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Storytelling Ghost Walks Through LoDo's Historic Buildings, Plus Speakeasies and Paranormal Investigations
1701 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO 80202
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages for the Dark Side of Denver Ghost Tours and the Private Ghost Tour; 21+ for Spirits and Speakeasies and Paranormal Investigations
Cost
$$
Dark Side of Denver Ghost Tours from $25; Spirits and Speakeasies from $35; Paranormal Investigations from $50; Private Dark Side of Denver Ghost Tour from $250 (group rate). Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Wheelchair OK
An outdoor walking tour of Denver's LoDo neighborhood with stops inside historic buildings, including a basement level at Union Station; reviewers describe it as not much walking and partly indoors.
Equipment
Photos OK
Denver Union Station (LoDo, National Historic Landmark) · Denver's LoDo (Lower Downtown) Historic District · Prohibition-era Denver
Dark Side of Denver describes itself as a paranormal entertainment company focused on researched, investigated storytelling rather than jump-scare theatrics. Its flagship walking tour takes guests inside a couple of Denver's most historic LoDo buildings, including a stop in the basement of Denver Union Station, a National Historic Landmark train station completed in 1881 and renovated as a hotel, retail, and transit hub. The company's Spirits and Speakeasies tour covers Denver's Prohibition-era hidden bars, and its Paranormal Investigations series operates out of the historic Tattered Cover bookstore on Colfax Avenue.
The company has been featured in Redbook, MSN.com, VICE, and Denver Life Magazine, among other outlets, and maintains a large base of Tripadvisor reviews citing knowledgeable local guides. It is a Denver-only local operator, distinct from the multi-city Ghost City Tours chain, which separately operates a Denver program.
Sources
The flagship walking tour covers "a couple of Denver's most historic buildings" in LoDo, including a stop in the basement of Union Station, which multiple reviewers single out as the tour's spookiest moment. The operator states it brings paranormal-investigation tools along on its walking tours for guests to try.
Spirits and Speakeasies focuses on hidden former saloons and their "illicit and haunted past," tying Prohibition-era Denver history to reported paranormal activity. The Paranormal Investigations series is a separate, hands-on product at the Tattered Cover bookstore, developed from research the operator says it conducted while building its other tours.
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 tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Media Appearances
A 1.5-2 hour storytelling walking tour taking guests inside a couple of Denver's most historic LoDo buildings, including a basement level at Union Station, pairing documented history with reported hauntings. Tickets start at $25 per person, all ages. Meets at 1701 Wynkoop St.
A 3-hour, 21-and-up walking tour exploring Denver's hidden former saloons and their illicit Prohibition-era and reported haunted history. Tickets start at $35 per person. Meets at 1701 Wynkoop St, Union Station, at the flagpole.
A 2.5-hour, 21-and-up hands-on paranormal investigation at the historic Tattered Cover bookstore on Colfax Avenue, drawing on research the operator states it has gathered while developing its other tours. Tickets start at $50 per person; limited tickets available. Meets at Tattered Cover, 2526 E Colfax Ave, Denver.
A private, 2-hour version of the operator's flagship LoDo walking tour, catered to a single group. Starts at $250 for the group, all ages. Suited to date nights, birthdays, and corporate outings. Meets at 1701 Wynkoop St.
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Meeting point and featured stop for the Dark Side of Denver Ghost Tours and Spirits and Speakeasies, including a basement-level visit.
Meeting point and venue for the Paranormal Investigations tour.
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Columbus, OH
Columbus Ghost Tours is a locally owned Columbus, Ohio ghost-tour operator running walking tours of downtown Columbus and German Village, after-hours storytelling tours at the city's historic Green Lawn Cemetery, and paranormal-investigation events at partner venues including Thurber House, the Ringside Cafe, the Cultural Arts Center, and the Central Ohio Fire Museum.
Orlando, FL
American Ghost Adventures (AGA) is a locally owned, Orlando-based paranormal tour company founded by lead investigator Ting Rappa, operating for more than 20 years as Central Florida's longest-running ghost tour agency. Its Orlando program runs eight distinct products through downtown Orlando, the Orange County Regional History Center, and Greenwood Cemetery.
Denver, CO
Nightly Spirits is a multi-city ghost-tour and haunted-pub-crawl operator running a Denver program centered on LoDo, meeting at Celtic on Market and covering Denver Union Station and the Oxford Hotel; a second South Broadway route is currently private-booking-only.