Episode 162: Whispers in Wyoming - Plains Hotel and St. Marks Episcopal Church

Cheyenne is a city on the high plains of Wyoming, where Old West history still shapes its daily life. The city is full of quiet streets, experiences endless wind and according to many who live there, something else lingers beneath the surface. Downtown Cheyenne is said to be full of locations tied to unexplained stories. And at the center of it all stands the historic Plains Hotel. Built in 1911, the five-story hotel once hosted figures like Ernest Hemingway, Charles Lindbergh, and even the first female governor in U.S. history. But over time, its reputation changed. Guests report hearing crying from empty rooms. A woman in a blue dress wandering the halls. The scent of cigar smoke with no source. A room tied to mysterious 911 calls. But the Plains Hotel isn’t the only place said to be haunted. Just blocks away sits St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, the oldest church in Wyoming. Behind its stone walls is a story is centuries old story of two immigrant stonemasons who vanished during construction and one may have been sealed inside the tower walls. Sounds of hammering are heard inside the stone. Bells ring on their own. And years later, a deathbed confession may have revealed what was hidden there all along. Cheyenne is one of Wyoming’s most haunted cities, full of history, tragedy, and ghost stories through hotel hallways and inside church walls.   Sources: “Historic plains Hotel, Cheyenne, WY” on Haunted Rooms Co. (https://www.hauntedrooms.com/wyoming/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/the-plains-hotel-cheyenne) “The Top 10 Haunted Places in Cheyenne” on US Ghost Adventures on February 20, 2025 (https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-cities/the-top-10-haunted-places-in-cheyenne/) “Way Back Wednesday Looks At Haunted History Of Wyoming’s Capital City” by Mick Pryor and Edward Jones on October 27, 2021 (https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/10/27/way-back-wednesday-looks-at-haunted-history-of-wyomings-capital-city-presented-by-mick-pryor-edward-jones/) “Historic Plains Hotel, Cheyenne Wyoming” by Kathy Alexander on Legends of America in February 2025 (https://www.legendsofamerica.com/wy-plainshotel/) “Hotel history” by Angus M. Thuermer Jr. on WYOfile on March 6, 2020 (https://wyofile.com/hotel-history/) “The Historic Plains Hotel” on Discover North America (https://www.discovernorthamerica.co.uk/holidays/the-historic-plains-hotel/) “There’s A Ghost Named Rosie Who Roams The Halls At This Haunted Wyoming Hotel” by Jessica Wick on Only in Wyoming on August 1, 2019 (https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/stays/wyoming/ghost-named-rosie-plains-hotel-wy) “The Haunted Bell Tower of St. Mark’s Church in Cheyenne” by Jimmy Orr on Cowboy State Daily (https://cowboystatedaily.com/2020/10/28/jimmy-orr-cheyennes-st-marks-episcopal-church-has-a-wonderful-ghost-story/) “A Wyoming Ghost Story: The Haunted Tower of St. Mark’s Church” by Phylicia Peterson on 106.3 NOW on October 3, 2023 (https://1063nowfm.com/a-wyoming-ghost-story-the-haunted-bells-of-st-marks-church/) “Way Back Wednesday Looks At Haunted History Of Wyoming’s Capital City – Presented by Mick Pryor, Edward Jones” on Cowboy State Daily on October 27, 2021 (https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/10/27/way-back-wednesday-looks-at-haunted-history-of-wyomings-capital-city-presented-by-mick-pryor-edward-jones/) https://lccclifeoncampus.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/plains-hotel-haunted-by-entities/ http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/cheyennetivoli3a.html https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=95258