New podcast episode: Spooky Historical Stories with Unseen Missoula
Posted on October 30, 2026
This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled civic programming to dive into the spooky history of Missoula. Dani Brown and Liv Carmichael, local historians and guides from Unseen Missoula, joined the commissioners to talk about murders, missing bodies, secret rituals and ghostly apparitions. Happy Halloween!
This episode will be live at 7 a.m., Friday, Oct. 30. Click here to listen online.
Selected photos provided by Unseen Missoula:
Barrels of liquor in the Missoula Mercantile
Maurice Higgins, son of C.P. Higgins (one of the founders of the Hellgate Trading Post and the City of Missoula), who was murdered by John Burns in 1892.
Photo printed in The Sunday Missoulian on March 5, 192 showing a pair of moccasins allegedly made from John Burn's body.
The Florence Hotel in 1888, before it burned down (the first time).
Street view of Missoula in the early 20th century
"This is the alleged picture of the alleged Fish Creek ghost."
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