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Post by Graveyardbride on May 13, 2019 18:00:14 GMT -5
The Black Monarch: Colorado’s ‘Horror Hotel’Stephen King’s The Shining may have been inspired by his stay at The Stanley Hotel, but we’d argue the setting’s true parallel is The Black Monarch. Initially a Gold Rush-era casino, saloon and brothel, the building is said to be haunted by the ghost of a man who died in a gunfight. Over the years, people have reported seeing things they couldn’t explain and in recent years, guests claim to have been awakened by the phantom laughter of women and men’s shouts, even though no one else is around.
These rumors of horrors and hauntings are embraced by new owner, Adam Zimmerli, who has worked in the music industry and operated unique properties in Denver. The Black Monarch features rooms themed after serial killers Elizabeth Bathory and H.H. Holmes, and according to the property’s press release, “The self-proclaimed ‘horror hotel’ is packed with curiosities, taxidermy, oddities and trinkets, giving alternative travelers myriad strange sights to explore.”
On Colorado’s National Register of Historic Places, the hotel has been fully renovated in a Victorian Gothic design accentuating the property’s storied past. The Black Monarch, located 46 miles southwest of Colorado Springs in Victor, reopened to the public on May 1. Victor is a tiny mountain town with a population of less than 1,000. Hotel guests can explore the surrounding mountains, learn about the town’s mining history and enjoy live music. Zimmerli also plans to host live shows – with a dark twist – and special events featuring burlesque and circus performers. Source: Evie Carrick, Travel&Leisure, May 12, 2019.
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Post by pat on May 13, 2019 19:18:42 GMT -5
Live music means loud music and I've always heard that loud music drives ghosts away. If the owner wants to attract people with an interest in the paranormal, why would he have live music in the hotel?
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Post by jane on May 13, 2019 19:44:29 GMT -5
Live music means loud music and I've always heard that loud music drives ghosts away. If the owner wants to attract people with an interest in the paranormal, why would he have live music in the hotel? That's what's happened to some of England's old haunted pub ghosts. When they started playing loud music, the ghosts disappeared.
Something else that I don't understand is that those who are into the goth, or vampire culture, go to clubs where the music is ear-splitting. Some of them decorate their homes in the Gothic style, have coffins for coffee tables and some of them even sleep in coffins. Don't they know that vampires are supposed to be extra-sensitive to sound?
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