{"id":648,"date":"2016-10-28T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-28T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/2016\/10\/28\/the-haunted-and-creepy-delaware"},"modified":"2020-05-15T06:42:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:42:28","slug":"the-haunted-and-creepy-delaware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=648","title":{"rendered":"The haunted and creepy Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"
I step out of the car, and walk a little unsteady as I cross the street. 10,430 feet above sea level tends to have a tipsy effect on me. Entering the Delaware Hotel<\/a> sobers me upright though, as I’m drawn into the front lobby that is stuffed with vintage artifacts.<\/div>\n
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Heads of moose and deer, strange dolls with dead eyes, the creepiest Santa Claus I’ve ever seen.<\/a><\/div>\n
Welcome to the haunted Delaware.<\/div>\n
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I settle into my small room, unpack, and pull the chain on the lamp so I can read about the history of this place.<\/div>\n
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The lamp starts to flicker, then abruptly turns off. I fumble in the dark to find the chain to turn the lamp back.<\/a><\/div>\n
I continue reading, and come to the story of the Coffey’s, a couple that lived in the Delaware Hotel back in 1899 (known as the Delaware Block back then). Their rocky marriage ended when Jerry shot Mary twice in the back.<\/div>\n
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She was paralyzed from the waist down, dying three days later. Her ghost has been seen several times over the years, reported as a “lady in white, visible only from the waist up….”<\/div>\n
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She is believed to have been shot in room 107. I look down at my room key and see the inscription “107<\/i>” for a brief moment before the light flickers on and off again before going dark.<\/a><\/div>\n
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I pull the bed covers up tight around my neck, and prepare for a long night.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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