The ghouls were with us this week as Denverite held its second-annual DenverFright, a sold-out night of stories both eerie and odd at The Bug Theatre.
The headliner, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, is the author of Sabrina & Corina and Woman of Light. She shared a Colorado-based story out her great-grandmother's encounter with a murderer's ghost. She first heard it as a little girl.
Her telling, captured on video below, was followed by a short interview with Colorado Matters host Ryan Warner on the story's genesis. (Ed. note: We didn't record audio of the crowd, but trust us, they loved it.)
We were also joined by:
- Brown Palace Hotel historian Debra Faulkner, who told us about true murders in the building,
- Actor Brik Berkes, who read a story by reader Alanna L.P., about meeting death on Colfax.
- Indie 102.3 host Alisha Sweeney, who showed us a bunch of horrific (in a good way) music videos from local artists.
- Denver Museum of Nature and Science collection managers Cameron Pittman and Sierra Swenson, who presented on animal cannibalism (yum).
Check out Colorado Matters' episode on the event to hear these other macabre tales.
