2 Girls Who Scare Easily

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge features hiking, catch and release fishing, a playground, and even a herd of buffalo. But its got a dark history that included manufacturing Sarin nerv…

Today we're talking about the time(s) that the Denver Art Museum was used to launder stolen antiquities! No spoilers, but a very prominent art historian and volunteer was helping to forge provenance …

We're back on the Auraria Campus, but talking about some of the hauntings this time! From comforting residuals in Casa Mayan, to spooky vibes in the basement of Tivoli, all the wild history of this a…

We've got an old timey cult this time! Joshua Sykes was gathering followers in California before settling in Denver, where he claimed doomsday was around the corner. Public outcry and legal trouble m…

Part 2 of the Auraria Campus History! In this episode we find out the results of the previous redlining efforts. The city of Denver uses the flood of 1965 as an excuse to write off the entire neighbo…

Before becoming a tri-college campus, Auraria was a mining camp to rival Denver, and then a beloved multi-cultural neighborhood of the city. But following a massive flood in 1965, this neighborhood w…

Nestled in the heart of Rocky Mountain National Park stands the stately Stanley Hotel - known as one of the most haunted hotels in the United States! It's not only famous for it's ghosts, but also fo…

Colorado is home to more cryptids than just Bigfoot (though we do love him). Katie describes a few of our other mysterious friends including a giant land whale, a corkscrew worm, mine gnomes, and tro…

Robert Spangler has the worst luck. His first family is brutally murdered, then his third wife falls off a cliff, then his recently-reunited-with second wife overdoses, and THEN he gets cancer. Andy …

We're back! And we're kicking off Season 4 with one of Colorado's biggest natural disasters. In 1921, the town of Pueblo experienced a devastating flood that took uncounted lives. And it wasn't just …

On January 6, 1982 in the midst of a blizzard, two young women were murdered outside of Breckenridge, Colorado. The only thing linking them was an orange sock, and the case went cold for 40 years. Th…

Edward Ives was not what you would necessarily call a good man, and the wild story of murder and robbery that lead him to the hangman's noose is fascinating by itself. But the story of his botched ha…

The Pacific Northwest is known for its Bigfoot sightings, but did you know Colorado is also prime Sasquatch territory? There are even signs on Pikes Peak warning visitors to watch out!

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Every fall in Colorado since time immemorial, a magical migration occurs. If you like spiders. If you don't, then thousands of tarantulas out wandering around looking for a mate is probably your nigh…

Randolph "Soapy" Smith was the King of Frontier conmen. His cons ran from shenanigans that felt like a 3 Stooges skit, to participating in what was later dubbed the "City Hall War" in Denver. He buil…

We've got special guest Erin Barnes (author of Easy Weekend Getaways from Denver and Boulder, and Glory Guitars: Memoir of a '90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrl, as well as PR Manager for Meow Wolf), talki…

This episode is all about the Wizard in the Mountains - Nikola Tesla! In 1899, Tesla built a lab in the burgeoning town of Colorado Springs, leading to a rumor that his experiments blew out the entir…

Back in 2021, a story emerged that broke through the haze of the pandemic. A cult leader was found dead in Crestone, her body wrapped in Christmas lights and her face covered in glitter. Amy Carlson …

Welcome to Season 3! We're kicking things off with the story of a murdered Jane Doe that went cold from 1954 until the early 2000s when a detective, a researcher, and a woman trying to solve the myst…

Way back in 2021, the world at large was made aware of the travesty that was the Residential Schools in Canada - schools where indigenous children were removed to from their home and stripped of thei…