Breckenridge, A Haunted History

As with any old "settlement" town, this community is chock full of Ghosts and Ghouls. This time of year, everyone is looking for a good scare; Breck has its fair share, to be sure!

We'll ease you into these "ghost stories" by starting with a mystery. I'm sure you've heard of "Tom's baby", right? Well Tom Groves was a miner who found the largest nugget in American history, weighing a whopping 151 oz. (that's a lot of gold, in case you were wondering). Well, Tom paraded this nugget around town in a blanket like a baby. After Tom turned it in for the money, the gold disappeared on its way to Denver, not to be seen again... until it resurfaced in 1972. The Colorado State Historical Museum located the nugget in a vault located in a Denver bank, where it had been deposited for "safe keeping" in 1926! Mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of Tom's Baby, where was it for all those years in between?

For some real chills, pull up a stool at the 120 year old bar in The Brown Hotel & Restaurant and ask Mike all about what goes on there. In fact, locals won't even enter the women's restroom without a "partner" for fear of running into the establishment�s resident ghost, Mrs. Whitney. Mrs. Whitney was shot by her lover in an upstairs bedroom after he discovered that money was her true motive. Patrons and employees have reported that glasses and relish trays will empty by themselves, not to mention doors slam on a regular basis, even when no one is upstairs!

Another "haunted spot" in Breckenridge is The Prospector Restaurant at 130 S. Main Street. Its resident spirit is Sylvia, one of the most enduring personalities! She is a miner's widow who lived there in the 1860's. It was a boarding house and it is said she resides there to this day. She was said to be a prospector herself, but of suitors, not gold! She only appears to men and can be quite mischievous!

Ask the locals, they'll let you know where to go for the �real deal� ghosts in this town!