Featured Haunt Estes Park
The Stanley Hotel
F.O. Stanley's 1909 hotel in the Rockies, where a one-night stay inspired Stephen King's The Shining. A real 1911 explosion lies behind Room 217's ghost; most other stories have no named witness.
The ghost story: On June 25, 1911, an acetylene gas explosion in Room 217 injured a chambermaid, who broke both ankles. Newspapers at the time disagree on her name (Elizabeth Wilson, Elizabeth Lambert or Lizzie Leitenbergher) and on how many people were hurt.