CPR Wants Your Ghost Stories: Inside Colorado's Legend Archive

Colorado Public Radio is collecting ghost stories and urban legends statewide. Here's why the Centennial State is such fertile ground for folklore.

What lurks beneath Colorado's surface

Weird History — September 22, 2026

The true 1863 story of the Espinosa cousins, whose killing spree terrorized Colorado Territory and ended in a legendary manhunt.

Urban Legends — September 19, 2026

Colorado has at least three 'Crybaby Bridge' legends. We trace the ghost story's roots, the real bridges behind it, and why it refuses to die.

Haunted Places — September 18, 2026

Inside Glen Eyrie, the Tudor castle built by Colorado Springs founder William Jackson Palmer, where staff and guests report ghostly encounters.

Ghost Stories — September 17, 2026

Once a mining-era hospital, Cripple Creek's Hotel St. Nicholas hostel is steeped in ghost lore Coloradans are still sharing today.

Alien Encounters — September 16, 2026

The Pentagon's newest UFO batch reveals pilots asking 'are you seeing this?' about mysterious orbs—echoing decades of similar Colorado sky reports.

Haunted Places — September 15, 2026

Inside Cleveholm Manor, the opulent Redstone Castle built by coal baron John Osgood — and the ghost stories tied to its Gilded Age history.

Urban Legends — September 14, 2026

Explore the real 1988 tunnel collapse and decades of ghost stories that turned Colorado Springs' Gold Camp Road into a legendary haunted drive.

Unexplained — September 13, 2026

Sources say a Colorado military base filmed a massive triangular craft — and the Air Force refuses to release it. Here's what's known.