Walk Boulder's most haunted locations. 13 stops, self-guided. 3 stops free. No guide, no schedule — just you and the dark.
Boulder's progressive reputation masks a history of lynchings, mining deaths, and murder on campus. In July 1966, university custodian Joseph Morse raped and strangled 20-year-old voice student Elaura Jaquette in Room 304 of Macky Auditorium — performers still hear a woman warming up scales in the empty hall. On Pearl Street in 1892, a mob dragged Andrew Graham from his jail cell and hanged him from a cottonwood tree; shop owners on that block still find every picture frame turned to face the wall at 3:17 AM. The Hotel Boulderado, open since New Year's Day 1909, keeps a permanent guest in Room 302 — a woman in Victorian dress who watches the lobby from the mezzanine and pulls bedcovers off sleeping guests. This self-guided tour covers 13 free stops from the Arnett-Fullen House to Flagstaff Mountain's summit, where rangers know the count of people who came up and never drove back down.
The Hotel Boulderado opened on New Year's Day, 1909, with a stained-glass canopy ceiling and ambitions of rivaling Denver's finest. The hotel has host...
The Fox Theatre on University Hill has been a Boulder institution since 1926, operating first as a movie palace and later as a live music venue. The b...
You stand before the gingerbread house at 646 Pearl Street, its ornate Victorian trim casting shadows that seem to move when you look away. Built in 1...
You enter Macky Auditorium knowing what happened in room 304 of the west tower. July 1966. Elaura Jaquette was twenty years old, a summer student taki...
You drive nine miles up Sunshine Canyon to reach Gold Hill, a town that officially has a population of 118 but feels like it has fewer. The Gold Hill ...
You walk past Old Main every day if you're a CU student, probably without thinking about who walked here before you. The building opened in 1876 as th...
You stand in front of the Boulder Theater, its art deco marquee glowing against the night. Opened in 1936 during the Depression, this was where Boulde...
You walk Pearl Street now and see boutiques and coffee shops and street performers. In 1892 it saw a lynching. The man's name was Andrew Graham, accus...
You reach Gold Hill Cemetery by climbing a trail behind the old schoolhouse, up through pines that block the sunset early. The cemetery holds about si...
You enter the Boulder County Courthouse through doors that have admitted the accused, the convicted, and the desperate since 1933. This is where justi...
You drive the switchbacks up Flagstaff Mountain at night, headlights cutting through darkness that feels older than the road. The summit offers views ...
The Boulder ghost tour includes 13 documented haunted locations.
The first 3 stops are completely free — no account required. To unlock all 13 stops, a History Nearby premium subscription is $4.99/month or $49.99/year.
No. This is a self-guided walking tour. Each stop includes the address, a map pin, and the full haunting story. Walk at your own pace, start anytime, and take any route you like.
Plan for approximately 2.5 hours. This accounts for walking between stops and reading each haunting story. You can also split it across multiple evenings.
The most visited stop on our Boulder tour is Hotel Boulderado at Hotel Boulderado, 2115, 13th Street.
3 stops free in Boulder. No guide, no schedule — walk at your own pace after dark.
Last updated February 22, 2026. Researched by the History Nearby editorial team.