Cheesman Park, Denver, CO
11/24/2002

Found Online The following is what appears in numerous places around the web. However, the page that I’ve found with the most history, can be found at:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/cheesman.html
As many residents of the Denver's Capitol Hill will tell you, Cheesman Park was built on top of a graveyard, once called, The Mount Prospect Graveyard, created in 1858. In 1873, officials renamed the graveyard to the simple title City Cemetery but buried only criminals, transients, and epidemic victims there. In 1893, the city gave notice that all bodies had to be removed within 90 days. Given the time, it's obvious most of the graves weren't retrieved. The city hired an undertaker to dig up 6-10 thousand remaining bodies, put them in 1 foot by 3 1/2 foot pine boxes, and then deliver them for burial at Riverside Cemetery. Workers ended up breaking body parts into pieces to get them to fit in the tiny caskets. Body parts littered the grounds and got mixed up with other bodies. Many graves were looted by the workers. Psychics warned workers the dead would return unless a short prayer was said before each casket, but no one listened. One worker, removing valuable brass from the coffins ran hysterically from the graveyard saying a ghost jumped on his back. People in neighboring houses started reporting confused spirits wandering through their homes or appearing in mirrors. As a result, a huge scandal erupted. Mayor Platt Rogers ordered all work stopped and an investigation started. Since no one was able to fix the huge mess left by the workers, the remaining bodies were covered up with grass and trees planted. These restless spirits, not at all happy with being treaded on by youngsters and terriers, retaliate every October by transforming parts of the surrounding neighborhood back into the old cemetery from which they were laid to rest.

Our Investigation We were there from 11:30am - 12pm on Nov 24, 2002. The outside temp upon arrival was 28°F (-2.2°C). It’s a fairly big park, with a huge marble pavilion (constructed in 1909) and fountains (constructed in 1910). This was our first time to the park. There were a few cars there and also people walking their dogs in the snow. Yes, there is a feeling of sadness and loneliness about the park. There are no orbs in the photos, nor did I feel any cold spots (probably due to the fact that I was already half frozen, being as it was 28°F), but I did hear things in the trees. I didn't see anything and can only speculate what it was.

Photo Link
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http://www.xobic.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=cheesmanpark

ParaFPI
http://www.dpenndragon.com/V_732.html