Case file · Haunting
St. James Hotel, Cimarron
Built as a saloon in 1872 by Henri Lambert, once a chef to Abraham Lincoln, the St. James in Cimarron, New Mexico, was the scene of numerous frontier killings; the bullet holes are still in the ceiling.
1872 CE · 36.51, -104.92 · status: legend
The account
Room 18 is kept closed for the ghost of gambler Thomas James Wright, said to have been shot after winning the hotel in a card game; a 'Little Imp' and Lambert's wife Mary are also reported.
The sceptical view
The violence is real; individual ghost identities rest on hotel lore.