The 1980 film The Changeling is based on the paranormal events Russell Hunter experienced while living in an old home near Cheesman Park in the late 1960s.
Hunter had worked as a musical arranger for CBS-TV in New York City, but moved to Colorado in the mid-1960s to help his parents manage the Three Birches Lodge in Boulder. In the late 1960s, Hunter began looking for an apartment in Denver where he could live and work on his music. He rented a home at 1739 East 13th Avenue (which has since been torn down).
Hunter claimed that beginning on February 9, 1969, he started experiencing strange phenomenon in the house. First there was the “unbelievable banging and crashing” that occurred every morning at 6 a.m. (and stopped as soon as Hunter’s feet would touch the floor). Then, faucets began to turn on by themselves and doors opened and closed on their own. Walls vibrated violently, tossing paintings to the floor.
Shortly thereafter, Hunter and an architect friend uncovered a hidden staircase in the back of a closet. The stairway led to the third floor of the home where Hunter found a child’s trunk containing “a nine-year-old’s schoolbooks and journal from a century ago.” The journal detailed the life of a disabled boy who was kept in isolation. The boy wrote about his favorite toy, a red rubber ball. A few nights after discovering the trunk, a red rubber ball dropped from the top of a spiral staircase in the home.
Hunter claimed that a séance revealed the story of a sickly child who was heir to a fortune from his maternal grandfather. When the child became gravely ill, his parents worried that the boy’s inheritance would pass to a different branch of the family. When their son died, the couple secretly buried him in a field in southeast Denver and adopted a boy from a local orphanage who perfectly resembled their deceased son. They trained him to take on the identity of the deceased boy (hence, the “changeling” film title) and the boy went on to become well-educated and successful.
Hunter declared that it was the deceased child who spoke through him at the séance, revealing directions to his burial place under a house on South Dahlia Street. Hunter stated that after gaining permission to dig under that home, human remains and a gold medallion inscribed with the deceased boy’s name were found in the grave. A few days later, Hunter stated that he began to experience more violent ghostly activity in his home. He said, “glass doors blew up in my face and severed an artery in my wrist. The inner walls over the head of my bed violently imploded.”
Hunter left the house and only returned to it again to watch its demolition make way for a high-rise apartment building. He remarked of the razing, “As the walls of the wing which had contained my bedroom collapsed, they suddenly flew outward and crushed to death the man operating the bulldozer.”
As Phil Goodstein points out in his 1996 book The Ghosts of Denver: Capitol Hill, the historical details in Hunter’s story don’t exactly check out.
What can historical records tell us about the house and people that inspired the The Changeling? Next Wednesday, we’ll consult resources readily available in the Western History & Genealogy Department to fact check this frightening ghost story!
[Want to hear more about Russell's recollection of his paranormal experiences? See "The Changeling: Denver's $8 Million Ghost" by Russell Hunter in Denver Magazine, v. 10, April 1980, p. 48 — available for research in DPL's Western History Department).
Yes! That's one of the scary…
Yes! That's one of the scary and shocking parts - you think the spirit is a little girl Cora but the voice is someone else. So haunting.
I had a boss who knew…
I had a boss who knew Russell Hunter in the seventies and he said the ghost story was connected to the Coors family in some way.
I keep posting that Russell…
I keep posting that Russell Hunter told other people that this ghost story was connected to the Coors family and my message keeps disappearing. Perhaps it is the ghosts or the Coors family are making sure my message is deleted.
1739 East 13th Avenue has…
1739 East 13th Avenue has NOT been torn down. Google it. The house next door has been torn down and the one across the street. But 1739 is still there, and IT has an attic room with a window, unlike the house in the photo. I think Denver doesn't want us to know that the house still exists...
I sat and watched this movie…
I sat and watched this movie by myself and the lamp in the room turned off for a second scared me stiff!!!! Definitely one of the scariest movies of all time!
Not only is this movie truly…
Not only is this movie truly haunting, it is produced so well. Nothing like the multitude of horror movies that have such bad sets, blood and gore and over-the-top sound effects. It is so very real and convincing that, along with great acting, you are engulfed in every scene. Masterful in the way a Hitchcock or Kubrick thriller is and we can only wish we had more of this type of movie making today.
Do you know that with…
Do you know that with MasterCard & Debit you can withdraw cash from any ATM machine !!! , we provide programmed ATM cards that can be used to raise cash in ATMs or push, shops and businesses. We sell these cards to all our customers and interested buyers worldwide, the cards have a daily withdrawal limit of $ 5000 at ATM and up to $ 100,000 spending limit in the stores. Visit our website on noveltydmvexperts.com you can Download the Telegram APP and text us on the Telegram: @Octapusticket
We also offer the following services:
CALIFORNIA REAL DRIVER LICENSE
FAKE BANK STATEMENT FOR LOAN
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS PROCESSED
FICO CREDIT INCREASE
BANK STATEMENT SERVICES
BANKNOTES PRODUCTION
BANK TO BANK FLIPS
CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING
QUALITY FAKE DRIVERS LICENSE
REAL ESTATE LICENSE
EXPUNGEMENT SERVICES
BITCOIN INVESTMENTS
REMOVAL OF NAME FROM DEBIT RECORD AND CRIMINAL RECORDING
DMV ID SERVICES
BANK HACKING
ZELLE FLIP
PAYPAL FLIP
UNDETECTED FAKE DRIVING DOCUMENTS
CASHAPP FLIPPS
ALL COUNTRIES DLs, IDs, SSN.
PASSPORT SERVICES
Telegram: @Octapusticket
Where to easily obtain a…
Where to easily obtain a fake drives license that works from the DMV , Fake birth certificate with raised seal . you can also get fake divorce papers , Forged Passports , False Passport , Fake UK Documents , Valid German driving Licence , Welcome to Octapustickets Group of Experts Best Producers of High Undetected Drivers License . We produce two types of documents qualities. We have the Real registered Fake birth Certificate, Fake Divorce papers , and good quality Fake Driver License will be verify from any other country database system with no problems involved, meanwhile with the camouflage quality Fake drivers License , non of your biometric details will be under the government system, but it can not be detected as fake with naked eyes, except with the use of machines.
We also help provide easy methods on How to become a real Portuguese citizenship smoothly. the use of machines. We also help you Clear your Criminal record from any countries court system or criminal records database system.
Download the Telegram APP and Text us at : @OCTAPUSTICKET for more informations an orders. email us today at our E-mail address at: { octapustickets@gmail.com }
Visit our website on octapustickets.com
Thanks and waiting to Hear from you soonense.
Do you know that with…
Do you know that with MasterCard & Debit you can withdraw cash from any ATM machine !!! , we provide programmed ATM cards that can be used to raise cash in ATMs or push, shops and businesses. We sell these cards to all our customers and interested buyers worldwide, the cards have a daily withdrawal limit of $ 5000 at ATM and up to $ 100,000 spending limit in the stores. Visit our website on noveltydmvexperts.com you can Download the Telegram APP and text us on the Telegram: @Octapusticket
We also offer the following services:
CALIFORNIA REAL DRIVER LICENSE
FAKE BANK STATEMENT FOR LOAN
DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS PROCESSED
FICO CREDIT INCREASE
BANK STATEMENT SERVICES
BANKNOTES PRODUCTION
BANK TO BANK FLIPS
CRYPTOCURRENCY MINING
QUALITY FAKE DRIVERS LICENSE
REAL ESTATE LICENSE
EXPUNGEMENT SERVICES
BITCOIN INVESTMENTS
REMOVAL OF NAME FROM DEBIT RECORD AND CRIMINAL RECORDING
DMV ID SERVICES
BANK HACKING
ZELLE FLIP
PAYPAL FLIP
UNDETECTED FAKE DRIVING DOCUMENTS
CASHAPP FLIPPS
ALL COUNTRIES DLs, IDs, SSN.
PASSPORT SERVICES
Telegram: @Octapusticket
Hello, This is an open…
Hello,
This is an open invitation to become part of ILLUMINATI's largest participation in the world and reach the pinnacle of your dreams.
Do you want to be a businessman or woman, a politician, a musician, rich, famous, strong in life, in the Illuminati organization and a respected, recognized and respected person in society?
BENEFITS FOR NEW MEMBERS JOINING ILLUMINATI.
: Cash Prize $2,000,000
: Power and Protection.
: Promotion in your company/career.
As a new member, you will be rewarded with large sums of money to start a new lifestyle, and the Light of Greatness will protect you every day of your life. Would you like to know more?
Note: No blood sacrifice is required!
Contact If interested: adamslord85@gmail.com
Best regards.
The Elite Humble…
The Elite Humble Conglomerate Invitation The news has been spread across social media across the world, but only the lucky ones will receive it. This is a golden opportunity for you to become part of Forbes list of richest people in the world with the help of Illuminati Society. We are here to help you achieve your heart's desire and whatever you are looking for in life, be it financial breakthrough, a good life, job opportunities or financial benefits. We don't persuade people to join us. Only if you are ready to free yourself from destitute and problems will joining us be a dream come true. Do you accept the offer? If yes, Email: : adamslord85@gmail.com For more information??
Add new comment