Cheesman Park: What Was Left Beneath It

In this episode of The Midnight Drive, we explore Cheesman Park in Denver, Colorado—a place that looks ordinary on the surface but sits on something far from resolved.

Before it became a public park, the land was home to Mount Prospect Cemetery, where thousands were buried during the early years of the city. When Denver decided to remove the cemetery, the process was rushed, mishandled, and ultimately left incomplete.

Bodies were relocated—but not all of them. Some were disturbed. Some were never moved at all.

Today, Cheesman Park functions like any other park.

But beneath it, the original story was never fully finished.

This episode focuses on the documented history behind the park’s creation, the actions of E.P. McGovern, and why thousands of remains are believed to still lie beneath the ground today.

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