A night in the haunted Atlas Theatre
The Atlas Theatre gives off a creepy vibe at night, especially when you peek into the doors’ glass panels. The lights from the passing cars make the shadows dance inside, easily playing tricks on the eye.
I’m at the building late Saturday for an investigation with the Paranormal Hunting and Observation Group and some Cheyenne Little Theatre board members. That’s a fancy way of saying “I’m going to spend the evening hunting for ghosts in one of Cheyenne’s most haunted buildings.”
I can’t decide if I’m nervous or afraid of what I could see tonight.
The Atlas has accumulated plenty of ghost stories over the years with varying levels of believability. Aiden Sinclair, paranormal illusionist and Cheyenne ghost history expert, is fond of telling a true story where a mother and child died of exposure during a blizzard while at the theatre for example.
“It’s got kind of a dark history,” he said. “Fascinating, but dark.”
