Westminster Castle of strange?
by Ascary M.
You
have seen it, it’s also known at the Westminster Castle off of 84th
Federal blvd. I see a lot when I’m in that part of town going to get a pizza from
Blackjack’s and I look over to the west at the mountains and told myself what a
cool building.
picture by Elyria Swansea
Now own by the Pillar of Fire, which is a Methodist group but the Castle has had a long history of bad vibes and bad times. Built in 1892 by Architect E.B. Gregory with the use of cornerstone red rocks. I have a paranormal theory about the red rocks which are often found through all of Colorado but will discuss later. The doors open in 1898, The Castle was to be the Princeton of the west. It was a University. One incident happen in 1910 when a young girl died on the steps entry of the University when her head fractured but the question was how she died, accident, suicide, or murder. 1913 the University stopped admissions to women but in 1915 their enrollment dropped due the draft of WW1 by 1917 Westminster castle closed its doors and was abandoned.
In 1920 the Pillar of fire bought and paid for the Castle for 40,000. on January 31 1920. The Pillar of fire founder was Bishop Alma White, changing her last name to sound more pure so she thought. The Pillar of Fire originated in New Jersey, Alma White was associated with the Ku Klux Klan. Her views on feminism, anti-Semitism, immigrants and just plan of racism was well shared. The Westminster castle or the red castle it needed over 75,000 in repairs, along with that the local farmer use it as a chicken coop housing over thousands of chickens for over two years. It took six years before it open its doors again but this time the Castle held Ku Klux Klan meetings, fire crossing and torture and murders of African Americans inside the Castle walls, so say rumors. Then again people have told me they cut down the hanging tree in the front, but who knows.
According to www.shadowlands.net I recommend this site it's really cool. The Westminster castle is haunted by the victims of a murder that happened years ago. The haunting consists of faces being seen in the tower windows, or a ghost mist around the cemetery.
A person I know told a scary thing they did when they where teenagers. Back in the 70's one of he's friends fathers was a custodian for the castle so around Halloween they stole their fathers keys and went in the castle. Of course one of them had a Ouija board it was the 70's. I'll say it again again "fuck you parker bros" for popularizing the Ouija board. The Dazed and stupid teens set up the board in the tower, of course they heard noises and felt things in the room and cold spots. When using a Ouija board your most likely summing unwanted spirits, demons and other. It can also open portals to dimensional, spiritual, vortex or other realms, so a big no no. I went one night, not on halloween, that's a big night for me, too busy fun. Anyways I drove up, stayed on my car and took photos using my night vision app and I would say I got some results but my phone started to acted up so my photos where a little funny. I believed where the castle is
located which is one of the highest peaks of Denver is over Ley Line. Ley
lines are magical, mystical alignments that can carry energy both positive and
negative depending on what your beliefs are. This is why I believe the Ku Klux
Klan use this area for their negative rituals of cross burring or hanging.
Ounce on October I did see a bunch Wiccans doing a earth ritual, dress in
purple, or course there using the energy for positive. Now the red stone which
is used to build for homes and sidewalks, I also think has magical elements in
it, but like I said I’ll explain it some other time. This is also why
people have seen weird things not just ghost, or moving mist but also a winged
guardian (maybe gargoyle). It also has a massive fog covering the surrounding
area soo thick but just in this area.
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| the castle |
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| here's the castle from afar |
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| I stopped and took just random shots in the dark and got what looks like a face or two |
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not sure but something was blurry in this pic
this was in front of the castle, looks like a wome
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| what looks like two figures staring back |
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| woman's face? |
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| more faces |
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| the castle is to the left but I got something on my right while driving off |
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| enlarge |
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| filtered what looks like a woman? |
Hope you enjoy this and when your ordering your
pizza from black jack and just look over to the west and see that big old red castle
well now you know a little more about it and make’s for a cool ghost story. So
it’s cool to drive by on Halloween night and take some photos, you’ll never
know you might get an extra face or something else.
