The Bordello Ghosts Creede, Colorado, touts not only a colorful history but one layered with ghost stories. The Bordello Ghosts is one such captivating folk horror for those who see—and hear—what others do not. Long before actors of the Creede Repertory Theatre called it the Bordello, the Rio Grande Hotel stood as a reminder of […]
Where History Refuses to Check Out Ghosts of the Creede Hotel Begin with History The Ghosts of the Creede Hotel have fascinated visitors for generations. Old Zang Hotel (today the Creede Hotel) is exactly the type of place where Colorado mining history and folk horror overlap. Unlike many “haunted hotels,” this building doesn’t rely on […]
July’s blog brings us to a town near my home. In Creede, Colorado, beneath Bachelor Mountain, hundreds of miners worked to free the precious mineral hidden within silver-rich veins. Life beneath the mountain was never easy. Cave-ins. Explosions. Poisonous gases. Falling rock. Every shift underground carried the possibility that a miner might never return to […]
