The prankster ghost Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
The Denver Gazette reported in 2025 that historian and tour guide Matthew Webb, at the hotel 18 years, heard a distinct whistle near the 10th floor with no one there; a longtime coworker called it the "prankster ghost." The paper also described static-only calls to the switchboard from Suite 904, once the home of socialite Louise Crawford Hill, and, citing the hotel, a sound system in the Churchill bar switching on by itself. Source: Denver Gazette, 2025.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The Brown Palace opened in 1892, during the Gilded Age. Historic Hotels of America named it one of its "Most Haunted Hotels" in 2025 (Denver Gazette, 2025).
Ghost stories
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Then and now
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Public access
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