On August 18th 2008, UROPA got an opportunity to investigate the Ogden Union Station after a paranormal conference conducted by Wasatch paranormal. The highlight of the conference was guest speaker and author, Rosemary Ellen Guiley. Her speech on the "Shadow Man" was fantastic and it was an honor to meet her.

There were many people in the building at the time of the investigation, and although many people experienced paranormal activity, we could not make this claim.

We did get some possible EVP's, but because there were so many other people in the building, it was difficult to know where some of the voices were actually coming from.

This EVP is somewhat interesting in that there is a laugh followed by a scream. The laugh could be someone else in the building but the scream would be an unusual thing for one to do during investigations.

We were talking about the report of the sounds of footsteps in a bathroom stall. A guide and Rosemary were telling the story and this possible EVP was collected.

THE OGDEN UNION STATION

EVP

BACK

On March 8, 1869, Union Pacific came to Ogden on its way to Promontory Summit to meet the Central Pacific, thus completing the transcontinental rail line. Four cities near this location, Corinne, Promontory, Uintah, and Ogden, competed with each other for the opportunity to house the train station that would be the junction for railroad travel in the Intermountain West. Promontory and Uintah lacked the necessary resources to house the Station. Corinne was a new, unknown city so the title of Junction City fell to Ogden.

The first station was built in 1889 and served the community until 1923 when a fire destroyed the building. The current building was dedicated in 1924 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style and was built on top of the original basement.

Tunnels are rumored to exist that run from the Union Station all the way up 25th street to the Ben Lomond Hotel. Brothels and underground opium dens were all along 25th street and in the late 1800's, Ogden was for a time considered the murder capital of the West.