THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The historic Stanley House at Stanley Ranch Museum is associated with reports of unexplained paranormal activity. Visitors and staff have described mysterious footsteps, unusual sounds, and other disturbances believed to be connected to former occupants of the 19th-century home.
The 1891 Stanley House at Stanley Ranch Museum in Heritage Park is said to be haunted. A former live-in caretaker woke up to a frank-speaking apparition of an older man next to his bed, who advised him “Don’t take any bullsh–!” The caretaker also saw the ghost of an older man in period costume seated at the Heritage Barn Theater, watching rehearsals. Sounds of phantom baby cries and haunted artwork are also known about among Stanley House visitors and staff. One portrait is said to smile, and another bleeds from the throat.