My First Ghost Hunt: A Night in Estes Park's "Vortex" Barbershop

Kim Shoemaker's stories, our night with the meters, and a sighting the next morning. The companion piece to our Halloween special.

On October 13, Kenny Collins and I walked into a barbershop in downtown Estes Park with an EMF meter, a spirit box, a thermal camera and a laser grid. It was cold, misty and raining. It was also my first real ghost hunt.

Kenny has done more of these than he can count. He’s investigated the Elkhorn Lodge and the old movie theater here, and there’s a whole…