Case file · Haunting
Emma Crawford's coffin
Emma Crawford, who died of tuberculosis in 1891, was buried at her wish on top of Red Mountain above Manitou Springs, Colorado; in 1929 erosion freed her coffin, and on 4 August boys found her bones and the casket handles in the canyon below.
1929 CE · 38.85, -104.93 · status: account
The account
Since 1995 the town has held Emma Crawford Coffin Races each October, and locals say she still walks the mountain.
The sceptical view
The slide is documented in the press; the ghost is town folklore.