Over the years I have been to the St. James Hotel at least two dozen times investigating the paranormal claims there. These are photos taken during one such trip back in 2004.Old friends, old memories and we still didn’t find anything paranormal. Along with these pictures was a primitive script. It appears that we were … Read morePhotos taken in 2004 at the St. James Hotel
First of all, and most importantly, T.J. Wright did not die at the St. James Hotel as the legends have suggested. While the 1880 census does show that he was there, the 1920 census show him to be in Albuquerque, way after the date of his supposed demise in Cimarron. The first three articles are … Read moreWhy T.J. Wright (the ghost of room 18) cannot be haunting the St. James hotel.
This is a rather old video that show a previous owner of the St, James Hotel giving a tour of the property.
Being one of the first people to go inside the infamous room 18 at the St. James hotel, I describe what the room was like and talk about the first EVP session conducted there. The results are very interesting.
Memoirs of a ghost hunter, episode 2. A video tour of the hotel before renovations.
At one time gunfights in the saloon were so common the dining room ceiling was reinforced with two layers of wood to prevent guests upstairs from being killed by stray bullets. However, many of the shootings and killings that have taken place over the years have been embellished and in many cases confused. Since Lambert’s Saloon … Read moreGunfights and Deaths at the St. James Hotel
In this article in the Albuquerque Journal, the hotel’s owner, Perry Champion is telling the story of T.J. Wright’s death but adds: “Wright had also been a lover of Lambert’s wife, Mary.” The first version of the T.J. wright legend comes from the 1940’s where Wright was Mary’s lover and her husband eventually shoots and … Read more1997, Albuquerque Journal article about the St. James Hotel. Hints at the older myth of T.J. Wright
The St. James Hotel in Cimarron is considered to be one of the most haunted places in New Mexico. This documentary about the paranormal activity that is reported at the hotel was shot in 2003. The differences between the reported activity in 2003 can be compared against the claims currently coming from this historic site. … Read moreThe paranormal claims of the St. James Hotel in 2003
By 1998 the “haunting” at the hotel is well established. On October 29th, 1998 the Sangre De Cristo Chronicle runs a short piece that covers the favorite ghost stories of the employees at the hotel.
Reported Phenomena in room 5 May 22, 1993 My girlfriend (Jenny) and I visited the St. James during a road trip to Colorado. We were staying in room 5, at the end of the hall on the first floor. I was awakened by Jenny around 1:00am. She claims that she had woken up and saw … Read moreWitness Accounts of paranormal encounters at the St. James Hotel
The Albuquerque Journal, December 6, 1987 Since this appears to be the genesis, there are several important factors to understand from this article. “Several psychics and other dabblers in the paranormal have visited the hotel to interact with the spirits. Last July, television crews filmed a séance led by a self proclaimed Albuquerque witch named … Read moreOldest newspaper article about the haunting at the St. James Hotel in Cimarron, NM
In 1887 Charles Fred “Cyclone” Lambert was born to Henri and Mary Lambert in Room #31, now Room 17 of the St. James Hotel. It was a blustery winter night with a blizzard blowing outside and at the time of his birth so one of the hotel guests, and good friend of the Lambert family, laughingly commented … Read moreMary Lambert’s connection to Room 17, St. James Hotel
A large part of the investigation process is to determine if the witnesses actually encountered something unusual but has a rational explanation. To accomplish this, we replicate the environment to create the same conditions as it was when the witness had their experience. Once this is accomplished we can then test various hypotheses to attempt … Read moreEvent replications, alternative explanations: St. James Hotel
This article is the first that identifies Dr. Kenneth Wright as the person Loree was with during the “attack”. It also identifies him as being a gynecologist. “In addition to knocking people down that try to enter the room, Wright’s mean spirited ghostly presence is thought to be responsible for the deaths of various pet … Read moreSt. James Hotel, Clovis News Journal, 1991