The Utah Ghost Story That Will Leave You Absolutely Baffled

It's a beautiful building with a unique history. It was constructed just one year after the Union Pacific Depot, and designed to be much more elaborate. While the Union Pacific Depot was built in 1909 at a cost of just $300,000, the Rio Grande cost $750,000 to build. All that extra money resulted in a building with gorgeous architectural details, including the huge, arched windows on the second story. In its heyday, this train depot was a bustling, busy place... but it was supposedly the site of a terrible tragedy.

The story goes that the woman and her fiancee were having an argument while standing on the platform. Either the woman or her fiancee threw her engagement ring down onto the tracks. Sobbing and distraught, the woman went down onto the tracks to retrieve the ring, but was hit by an incoming train and killed.

Employees also report hearing singing and footsteps at night, after the restaurant is closed.

In addition to the Purple Lady, it's believed that several other ghosts inhabit the depot. There have been many sightings of another ghost on the mezzanine, who appears to be male. It's thought that he might be a past stationmaster or even the fiancee of the Purple Lady.