The Haunting of the Black Monarch Hotel, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 10 February 2026
⏱️ 35 minutes
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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!
In the historic mining town of Victor, the Black Monarch Hotel stands as a place where the past never fully loosened its grip. Once a raucous saloon, casino, and brothel, the building was infamous in the early 1900s as “the finest gentleman’s club this side of the Mississippi.” Its walls have witnessed wealth and violence, indulgence and desperation — and, according to many, something far harder to explain.
After a devastating fire in 1899, the structure was rebuilt and renamed, but whatever lingered from its earliest days never truly left. When Adam Zimmerli encountered the long-vacant building generations later, he saw more than decay. He saw an opportunity to restore its grandeur while honoring its strange and unsettled history.
Today, the Black Monarch’s Victorian gothic décor, themed rooms, and reputation for unnerving encounters have made it one of the most talked-about haunted hotels in the West. Guests report unexplained sounds, shadowy figures, and a sense of being watched — reminders that this is more than a place to spend the night. It’s a place shaped by its former inhabitants, some of whom may still consider it home.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, the haunting of the Black Monarch Hotel, a conversation with owner Adam Zimmerley. |
| 0:17.0 | Step into the eerie world of the Black Monarch Hotel. |
| 0:26.6 | Once a raucous saloon casino and brothel in the historic mining town of Victor, Colorado. When owner Adam Zimmerley first laid eyes on the vacant building, |
| 0:30.6 | he saw an opportunity to resurrect its past and breathe new life into its ghostly halls. |
| 0:44.4 | Today, the Black Monarch's lavish Victorian Gothic decor-themed rooms and unnerving supernatural encounters make it one of the most chilling destinations in the West. |
| 0:50.1 | The historic Monarch building was once renowned as the finest gentleman's club this side of the |
| 0:55.4 | Mississippi. Since the early 1900s, its Victorian walls have witnessed countless tales, |
| 1:02.0 | from stories of violence to accounts of hauntings. It was rebuilt after a devastating fire in |
| 1:08.9 | 1989, and the newly named Black Monarch Hotel has never |
| 1:13.9 | truly lost its original inhabitants. Because this isn't just a place to stay. It's a place that |
| 1:21.2 | just might stay with you. Today on the Grave Talks, the hauntings of the Black Monarch Hotel, a conversation with the owner Adam Zimmerley. |
| 1:33.9 | So, Adam, thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 1:37.0 | I'm really excited to talk about the Black Monarch Boutique Hotel. |
| 1:42.1 | In Victor, Colorado. |
| 1:47.7 | And Victor, Colorado is a very interesting little town, |
| 1:53.3 | little town too, by the way. Very small. Yes. How did you end up in Victor? |
| 2:02.6 | Great question. So I actually, I guess I'm a carpenter primarily by trade. |
| 2:07.6 | And then I had previously worked kind of in the concert industry for a bit. |
| 2:15.0 | So in 2013, I had a property that I had gotten in a lease to own contract in downtown Denver. |
| 2:19.2 | And I started listing that on Airbnb. And so I was just super early in on the Airbnb platform and it really took off to where I was making more money |
| 2:26.2 | than you know I ever thought I would be really and um so just kind of being a work-a-day guy |
| 2:32.9 | and you know coming from uh you know my dad was, you know, my dad was a oil-filled |
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