Haunting at the Dumas
Brothel in Butte, Montana
I am familiar with the Dumas Brothel in Butte, Montana because in 2007 I wrote, produced and directed
a play to help raise money to save the roof on this historic building. The play, “Scarlet Ribbons,” was a
series of monologues by working women circa 1893.
The Dumas was built as a Victorian Brothel on Mercury Street in uptown Butte in the early 1890s by
two French brothers. It is said to be the last standing Victorian built brothel in the United States.
At the time I became familiar with the building it was allegedly being made into a museum about the
sex trade. It is known as the longest running brothel in the United States and closed in 1982.
One of the first stories ghost stories told to me was by former owner Rudy Giecek. Allegedly some
thieves were in the process of removing numerous antique hardware from the building one night when
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