EP 157 - Ghosts of the Goldrush | Crippled Creek, CO

Hometown Ghost Stories

Places & Travel, True Crime, Society & Culture

4.6 • 658 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Cripple creek Colorado started out as a gold rush boom town in the late 1800’s. Over the years it saw its share of violence, shootouts, riots and fires. Economic turbulence lead to Cripple creek effectively becoming a ghost town for many years before the legislation of legal gambling breathed life back into it in the 1990’s. Now the town is once again bustling, but its brutal history has lead to many of its buildings being haunted. Join us as we explore the old jailhouse and several of the hotel casinos that are haunted by the ghosts of Cripple Creek’s past. Become a supporter on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/hometownghoststories Music by Jesse Wilkins and Seth Wilkins https://open.spotify.com/album/5yacgac20GQsymq2nsVmPr?si=5skhjOFyQMqGvE58rAre-Q MERCH: https://hometownghoststories.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This week on hometown ghost stories.
0:05.4	Cripple Creek, Colorado started out as a gold rush boomtown in the late 1800s.
0:11.1	Over the years, it saw its share of violence, shootouts, riots, and fires.
0:17.0	Economic turbulence led to Cripple Creek effectively becoming a ghost town for many years
0:21.9	before the legislation of legal gambling breathed life back into it in the 1990s.
0:27.6	Now the town is once again bustling, but its brutal history has led to many of its buildings
0:33.5	being haunted.
0:35.2	Join us as we explore the old jailhouse
0:37.8	and several of the hotel casinos
0:39.9	that are haunted by the ghosts of Cripple Creek's past.
0:43.8	This is hometown ghost stories.
0:46.5	Ghosts of the Gold Rush.
0:52.9	Hometown Ghost Stories contains serious and often distressing events and is not intended for all audiences.
1:03.7	Viewer discretion is advised.
1:08.0	The Imperial Hotel and Casino, Cripple Creek, Colorado, 1994.
1:16.1	It very well could have been the fact that it was nearly 100 degrees in the room that the man was sweating so profusely, but Richard knew that wasn't the case.
1:26.2	He'd watched the man's disposition change from blissful excitement to disbelief to pure fear.
1:32.9	He was the fourth person that day to hit the jackpot on one of the slot machines.
1:38.2	The pit boss was furious.
1:41.0	Richard had no choice but to bring the winners into the back room to have them questioned by a very large, very intimidating security guard.
1:49.8	Each winner had the same exact story, and this man was no exception.
1:55.3	He stammered and blurted out that a man with a bald spot in the middle of his head,
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