “Unsinkable” Molly Brown, where her spirit is believed to still roam the halls of this historic Victorian mansion. Central City Masonic Cemetery - Eureka St, Central City, CO 80427 Wander through this historic cemetery, where the ghostly “Lady in Black” is often seen leaving flowers on an old grave. The Brown Palace Hotel - 321 17th St, Denver, CO 80202 Stay at this luxurious hotel, where mysterious voices, ghostly calls from empty rooms, and the spirit of a railroad worker have been reported. The Hotel Jerome - 330 E Main St, Aspen, CO 81611 Experience the hauntings of this historic hotel, where the ghost of a young boy who drowned in the 1930s is often seen near the pool area. The Gold Camp Road Tunnels - Gold Camp Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80906 Venture into these eerie tunnels, where the tragic spirits of workers who perished in a collapse are said to still linger. The Fitzsimons Army Medical Center - Aurora, CO 80045 Explore the haunted history of this former military hospital, where ghostly nurses and former patients are said to roam the old corridors. The Cliff House at Pikes Peak - 306 Canon Ave, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 Stay at this historic hotel, where the spirits of a former guest and a sorrowful woman are often encountered. The Mining Town of St. Elmo - St. Elmo, CO 81236 Discover the ghost town of St. Elmo, where the spirit of Annabelle Stark fiercely guards the abandoned streets and buildings. The Museum of Colorado Prisons - 201 N 1st St, Cañon City, CO 81212 Visit this former women's correctional facility, where shadowy figures, ghostly footsteps, and a restless inmate's spirit are often reported. Join us as we delve into the haunted history of Colorado, from its eerie ghost towns to its haunted hotels. Whether you're a seasoned ghost hunter or just love a good spooky story, this episode is sure to leave you with chills. Don't forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with your fellow ghost hunters. Stay spooky, my friends! Like Our Facebook page for more Halloween fun: www.Facebook.com/TheHalloweenPodcast ORDER PODCAST MERCH! Website: www.TheHalloweenPodcast.com Email: TheHalloweenPodcast@gmail.com X: @TheHalloweenPod Support the Show: www.patreon.com/TheHalloweenPod Get bonus Halloween content and more! Just for Patreon supporters! Check out my other show! Find it on iTunes - Amazing Advertising http://amazingadvertising.podomatic.com/ Keywords: Haunted Colorado, Colorado Ghost Stories, Haunted Locations, Colorado Paranormal, Haunted America, Stanley Hotel, Molly Brown House, Central City Cemetery, Brown Palace Hotel, Hotel Jerome, Gold Camp Road Tunnels, Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, Cliff House at Pikes Peak, St. Elmo, Museum of Colorado Prisons, Ghost Hunting, Paranormal Colorado Tags: #HauntedAmerica #GhostStories #ColoradoHaunts #ParanormalPodcast #HauntedLocations #ColoradoGhosts #StanleyHotel #MollyBrownHouse #CentralCityCemetery #BrownPalaceHotel #HotelJerome #GoldCampRoadTunnels #FitzsimonsArmyMedicalCenter #CliffHouseAtPikesPeak #StElmo #MuseumOfColoradoPrisons #StaySpooky

Welcome to Season Three! We are excited to be back with thirteen new episodes for our listeners! We are starting out in Colorado, where Jennifer is actually spending her summer! The Brown Palace Hotel has a lot of history, a lot of rooms, and a broken hearted socialite. What isn't there to love about that? We'd appreciate it if you took a moment to help our podcast by rating and reviewing on apple and NOW on Spotify! Don't forget to check our show notes for our social links! Definitely check out our Instagram (@hauntedorhoaxpod). We post all photos and videos talked about in the show there!Haunted or Hoax Social Medias:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookSources for this Episode:TELEVISION & MEDIA:[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVnEk7O2HlcDESTINATION FEAR - S 3 EP 7GHOST ADVENTURES - S 14 EP 1WEBSITES:https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/iowa/edinburgh-haunted-places-in-iowa-ia/https://www.bumpinthenight.net/night-at-edinburgh-manorhttps://paranormalmilwaukee.com/locations/edinburgh-manor-iowa/https://edinburghmanor.wixsite.com/edinburghhttps://www.edinburghpioneervillage.com/[https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/jones-countys-old-home-has-new-owner/](https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/jones-countys-old-h

We slept in a haunted hotel where the ghosts love to party! This haunted Denver hotel has hosted many celebrities over the years, yet the most famous people in this building are surely the ghosts. We kicked off our stay with a champagne toast and walked the property looking for the dead. While we didn't encounter any spectral body guards or odd creatures under the rugs, this hotel did give us both the same disturbing nightmares about a naked Demogorgon. Have ghost stories of your own? E-mail them to us at twogirlsoneghostpodcast@gmail.com This episode is sponsored by Athena Club, Stellar Sleep, For Wellness, and BetterHelp.. Ready to upgrade your shaving experience? Head over to AthenaClub.com to try their award-winning razor and body products and get 20% off your purchase with code TGOG at checkout. If you drink coffee, it's time to give For Wellness a try. Head to ForWellness.com/TGOG and use code TGOG for 25% off your order. Learn how to sleep again with Stellar Sleep. Head to StellarSleep.com/TGOG for your free 7-day trial and then just $99 per year. Celebrate the progress you've already made. BetterHelp.com/TGOG today to get 10% off your first month. If you enjoy our show, please consider joining our Patreon, rating and reviewing on iTunes & Spotify and following us on social media! Youtube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and Discord. Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan, original music by Arms Akimbo! Disclaimer: the use of white sage and smudging is a closed practice. If you're looking to cleanse your space, here are some great alternatives!

Salina Baker lives in Austin - my town - and has just published “The Line of Splendor,”  a biographical novel of the life of General Nathanael Greene, regarded by most historians as George Washington's most important lieutenant. We talk about Greene's life, his famous Southern Campaign in 1781 in which he and his men drove the British out of the Carolinas and Georgia while losing most of the battles they actually fought, his stint as Washington's quartermaster general and his talent for logistics, his friendship with fellow boy-wonder Henry Knox, and what might have been had Greene not died shortly after the end of the war. Buy her novel through the link below! Also, if you are going to be in Denver on November 12, let me know if you can make the meet-up we'll do late that afternoon, probably at or new the Brown Palace Hotel. Subscribe by email X (Twitter): @TheHistoryOfTh2 Facebook: The History of the Americans Podcast Salina B. Baker, The Line of Splendor: A Novel of Nathanael Greene and the American Revolution

It was nearly midnight in May 1911 when crowds left the theater and gathered at the Brown Palace Hotel barroom. Within minutes, shots rang out and patrons scrambled for cover, but two would not survive. What prompted such a brazen shooting in Denver's most elegant hotel?Sources:Faulkner, Debra. Ladies of the Brown: A Women's History of Denver's Most Elegant Hotel (Arcadia Publishing, 2017).Kreck, Dick. Murder at the Brown Palace: A True Story of Seduction & Betrayal (Golden: Fulcrum Publishing, 2003).The Rocky Mountain NewsThe Aspen-Democrat TimesThe Avalanche EchoCanon City RecordMusic: Credits to David Fesilyan For more information, visit www.oldbloodpodcast.com

On May 24, 1911, one of the most notorious murders in Denver's history happened. This riveting tale involves Denver's high society, adultery, drugs, and multiple murders all set in Denver's famous Brown Palace hotel.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode Tommy Interviews Nick Moschetti, GM Of The Brown Palace Hotel To learn more - Click Here: https://www.brownpalace.com/ To learn more about OpsAnalitica Click Here: https://opsanalitica.com

Historic Denver was founded 52 years ago to save the Molly Brown House Museum. Today, they are one of the nation's premier nonprofit urban preservation organizations. They work every day to promote and protect Denver's historic places and spaces.  In order to be classified as a historic they have to qualify for three out of ten criteria. The criteria range from persons significance, historic event, important to the community or architectural significance.  The process can take a while.    On October 13th they are holding their 52nd Annual Dinner & Awards Program at the Brown Palace Hotel.  They will be honoring three outstanding preservation leaders and five unique projects. www.historicdenver.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In today's episode KJ shares a creepy experience that he personally experienced very recently at the historic (and haunted) Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, CO. Bill covers a Bigfoot encounter from a couple in South Dakota. And some great listener mail. Please join us! Thank you for listening! www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.com Produced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

We've been really excited about this episode. Paul and Nick took a ghost tour at one of Denver's most haunted and oldest hotels, The Brown Palace. This week, they discuss all the paranormal apparitions they encountered on this really cool spot. Check it out. justokaypod@gmail.com also found on Audible, Amazon Music, and Itunes.

In today's episode KJ shares a creepy experience that he personally experienced very recently at the historic (and haunted) Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, CO. Bill covers a Bigfoot encounter from a couple in South Dakota. And some great listener mail. Please join us! Thank you for listening! www.bigfootterrorinthewoods.com Produced by: "Bigfoot Terror in the Woods L.L.C."

Today we are taking a cross country train ride to the great state of Colorado. On a side note fuck John Elway for crushing our childhood hopes and dreams. Anyway, off to Colorado we go… And yes it's for the weed… Well partly. It's also to visit a landmark known to scores of horror movie fans the world over. The Stanley Hotel! Why, you ask? Cus it's creepy, possibly haunted and because we can do whatever the fuck want… It's our show, even if we do get snubbed by our local entertainment paper for best local podcast. Jerks. But we digress. Today's episode is about a hotel but it starts with a man. Freelan Oscar Stanley. And with that we dig into the history and creepiness of the Stanley hotel! Freelan Oscar Stanley was born, along with his twin brother Frances Edgar Stanley, On June 1st 1849 in Kingfield Maine. Although their family was not wealthy, education was highly valued and knowledge of science, poetry and music were encouraged from a young age. In 1859, At the age of nine, Freelan and Francis started their first business together refining and selling maple sugar. At eleven, their great-uncle, Liberty Stanley, who had raised their father as his own son, taught them the art of violin making. By the age of sixteen, Freelan had completed three instruments. In 1883, Francis developed a machine that coated dry photographic plates. After receiving a patent for their process, the brothers set up a factory in Newton, Massachusetts, to manufacture the plates. In the summer of 1897, they attended a local fair where they witnessed a French inventor demonstrate his steam-driven car. Apparently impelled by his wife's inability to ride a bicycle, Francis vowed to build something that his wife could ride. The French inventor's steam car was the driving force (get it?) Francis needed. After the fair, the brothers began to develop a steam car of their own. The brothers formed a car company in 1898 and produced their first steam car, which was dubbed The Flying Teapot. An instant success, the car was easy to run and achieved a top speed of 35 miles per hour (56 kph), quite fast for the turn of the century. Its major drawback was the need to stop every ten miles or so to refill the boiler. The brothers sold their company after only a few months, but they returned to the business of making cars in 1902 when they formed the Stanley Motor Carriage Company. They staged various events to publicize their steam cars, including racing up mountains and racing against gas-powered cars. Eventually the Stanleys sold their photographic plate business to George Eastman and concentrated on the manufacture of their steam cars, which came to be known unofficially as Stanley Steamers. The brothers continued to build race-winning, steam-powered cars. In 1906, one of their cars--The Rocket, driven by Stanley employee Fred Marriott--set the world's record for the fastest mile: 28.2 seconds, which is a speed of more than 127 miles per hour (204 kph). In 1918, Francis was killed while driving one of his automobiles. He swerved to avoid an obstruction in a mountain road and plunged down an embankment near Ipswich, Massachusetts. At the time of his death, the Stanley Motor Company had suspended automobile production to manufacture engines to pump out Allied trenches during World War I. After The war, Henry Ford's Model T soon came to dominate the American automobile industry. Developments in gas-powered engines, and the limitations of steam cars, signalled the end of the steam-auto era. The Stanley Motor Carriage Company ceased production in 1924.   In 1903, at the age of 54, Stanley was stricken with a life-threatening resurgence of tuberculosis. The most highly recommended treatment of the day was fresh, dry air with lots of sunlight and a hearty diet. Therefore, like many "lungers'' of his day, he resolved to take the curative air of Rocky Mountain Colorado. He and Flora arrived in Denver in March and were followed shortly by his Stanley Runabout which was shipped by train. After one night at the famous Brown Palace Hotel, Stanley arranged an appointment with Dr. Charles Bonney (MD, Harvard, 1889), the preeminent American expert in the disease. Dr. Bonney, a great advocate for home treatment, recommended he leave the hotel for a rented house at the first possible convenience. Stanley spent the remainder of the winter at 1401 Gilpin Street but, when his symptoms had not improved by June, he was determined to summer in the Colorado mountains. Bonney recommended Estes Park whose climate he compared with that of Davos, Switzerland, a posh resort for European tuberculetics. On June 29, Stanley saw Flora off by train and stagecoach while he set out in his steam car. Having gotten lost and spent the night in Boulder, Stanley arrived a day later, on June 30. During their first summer the couple stayed in a primitive cabin rented to them by the owners of the Elkhorn Lodge. Over the course of the warm season, Stanley's health improved dramatically. Impressed by the beauty of the valley and grateful for his recovery, he decided to return every year. By the end of the summer of 1903, Stanley had acquired property in Estes Park and, with the help of English architect Henry "Lord Cornwallis'' Rogers who the Stanleys had recently met, he began the construction of Rockside, his home in Colorado. Completed in 1904, the Stanley cottage was built with four bedrooms, gracious living areas and a modern kitchen, so that Flora could entertain summer guests. By 1907, Stanley had all but recovered and he returned to Newton for the winter rather than Denver. However, he and Flora had become enamored with the beauty of the Colorado mountains, often comparing them in speeches with those "rock-ribbed" hills "ancient as the sun" of William Cullen Bryant's poem, “Thanatopsis”. Not content with the rustic accommodations, lazy pastimes and relaxed social scene of their new home, Stanley resolved to turn Estes Park into a resort town. In 1907, construction began on the Hotel Stanley, a grand hotel catering to the class of wealthy urbanites who composed the Stanleys' social circle in Newton. To power the new hotel, Stanley constructed the Fall River Hydro-Plant which consequently brought electricity to Estes Park for the first time. In 1909, their 100-room, East Coast colonial-style “house” was unveiled. Equipped with running water, electricity and telephones, the only amenity the hotel lacked was heat, as the hotel was designed as a summer resort. A two-thirds scaled-down second lodge was finished a year later. (While this might seem ambitious, it's worth noting the top floor was dedicated exclusively to children and nannies.) The buildings were designed by F.O. Stanley with the professional assistance of Denver architect T. Robert Wieger, Henry "Lord Cornwallis" Rogers, and contractor Frank Kirchoff. The site was chosen for its vantage overlooking the Estes valley and Long's Peak within the National Park. The main building, concert hall and Manor House are steel-frame structures on foundations of random rubble granite with clapboard siding and asphalt shingle roof. Originally, Stanley chose a yellow ocher color for the buildings' exteriors with white accents and trim. Every guest room had a telephone and each pair of rooms shared an en suite bathroom with running water supplied by Black Canyon Creek, which had been dammed in 1906. The floor plan of the main hotel (completed 1909) was laid out to accommodate the various activities popular with the American upper class at the turn of the twentieth century and the spaces were decorated accordingly. The music room, for instance, with its cream-colored walls (originally green and white), picture windows and fine, classical plaster-work was designed for letter-writing during the day and chamber music at night – cultured pursuits perceived as feminine. On the other hand, the smoking lounge (today the Piñon Room) and adjoining billiard room, with their dark stained-wood elements and granite arch fireplace were designated for enjoyment by male guests. Stanley himself, having been raised in a conservative household and having recovered from a serious lung disease, did not smoke cigars or drink alcohol, but these were essential after-dinner activities for most men at the time. Billiards, however, was among Stanley's most cherished pastimes.   With no central heating or ventilation system, the structure was designed to facilitate natural airflow; the Palladian window at the top of the grand stair could be opened to induce a cross-breeze through the lobby, French doors in all the public spaces open onto verandas, and two curving staircases connecting the guest corridors prevent stagnant air in the upper floors. Although the main hotel is now heated in the winter, guests still depend on natural ventilation for cooling in the summer. Within a few years of opening, a hydraulic elevator was put in operation. In 1916, the east wing of the main building was extended in the rear adding several guest rooms. Around this time, the alcove of the music room was added. In 1921, a rear veranda was enclosed forming a room that currently serves as a gift shop. Around 1935, the hydraulic elevator system was replaced with a cable-operated system and extended to the fourth floor necessitating the addition of a secondary cupola to house the mechanical apparatus. Originally, a porte-cochere or a covered entrance large enough for vehicles to pass through, extended from the central bay of the front porch, but this was removed when the south terrace was converted into a parking lot. In 1983, a service tunnel was excavated, connecting the basement-level corridor to the staff entrance. It is cut directly through the living granite on which the hotel rests. The concert hall, east of the hotel, was built by Stanley in 1909 with the assistance of Henry "Lord Cornwallis" Rogers, the same architect who designed his summer cottage. According to popular legend, it was built by F.O. Stanley as a gift for his wife, Flora. The interior is decorated in the same manner as the music room in the main hotel and vaguely resembles that of the Boston Symphony Hall (McKim, Mead & White, 1900) with which the Stanleys would have been familiar. The stage features a trap door, used for theatrical entrances and exits. The lower level once housed a two-lane bowling alley which was removed during the ownership of Maxwell Abbell. It possibly resembled the bowling alley at the Stanley's Hunnewell Club in Newton, pictures of which are archived in the Newton Free Library. The hall underwent extensive repair and renovation in the 2000s. Once called Stanley Manor, this smaller hotel between the main structure and the concert hall is a 2:3 scaled-down version of the main hotel. Unlike its model, the manor was fully heated from completion in 1910 which may indicate that Stanley planned to use it as a winter resort when the main building was closed for the season. However, unlike many other Colorado mountain towns now famous for their winter sports, Estes Park never attracted off-season visitors in Stanley's day and the manor remained empty for much of the year. Today it is called The Lodge and serves as a bed-and-breakfast that is off-limits to the public.  To bring guests from the nearest train depot in the foothills town of Lyons, Colorado, Stanley's car company produced a fleet of specially-designed steam-powered vehicles called Mountain Wagons that seated multiple passengers. Upon opening, the hotel was alleged to be one of the few in the world powered entirely by electricity. However, lack of available power induced the installation of an auxiliary gas lighting system in June 1911. On June 25 – the day after the pipes had been filled – an explosion occurred that injured a maid and damaged the structure, though contemporary newspaper articles differ on certain details. An article from a newspaper at the time started the following          "The Stanley Hotel, built at a cost of $500,000, was partly wrecked last night by an explosion of gas. Eight persons were injured, one seriously. None of the guests were injured. Elizabeth Wilson, of Lancaster, Pa., a hotel employee, was hurled from the second to the first floor, and both ankles were broken. The other seven are negro [sic] waiters."     When the Lancaster paper reprinted the story, the editor noted that Elizabeth Wilson's name did not appear in local directories and she could not be identified as a Lancastrian. Similar accounts in local Colorado papers give the maid's name as Elizabeth Lambert and convey various dramatic details that are not confirmed by other articles. The most comprehensive and detailed article on the incident appeared on June 29 in the Fort Collins Express and seems to be the most accurate – positively refuting that the maid had been "hurled from the second to the first floor.” That article said this is the incident         "The chambermaid, Lizzie Leitenbergher, had both ankles broken, it is thought from the concussion of the explosion, and was thrown into a hole in the floor. She was not, however, thrown through into the dining room, being caught by the timbers and held until rescued. She was taken to a hospital in Longmont. She had been in the employ of the hotel ever since it was built and came here from Philadelphia."    The only other injuries mentioned in that article were as follows "Two waiters also sustained slight injuries, one suffering a dislocated hip and the other being struck across the face by a flying plank. Neither of these, however, is in serious condition."        Stanley operated the hotel almost as a pastime, remarking once that he spent more money than he made each summer. It was an invite-only gathering place for friends, and haut monde of the time. Haut monde meaning “for fashionable society”. The boujie bastards. John Philip Sousa, the renowned former US Military composer, directed the band at the house's opening. His autograph on the bottom of Flora's piano, which Sousa tuned himself, was mistaken for graffiti by a tuner in the 1990s and removed.    Harry Houdini performed in the ornate concert hall; the trapdoor he used for his famous escape act still exists onstage. And while the men shot pool and drank, the women would gather for various letter writing campaigns. The whiskey bar – now one of the state's largest – provided a common ground between the sexes. Yay, whiskey!   In 1930, Freelan sold the buildings to a corporation who transformed the property into a hotel. With the nearby national park still growing, their success was minimal. After attempts at a revival, the property was sold to John Cullen in the mid-1990s. Budgets were so stretched that at the time of the sale, the turndown service consisted of the top bed duvet being placed on nails across the window because they couldn't afford drapes.   The hotel was not really in a great place for a while. That would change thanks in part to someone we've talked about before… this weird guy named Stephen King.  King has told the story many times over the years. In a 1977 interview by the Literary Guild, King recounted "While we were living [in Boulder] we heard about this terrific old mountain resort hotel and decided to give it a try. But when we arrived, they were just getting ready to close for the season, and we found ourselves the only guests in the place—with all those long, empty corridors." King and his wife were served dinner in an empty dining room accompanied by canned orchestral music: "Except for our table all the chairs were up on the tables. So the music is echoing down the hall, and, I mean, it was like God had put me there to hear that and see those things. And by the time I went to bed that night, I had the whole book [The Shining] in my mind." In another retelling, King said "I dreamed of my three-year-old son running through the corridors, looking back over his shoulder, eyes wide, screaming. He was being chased by a fire-hose. I woke up with a tremendous jerk, sweating all over, within an inch of falling out of bed. I got up, lit a cigarette, sat in a chair looking out the window at the Rockies, and by the time the cigarette was done, I had the bones of The Shining firmly set in my mind.   In the front matter of the book, King tactfully states "Some of the most beautiful resort hotels in the world are located in Colorado, but the hotel in these pages is based on none of them. The Overlook and the people associated with it exist wholly in the author's imagination."   So not only was this hotel the institution of the book the Shining, it was the location of the doll shot for the 1997 tv miniseries of The Shining. Not only that, the hotel was the filming location for another fantastic movie. It serves as the hotel that the dynamic duo of Lloyd Christmas and Harry Dunne stay in the critically acclaimed, and one of my personal favorite movies; Dumb and Dumber.  Several tv shows have also recorded episodes there and the band Murder By Death have played an annual winter show  at the location since 2014. I highly recommend their track “As Long As There is Whiskey in The World”.    King's novel is based on the famous Stanley Hotel in Colorado, but the exterior shots in the movie are of Oregon's Timberline Lodge. Kubrick agreed to change the infamous room number from 217 to 237 (which does not exist) in the movie because the hotel was worried people would not want to stay in the room in the future.   Ironically, room 217 is most often requested at Timberline Lodge, according to the hotel's website.    Ok so all of that is well and good but let's be honest, We're here for another reason, the creepy shit! Oddly enough the history of the hotel didn't hold much to attribute to possible haunting or paranormal activity. But that hasn't stopped the belief by many people that the hotel is haunted. Let's check out some of the haunted spots and some stories.    Room 217 Perhaps the most famed spot in the Stanley Hotel, this is where horror writer Stephen King spent the night and got the inspiration for his 1977 bestseller "The Shining." You can soak up the same Rocky Mountain views that King got when he stayed there. An added amenity? The room has a library of King novels. The room is thought to be haunted by Elizabeth Wilson, AKA Mrs. Wilson. She was the hotel's head housekeeper and, during a storm in 1911, was injured during an explosion as she was lighting the lanterns in room 217. She survived, though broke her ankles and her spirit seems to be a regular in the room. Guests have reported items moved, luggage unpacked, and lights being turned on and off. Oh, and Mrs. Wilson is old-fashioned: She doesn't like it when unmarried guests shack up together, so some couples have reported feeling a cold force come between them. One of the biggest myths about the room is that it's never available. Not true! You can actually book it and stay there if you have the balls to. We're in!   The Vortex From an architectural standpoint, the staircase between floors in the hotel's main guesthouse is a stunner. But the area has also been dubbed “The Vortex” a natural spiral of energy. It's also known as the “rapid transit system” for ghosts that are known to haunt the hotel.    Concert Hall There's a lot of paranormal hubbub said to be happening in this famed concert hall. Paul, one of the well-known ghosts haunting The Stanley, was a jack-of-all trades around the hotel. Among his duties? Enforcing an 11 p.m. curfew at the hotel, which could be why guests and workers hear “get out” being uttered late at night. The area is also a favorite spot for hotel founder Flora Stanley's ghost to play the piano. A few of Paul's antics: A construction worker reported he felt Paul nudge him while he was sanding the floors and tour groups on The Stanley ghost tour have reported he flickered a flashlight for them. Another ghost known to wander about the Concert Hall is Lucy, who quite possibly was a runaway or homeless woman who found refuge in the hall. She entertains the requests of ghost hunters, often communicating with them with flashing lights. Stanley historians, however, aren't quite sure about her pre-death connection to the hotel.    Room 401 More than a century ago, the entire fourth floor was a cavernous attic. It's where female employees, children, and nannies stayed. Now, today's guests will report hearing children running around, laughing, giggling and playing. Plus, there's a famous closet that tends to open and shut on its own in this room.    Room 428  Really, you get a badge of bravery for staying in any room on the fourth floor. But, bonus points if you can book room 428. Guests have reported hearing footsteps above them and furniture moving about. But that's actually physically impossible given the slope of the roof, tour guides say. The real haunt in this room, though, is a friendly cowboy who appears at the corner of the bed. Grand Staircase From antique mirrors and portraits, there's plenty to distract the eye on the grand staircase at The Stanley. But it could also be a popular passageway for the hotel's resident ghosts. In 2016, a visitor from Houston snapped some photos on the grand staircase and, upon returning home and reviewing them, spotted an apparatus at the top of the staircase. The thing is he doesn't remember anybody else being on the staircase at the time he was taking the photographs. The ghostly image of a woman is at the top of the stairs.   Underground Caves If you go on the 75-minute night spirit tour at the Stanley (you don't have to be a hotel guest to get in on it, but you should book in advance!), your tour will come to an eerie halt at the end with a visit to the underground cave system. Workers moved about the hotel through the caves in the early days so it makes sense this is a popular haunt. Skeptics will pass off the haunts as breezes from the historic piping and ventilation systems. But, beneath the hotel is a higher-than-average concentration of limestone and quartz, which some ghost hunters believe help capture energy at the property.    Well, now that we've talked about some of the hotspots, let's check out some stories about things that have happened there!   This first group comes from Kirin Johnson. He has had three separate incidents!    My Story Now I will share the three separate paranormal experiences that have changed my belief in ghosts. Despite being a former skeptic, I came to the Stanley with an open mind. While I've seen orbs and have had several strange experiences that I can't explain, what I experienced on Friday, May 26, 2017, was certainly the most intense and frightening experience of them all.   Experience #1: A Trolley By The Door At approximately 8:00 p.m., my partner and I came back from a quick trip to the grocery store. Out of nowhere, we heard the sounds of what seemed to be a trolley that was outside of our door. My partner immediately walked over to the door to see who it was. I thought to myself that perhaps it was room service, but I knew we didn't make any requests. Shockingly, my partner looked through the peephole, and there was no one in sight. Although what happened was certainly a shock to us, it wasn't enough to convince me that it was a ghost.   At around 11:00 p.m., we decided to reach out to Ms. Elizabeth Wilson (or any other ghost that may have been hanging out in our room). I figured that even if nothing were to come out of it, I can at least say “I tried.” I said to Ms. Wilson: “If you are really here with us, prove it.” I repeated this a couple of times. This was the last thing I had said before I finally went to bed.   Experience #2: A Big Bang That Woke Up Other Visitors It was around 2:30 in the morning when I was woken up from a loud noise. Despite my partner being a heavy sleeper, the noise was loud enough to wake him up as well. The loud noise sounded like it came from someone who picked up a large and heavy object, and then slammed it to the floor.   Interestingly, it wasn't just my partner and I who woke up from this mysterious noise. Just a moment or two after we woke up, we heard other guests around the hotel speaking and whispering. I was so scared, I asked my partner to put the television on so I could just forget about it and go back to sleep. However, he didn't want the television on. He was more interested in finding out where the noise came from, then going back to sleep.   A Strange Discovery The Next Morning When I woke up the next morning, I saw a 20 oz. bottle of Mountain Dew on the floor. My partner's soda somehow fell to the floor in the middle of a quiet night. What's even more odd is that this bottle was loud enough to wake up not just my partner and I, but also other guests who were near our room. I don't believe it was the soda that caused the loud noise. I believe it was a ghost responding to our request to prove it really exists.   Other Guests Who Say They Heard A Loud Bang Before we left room 217, I overheard a conversation between several people outside of our room. They were talking about hearing a loud noise late in the night. I spoke with a woman who told us she was staying in a room directly above ours. After I asked her about the loud noise, she said it woke her up around 2:30. The woman described the noise as the fall of a “large barrel.” According to the woman, there was another guest in room 324 who also heard the noise.   While on our way to check-out, we ran into a young man who stayed in room 326 with his father. In addition to taking pictures of orbs that were floating outside of room 217 the previous night, he too said he was woken up from what he described as a “loud boom.”   Experience #3: The Creepy Laugh Of A Woman While I thought that the extremely loud and unexplained bang was enough to convince me that there really are ghosts roaming the Earth, one more thing happened that night.   At around 4:00 a.m., I woke up and realized that less than two hours after the loud bang occurred, it was completely silent in our room. My partner was sound asleep. Just a minute or two after I woke up, out of nowhere I heard the sounds of a chuckle from a woman. Interestingly, it sounded like the ghost was giggling just centimeters away from my ears.   I believe that the chuckle had probably come from Elizabeth Wilson. Although it certainly was frightening and quite creepy to me, I was extremely tired. I quickly went back to sleep.   For more information on this strange ghost story, visit OdditiesBizarre.com. For information on the fascinating history of the Stanley Hotel, visit their official website: StanleyHotel.com   After staying just one night in the Stanley's room 217, I went from a skeptic, to a believer in ghosts. If I ever go back to this hotel, I will likely request another room with many reports of supernatural activity. However, regardless of what room you visit at the Stanley Hotel, if you come with an open mind, you just might have a paranormal experience you will never forget.   Wow... That's a crazy stay!   This next one did not have a name associated with it.           “Over the weekend, about 15 coworkers and myself had our company trip to The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, known for being Stephen King's inspiration for “The Shining”. We took an 8pm ghost tour, where we joined about 15 other people to get guided around the property and told stories about it's history and creepy things that are said to have happened. We were told to take lots of pictures, I'm sure to try and capture orbs or ghosts. Many green orbs were caught in pictures, but I don't think anything is as creepy as the photo taken by my coworker- a little girl in a hot pink dress, who was definitely not on our tour. And apparently years ago, a young girl (12-13) by the name of Lucy was squatting in the basement of the concert hall (which is where this photo was taken), and discovered upon plans to begin some construction. She was forced to leave, the night got below freezing, and she froze to death. Everyone on my tour has vouched that this girl was not on our tour (who wouldn't remember someone wearing that hot pink?). The man pictured is our tour guide- no one would have been in front of him. I am convinced this is the ghost of Lucy. Just one more added note, though I doubt if anyone would believe me, but there was only ONE time throughout the tour where I felt any strange energy or feeling, and it was right here, heading down to the basement of the concert hall.”   Fucking little kid ghosts… No thanks.    This next one is fun! Again no name was presented in the article.           “I'm pretty skeptical when it comes to supernatural or paranormal happenings but one thing in particular really messed with my head; at the beginning of the tour you follow tour guide to the music hall which would often be occupied by children playing during the day time.When you arrive in the hall you're are seated in the observation box and given an introduction of sorts explaining that none of the spirits or activity are angry or violent and that alot of the activity was thought to be that of children (especially in this hall). So, our guide asked by show of hands if any of the tour members are good with kids to which I, along with 4 or 5 others raised our hands; everyone who raised their hands she gave a dum dum sucker to for us to hold out on our palm as if we were handing it to a child and depending on the spirits comfortablity with you they would supposedly pull on the the sucker. Some people claimed to feel movement, some didn't feel a thing but, I personally felt and watched this fucking sucker drag from the middle of my hand all the way off to the ground.   Nice… sounds like fun!!   Here's another fun story'             “When I was a kid, the Stanley was just a pretty hotel with dumpy rooms (1970s canary yellow and olive drab. Borderline craphole). We never stayed there, it was just a place to get a good, cheap lunch. (Obviously, this was before the miniseries, when it was still cheap and not haunted).   Anyway, I'd screw around and explore the hotel because hotels are fun to screw around in and explore. My brother, my sister, and myself were wandering the hotel after lunch, poking our heads into open rooms and whatnot. Well, we round the corner of the hallway and to our right is an small opening in the wall of the hall leading to a set of very narrow and steep circular stairs descending into pitch black darkness. None of us had the cojones to check it out. Wish we had, I never saw that staircase again.”   3rd floor “My ex-girlfriend and I went there around New Years a couple of years ago. I can confirm it is very haunted. On the 3rd floor, my ex turned white as a sheet after stopping in front of a particular door. I asked her what had happened, she said that something had ran their hand from her backside up to the nape of her neck. There was no one else around but us. When the docent got all of the tour members gathered around the door she had the experience at, she began to tell the group about an apparition that likes to grope pretty young ladies and run his hand from their back side up to their neck. Super Spooky!” Here's another!    The ballroom, “It's absolutely beautiful- and haunted. My sister lived in Colorado for years so one winter we were visiting we decided to make the trip to Estes Park. Well being the rule breakers we are in my family, we ditched the official tour and took our own. We came across this big room with chairs covered in white cloth. We decided to “play ghost” and drape the cloths over ourselves, pretend to be ghosts, and take pictures. We, of course, thought we were hilarious. The ghosts decided to delete every picture we took in that room. All the pictures we took before and after were still on the camera, just the ones where we were playing ghost were deleted. Weird place!”   Interesting!   Here's a quick one from an investigator.                 “In a bathroom at the Stanley the shampoo bottle was thrown into the tub once when we were investigating 1302 once. I've had my voice recorder knocked over. As far as seeing anything with my own eyes or objects thrown at me, no. Not yet. I think it takes a lot of energy for spirits to manipulate our physical environment, so it's rare, but it does happen, yeah.”    Well that's some crazy shit.    Ok one more…. This is a retelling of a coyote of sisters doing a ghost hunt with numerous paranormal investigators from the Ghost Hunters tv show.             "Our night started in Room 401. I have to admit: I was a bit nervous. I had never been on an investigation of this scale before. It didn't take long for things to start happening.   Sitting patiently, my sister began to feel what she would later describe as "waves of rolling chills" that extended from her feet all the way up to her head, as well as the sensation that all of her hair was standing up on her head. Simultaneously, a fellow investigator's K-II meter (which measures electromagnetic frequency, or EMF) began to light up, denoting a change in the room's electromagnetic field. Paranormal or not, we were jacked, and the night was only beginning!          Down the hall in Room 418, my sister and I had our first encounter with an Ovilus, or "ghost box" or "spirit box."At one point, the Ovilus said "Dawn" (my sister's name) as well as "dime," which was a word/image that a fellow investigator had agreed to use as a trigger word to communicate with her recently deceased mother.         Soon we were out of the main hotel and into the balcony of the property's Music Hall. Once our group got settled in, we heard shuffling sounds from the stage and main floor. At one point, a mini Maglite flashlight, which was set up to turn on and off with an-ever-so-slight twist of its lamp head, turned on without assistance. This technique has been utilized on numerous episodes of "Ghost Hunters," yet continues to draw scrutiny from naysayers. Was a spirit in fact making contact, or was the battery simply completing the circuit and turning on the flashlight's beam? Who knows? I'm still not sure. But I've certainly never experienced a flashlight turning on by itself like that before. I chalked it up as another new experience in a weekend of new experiences.        But what happened next had to be the climax of our weekend at the Stanley Hotel. As our group shifted down to the basement of the Music Hall, my sister and I decided to separate from the larger group to check out an interior room with a door that a spirit named Lucy liked to close, and had already closed, several times so far that evening – even with a heavy, upholstered chair propped in front of it.        Dawn and I sat down with a handful of other investigators in the pitch-black room and began introducing ourselves to Lucy, asking her politely to shut the door if she was present. It wasn't long before she obliged. I was literally about four feet away from the doorway when, sure enough, the door began move away from the wall and toward the jamb, closing the door almost completely. Elated, we thanked Lucy for her efforts. Then we asked her to do it again, and after hearing rustling noises behind me and to my left, it happened again a second time.            Upping the ante, we put a chair in front of the door to see if we could get it to happen with the chair blocking the door's path, to no avail. A few minutes later, the group decided to try to get the door to close again without the chair to block its path, like it had two times prior. Moving the chair myself, I pushed the door tightly against the wall to ensure the door wasn't leaning forward, building momentum and closing due to some mechanical issue such as a faulty hinge. But I couldn't make it start a closing motion without a deliberate effort. Clearly something had to be shutting this door, right? We asked Lucy a third time to please shut the door, and almost as if on command, the door began to shut again. About halfway between the completed motion, I yelled, "Slam it!" and that's exactly what happened. We experienced the door shutting a total of five times (a fourth time after asking Lucy to give us a sign she wanted us to leave, and the final time when the door closed behind us as we were leaving the room).        Before long, we were off to famed room 217: the one that had King himself had stayed in, the one that had inspired King to write his book and the one that was the impetus for coming all this way in the first place.    Purportedly haunted by an extremely tidy chambermaid, the host investigators purposely littered random items across the bathroom floor in hopes that Mrs. Wilson would tidy up during our time there. Interestingly, my sister heard something in the bathroom almost immediately upon turning the lights out. It turns out that a photo taken before the lights were turned out would show the items had indeed moved from their original locations. Coincidence? Could very well be. But hard to argue at the same time.  As 1 a.m. came and the night's investigation ended, the activity continued, even into the next morning. Up at 6 a.m. to pack up, check out and make the drive back to the airport, I heard the distinct sound of female laughter. I immediately thought, who would be up at this hour, especially after a long night of investigating? Then something told me to check the closet, the bathroom closet. I really didn't want to look, but I did anyway.   My heart skipped a beat when I saw a plastic access panel to the crawl space behind the closet removed, now laying precariously in front of the opening. A quick glance into the space revealed the customary plumbing and electrical works, but why the laughter? Was it children playing in the hall? Was it coming through the way from Room 401? What exactly caused the panel to become dislodged from the screw that was holding it in place anyway? The questions raced and the answers eluded. It really was anyone's guess, and considering where I was and the weekend I had just experienced, I wouldn't have wanted it any other way.   Crazy stuff!!! What do you guys think about this place? What have you heard? Let us know.   https://theknow-old.denverpost.com/2019/10/18/colorado-horror-films-halloween/226413/   BECOME A P.O.O.P.R.!! http://www.patreon.com/themidnighttrainpodcast   Find The Midnight Train Podcast: www.themidnighttrainpodcast.com www.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpc www.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcast www.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp   And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts.   Subscribe to our official YouTube channel: OUR YOUTUBE   Support our sponsors www.themidnighttraintrainpodcast.com/sponsors   The Charley Project www.charleyproject.org

Good Morning, Colorado, you're listening to the Daily Sun-Up with the Colorado Sun. It's Thursday August 12th.   Today - Mesa County has been consumed by controversy surrounding a breach of passwords to its election systems.    The Colorado secretary of state is now blaming Mesa County's clerk. And the clerk just spoke out against the secretary of state… at an event hosted by election conspiracy theorist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.   But before we begin, let's go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett's book “Colorado Day by Day”:   Today, we take you back to August 12th, 1892 when The Knights of Templar, a national fraternal organization, concluded their annual convention with a grand banquet in Denver's newest and most impressive hostelry, the Brown Palace Hotel. The week-long gathering inaugurated one of Colorado's most historic buildings, host to the rich and powerful.    Now, our feature story.   Mesa County, home to Grand Junction in western Colorado, has been consumed in recent days by controversy surrounding a breach of passwords to its election systems. The passwords were posted online to a far-right blog last week. Now, the Colorado secretary of state, a Democrat, is placing blame on Mesa County's clerk. And the clerk, a Republican, appeared this week at an event hosted by election conspiracy theorist and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell to accuse the secretary of state of wrongdoing. Colorado Sun reporter Jesse Paul has been following all the developments. He spoke with fellow Sun reporter John Ingold about what he's learned.   You can read more on the Mesa County investigation from The Sun's Jesse Paul and Sandra Fish at ColoradoSun.com   And Before we go, here are a few stories that you should know about today:   ​​San Juan Basin Public Health has identified a coronavirus outbreak that has led to three deaths and infected at least 12 other people. Contact-tracers said the outbreak, first identified June 19, originated at the Nissan of Durango car dealership and includes five cases of the highly contagious delta variant. Two cases are considered “breakthrough,” involving people who were fully vaccinated against the illness. The health department said the addition of the cases to its outbreak report doesn't mean staff or contractors at the dealership are currently ill.   Interstate 70 through Glenwood Canyon likely will be at least partially open starting Saturday. The Colorado Department of Transportation said one lane of traffic will be open in each direction, assuming the weather holds and work to make travel safe can continue. The highway has been closed since July 29, when heavy rain storms sent mud, boulders and other debris flowing down from five drainages burned last year during the Grizzly Creek fire.   Colorado's population has boomed over the last decade, jumping to nearly 5.8 million people, up 14.8% from 2010, according to the latest census figures. Forecasters expect new, detailed census data that will be released Thursday to show Latinos represent nearly 1 in 4 Coloradans. But community leaders are worried that the once-in-a-decade redistricting process now underway will continue to give them the short shrift at the state Capitol and in Congress. Critics say first-draft maps drawn by two independent commissions clump together Latino communities in ways that lack nuance, and cultural and geographical perspective. The new data will prompt a new round of map drawing and the boundaries of the draft maps are certain to change.   For more information on all of these stories, visit our website, www.coloradosun.com. And don't forget to tune in again tomorrow for a special holiday episode. Now, a quick message from our editor.   The Colorado Sun is non-partisan and completely independent. We're always dedicated to telling the in-depth stories we need today more than ever. And The Sun is supported by readers and listeners like you.   Right now, you can head to ColoradoSun.com and become a member. Starting at $5 per month for a basic membership and if you bump it up to $20 per month, you'll get access to our exclusive politics and outdoors newsletters. Thanks for starting your morning with us and don't forget to tune in again tomorrow. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good Morning, Colorado, you're listening to the Daily Sun-Up with the Colorado Sun. It's Wednesday July 28th,    Today - As a new, more contagious variant of COVID has been circulating, elected officials across the country are announcing they'll be requiring government workers to get vaccinated. But will Governor Jared Polis do the same?   But before we begin, let's go back in time with some Colorado history adapted from historian Derek R Everett's book “Colorado Day by Day”:   Today, we take you back to July 28th, 1871 when a ceremony in Denver accompanied the start of construction on the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, The ceremony boasted an inspirational vision for the future. The Rocky Mountain news even declared “May the rails thus laid not end until we are bound by their iron embrace”.   Now, our feature story.   With a new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus circulating across the country, California Governor Gavin Newsom and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio announced they will be requiring government workers to get vaccinated. As Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul reports, Colorado Governor Jared Polis says he's not considering that route. Jesse talks to reporter Thy Vo about why.    To read Jesse's story, go to coloradosun.com.    And Before we go, here are a few stories that you should know about today:   An Aurora police officer beat an unarmed man with a pistol 13 times, choked him and threatened to kill him while responding to a trespassing call in Aurora, according to body camera footage released Tuesday by the Aurora Police department. Officer John Haubert now faces charges of attempted first-degree assault, second-degree assault and menacing, which are felonies, as well as misdemeanor misconduct charges.    Timothy Wolfe has been named to lead the Colorado Tourism Office. He takes the helm at a challenging time in the industry. Urban hotels and conference centers are pining for the return of large groups and mountain towns are grappling with more tourists than they can handle. Wolfe, who was general manager of the iconic Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, says he understands there are big problems around affordable housing in mountain towns and labor shortages in the hospitality industry. But he is focused on helping tourism -- which accounts for $24 billion in business in Colorado each year --  rebound as quickly as possible.   A new state law will let students who earned enough credits but dropped out of a four-year program to get a two-year Associate's degree. More than 13,000 Colorado residents have earned more than 70 college credits at state universities in the past five years but stopped short of a degree. In addition to getting more students a degree, advocates are hoping the program will bring more students back to finish their Bachelor's degree.    For more information on all of these stories, visit our website, www.coloradosun.com. And don't forget to tune in again tomorrow for a special holiday episode. Now, a quick message from our editor.   The Colorado Sun is non-partisan and completely independent. We're always dedicated to telling the in-depth stories we need today more than ever. And The Sun is supported by readers and listeners like you.   Right now, you can head to ColoradoSun.com and become a member. Starting at $5 per month for a basic membership and if you bump it up to $20 per month, you'll get access to our exclusive politics and outdoors newsletters. Thanks for starting your morning with us and don't forget to tune in again tomorrow.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of excess and extravagance, we tell the tale of the Brown Palace Hotel opened Denver in 1893. From love triangles and double murders, to secret tunnels and celebrities, the tales that accompany this incredible showpiece of a luxury hotel will leave you stunned. As always, get cozy, and enjoy another night of spooky storytelling.-----Visit my website: www.whenwallscantalktarot.comEmail: jeremy@whenwallscantalktarot.comInstagram: @when_walls_can_talkTheme Music: Andrew Haig--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whenwallscantalk/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whenwallscantalk/support

Welcome back for episode FOUR! Join us as Anna tells us about the lives tragically cut short of the Barsi Family and Lindsey tells us all about the Brown Palace Hotel in Dever, Colorado. Send us YOUR listener stories to gabbpodcast@gmail.com and let us feature your experiences on special bonus episodes coming soon! Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Barsi https://apnews.com/article/0ac6babb250b4f72d242749a15781498 https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/judith-barsi-tragic-home-murder-house-flip-streaming https://www.legendsofamerica.com/co-brownpalace/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Sneed_Hill https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/louise-bethel-sneed-hill

Welcome back to episode 16! The sound is a little rough, but I promise it’s worth it! It might even be one of Lizza’s fave episodes so far. Lolo is stuck in house moving hell and had to take a vaca from the podcast this week so Lizza’s little bro (from another mother and father LOL) steps in to cohost. This week we head out for our location topic of Denver, CO. We check out all of the ghosty ghosts that have decided to permanently check in to the Brown Palace Hotel for their stay in the afterlife and boy are there a lot of them! We then check out the creep-tastic tale of the Denver Spiderman and that’s all I’m going to say about that because the shama-llama-ding-dong twist is what makes this tale so bonkers. So get ready for some silly, scary and all things in between, as well as the creation of the slow yeeeeeeeeet.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/todieforpodcast)

Diane talks with the author of The Last Night on the Titanic, Veronica Hinke. Get Veronica’s book.Follow Veronica on Twitter @FoodStringerSee more about Veronica’s on her website.Read her article below! In These Uncertain dDays, Inspiring Stories from the Titanicby Veronica Hinke A video of violinists wearing life jackets in the toilet paper aisle of a grocery store went viral on St. Patrick’s Day. As disheartening as it is that a parody was made out of the incredible story of the men who performed on deck of the Titanic as she sunk on April 14, 1912, the video, which has been watched by millions now, is still a sharp reminder to us of the many courageous people who stayed strong in the face of uncertainty. In the case of the Titanic band, survivors said that the band played Autumn, Lead Kindly Light and more for as long as they could.    “We’re just going to play a little bit to lift people’s spirits,” Titanic First Violinist John (“Jock”) Hume said to his friend Stewardess Violet Jessop – with his violin in tow – as he bumped into her in his scuttle up the narrow stairwell to the boat deck where he was to meet his fellow bandmates.  Nine weeks after the sinking, second class passenger Lawrence Beesley published his account of that last night aboard the Titanic. It was titled The Loss of the S.S. Titanic. Beesley recalled: “Many brave things were done that night, but none were more brave than those done by men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea. The music they played served alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recalled on the scrolls of undying fame.”  Their story still resonates loudly. Three years ago, the violin that band master Wallace Hartley was playing that night sold at auction for $1.7 million dollars. When I wrote The Last Night on The Titanic (Regnery, 2019) – fumbling between the sudden, unexplained death of my 74-year-old mother and my own surgeries and treatments for triple negative breast cancer – my motivation to keep going was to further the stories of so many brave people.  Mr. Rogers said his mother told him: “Fred, in times of trouble, look for the helpers; there will always be helpers.” Aboard the Titanic, the helpers rose up out of unimaginable circumstances. Their stories are powerful lessons for us during these uncertain days, and always.  Margaret (“Molly”) Brown In the Titanic lifeboats and even in years after the disaster, one of the most remarkable of the helpers was Margaret (“Molly”) Brown. In August 1987, about 453 miles south of Newfoundland, a diver found a gold nugget necklace. Some believe the necklace belonged to Molly. She was a first class Titanic passenger with a rags-to-riches story. As a little girl growing up in Hannibal, Missouri, Molly helped support her family by stripping tobacco leaves. Her father was an Irish immigrant ditch digger, and Molly married a man who worked in the silver mines. He struck gold shortly into their marriage, making them incredibly wealthy overnight, however Molly always said: “I’d rather marry a poor man that I love than a rich man that I didn’t.” At the storied Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Molly is still known for having “a heart as big as a ham,” which is how she was described in one of the movies that told about her life. For many years, she handed out Christmas gifts, in person, to every housemaid, bellman, doorman and server at the hotel, where she stayed and held press conferences after she survived the Titanic. Margaret even got the Brown Palace Hotel staff a little Christmas tree for the front desk. She held fundraisers there for some of the causes she helped with, including Catholic Charities and the Dumb Friends League, a non-profit animal shelter and humane society. In 1900, she and Benjamin Guggenheim, who was also aboard the Titanic, provided a full holiday banquet at the hotel for 1,500 of Denver’s less fortunate.  In Titanic lifeboat 6, Molly persisted in her care for others. There was tension between Molly and Titanic quartermaster Robert Hichens. Hichens was steering the ship when it hit the iceberg, and Molly would later identify him as a “bully” in the lifeboat. They fought over his reluctancy to pick up more passengers. However, she kept her focus while in the lifeboat, and managed to help women stay warm by encouraging them to row.   Once finally aboard the rescue ship Carpathia, Margaret distributed food, handed out cups of drinks, and passed out blanket after blanket. While still on board, she organized a fund drive for those who would be most in need when they reached New York City. The Survivor’s Committee raised nearly $10,000. Today, this would be worth almost $250,000.  Unable to testify in the U.S. Senate hearings, because she was a woman, she persisted in doing whatever she could. She helped establish the Titanic Memorial in Washington, D.C. and galvanized others in the fight for workers’ rights, women’s rights and education. She worked to start the first juvenile court and helped organize the National American Women’s Suffrage Association. Even before the Nineteenth Amendment, Margaret ran for office— for a seat in the Colorado state Senate in 1901, and in 1914, two years after surviving the Titanic, for a seat in the U.S. Senate. Margaret organized an international women’s rights conference in Newport, Rhode Island in 1914 and started a support branch for relief for soldiers in France during WWI. She persisted in benevolent work until her death from an aneurism in the Barbizon Hotel in New York City in October 1932.  Charles Joughin In movies about the Titanic, head baker Charles Joughin is depicted as drinking heavily during the sinking. In the James Cameron movie, Charles holds onto the railing with one hand and takes a swig from his flask with the other. Weeks after the Titanic sank, Joughin told British inquiry officials that, at one point, he went down to his bunk to “have a nip.” He also told them what happened beforehand.  After he led his crew in stocking the lifeboats with loaves of bread, Charles went up to the boat deck and assisted with loading lifeboats. Having worked on ships since he was a little boy, he knew his disaster checklist well. On the Thursday before the disaster, right after he boarded, he noted his lifeboat assignment for the trip. Lifeboat 10. But after he helped fill up his assigned lifeboat someone else was assigned to board it as crew and row it. Even though this was Charles’ job to do, he was not given the direction to board. When he realized that he would not have a spot in a lifeboat, he went down to his bunk for a nip. But afterward, Charles came back up to the boat deck, and he noticed the deck chairs. The heavy wooden chairs might be enough to hold people up, he thought. He threw as many as he could of the enormously heavy chairs up high and into the ocean – far enough away from the ship to hopefully avoid the suction that would occur when she went completely under. Charles threw many so there might be enough for everyone. He used strength that he knew he would likely need later in the water. Through a string of miracles, Charles survived the sinking of the Titanic. Back at home, he continued to consider the needs of others. He rarely talked about the Titanic, and when he did, he turned his story into a whimsical tale to shield the children – for whom he relished in making Christening cakes, chocolate eclairs and more – from the reality of his experiences. “I knew it was an iceberg,” he told the children, “because I saw a polar bear, and he waved at me.”  Charles went back to life at sea, the only life he’d ever known, and even survived another historic maritime accident: He was the baker aboard the SS Congress when it caught fire in Coos Bay, Oregon, on Thursday, September 14, 1916. Charles lived until 1956 in Paterson, New Jersey.      Edith Rosenbaum Russell Edith Rosenbaum Russell was traveling aboard the Titanic in first class on her way to New York City from Paris. Thirty-three and as fit as a gazelle, Edith was one of the most fabulously glamorous women in the world, and she covered all the latest fashion news for Women’s Wear Daily. Beautiful, stunning Edith was the inspiration to young girls everywhere with her career as fashion buyer for some of the most stylish stores in the United States. Edith had just completed the coveted assignment of reporting the Easter Sunday fashions in Paris. Edith’s father was an incredibly wealthy man who ran department stores, where people bought capes, cloaks and coats, (some made from seal hide), cheviot suit jackets and more.  A few months before the Titanic, in August 1911, Edith had only narrowly escaped death in a horrific automobile accident near Rouen, France. “I’m accident prone,” she quipped. “I’ve been in shipwrecks, car crashes, fires, floods, and tornadoes. I’ve had every disaster but bubonic plague and a husband.”  On April 14, here she was again, facing the possibility of death. When she climbed into Titanic lifeboat 11, she left 19 trunks back in her cabin. But she kept one thing with her: a music box in the shape of a pig. When you wound the pig’s tail, it played the song of the maxixe (a Brazilian dance tune). To reassure the children in her lifeboat, Edith wound and rewound the pig’s tail all night long, cold night – so dark that occasionally the tip of a rope was lit so passengers could see who was right next to them.  Edith’s bravery in the iceberg-covered waters of the Atlantic in the wee hours of April 15, 1912 reminded me of Dina Babbitt’s selfless bravery at Auschwitz when she mustered enough strength to painstakingly decorate a wall with cheerful scenes of Disney’s Snow White. Dina survived Auschwitz, went on to work as an illustrator with Disney in California – and married co-worker Art Babbitt, the man who created Disney’s “Goofy.” Edith lived until April 4, 1975. When she passed away in London, her musical pig was still with her.   Join our community, get links to past episodes, or drop us a line.Women Beyond a Certain Age is an award-winning weekly podcast by Denise Vivaldo and Diane Worthington. They bring their own lively, humorous, and experienced viewpoints to the topics they discuss. The podcast covers wide-ranging subjects of importance to older women. Diane Worthington, host and producer. Diane’s books on Amazon.Denise Vivaldo, host and producer. Denise’s books on Amazon.All other hats worn by Cindie Flannigan. See Cindie’s work here.    

With dining rooms closed due to COVID-19, the Brown Palace Hotel's piano player is finding himself out of a job after 33 years. Then, a doctor at National Jewish Health explains what a ventilator is and how it helps patients with the new coronavirus. Later, an update on unemployment claims in the state. Finally, advice for parents with bored kids at home.

With dining rooms closed due to COVID-19, the Brown Palace Hotel’s piano player is finding himself out of a job after 33 years. Then, a doctor at National Jewish Health explains what a ventilator is and how it helps patients with the new coronavirus. Later, an update on unemployment claims in the state. Finally, advice for parents with bored kids at home.

Check in to Denver's "Oasis of Elegance": The Brown Palace Hotel. As Denver's longest operating hotel, this "Palace" was an engineering marvel for its time and today serves as a time capsule in the heart of modern downtown Denver. Explore the halls that have hosted cultural icons and discover the secrets of this magnificent hotel that have enticed its guests since 1892.

不少人到市中心布朗酒店（Brown Palace Hotel）附近的时候，可能都会看到一座蛮与众不同的停车场，灰白的外墙由于没有维修已经斑驳不堪，留下了层层岁月的痕迹，半开窗户上挂着蜡黄破损的玻璃，往里面望去，暗黄的灯光显得那窄小车道异常的阴森和荒凉，墙上沾满了常年累积下的废气和油渍，一旁对着大街外墙上更露出了一片片的红砖，这一座停车场似乎早已被遗弃，没有随着这个城市成长，在这一角慢慢的枯萎和凋零。从外墙装饰艺术风格（Art Deco Style）的浮雕栏板上可以看得出它属于另一个年代，就像一个欲言又止的落魄老者，似乎想说出一段不为人所知的故事。故事要从1926年说起，那一年是大陆石油公司（Continental Oil Company，简称Conoco）风光的一年，他们在全美铺有超过五百英里的输油管线，经营六座大型炼油厂，业务跨越15州，资产突破了八千万美金，而耗资一百万美金天价，在丹佛楼高12层的企业总部也隆重开幕，大楼上大陆石油的霓虹灯数里之外都清晰可见，风头一时无两。而那也是美国汽车渐渐普及的年代，各厂牌的汽车在大街上穿梭，丹佛为了提供在楼里上班的员工们便利，在对街建了一座风格类似楼高7层有600个停车位的巴士总站，天天进进出出的人群，巴士和汽车络绎不绝。您知道吗，这座停车场采用了当初最先进的迪航明坡道建筑技术（d' Humy Motoramps），不但打破了停车场高度的限制，一上一下的单向坡道设计也大大的增加了停车场的效率和实用性，而且这座停车场还为未来扩充做了准备，将来可以继续往两侧扩建。但这座建筑物似乎从一开始就被下了诅咒，1929年一建成大陆石油就把总部迁出了丹佛，而那年10月美国股市的崩盘，也让因为发展过度而债台高筑的大陆石油也开始大幅裁员，接下来是长达十年的经济大萧条（Great Depression），虽然二战带动了美国和丹佛经济的复苏，但似乎命运总爱和它开玩笑，这个城市似乎巧妙的避开了这座建筑物发展，一旁的建筑物拆了建，建了拆，巴士站早就迁到了接近市府和联合车站那一带，就连那座曾经不可一世的大陆石油大楼1978年也在都市更新的大旗下成了铁球下的颓垣败壁，一旁的有百年历史的多佛酒店（Dover Hotel）也没能逃过那场厄运，也成了老照片里那个年代的回忆，讽刺的是取而代之竟也都是一座座的停车场。几十年前的那一场经济风暴改变了这座建筑物的命运，几十年后八零年代的另一场风暴响起了都市重建的熄灯号，也让这座建筑物在铁球下幸免于难。直到今日，丹佛还是没有发展到这里，许多曾经建筑物林立的地方依旧是一片片空荡荡的停车场，但这座停车场已然成为了丹佛最有历史的停车场，也是全美硕果仅存少数仍然在使用早期迪航明技术的大型停车场之一，这么多年过去了，这位九十岁的老者还静静的在这城市的一角，看着这个城市的风起云涌，看着周围的沧桑变化。

In this episode we take a look back at 2018 with Mary Jane Hiebert from ACTA Canada. Plus we'll replay one of my favorite highlights of 2018, my visit to the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. And we'll look at the New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City and why #NYC is a great place to visit in 2019.  Support the show: https://www.theinformedtraveler.org/

In this episode we take a look back at 2018 with Mary Jane Hiebert from ACTA Canada. Plus we'll replay one of my favorite highlights of 2018, my visit to the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver, Colorado. And we'll look at the New Year's Eve celebrations in New York City and why #NYC is a great place to visit in 2019.  Support the show: https://www.theinformedtraveler.org/

科罗拉多州成立于1876年，到现在已经140多年，但由于并不是一个兵家必争之地，所以直到今天科州还没有出过一个总统或副总统也不出奇。但您知道吗，我们这里倒是出过一个第一夫人和一个第二夫人。虽然她们不是在科州出生，但和科州有非常深的渊源。今天和大家介绍那一位第一夫人的故事。玛米·杜德（Mamie Doud）出生在爱荷华州，但很小全家就搬到了科州，在科泉和丹佛都住过，她在1915年和大她6岁年轻帅气的西点军官相识，才短短几个月他在翌年的情人节就用和西点军校毕业戒一样的戒指和她求婚，1916年7月1日，他们在丹佛的中央长老会教堂（Central Presbyterian Church） 完成了终身大事，那一年她19岁，他25岁。随着美国加入第一次世界大战，他也开始了他一生不平凡的戎马生涯，他的名字叫做德怀特·艾森豪威尔（Dwight D. Eisenhower），二战时的盟军司令，美国第34任总统。二战让艾森豪威尔功成名就，其实艾森豪威尔早期的军旅生涯并不是一帆风顺，由于一战时没有到欧洲战场去建功立业的机会，从军20年才做到了中校，但他的谋略长才在二战时则让他发光发热，1941年还只是1星准将的他，不到一年就晋升为三星中将，“欧洲战区司令”，更由于战略让盟军在战场上反败为胜，6个月后再晋升为四星上将，到了战争接近尾声的1944年，诺曼底登陆时，才50岁出头的他已经是集盟军兵权于一身的五星上将，“欧洲战场盟军最高统帅”了。而艾森豪威尔总统的成功，很大的原因就是这些年来一直陪在他一旁，相知相惜，给他依靠的玛米。由于玛米的父母一直住在丹佛老宅里（John and Elivera Doud House, 750 Lafayette St., Denver），所以艾森豪威尔在退伍后，一家人不时都会到丹佛来，让常年随着丈夫东奔西跑的玛米可以就近照顾父母，而艾森豪威尔在竞选总统时更把布朗酒店（Brown Palace Hotel）做成了竞选总部，在这里运筹帷幄，就算当到了总统，也不时到丹佛来度假，把布朗酒店当成了白宫之外的第二个家，让酒店一时政商云集，风头无两，有小白宫的美誉。而丹佛也因为玛米艾森豪威尔，沾了第一家庭的光。

说到酒店的鬼故事，怎么能够不也提提丹佛最著名的布朗酒店（Brown Palace Hotel）呢，虽然这个酒店这些年来官商云集，招待过无数的美国总统和各国政要，但还是有不少耐人寻味的灵异故事。最有名该属酒店904房的故事了，您知道吗，虽然从酒店大堂往上看，酒店只有八层，但其实酒店是有九层的，早年酒店的八楼是一个挑高两层的宴会厅，餐厅和更衣室。但在上世纪三十年代美国经济大萧条时，酒店为了贴补收入，把八楼改建为两层的出租套房，吸引了不少名流入住，而曾经和丹佛闻人邦菲尔先生（Mr. Bonfil）传出一段爱情故事的希尔夫人（Mrs. Crawford Hill）在五十年代去世前就是一直居住在904房的，到了八十年代，酒店已经陆陆续续的把原本的出租单位装修回酒店房间，而酒店也把希尔夫人的故事做为酒店为人津津乐道的卖点之一，但好多次当导览员说到希尔夫人故事的时候，大堂的接线员就会收到来自904房的来电，但其实那时房间还在装修不但没有电话，连什么东西都没有，在此之后，酒店也不再把希尔夫人那一段爱情故事传的街知巷闻了。另一个曾经传出过不少灵异故事的是酒店的846房，除了有人看过有个身着二十年代服饰女子的影像外，还曾经住客投诉隔壁房间住客的嬉闹声太大，影响作息，但查看之下才知道原来隔壁房原来是一个早年做为宴会厅的空房，霎时让该名住客毛骨悚然。酒店早年也有代售火车票的服务，虽然后来这窗口已被酒店的其它服务所使用，但还是有人不时会看到一个穿着火车列车长衣服的阴影，隐隐约约的显现在窗口一旁的墙上。就连酒店里那豪华的西餐厅爱灵顿（Ellyngton's）也有一段蛮匪夷所思的故事，这里早年是酒店有弦乐团长驻演出的圣马可厅（San Marco Room），许多住客都会在用餐和欣赏他们的精彩演出，但时过境迁，当年的远近驰名的圣马可厅早已成为了古色古香的餐厅，但曾经有员工在晚上餐厅关门后还听到里面传出弦乐声，进去查看时仿佛看到有几个乐手的影像在餐厅中间一闪而过。这些年来酒店还是有传出大大小小，煞有其事的鬼故事。这些故事也增加了这个老酒店不少神秘的色彩，但到底有几成真几成假，相信就只有当事人才知道了。

走在联合车站旁的怀库街（Wynkoop Street）上，在老书店旁看到了一栋红砖公寓，似乎有一股特别的吸引力，让自己不自觉的往公寓走去，艾德布鲁克公寓（Edbrooke Lofts），是一座建于1905年的仓库，建筑师法兰克艾德布鲁克（Frank E Edbrooke）晚期的作品。法兰克艾德布鲁克，19世纪末20世纪初美国最著名建筑大师之一，有丹佛建筑之父的美誉，从1879年的泰伯歌剧院（Tabor Grand Opera House）起，在尔后的四十年，大师的建筑作品改变了这个年轻城市的样貌，也为那个黄金时代留下了最珍贵的记忆。虽然时至今日，大师的很多的旷世杰作已经不复存在，但还是有不少丹佛的代表性建筑都是出自大师之手，包括16街上的丹佛干货公司大楼（Denver Dry Goods Company Building），现在是西部艺术博物馆的老纳瓦拉大楼（Old Navarre），丹佛的第一座红石建筑美生大楼（Masonic Temple Building），联合车站前的牛津酒店（Oxford Hotel），红石风格的中央长老教会（Central Presbyterian Church），建筑风格迥异的埃曼妞犹太教会（Temple Emanuel），和最为人所知晓，也是丹佛地标的布朗酒店（Brown Palace Hotel）。虽然大师晚年移居加州，但辞世后还是选择这个他一手打造让他功成名就的城市做为长眠之地，下葬于费尔蒙坟场（Fairmount Cemetery）。而我们何其有幸，在今天还能够有机会看到这么多这位一代建筑大师的作品，感受丹佛在历史交汇点缤放出的璀璨火光。

Episode 269: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending June 3, 2018, features a review of the 2018 Realcomm|IBcon Conference in Las Vegas; updates on Johnson Controls’ Verasys Plug-and-Play Control System for Light Commercial Buildings; Project Haystack Connections Magazine Spring 2018 Issue: “Tagging the World of Data;” WHVACR 15th Annual Conference Registration; and IntesisBox Gateways offer easy-to-use and reliable solutions for system integration and control of Smart Buildings. Johnson Controls’ Verasys® Plug-and-Play Control System for Light Commercial Buildings. Reduce Your Total Cost of Ownership: Easy-to-use controls maximize energy savings and extend equipment life—reducing operating costs. Gain Maximum Efficiency Up Front: Plug-and-play controls system cuts installation time and complexity. Simple interface delivers vital building data for immediate control of your environment. Secure remote access makes it easy to manage your building from anywhere. Project Haystack Connections Magazine Spring 2018 Issue: “Tagging the World of Data”. The Spring 2018 issue, which is our fourth issue, of the Project Haystack Connections Magazine is published! It is growing in readership as the industry comes to understand the mission of the Project Haystack Organization and the importance of making it easy to work with the data produced by smart, connected devices and equipment systems. WHVACR 15th Annual Conference September 19th-21st, Denver’s Brown Palace Hotel. JOIN US AS WE DEFY GRAVITY IN Denver, Colorado! RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY! Register before Aug. 1st and save $25 off of you registration cost. Register Now! Don’t miss the Women in HVACR 15th Annual Conference as we explore: “Defying Gravity” Join us for this exciting event as you reconnect with old friends and network with other women leaders in the HVACR industry. IntesisBox Gateways Easy-to-Use and Reliable Solutions for System Integration and Control of Smart Buildings. IntesisBox offers a wide range of products to facilitate communication between different protocols. Based on the most used standard protocols, such as BACnet, EnOcean, KNX, LonWorks, Modbus, DALI, MBUS and many more, IntesisBox helps you integrate most of the devices currently in the market related with Home and Building automation. The post Episode 269: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for Week Ending June 3, 2018 appeared first on ControlTrends.

A legend among Downtown Denver hotels since 1892.  The qualities of the iconic hotel in Downtown Denver make it the ultimate destination for business functions, leisurely vacations, romantic getaways and even spa retreats. Support the show: https://www.theinformedtraveler.org/

A legend among Downtown Denver hotels since 1892.  The qualities of the iconic hotel in Downtown Denver make it the ultimate destination for business functions, leisurely vacations, romantic getaways and even spa retreats. Support the show: https://www.theinformedtraveler.org/

Colorado is about to end a requirement that medical professionals report possible cases of domestic violence to police, except in cases of serious bodily injury or for victims under the age of 18. Then, legendary mountain bike racer Dave Wiens hits a new trail -- leading the sport's international association. He hopes both to grow mountain biking and to limit its impact on natural places. And, the new novel "Girl In Snow" opens at a high school assembly with the principal announcing a student has been murdered. The story is set on the Front Range, where the author grew up. And, uncovering secrets of Denver's Brown Palace Hotel on its 125th birthday.

  In the heart of downtown Denver, the Brown Palace Hotel and Spa has stood as one of the most beautiful places to get married in the city, since 1892. With five different wedding venues in the hotel to choose from, brides and grooms can choose what suits their taste and style best. The historic hotel just finished a complete renovation of its rooms and facilities, and it couldn’t be lovelier!     Sandy Malone Weddings & Events www.SandyMaloneWeddings.com Weddings in Vieques www.WeddingsinVieques.com Podcast: http://www.iheart.com/show/27505307/ Twitter: @SandyMalone_ Facebook Sandy Malone and Sandy Malone Weddings & Events Instagram: SandyMaloneWeddings  

Robin Autorino is an award winning chocolatier and has been named by Dessert Professional as one of the Top Ten Chocolatiers in North America in 2013. Becoming a chocolatier was a very unlikely outcome for Robin from the very beginning. As early as she can remember, she had been allergic to chocolate and was not able to enjoy it as a child or during most of her adult life. Grown up and in search of adventure, Robin joined the Navy to see the world. Having been stationed in Spain, Guam, Australia and many other locales throughout her Naval career, she was able to call many amazing places home. Living overseas far from family, however, can be difficult for a single mom; especially during the holidays. Robin found family amongst friends during her travels and often hosted holiday dinner parties for the other sailors and their families. To keep her young son from getting underfoot while she cooked and baked for gatherings, she had him dip pretzels in chocolate as gifts for the guests. After fourteen years of service, Robin left the Navy and settled in Northern Virginia. Robin worked for a string of technology companies during the height of the Internet boom; but while it paid the bills, it certainly wasn't a passion. As time passed, her son grew up and on with his life. Robin became restless and embarked on a search for her next adventure. That search led to a move to Boulder, Colorado where she made the decision to transition from technology professional to professional chef. Robin landed at a local culinary school where she studied classic French cooking techniques using locally produced, seasonally available ingredients. Her last month of culinary coursework was spent in Avignon, France where she had the honor of studying with master chefs from Michelin-starred restaurants and working at a local pâtisserie. Robin's experience at the pâtisserie inspired her to become a pastry chef. Robin was required to taste everything she made at the pâtisserie, including all of the items made with chocolate. Not about to make excuses about allergies to a French pastry chef, Robin tasted the chocolate and waited for the adverse reaction. By luck or fate, the expected reaction never came and Robin's passion for chocolate began. As it turns out, Robin is still allergic to some chocolate. The discovery was made upon returning from France when she purchased a mass market chocolate bar. After a single bite, she had an immediate reaction. To add insult to injury, the flavor did not agree with her either. The difference may simply have been in how the chocolate was made, either in the ingredients or the process. Over the next several years Robin worked to develop her craft in the pastry kitchens of a number of landmark restaurants and hotels. Among these are Flagstaff House and Dushanbe Tea House in Boulder as well as The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. During this time she also interned at Tru in Chicago. In her spare time, Robin began to make molded chocolates for friends and family, experimenting with flavors and artistry. Just before Valentine's Day in 2008, a local florist needed chocolates and asked Robin to provide them. She jumped at the opportunity to transform from chocolate enthusiast to chocolate entrepreneur. And thus, Robin Chocolates was born. On that first Valentine's Day Robins chocolates were pretty good. Since then Robin has continued to work towards perfecting her craft, studying with some of the top chocolatiers in North America and Europe. These days her chocolates not only win awards, they have a loyal and growing following. There are many chocolates out in the market that are beautiful to look at but disappointing to taste. Robin combines artistry and flavor to create little masterpieces that taste as good as they look. Through her chocolates, Robin has found a way to make people smile, which makes Robin very happy indeed.

During a recent trip to Denver, Bob and Ben were fortunate enough to sit down with journalist and historian Dick Kreck at the historic Brown Palace Hotel for a conversation about the history of Denver and its establishment in the 19th and early 20th century. Dick Kreck has more than four decades of experience as a reporter for the San Francisco Examiner, The LA Times, and The Denver Post, and has published numerous books on the history of Colorado and the west. Kreck shared his incredible knowledge about western migration, the construction of the trans-continental railroad, and the ways that the Denver of the 21st century reflects the region's past. Recorded June 18th, 2016 at the Brown Palace Hotel in Denver Colorado. For more information on this episode and links to topics discussed in the interview, please visit www.TheRoadToNow, and follow us on twitter: @Road_To_Now.

Every president since Teddy Roosevelt has been the guest of Denver’s iconic Brown Palace Hotel & Spa, except two (Calvin Coolidge and Barack Obama). Wizard Academy co-founders Roy & Pennie Williams are among the list of distinguished guests whose names grace the venerable logs of the hotel’s register. Built in 1892, the triangular-shaped Brown Palace is the crown jewel of Rocky Mountain luxury hotels. For the past 11 years, Marcel Pitton has served as the managing director of the hotel – overseeing its day-to-day operations and $42 million in facility upgrades. At the end of May 2016, Marcel checks out of the Brown Palace to pursue new adventures. Originating this week from the Eisenhower Presidential Suite at the hotel, reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart talks to Marcel about what it takes to orchestrate a team of 400 employees to provide consistent world-class service – including the Forbes Four-Star and the Triple A Four Diamond designations every, single year. Investigative reporter that he is, Rotbart also gets Marcel to settle the question once and for all about whether the Brown Palace’s permanent guests include ghosts – who many people swear they’ve encountered. Get the definitive answer, exclusively, on Monday Morning Radio. Photo: Marcel Pitton, Brown Palace Hotel & Spa (Photography by Avital)Posted: May 23, 2016Monday Morning Run Time: 32 minutes 37 seconds Want to learn how to turbocharge your personal or business reputation? Schedule a 30-minute FREE phone consultation with reputation coach and Monday Morning Radio host Dean Rotbart: 1-303-296-1200. Limited slots now booking for June and July 2016.  

Each year the Brown Palace Hotel in downtown Denver hosts the top steer from the National Western Stock Show.  This year's top steer was deemed too skittish to make a solo appearance in the ornate hotel, so his runner-up came along for company.  I interviewed the hotel general manager, Miss Colorado Rodeo, the boy who raised Titan, and my friend Michael Drummy and his sister-in-law, among others.  I love this event for combining Denver's elegance with its cow country history.