14: Spirits of the Stanley. Rocky Mountain National Park.

National Park After Dark

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True Crime, Places & Travel, Wilderness, Society & Culture, Sports

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🗓️ 26 April 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Pack your overnight back and don’t forget to sign the guest book, this week we are headed to one of the most famous - and haunted - hotels in America. Bordering Rocky Mountain National Park, for over 100 years the walls of this building have been filled with laughter, music and joy, but those same walls have also trapped spirits - spirits who have no problem making their presence known. Today, we are checking into the Stanley Hotel.

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Sources: It Happened in Rocky Mountain National Park by Phyllis J Perry. Legends of America. Coloradoan. Visit Estes Park. Stanley Hotel. Wikipedia. Colorado National Park Trips.

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0:00.0	Imagine this. You're on the open road in a brand new Shkoda. Your favorite playlist pumping out.
0:06.5	You can go anywhere you want. Literally, because when you buy selected new Shkoda's in our free
0:12.1	fuel event, we'll give you 500 pounds worth of free fuel until February 28th. The world is your
0:17.6	oyster. Or you could just go to the supermarket. A lot. Shkoda. Exclusely Zenyak IBS Tech delivered
0:24.1	by 30th September 23rd retail customers for participating retailers only term-supply. Visit
0:28.1	Shkoda.co.uk's last fuel offer. Rocky Mountain National Park is ranked as the eighth most
0:34.0	dangerous park in the United States. In the last 10 years alone, 49 people have lost their lives
0:39.8	within this park. Murder, animal attack, falls, suicide, natural, and environmental causes
0:47.0	have all claimed lives within the most visited of Colorado's four national parks. And while the
0:52.7	park is beautiful, we won't be driving through its gates. Instead, we will be venturing somewhere
0:58.0	we haven't quite been before. This week, we are taking a break from the outdoors and will count
1:03.2	ourselves among the thousands who have sought sanctuary in one of Colorado's most infamous buildings.
1:09.2	For over 100 years, these walls have been filled with laughter, music, and joy. But those same
1:15.4	walls have also trapped spirits. Spirits who have no problem making their presence known. Today,
1:22.2	we are checking in to the Stanley Hotel. Welcome to National Park After Dark.
1:28.9	Here's Johnny!
1:38.1	Hi everybody! Welcome back to National Park After Dark. I'm your host Cassie. And I'm Danielle.
1:56.8	I'm currently in Zion, as this comes out. So, I hope that I'm staying safe and avoiding all the crowds.
2:05.2	And I can't tell you how many people have DMed me or emailed in and said to do Angels Landing.
2:13.6	And I'm going to tell you right now, I am absolutely not doing Angels Landing.
2:19.3	This is your past self talking to your future self. So we'll recheck in on this in the next
2:26.4	episode and see if you did do Angels Landing. Please tune in, but I'll tell you right now. I have not
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