Ep. 598 - Brown Palace Hotel

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Brown Palace Hotel and Spa is an iconic landmark in Downtown Denver. The hotel has stood for over 130 years and was one of the first atrium-style hotels ever built and was fire-proof. She was affectionately nicknamed The Grand Dame of Denver and she has stood as a sentinel in the downtown area, watching over the history that has unfolded here. The Brown hosted celebrities, Molly Brown, several Presidents and even the Beatles. And rumors claim that she hosts spirits as well. Several of them. Join us for the history and hauntings of the Brown Palace Hotel. The Moment in Oddity features Diesel the Donkey and This Month in History features the storming of the Bastille. Our location was suggested by David Law, Vicki Luther and Tim Kemble.

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Music used in this episode:

Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios

(Moment in Oddity) "Vanishing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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(This Month in History) "In Your Arms" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios

Other music used in this episode:

Title: "Camp Nowhere"
Artist: Tim Kulig (timkulig.com)
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Transcript

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0:00.0	History tells the story of the world and of our lives.
0:21.3	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
0:32.2	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in central Florida.
0:39.0	It's the History Goes Bump podcast.
0:47.2	Hello, you sputacular people.
0:49.3	Welcome to this 598th episode of the History Ghostbump podcast.
0:53.6	Ghost tours for the Theater of the Mind. I'm your host,
0:56.0	Diane. And this is Kelly. Kelly, on this episode, we're going to a location that I know well from
1:01.3	Colorado, the Brown Palace Hotel. And this has been a very popular ask. It started with David Law,
1:09.5	one of our listeners, years ago, and I just kept filing it on
1:13.6	the back burner. Well, then we had Vicki Luther ask for it, and Tim Campbell has asked twice for it.
1:19.9	So I said, you know what, we better do it. Better get on it. There are several spirits here
1:25.2	at this Grand Dame of Denver. Before we get into that, we want to
1:29.2	welcome into the Spuctacular Crew, Tyson, Carter, and Michelle with two L's. Thank you for joining
1:35.1	the Sputacular Crew. And now this moment, Nodity. The moment in oddity was suggested by Chelsea Flowers.
1:51.2	There have been many instances in nature where one species of animal is orphaned and raised by another species.
1:57.4	However, that type of situation can be a bit more rare when it comes to animals that live in a herd or flock.
2:03.6	In the spring of 2024, a bow hunter named Max Vennel was out in the wilderness when he came upon an unexpected sight that he captured on film.
2:12.6	He spotted a herd of at least 12 Roosevelt elk on a hillside.
2:16.8	That was not the least bit unusual for the area.
2:19.6	However, what was strange was that one of the members of the herd looked a bit different.
2:24.6	This unique fellow was actually a donkey named Diesel. Five years prior to Fennell's discovery,
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