Haunted Places in Carbon County, Wyoming



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    Wyoming Frontier Prison

    Rawlins, Wyoming

    This prison was in operation from 1901-1981. It was the first state penitentiary and it housed some of Wyoming's worst and most violent offenders. This prison operated in a time when there was no such thing as "prisoner's rights". The prison boasted both a dungeon-house where intractable inmates were ...

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    Slaughterhouse Gulch

    Encampment, Wyoming

    The Ghost of Slaughterhouse Gulch is said to be a miner who was killed by an explosion. Reports say because of the nature of his death, he didn't have a proper burial, which made his spirit restless. In 1918 a camping family heard a cough and looked up to see ...

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    Virginian Hotel

    Medicine Bow, Wyoming

    The Virginian is now closed. People claim that when it was in operation it was filled with ghostly activity. Update: The hotel is apparently now open again, according to feedback left by a Haunted Places visitor.

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    Ferris Mansion Bed and Breakfast

    Rawlins, Wyoming

    A typical haunting with reports ranging from the sounds of footsteps, whispering, and electrical malfunctions to full-fledged apparitions of a woman and also of two young male children. Some people believe that at least one of the young male ghosts might be that of young Cecil Ferris who was accidentally ...

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    Country Inn Motel

    Baggs, Wyoming

    Various reports of guests who stay in the small motel tell of a glowing white apparition that appears in their rooms in the early hours of morning. (Submitted by Callum Swift)