Brown Palace 'haunted hotel' jokes

The Brown Palace Hotel, opened in 1892, is a historic downtown hotel whose reported ghost stories and alleged paranormal sightings have become a recurring source of local jokes and ghost-tour anecdotes. Tour operators and local storytellers present these accounts as folklore rather than established fact, and Denver residents often make light-hearted jokes referring to the hotel as haunted. The Brown Palace continues to operate as a luxury hotel and event venue.