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Mile High Haunts: 13th Floor Lives Up to the Hype

By Danielle Look
Oct 3, 2018

This is the seventeenth year for Denver's biggest haunt.
The 21 Best Events in Denver, October 23 Through October 30

By Westword Staff
Oct 24, 2017

The withing hour is upon us! Just ask organizers of one of the dozens of Halloween-related events going on around Denver this week, including a witches' ball, an oddities expo, and a Gatsby-inspired zombie ball. All that and more is in this week's 21 best events in Denver list. Tuesday,...
Five Spooky Tours Through Colorado's Haunted History

By Byron Graham
Oct 13, 2017

Interested in Colorado's haunted histories? Look no further.
Ten Things to Do in Denver for $10 and Under This Week (Four Free)

By Byron Graham
Oct 12, 2017

As another weekend approaches, many Denverites find themselves searching for something to do yet despairing over how to fund their fun. Fret not, broke locals, for a bevy of frights and delights await.
Five of Colorado's Scariest Haunted Houses and Attractions

By Byron Graham
Oct 4, 2017

Looking to get scared in Denver? Here's your guide to the scariest haunted houses in town.
Loanword's Billy Overton Performs Live Score for Horror Documentary Häxan

By Tom Murphy
Feb 20, 2017

This Tuesday night, February 21, at Alamo Drafthouse, Billy Overton, the founder of experimental electronic band Loanword, will do a live film score for Swedish filmmaker Benjamin Christensen's most acclaimed work, Häxan.
Five Fascinating Stories (and One Slideshow) About the Stanley Hotel

By Westword Staff
Nov 5, 2016

Though it's 106 years old, the Stanley Hotel continues to fascinate tourists (about 430,000 a year, to be exact) and locals alike. As the inspiration for Stephen King's best-selling novel The Shining, it lives in pop-culture infamy. It's also supposedly haunted and has a controversial owner who, for better or for worst, capitalizes on its allure. Brush up on your history and learn more about the hotel's future in our recent coverage.
Ritualcravt Celebrates New Location With Seance and One-Year Anniversary Party

By Lindsey Bartlett
Oct 28, 2016

Ritualcravt, the shiniest, eco-metaphysical mineral and herb store in the Mile High City, has recently expanded with a new location at 2842 West 44th Street. Still in Sunnyside but up the road and off the beaten path, Ritualcravt now boasts a significantly larger storefront with some much needed elbow room. The new space coincides with the shop's one-year-anniversary, being celebrated this weekend with a seance on Friday October 28 and an all-day anniversary party on Saturday, October 29.
Spooky Time-Lapse Videos Capture the Most Haunted Places in Colorado

By Lindsey Bartlett
Oct 26, 2016

A Denver-based videography company called Studio C3 has been making insane time-lapses of the most haunted places in Denver. Using a Gh4 camera, photographer David Kaufman made his way around the Mile High picking four haunted spots to showcase. The fantastic four he chose: Molly Brown House, the Croke-Patterson Mansion, the Brown Palace Hotel and the Lumber Baron Inn. A separate time-lapse features one haunted spot in particular: the stagecoach ruins found in Penrose, Colorado, which includes a legend of a "grey lady" guarding the space.
Haunted by Its Past, Will the Stanley Hotel Have a Happy Ending?

By Chris Walker
Oct 25, 2016

The zombie invasion was sudden and swift. There were at least a hundred of them, with gaping flesh wounds and bulging eyes, moaning and dragging their feet as they scoured their surroundings for fresh brains. It was an alarming sight for the bride and groom who happened to be taking...
Photos: Denver International Airport Celebrates Conspiracy Theories

By Westword Staff
Oct 25, 2016

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. That's the philosophy that inspired Denver International Airport to not only acknowledge all the conspiracy theories that started flying even before the new airport opened two decades ago, but celebrate them. As part of the fun, last week DIA hosted a costume party...
My Life as a Zombie: Behind the Scenes at Haunted Field of Screams

By Jamie Siebrase
Oct 5, 2016

I pull into the parking lot at Haunted Field of Screams at 7:30 p.m. sharp. By 8:15 I’m one of them, one of the hundred-or-so actors who come here Thursdays through Sundays in October to scare the hell out of anyone foolish enough to walk through a ghoul-infested corn maze...
Photos: The Stanley's Shining Ball Brings Out All the Spooky Boys and Ghouls

By Westword Staff
Oct 29, 2015

The annual Shining Ball at the notoriously haunted Stanley Hotel celebrates the building's ties to the Stephen King novel and Stanley Kubrick film. In 1974, King stayed in room 217, where he allegedly was visited by spirits while he was sleeping. According to hotel staff legend, the horror writer was...
Asylum and 13th Floor: Two Haunts Worth the Jaunt!

By Byron Graham
Sep 29, 2015

The scary season returned to Denver this past weekend, when Asylum and the 13th Floor opened their doors. Celebrated by media ranging from MTV to USA Today to Fangoria, these two hair-raising fright-fests fuel our city's nightmares. From its Denver base, the 13th Floor Entertainment Grouphas expanded over the years...
Literary Calendar: Three Poetry Events in Denver August 17-23

By Jef Otte
Aug 17, 2015

"Poetry can be dangerous," said Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, "especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it." But poetry can also be provocative, entertaining and amazing, as three literary events this week will show. Anne Waldman, Eleni Sikelianos and Roger Green Syntax...
Hex Publishers, a New Local Press, Plans to Release a Dark, Twisted Anthology

By Jamie Siebrase
Feb 9, 2015

Things are getting spooky in Erie, Colorado. That's where near-native Josh Viola, seventeen-time award-winning author of The Bane of Yoto, now lives. Viola found himself frustrated by the commercialization of publishing -- so frustrated, in fact, that he set out to change the way authors are treated, launching Hex Publishers,...
Was Denver's Zombie Crawl a "Smorgasbord of Depravity Soaked in Blood Drenched Evil?"

By Westword Staff
Nov 19, 2014

There's always a lot of fake blood -- and spare body parts -- at the Denver Zombie Crawl, which runs down the 16th Street Mall every year. But the ninth annual incarnation of the event, which took place on October 18, ended with some real blood and plenty of pepper...
Long Island Medium Taught Me It Isn't About Being Psychic; It's About Healing by Listening

By Bree Davies
Nov 4, 2014

Last night, as I sat inside a packed 1STBANK Center with a bunch of ladies who looked like my mom, I waited for Theresa Caputo to appear and wondered what exactly I was going to see. How does someone like Caputo, known to the world as the Long Island Medium,...
Photos: A Zombie Apocalypse Descends on Exdo for the Roll Skate Party

By Susan Froyd
Oct 27, 2014

Zombies -- and other random costumed skaters -- took to the rink Friday at the Exdo Event Center for a Halloween edition of the monthly Roll skate-dancing party. Photographer Scott Lenz dared to shoot these Zombie Apocalypse photos; keep reading for a sneak peek at the slide show. See also:...
Playbill: Three Front Range Plays and Performances for October 22-28

By Susan Froyd
Oct 22, 2014

To get in the mood for Halloween, you can head up to Colorado Springs for a campy combination of '60s slasher and beach movies, or hear spooky stories come alive onstage in Denver; meanwhile, dance aficionados can get their fix at an intergenerational mashup in Boulder. Keep reading for details...

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