Deep beneath Wyoming’s mountains, where daylight disappears and superstition takes hold, miners swore they were not alone. In the darkness of coal shafts and gold tunnels, ghosts whispered warnings, phantom animals stalked the living, and illusions led men to sudden death.
In this episode of Pioneers of Outlaw Country, we descend into Wyoming’s haunted mines—where an apparition of lost love guided a prospector to a fortune, but other spirits brought terror instead of treasure.
From Tommy Knockers tapping in the walls, to a ghost mule that attacked without warning, to a phantom elevator cage that sent seasoned miners plunging to their deaths, these are not legends passed down by campfire—they are documented articles recorded in newspapers and firsthand accounts from the men who worked underground.
I found these stories of the underground apparitions in old Wyoming newspapers and in a “A Year In A Coal Mine” by Joseph Husband. I highly recommend this book if you want to know what life was like in the early 1910’s of coal mining!
This podcast was written and produced by me, Jackie Dorothy, your host and Wyoming historian! The original story was published on Cowboy State Daily on October 25, 2025, Haunted Wyoming: Plenty of Ore - And Angry Spirits - In State’s Historic Mines.
You will find on this episode an eclectic collection of true sightings deep within the earth. To me, the most haunting story is the ‘ghost cage’ and the most entertaining is the old prospector's lost love.
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