Colorado's Haunted 'Horror Hotel' Lets Guests Stay In Serial Killer-Themed Rooms

Visitors to the building have reported inexpiable and strange sightings within those walls, the most common being the ghost of a man who died during a gun fight and who now apparently haunts the venue.

Other people have said they've awoken to the sound of women laughing, or men shouting, only to discover they're the only ones in the entire building.

“I was sleeping here by myself one time late at night and there was a lot of activity, movement and sounds,” he told Refinery29. “There was one night in particular that I woke up in the middle of the night and it sounded like someone was walking around the building so clearly.”

Although a ghostly encounter would be enough to send most of us running for the hills, Zimmerli has embraced the hotel's supernatural history: "Let's take it to the full level of haunted."

Zimmerli says the most popular room is the Nikola Tesla room, who was rumored to have wired the building back in its infancy. This one's not as scary as it is fascinating, so perhaps that's why it's a guest favorite.

The other rooms are a bit freakier, taking themes from such frightening figures as H.H. Holmes, America's first serial killer, Black Annis, a boogeyman creature, and Elizabeth Báthory, the Hungarian countess who murdered over 600 girls and drank their blood in an effort to preserve her youth.

According to its website, “the self-proclaimed ‘horror hotel’ is packed with curiosities, taxidermy, oddities and trinkets, giving alternative travellers myriad strange sights to explore.”

Home to less than 1,000 people, this sleepy nook of Colorado is surrounded by mountains and offers opportunities for visitors to learn more about its mining history. Its core features plenty of venues where guests can enjoy live musical performances, burlesque shows, and even acrobatic circus performers.

h/t: Refinery29, The Black Monarch Hotel and Venue