Working Directory • Research Leads
Location Reference Directory
Working directory of haunted-location research leads. Entries are being reviewed, sourced, and organized for future field planning.
Wyoming combines prisons, frontier forts, railroad-era hotels, ghost-town landscapes, civic buildings, churches, libraries, and national-park lodges into one of the West’s most diverse historic-haunting reference states. This build prioritizes public-facing sites with strong structural identity, repeatable claim traditions, and usable investigation zones across Laramie, Rawlins, South Pass City, Fort Laramie, Thermopolis, Buffalo, Cheyenne, Fort Bridger, Casper, Yellowstone, Cody, Hartville, Sheridan, and Green River.
Laramie, WY
Territorial Prison Historic Site
Access: Public
One of Wyoming’s strongest prison entries, the Wyoming Territorial Prison combines official state-historic-site status, preserved prison-era buildings, and a long-running folklore tradition centered on inmate, guard, and corridor activity.
Activity Reported
- Footsteps and creaks reported in prison corridors
- Cigar-smoke odor traditions tied to historic inmate lore
- Whistles and voice-like sounds in upper prison areas
- Apparition-style reports associated with Julius Greenwelch
- Environmental heaviness in preserved confinement spaces
Structure Layout
- Main prison building
- North Cellblock
- Second-floor prison areas
- Prison Industries Building
- Warden’s House and surrounding grounds
Classification
Residual with Intelligent Overlay — multi-era prison and post-prison imprinting supported by repeated sensory and named-spirit traditions across preserved site zones.
Rawlins, WY
Historic Prison Museum
Access: Public
A major former penitentiary turned museum, Wyoming Frontier Prison is one of the best documented haunted-prison candidates in the state, with specific lore tied to cells, Death House traditions, museum rooms, and prison grounds.
Activity Reported
- Apparition reports in prison interiors
- Voices, screams, and crying in cell areas
- Pressure sensations in confinement-related spaces
- Object movement and disturbance reports
- Recurring prison-lore experiences near Death House references
Structure Layout
- Prison building
- Cell areas and corridors
- Death House tradition zone
- Museum exhibit rooms
- Grounds and cemetery-path access
Classification
Mixed — repeated prison-environment phenomena overlap with more interactive manifestation traditions tied to specific confinement spaces.
South Pass City, WY
Historic Mining Settlement
Access: Public / Seasonal
One of Wyoming’s strongest preserved ghost-town environments, South Pass City offers a large historic footprint, multiple intact structures, and a mining-era setting that naturally supports zone-based investigation and environmental-paranormal comparison.
Activity Reported
- Mining-camp haunting traditions across preserved buildings
- Visual anomaly lore in abandoned-looking interior spaces
- Atmospheric shifts reported across the streetscape
- Presence sensations tied to older structure clusters
- Settlement-wide folklore linked to preserved gold-rush architecture
Structure Layout
- Historic town streetscape
- Preserved mining-era buildings
- Period room exhibits
- Carissa Mine area context
- Grounds and trail-linked site areas
Classification
Environmental or Mixed — a preserved historic landscape where building-based lore, isolation, and settlement history overlap in a broad ghost-town setting.
Fort Laramie, WY
National Historic Site
Access: Public
One of the strongest historic-site candidates in Wyoming, Fort Laramie combines official National Park Service status, major frontier and military history, and longstanding apparitional traditions tied to both preserved fort buildings and surrounding landscape zones.
Activity Reported
- Soldier-apparition traditions on fort grounds
- Lady in Green folklore
- Location-specific ghost stories tied to outlying zones
- Environmental unease across preserved fort buildings
- Historic manifestation lore connected to military-era spaces
Structure Layout
- Preserved fort buildings
- Parade-ground and exterior grounds
- Interior military and domestic structures
- Bovee Draw / Detention Dam story-linked areas
- Broader fort landscape
Location Data
Address: 965 Gray Rocks Road, Fort Laramie, WY 82212
Website: https://www.nps.gov/fola/
Coordinates: 42.2048° N, 104.5565° W
Classification
Mixed — repeated apparitional traditions and location-specific manifestations are layered over one of the state’s most historically significant frontier military sites.
Thermopolis, WY
Historic Public Library
Access: Public
A civic-building candidate with recurring local reports of voices, shadow figures, and books moving from shelves, the Hot Springs County Library offers a usable public-building case with identifiable interior activity zones.
Activity Reported
- Random voices in library interior spaces
- Shadow-figure reports among shelving areas
- Books reportedly flying or falling from shelves
- Object movement associated with quiet library hours
- Presence sensations in staff-facing areas
Structure Layout
- Main shelving areas
- Reading rooms
- Circulation / desk zone
- Program and public-use rooms
- Interior stack corridors
Location Data
Address: 344 Arapahoe St, Thermopolis, WY 82443
Website: https://www.hsclibrary.org/
Coordinates: 43.6450° N, 108.2140° W
Classification
Mixed — public-building anomaly profile combining object movement, shadow-form reporting, and voice traditions in specific library zones.
Buffalo, WY
Historic Hotel
Access: Public / Guest Access
One of the strongest haunted-hotel entries in Wyoming, the Occidental blends preserved Western-hotel history with repeated room, hallway, staircase, saloon, and library-focused activity traditions tied to both sensory and interactive experiences.
Activity Reported
- Female voices on EVP and in hall traditions
- Closet and door movement in guest-room areas
- Physical pokes and touch reports
- Shadow figures, moving bottles, and cracking glasses
- Perfume scents, footsteps, and child-apparition lore
Structure Layout
- North wing
- North hallway
- Rooms 18 and 19
- Saloon and bar areas
- Back staircase and library
Classification
Mixed — classic historic-hotel layering with both residual-style footstep traditions and apparently responsive manifestations tied to specific room clusters.
Cheyenne, WY
Historic Mansion Inn
Access: Public / Guest Access
A prominent Cheyenne mansion with a preserved physical identity and long-running haunting traditions, the Nagle Warren is one of the strongest room-based mansion cases in Wyoming.
Activity Reported
- Apparitions of a woman in period clothing
- Doors opening on their own
- Moved-object reports in mansion rooms
- Repeated second-floor activity
- Turret-room anomaly traditions
Structure Layout
- Second floor
- Turret room
- Main hallways
- Guest spaces
- Broader mansion interior
Classification
Mixed — location-specific mansion activity traditions combine visual and environmental anomalies in upper-floor and room-based zones.
Cheyenne, WY
Historic Railroad-Era Hotel
Access: Public / Guest Access
One of Cheyenne’s best-known haunted hotel traditions, The Historic Plains Hotel is tied to recurring fourth-floor and honeymoon-suite lore centered on a named bride narrative and long-lived downtown hotel folklore.
Activity Reported
- Bride-apparition traditions tied to Rosie lore
- Fourth-floor activity reports
- Recurring honeymoon-suite ghost narrative
- Apparitional and presence traditions in guest-room zones
- Downtown hotel folklore tied to hallway and lounge areas
Structure Layout
- Fourth floor
- Honeymoon-suite tradition zone
- Guest-room sections
- Hotel lounge / bar areas
- Historic corridor and stair access
Classification
Mixed — repeating tragic-hotel folklore overlaps with room- and floor-specific manifestation traditions in a major downtown hospitality property.
Cheyenne, WY
Historic Theatre
Access: Public / Event Based
A downtown Cheyenne theatre with recurring woman-in-white, cold-spot, electrical, and upper-level haunting traditions, the Atlas is one of the city’s strongest theatre-based entries.
Activity Reported
- Woman in white apparition traditions
- Mischievous male-entity folklore
- Cold spots and electrical disturbances
- Phantom footsteps in upper building areas
- Hair- and clothing-tugging reports
Structure Layout
- Top-floor windows
- Balcony
- Stage / performance interior
- Upper building areas
- Main theatre floor
Classification
Mixed — repeated theatre-environment anomalies and apparitional traditions are tied to balcony, stage, and upper-building locations.
Cheyenne, WY
Historic Church
Access: Limited / Public Worship
One of Cheyenne’s most repeated church-haunting legends, St. Mark’s combines strong historic identity with bell-tower-specific auditory and light phenomena tied to a tragic construction story.
Activity Reported
- Unexplained hammering sounds
- Disembodied voices
- Ghostly lights associated with the bell tower
- Repeated upper-structure auditory anomalies
- Location-specific church folklore tied to tower areas
Structure Layout
- Bell tower
- Upper tower-related areas
- Church walls and upper structure
- Sanctuary context
- Exterior approach
Classification
Residual or Mixed — repeated auditory and light-based traditions are tightly linked to a specific church-tower legend and historical event.
Fort Bridger, WY
State Historic Site
Access: Public
A strong southwest Wyoming candidate, Fort Bridger combines an official state-historic-site identity, a preserved multi-era footprint, and publicly acknowledged paranormal reputation tied to after-dark programming and broad grounds-based traditions.
Activity Reported
- Officially acknowledged paranormal reputation
- Night-programming and ghost-hunt style traditions
- Historic-building anomaly lore
- Environmental activity traditions across fort grounds
- Broader manifestation folklore tied to multiple occupation eras
Structure Layout
- Historic fort buildings
- Museum spaces
- Military-era structures
- Replica buildings
- Grounds, creek corridor, and trail-linked landscape zones
Classification
Environmental or Mixed — the official site’s acknowledged paranormal reputation overlaps with layered historic use and expansive site geography.
Casper, WY
Historic Soda Fountain / Theatre Building
Access: Public
One of Casper’s stronger downtown haunting candidates, the Rialto is tied to repeated owner and staff reports of moving objects, voices, and strange activity within a historically identifiable theatre-connected building.
Activity Reported
- Unexplained moving objects
- Ghostly voices in interior spaces
- Repeated strange activity during restoration
- Human-presence style manifestations
- Environmental disturbance traditions in the old building core
Structure Layout
- Soda fountain interior
- Theatre-connected building spaces
- Front commercial floor
- Service / back-of-house areas
- Downtown street-facing interior zones
Classification
Mixed — environmental disturbance and human-presence style reports overlap in a historic downtown commercial property with layered use history.
Casper, WY
Historic Downtown Bar
Access: Public
A long-running Casper bar with strong local reputation and repeated reports of footsteps, voices, apparitional traditions, and electrical disturbances, the Wonder Bar remains a useful secondary Natrona County entry after tightening its structure and history profile.
Activity Reported
- Voices and footsteps in bar spaces
- Lights switching on and off
- Unexplained noises after hours
- Old cowboy and woman-in-white apparition traditions
- Presence reports from staff and patrons
Structure Layout
- Downstairs bar
- Upstairs lounge / sports-bar level
- Stairwell between levels
- Employee and service areas
- Street-facing downtown frontage
Location Data
Address: 256 S Center St, Casper, WY 82601
Website: Not publicly maintained
Coordinates: 42.8468° N, 106.3264° W
Classification
Mixed — classic downtown-bar environmental and apparitional traditions combine with staff-experience style reports in a two-level commercial setting.
Yellowstone National Park, WY
Historic National Park Lodge
Access: Public / Guest Access
One of the most famous historic lodges in Wyoming, Old Faithful Inn blends major architectural and hospitality history with repeated corridor, room, and shadow-figure traditions — though some of its most famous ghost narratives remain partly folklore-driven.
Activity Reported
- Corridor footsteps
- Door activity in room areas
- Shadow-figure reports
- Headless-bride tradition centered on Room 127
- Room and hallway presence lore in Old House and wing areas
Structure Layout
- Room 127
- Old House areas
- West Wing rooms
- East Wing rooms
- Lobby and upper corridor spaces
Classification
Uncertain to Mixed — strong repeated folklore and room-based traditions exist, but the most famous narratives include a significant storytelling and legend component.
Cody, WY
Historic Buffalo Bill Hotel
Access: Public / Guest Access
A famous Cody landmark built by Buffalo Bill Cody, the Irma Hotel is one of Park County’s strongest historic-hotel entries, with repeated reports of playful disturbances, room activity, and sightings tied to Buffalo Bill-era lore.
Activity Reported
- Friendly-ghost traditions in guest rooms
- Sightings of Buffalo Bill himself
- Water turning on in rooms
- Belongings moving during the night
- Prank-like disturbances in hotel interior zones
Structure Layout
- Guest rooms
- Hallways and lodging corridors
- Historic lobby and common areas
- Restaurant / bar context
- Upper-floor room zones
Location Data
Address: 1192 Sheridan Ave, Cody, WY 82414
Website: Not publicly maintained
Coordinates: 44.5268° N, 109.0563° W
Classification
Mixed — playful environmental disturbances and apparition-style traditions overlap with one of the state’s best-known Buffalo Bill hospitality properties.
Hartville, WY
Historic Bar / Steakhouse
Access: Public
A historically significant hospitality property in one of Wyoming’s oldest settlements, Miners and Stockmen’s is repeatedly cited in statewide haunting coverage and carries a broad tradition of unexplained mischief tied to its long commercial life.
Activity Reported
- Recurring unexplained mischief traditions
- General disturbance reports in the old bar
- Hospitality-space anomaly folklore
- Presence sensations in older sections
- Historic-business haunting reputation rather than one named entity
Structure Layout
- Steakhouse dining room
- Historic bar area
- Older hospitality-era interior sections
- Back-of-house support areas
- Main-street frontage
Classification
Mixed or Environmental — recurring disturbances are tied more to the building’s long hospitality history than to one singular apparition narrative.
Sheridan, WY
Historic Inn
Access: Public / Guest Access
One of Wyoming’s strongest hotel entries, the Sheridan Inn combines major documented historic importance with repeated haunting reports tied to specific rooms, the ballroom, downstairs windows, and the recurring Miss Kate Arnold tradition.
Activity Reported
- Lights turning on and off
- Doors opening and closing
- Cold spots and strong presence reports
- Miss Kate Arnold spirit traditions
- Activity near downstairs front windows and guest-room zones
Structure Layout
- Third-floor room tied to Miss Kate
- Ballroom
- Downstairs front-window areas
- Guest rooms
- Broader inn interior
Classification
Mixed — both environmental anomalies and apparently intelligent interaction traditions are reported within a highly significant restored inn.
Green River, WY
Historic Public Library Site
Access: Public
One of Wyoming’s stronger public-building entries, the Sweetwater County Library combines a clear civic identity with repeated reports of flickering lights, whispers, thrown books, and apparition-style experiences tied to a cemetery-ground narrative beneath the site.
Activity Reported
- Lights flickering in library spaces
- Books thrown to the floor
- Whispers and crying reported during ghost-walk lore
- Apparition-style sightings
- Other disturbances tied to the cemetery-ground narrative
Structure Layout
- Library interior spaces
- Shelving and book areas
- Public reading rooms
- Circulation and common-use areas
- Grounds narrative tied to the lot
Classification
Mixed — physical disturbances, environmental anomalies, and human-presence style experiences are all tied to a civic building associated with historically sensitive ground.