Cheesman Park (former Denver City Cemetery) · Molly Brown House Museum · Capitol Hill Historic District, Denver
Discover Denver Tours, doing business as Bus Tours Denver, is a Denver-based small-group tour company founded in 2015 that has hosted more than 64,000 guests on its sightseeing bus tours. It launched its bus tour program in March 2023 to fill a gap left when the city's only prior bus tour company closed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Alongside its general sightseeing and Red Rocks tours, the company runs a seasonal Denver After Dark Ghost Tour departing from the Denver Public Library's Central Branch, covering Cheesman Park -- a city park built over the former City Cemetery, from which thousands of graves were never fully relocated before redevelopment -- the Molly Brown House Museum, and Capitol Hill's historic mansion district. The company has been covered by Denver Post, 5280 Magazine, Mile High Mamas, and the Belfast Telegraph, and holds five-star ratings on TripAdvisor, Google, Yelp, and Facebook. This bus tour is a distinct product from the walking tours run by Dark Side of Denver, Twilight Ghost Tour, and Ghost City Tours' Denver program.
Sources
- https://www.bustoursdenver.com/ghost-tours
- https://www.bustoursdenver.com/press
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsFeelings of Being Watched
The operator's route narration covers Cheesman Park's origin as a 19th-century cemetery whose remains were not fully removed before it became parkland, describes the Molly Brown House as "considered Colorado's most haunted residence," and states that Capitol Hill mansions along the route served as filming locations and inspiration for the horror films The Changeling (1980) and Poltergeist (1982).
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
- Denver Post
- 5280 Magazine
- Belfast Telegraph
- Mile High Mamas
