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Santa Fe / New Mexico History Blog

Category: Ghost Stories

Death in New Mexico

The Ghosts of New Mexico Women

La Llorona, the wailing woman, is an important part of New Mexico cultural folklore. The legend may have originated in 1520 with the Spanish conquest

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Ghost Stories

Legends of the Dead Live On

Geographically, New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the country after Alaska, Texas California, and Montana. Buried in the swathe of more than 121,000

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Ghost Stories

A Haunted Legacy

When the New Mexico headquarters for the Public Employees Retirement Association opened in 1967 rumors began to circulate that the building was haunted. Both office

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