We've got an old timey cult this time! Joshua Sykes was gathering followers in California before settling in Denver, where he claimed doomsday was around the corner. Public outcry and legal trouble made sure he stayed in the newspapers. Classic cult shit!

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Resources:

https://denverite.com/2016/12/14/joshua-sykes-colorado-cult/

https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/6253014909190144/unraveling-threads-which-expose-watchtower

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-francisco-examiner-cult-prophet/66793142/

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84031081/1921-02-15/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1856&index=5&date2=1929&words=Joshua+Sykes&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=joshua+sykes&y=10&x=11&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053283/1921-03-15/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1856&index=6&date2=1929&words=Joshua+Sykes&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&rows=20&proxtext=joshua+sykes&y=10&x=11&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85059715/1916-07-25/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1856&index=12&date2=1929&words=Joshua+Sykes&searchType=basic&sequence=0&sort=date&state=&rows=20&proxtext=joshua+sykes&y=10&x=11&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3

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The daily telegram. [volume], July 25, 1916, Page PAGE FIVE, Image 5

Part 2 of the Auraria Campus History! In this episode we find out the results of the previous redlining efforts. The city of Denver uses the flood of 1965 as an excuse to write off the entire neighborhood and despite the valiant effort by residents, the neighborhood is demolished and replaced with the Tri-Campus space that it is today.

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Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

Resources:

https://skylineandauraria.wordpress.com/2017/02/28/a-decolonized-history-of-auraria-campus/

https://www.msudenver.edu/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Castro

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blockbusting

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/auraria-west-denver

https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/15/the-fury-and-the-fears/

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/casa-mayan

https://www.westword.com/news/auraria-denver-campus-ninth-street-historic-park-casa-mayan-14619712

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraria_Campus#Historic_sites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Brewery_Company_(building)

https://history.denverlibrary.org/neighborhood-history-guide/auraria-neighborhood-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Denver#:~:text=This%20was%20the%20first%20settlement,it%20was%20slow%20to%20develop.

Before becoming a tri-college campus, Auraria was a mining camp to rival Denver, and then a beloved multi-cultural neighborhood of the city. But following a massive flood in 1965, this neighborhood was under threat of razing. Plus bonus story about the history of Tivoli Brewery!

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Tell us your spooky Colorado stories at 2girlswhoscareeasily@gmail.com, and follow us on instagram, TikTok, and Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@2girlswhoscareeasily⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Theme song is by Chris Nugen, and features Glenn Ross

Resources:

https://red.msudenver.edu/video/the-5-most-haunted-places-on-the-auraria-campus/

https://aurariacampus.edu/auraria/historic-auraria/

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/auraria-west-denver

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/auraria-west-denver

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/auraria-west-denver

https://www.denverpost.com/2005/06/15/the-fury-and-the-fears/

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/casa-mayan

https://www.westword.com/news/auraria-denver-campus-ninth-street-historic-park-casa-mayan-14619712

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auraria_Campus#Historic_sites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tivoli_Brewery_Company_(building)

https://history.denverlibrary.org/neighborhood-history-guide/auraria-neighborhood-history

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Denver#:~:text=This%20was%20the%20first%20settlement,it%20was%20slow%20to%20develop.