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Central City Cemetery

Central City, Colorado

This cemetery holds the remains of a woman who was determined to be a witch by her peers. If one stands just a few yards from her grave, a green mist will surround the area. If the lighting is right, hundreds of maggots will cover the ground.

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Michelle says:

February 10, 2006, 6:08 pm

Will you please tell me the name of this woman? I would like to go and see her grave. Thanks.

kristin says:

February 26, 2006, 8:01 pm

Hey. I don’t her name but I go to this cemetary often. There are a lot of “feelings” up there so I go to hone in on them in hopes of developing my ability to communicate with spirits. (sounds silly, I know). I have never heard the witch story but I have heard of the story of the lady in black who goes to the grave of John E. Cameron every November 1st and sometimes on April 5th. I believe he is in the masonic cemetary, although I have never found his grave in any of the cemetaries up there.
There are three cemetaries clustered together. A masonic, a catholic and the city cemetary. I have found a grave in the Central City cemetary that seems to put off an extremely sad feeling. Everytime I walk by this grave, I want to cry. The first time, I didn’t think anything of it. I just thought I was being over-emotional. (i have a heart condition that causes mood swings.) But the next 4 times I went, I got the same feeling each time and only when I stood or passed by this grave. It’s almost like a magnet or something. The farther away from it I am, the less I feel it. But the closer I am, the more I feel like crying. The last time I was there, I actually sat in front of the grave and let the feeling rush through me. I started bawling uncontrolably and I still have no idea why. I just did it to see what would happen.
So, I bet you’re dying to try this and if you do, post your findings on this site as I would love to see what somenone else has experienced.
Ok, so when you are driving up the road it is the first cemetary on your right. I believe there are two gates. One is back a little bit and it’s the first one you pass. This grave is through the second entrance (knights of pythagoras? maybe?) and straight up the path to the first crossroads. It is on your right-hand side, right on the corner of the crossroads. It’s a woman’s grave. Maybe this is your witch but I doubt it as people were not that ignorant around the time the city was established and witch-hunting has long since been gone. After all, the salem witch trials were the be all end all of that and past coloradoans were probably more worried about native tribes than witches.

bella hernendez says:

May 2, 2006, 11:20 am

well my parents alwyays go to central city n dey allways come home talking about A WOMEN dat crosses da street from the cementary like around 1 in da morning n dat shese always wearing a black dress…!!! they told me dat da 1st time dey saw her dat they tried to help her bcouse dey thoght that she was alive and lost but that wen dey got off da car that da woman was gone! since dat day my parents always see her wen dey go up there.

danie conger says:

May 9, 2006, 4:00 pm

this is true. i have been there a million times! i freks me out!!!!!AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! HOLY ****!

danie conger says:

May 9, 2006, 4:01 pm

sorry guys……………………………………………………… But……………………………………………………. KISS MY ***!

sharel says:

July 26, 2006, 5:38 pm

i dont no but i go to a graveyard in colorado and it is in old colorado springs. we videotaped it. on the tape you can see a white figure walking then look at you with a mean look. after that, she falls down. we went to where she was and there was nothing. i never go back.

Windy says:

August 7, 2006, 2:15 am

I’m going to visit this graveyard again soon. I’ve been there before. It was just my daughter & I. It was a misty day & no one else was around. There were several spooky things about this graveyard. One was the way some of the graves were amongst small groves of birch trees. We stopped at the grave of the three little boys. The headstone shows three heads/faces of boys. They died at different times, but all very young. Very sad. In the Catholic cemetary, we, all of a sudden, noticed a strong rotten odor. We thought maybe it was coming from some sort of weed as we didn’t see anything else around that could have been emitting such a foul smell. On our way back, when we passed that same area, we smelled nothing. It was gone. We wondered if a demon was present in that Catholic cemetary.

Windy says:

August 7, 2006, 2:20 am

Another thing about this graveyard. There is one grave that has a heavy metal bar in the shape of an X over the top of the grave. We joked about it & said maybe they wanted to keep whoever was buried there from getting out. Do you suppose that could be the witch’s grave??

BARBARA PADILLA says:

August 10, 2006, 6:46 pm

I WAS HALF RAISED IN CENTRAL CITY AND HAVE BEEN IN THE OLD CEMETARYS A HUNDREDS OF TIMES. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A WITCH BURIED THERE EITHER. BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT THE CATHALIC CEMETARY IS VERY HAUNTED. MY DAUGHTER AND I WAS WALKING AROUND THAT PART OF THE CEMETARY WHERE THE GROVE OF TREES ARE AND MY DAUGHTER AND I KEEP SEEING A BOY ABOUT 10 YEARS OLD DUCKING BEHIND TREES AND HEAD STONES LIKE HE WAS WATCHING WHAT WE WAS DOING. WE NEVER SAW HIM HEAD ON ONLY OUT OF THE CORNER OF OUR EYE. HE HAD A WHITE LONG SLEEVE SHIRT AND BLACK DRESS PANTS ON? AND DARK OR BLACK HAIR. MY DAUGHTER AND I TRYED TO TAKE PICTURES OF BUT STILL HAVE TO GET THEM DEVELOPED. I HAVE GONE TO LOT OF COLORADO CEMETARYS BUT IF YOU WANT SOMETHING TO HAPPEN GO TO CENTRAL CITY YOU WON’T BE DISAPOINTED.

Mon says:

January 16, 2007, 9:48 pm

That cemetery thing that is covered in maggots is gross.

veronica says:

March 27, 2007, 5:12 pm

that is crazy do they go on tha grave or wat.

Krista says:

July 15, 2007, 3:09 pm

Iv been to those graveyards. we ran into them going to a 4×4 trail, and i stop and went and walked those three cemeteries,and the knights of Pythagoras cemitare gave me the most unusual feeling. it wasnt a bad felling it just felt like someone was following me. and when i walk down one row and down in the middle the wind would blow, just enough to rustle the leaves of the trees. i didn’t do that anywhere else in that cemetery. and i was in there for about an hour taking picks. and every time i walk by that one spot the wind wind blew. i don’t remember where exactly it was all i know it is on the left side of the cemetery at the furthest entrance.

barb says:

September 23, 2007, 6:13 pm

We use to party up there and its very weird, go up on halloween and see what happens.

Michelle says:

October 18, 2007, 4:51 pm

KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS
there is no such thing as Pythagoras

Ronald Withrow says:

October 26, 2007, 12:22 am

Michell is correct. It IS the Knights of Pythias Cemetery and the Masonic is also there. I used to be a tour guide there when the Lost Gold Mine was still going. It is a creepy place, especially if you’re sensitive to spirits and you WILL see things you can’t explain! Cool, still partial-moon nights are the best. BTW Michelle There WAS a Pythagorus. He is best known for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name. Known as “the father of numbers”, Pythagoras made influential contributions to philosophy and religious teaching in the late 6th century BC.

ELySE says:

October 28, 2007, 11:23 pm

K, SO yEA i WAS UP THERE AND ME N My BEST FRiEND SAW THiS LiTTLE GiRL iN THE CATHOLiC SECTiON. SHE WAS ABOUT 7 OR 8. i WAS A LiTTLE HiGH SO i DONT REMEMBER iF iT WAS REAL BUT ALLS i REMEMBER WAS FEELiNG LiKE i WAS BEEiNG WATCHED. iT WAS HELLA CREEPy!

Travis & Baylie says:

February 21, 2008, 1:54 am

My girlfriend and I were just up at the Knights of Pythias Cemetary, And its by far the creepiest place we’ve ever been.. As soon as we pulled up to it we had a very erie feeling. There was a red car parked with no one in it. I flashed my flashlight that i brought and there wasn’t anyone in the cemetary either. Just a random red car. We initially were going to walk around and look at some of the tombstones. (There was a lunar eclipse tonight and it was 10 at night.) We brought our digital camera to take pictures. Fist of all since the car kind of freaked us out we stayed in our car. My girlfriend tried to take a picture out of the front windshield and for some reason it was taking pictures of the dash board. Which I thought was strange… Kind of like a mirror effect. I rolled down my window and took two pictures. None of the tombstones that I was trying to take a picture of would show up. Just a huge rock and a bunch of light orbes (sp.) or “balls of energy” showed up in the picture. Not like one random one that could’ve been a reflection. In one of the pictures there are about ten, ranging in size, closeness, and brightness. Same as in the next picture. We were pulling out and I looked in my rear view mirror. Out of the corner of my eye I saw a black figure who seemed masculine. It walked around the back of my car towards the passenger side and seemed to touch the trunk as it walked. I hit the gas (reaction) and then hit the brake- i was on a gravel road so I had to to turn. I looked back again and nothing was there but I could’ve sworn on my life I saw something. We slowly drove by shining the light. Still no heads popping up in the car and no one in the graveyard. We took two more pictures. Aimed at more tombstones (which didn’t show up). In one there is a shape that almost looks like a shooting star hitting the ground and a few more orbes. We decided to leave and make our way back home. The entire time we were there we felt like we were being watched and knew that we weren’t alone. Half the drive back it felt like someone was almost following us or there was just a weird feeling in our car. We got home and were talking about me seeing a person behind the car. Just for fun we decided to go and look at the back of the car. On the right side of the trunk there were two different hand prints. It was exactly where I had seen the figure touch the car. Coinsidence? Maybe. Still f’in weird. We would like to go back and visit again and take more pictures. We’ll be sure to update with our next experience.

ghosthunter says:

February 26, 2008, 3:33 pm

strange Ill have to get my older brother out thar or go there this summer were going to visit him mabe take my camra and check out what travis &baylie is talking about

Yvonne says:

March 8, 2008, 12:20 am

check out this website, it gives the time line of what happened
http://douglascountyhistory.org/faweb/coors/coorsfa.html

Tiffany says:

May 23, 2008, 3:56 pm

How come she died?

ghosthunter says:

July 3, 2008, 9:48 pm

as i sed id go there i did and its haunted i took this pic of a toumstone the place were i took it was in the aspen grove about fifty feet from the colasped mine,its serounded buy a white fence ‘well it was raining and my flash on my camera was of when i took the picter the the stone was glowing
please comment

Katie Cat says:

July 30, 2008, 1:29 pm

Hi. My name is Katie Cat and i am trying to get a comprehensive database of every haunted place in Colorado for this site- http://www.myspace.com/hauntedcolorado It’s something i have been hoping to accomplish for a while, but i cant do it without help. Please, if you have any stories, locations, pictures, ect, please send them to my e mail, hauntedcolorado19@yahoo.com. and of course add me on myspace for updates and newsletters. Thanks you so much. Hope to hear from you all soon!

brian says:

August 31, 2008, 1:49 pm

we went to the masonic last wee and got a baby crying on our recorders.Als a whistle when we we in the shack at the end of the grave yard.

BIGRED says:

August 31, 2008, 2:37 pm

THE STORY BEHIDE THE LADY IN BLACK WHO BRINGS FLOWERS TO JOHN E. CAMERON’S GRAVE EVERY YEAR IS THAT SHE IS HIS LOVE FROM A NAIGHBORING TOWN. JOHN DIED SUDDENLY FROM SOME SICKNESS AND THEY NEVER GOT TO BE TOGETHER. SHE IS SAID TO HAVE BROUGHT FLOWERS ALL THE REST OF HER LIFE AND NOW IN DEATH. MAYBE SHE DIED OF A BROKEN HEART IT HAPPENS.

charis says:

September 27, 2008, 3:41 pm

ohh man i believe it all and i live in lakewood co and i am going to go check it out real soon

javi says:

October 23, 2008, 8:25 pm

OH YEAH!! my girlfriend and I have been wanting to check out some hunted places here in Colorado for some time now, and we’ll add this to our list. We’ll be sure to comment on what we saw and heard. Im somewhat experienced in hunting (ghosts) and looking forward to this hunt. WISH US LUCK!!!

not inportant says:

November 17, 2008, 6:20 pm

ya i kinda dont belive that becuase i looked this up to find the name and the only gravestones that were left were of a 1 day old baby and a 3 yr old little girl…

not inportant says:

November 17, 2008, 6:22 pm

commented wrong one sry xD

Sharn says:

January 31, 2009, 10:11 pm

Could someone tell me what the brick tepee shaped structure in the cemetary is or rather was?

dan in boulder says:

March 12, 2009, 12:24 pm

okay i’m confused to which cemetery is which… if you are coming from the New Central City parkway from I70 right before you enter the town you can turn left and go up that dirt hill and there is a cemetery looking over the city.. which one is that? and where are the others? we tried to go up last year to see the lady in black but couldn’t find the Masonic one.. I though it was up the mountain heading north through the town but the road was blocked with snow and couldn’t figure out if that was the right one.

Aria says:

April 1, 2009, 11:00 am

Oh man I have been to a cemetary up there and I don’t know which one it is but there is a house next to it and the light always flickers. My sister has had her hood ripped of her head and I felt someone run up behind me. It is an awesome site we always experience orbs and other things. Awesome place!!!!!!!

Mikayla says:

May 4, 2009, 5:00 pm

The person who said kiss my *** SUCKS!!! i WENT THERE AND THE NEXT MINUTE MY BOYFRIEND WAS ….DEAD OKAY SO YOU KISS MY ***

Jesse says:

September 28, 2009, 5:00 pm

Dan in boulder- you were at the masonic cemetery, you turned on to Nevada St and that is how you get to the Masonic. If you continue to go up Central City Parkway you will turn left of Lawrence which turns into Eureka and you take that to a dirt road and there will be a 3 way fork. To your right will be the Knights of Pythias, straight would be the Catholic and to the left is the odd fellows. All of which are creepy at night but the only thing I’ve heard are some sticks banging together and that was when I was at the odd fellows cemetery.

Vera Kwaayesnama Skor says:

September 30, 2009, 3:31 pm

After visiting this mystical cemetery I dreamed of a little boy Tommy asking me to bring him a red ball. That started me thinking of all the children that died years ago and no one still thinks about them. So Stephen and I started to bring small toys whenever we visit Central City and Black Hawk. I have pictures of some of the children’s graves on my facebook page.

Daisy says:

October 1, 2009, 2:37 pm

Hahahaha ive been to that place lots of times, and its fun looking at teh graves, but nothing has happened while being there, ive been there early in the morning and very late at night so thats a lie!

Dina Cintron says:

October 24, 2009, 10:24 pm

I live in Boulder and love spending time in that cemetery, especially in the Fall. What is the name on the woman’s grave?

TooExplicit says:

December 19, 2009, 9:53 am

Sounds creepy.

TooExplicit says:

December 19, 2009, 9:54 am

That’s really weird.

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