devices. >> a pipeline protest gets national attention and now a woman from denver is charged with murder for shooting at police. >> how burglars were stopped from breaking into homes. >> the warmest halloween in denver in 66 years. >> what better night than tonight to look into the haunted history of one of denver's most well known landmarks. >> back to word, wade phillips is already cracking jokes about the hard hit that sent him the hospital. 9news starts now. police detonating explosive dem cals found in a neighborhood in -- chemicals found in a neighborhood in castle rock 12 hours after officers discovered them in and around a home. visitors believe the chemicals could have been used to make bombs. dozens of houses were evacuated today and those neighbors still

home. 9news reporter victoria sanchez is live for us now. this all started with the arrest of two teenagers overnight >> reporter: the two teenagers were arrested in downtown castle rock for suspicious behavior. one of the teens lives right down the street. when the police came to the parents' house to inform them that their teenage son had been arrested, that's when they saw the suspicious chemicals inside the house, decided to take the extra precaution and call in the fbi and atf. asli bomb squad went in, residents were forced out. >> you see a yellow line across your street and evacuated, you want to make sure is that far enough. is that safe enough. >> reporter: people in 30 homes were told to leave after police found what was thought to be dangerous chemicals inside this blue house and in the backyard. >> that's very surprising. i had other guesses about what was going on, but possible explosives wasn't even something that came into my

officers called in castle rock fire and rescue and the douglas county bomb squad. >> as the initial bomb squad technicians went through the house, they found a number of items, a number of other chemicals, things that looked suspicious. >> reporter: the items were concerning and the fbi d aft were called in to take a closer look with their advanced equipment. a hazmat decontamination area was set up near the home and it took hours for officers to searid it wasn't until after the sun went down that fbi and atf investigators went inside to see what the chemicals were. on halloween night neighborhood kids were expecting to dress up and get candy in the area, but even the youngest residents knew their holiday plans were changing. >> no more trick-or-treating for us until we actually get -- find out what happened and who did it. >> reporter: but before investigators find out why they needed to make sure the

[ explosion ] >> reporter: that explosion happened just before 8 p.m. when the two devices were taken to the backyard at plum creek golf course and where they detonated those devices. police tell me that it wasn't safe to take them any further away. now the devices we're being told were just steps away from becoming bombs and that they were intentionally made. they're also looking into filed against the the juveniles or parents in the home. they're in the very early investigative stages. we're also told about 30 homes behind me were all evacuated. the people are not able to get back into their homes and we're told no one will be let back home at all tonight. there's a red cross shelter set up at the doug co fairgrounds

overnight. this could go on till early morning, if not longer. >> victoria sanchez in the plum creek neighborhood, thank you. when you really need advice, you need to go to the source. that's what one of our sister stations did when asking how to protect your home from burglars. the nbc station in portland sent questions to 86 in 86 -- inmates serving time. among the top things burglaries said were red flags to stay away, ve radios and tvs inside, leaving a light on, some said it worked. others said it didn't stop them. as for security signs from companies, several burglars say they're just a joke. one expert who spent several years behind bars for his burglaries rode around pointing out issues with one neighborhood. he said another key thing you can do, make sure your home is visible from the street. >> reporter: what do you notice about this neighborhood? >> bushes, a lot of bushes. if you look, you can't even see the front porches on just about

you really can't see. >> most of the burglars who responded to the survey also said they didn't wait for dark. they like to strike in the afternoon. among the other top tips, many said get a security camera, make it visible. others said big dogs scared them away even if no one was home and get to know your neighbors. knowing that someone is watching made many burglars find another street. you can see the entire story on 9news.com. the fbi continues to look discovered on the laptop of disgraced former congressman anthony weiner. so far no indication if those e- mails will reveal anything new about hillary clinton's secret e-mail server. both clinton and trump talked about the renewed fbi investigation during campaign rallies today. >> i am sure they will reach the same conclusion they did when they looked at my e-mails for the last year. there is no case here.

in those e-mails is absolutely devastating. >> with just a week before the votes are to be counted trump's running mate is planning another visit to colorado. indiana governor mike pence will be at the ranch in loveland wednesday morning. ticket information is on the trump website. a woman from denver faces charges for what she's accused of doing while protesting the dakota access pipeline. police say the 37-year-old pulled a gun on officers and fired three shots and attempted murder charges. fallis was protesting the pipeline last thursday. she's accused of pulling out that gun and firing narrowly missing a sheriff's deputy. officers did not return fire. she faces 20 years in prison. police in north dakota have arrested fallis before twice. she pleaded not guilty to

late last week rtd leaders met in washington with federal railroad officials who have to approve the plans to fix the software issues that control the crossing gates that have been so much trouble. rtd has until saturday to get a fix or the a line could be shut down. if that happens, there's a backup plan. buses would run in place of the train every 15 minutes between union station and dia. some buses would stop at the stations along the way. others would run direct temperatures got up to 79 today tying the record set 66 years ago. today's high is 60 degrees warmer than the 19-degree high on halloween in 2002 and it's far better for the trick-or- treaters than the 8 inches of snow that fell on halloween in 1972. the mountain resorts are hopeful a new month will bring some snow. key stone's website still says opening day is friday.

little bare. even loveland has not set an opening date, although it hopes it will be this week or next. love all the photos of the creative costumes today through the #halloweenon9, a lot of commitment shown even by the dogs and the babies. for some families there are longstanding traditions that dictate when they do halloween night, some taking their kids back to places they wedge as children. 9news report went to the bear valley neighborhood, the tradition dating back more than half a century. >> it's fun. i get to play once a year. >> reporter: the social construct of age tells us it's just a number. >> my cape. witches have cages. >> reporter: jean bennett needs no reminders. >> i'm wearing the ugliest jewelry possible. >> reporter: this will be the 42nd year she's busted out her ugliest rings and grayest wig

>> because it's fun for me. i get to see all these kids. i get to talk to them. i get to hear what they say. who's knocking at my door? >> reporter: from princesses to football players. >> happy halloween. >> reporter: the bear valley witch doesn't discriminate. >> two jumping jacks, three. >> reporter: you must do a trick to get a trick. >> i don't want them eating candy. i want them having fun it. good afternoon. >> the next day people would razz me about the bear valley witch and it's my house. >> reporter: jean's son brad remembers how the kids at school would laugh. >> yeah, it is pretty emotional. >> reporter: a sound that will soon fade from his mother's doorstep. >> this might be the last one or two times or three times ever. >> reporter: at 76 jean's health is deteriorating. this year she started showing early signs of dementia, a

the end to his family's tradition. >> that's why i want to do it now because things aren't going to get better in the future. they're going to get worse. >> reporter: but until that time comes -- >> you've got a beard on already. >> reporter: -- the bear valley witch will treat the timestamp for what it is, a number. >> happy halloween. >> reporter: dan grossman, 9news. >> jean's son says his classmates who used to come to his mom's house for halloween are now the ones bringing their kids to trick-or-treat there. >> good night lady, a big panda wasn't having it. >> no. >> if i hear something creaking or the curtains blowing, then i just wonder especially if i'm in here by myself. >> go inside a piece of denver's history some say is still home to its most famous residents. >> christmas creep has crept

council building -- denver city and council building.

perhaps dating is just different in china. perhaps that's why this guy to impress his lady friend. the panda woke up and was none too impressed itself, kind of took after the guy, latched onto his leg, wrestled him to the ground. the man eventually made it out but had his pants torn to shreds in the process. on halloween maybe you've noticed the christmas creep. the stores are clearing the shelves for the holidays and the creep is taking over the city and county building downtown.

city hall employees tell us they've always gotten an early start, usually a month and week ahead of thanksgiving so in case theone bulb in the strip doesn't work or the weather takes a turn. hard to think about christmas time and the winter season when we were looking at record high temperatures once again this afternoon, nothing but sunshine today and what a stunning sunset. if you got to catch it, boy, was it a this, shorts, short sleeves and taking the pup around cherry creek state park. thank you, peter, for capturing that great one. of course, today i mentioned was a warm one indeed, 79 degrees. we tied for the toastiest halloween on record, previous record set back in 1950. so far we still have to deal with the overnight low tonight, but we're at the fourth warmest october on record, potentially could go down to the third.

least snowiestoctober on record. today it was a hot one. look at that, close to 90 degrees in southeastern colorado, lamar 88, 87 degrees in burlington. we held in the 60s in eagle and rifle, 58 degrees in telluride cooler down there. right now at the airport 51, mostly cloudy skies. the winds a light breeze out of the southeast at 11 miles per hour. here in the 9news backyard it's comfortable as we wind down the month of october and still temperatures at this 10:00 hour in the can't see that much. there's plenty of moisture starting to cruise in across the northern tier of the country, a little light snowfall into montana and a storm system just pulling into parts of northern california as well, a little bit of rain, some snowfall for the sierra. here in colorado we have been begging for precipitation and haven't seen any in the past couple weeks. unfortunately i think that trend is the case for the start of november, too.

grand lake, low 40s in ouray and cortez. tonight we'll watch for partly cloudy skies, overnight lows dipping to the lower 40s, might want to send the kids off with a light jackets tomorrow morning. cold front pushing through and will allow temperatures to cool off slightly, relative speaking for tomorrow afternoon and also we'll watch for some gustier conditions out there, too. overnight clouds start to push in. this is what we wake up 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow morning, won't need the shades for that drive into work or school. by afternoon a couple light little showers press into the western slope. accumulation of that snowfall about 10,000 feet and i'd say you won't really see that much. partly cloudy skies here in denver, no rain, no snow for us. like i said, it's going to be cooler, just not quite seasonal. we're at 69 degrees tomorrow afternoon with winds picking up out of the south, about 10 to 20 miles per hour. we stay in the 70s for far

the mountains, feeling good in the foothills, feeling more like fall, 54 in grand lake, low 60s in idaho springs and a touch warmer in the metro area again. we'll kick off the day with clouds. by early afternoon we'll have a good dose of sunshine that should help warm us up nicely as well as gustier winds. by wednesday maybe a slight chance of one or two sprinkles and that system passes us by, back to the 70s for the end of the week into the weekend. got a reminder it is time to weekend of november. we fall to the low 60s for the start of next week. you can see our chances for any rain or snow around here pretty slim. of course, you know you're in colorado when on halloween you have a clown and cow and witch cruising up to the top of a- basin. what a hoot, you guys. they're up there in costumes. >> they're so nonchalant just chilling. >> trade a broom for skis. >> it's too cool.

9news reporter dan grossman to the stanley hotel in estes park to record his experience. dan was through back then and really scared of ghosts. he enjoyed it so much we decided let's go it again for halloween, this time with one of denver's most haunted places. >> it has its own heart beat, as i call it. >> reporter: we say those who don't doomed to repeat it. >> you can feel that history when you come in and there is a certain kind of vibe dallas given off in that house. -- vibe that is given off in that house. it's a scary vibe. >> reporter: doom to be repeated. but to understand this, i still can't believe they're making me do this, we must first go back

young lad with a naive mind. oh, the shivers. i have chills right now. and a terrible fear of ghosts. we never did find anything in the stanley hotel that night. >> at night is when you're really going to catch them very, very active. >> reporter: but would we this time around at the molly brown house in denver. >> i'm 100% certain before you finish the thing. >> mary vanmetre sure thinks so. >> even our guests have come in and said why is that person standing over there and we have to say there is no person standing there. >> reporter: vanmetre has been with the home five years, only a fraction of the 127 it's been around. >> it's just a wonderful period house and it has a lot of magic in the house. >> reporter: in her time there mary has captured these images claiming the energy orbs, faces and figures are no mere coincidence.

to smells you shouldn't smell like a cigar burning in the library. they show themselves in a lot of different ways. >> reporter: margaret tobin brown moved into this house in 1884 with her husband jj. the lend as told by the museum historian claims the couple with margaret's parents john and joanne in never did leave the second floor. -- joanna never d second floor. >> just last week they had a phone call that some man at 3 a.m. called up to say there was a woman looking out the window at 3 a.m. >> reporter: further accounts place apparitions in the basement and attic. >> if i hear something creaking or the curtains blowing, then i just wonder what's going on, especially if i'm in here by myself. >> reporter: can we confirm these claims? >> i know that sounds really strange, but it's true. >> reporter: not exactly.

right people and they'll tell you, history won't just repeat itself here. it will never leave. >> i would say to describe this ho beautiful, historic. you never know what's around the corner. >> reporter: in denver and still more than creeped out dan grossman, 9news. >> of course, among other things, she was a socialite, titanic survivor. all these titles to be very calculated and private, why some believe they still watch over the home. we've put together a ghost tour you can find on the 9news app. it includes the molly brown house and other mansions and buildings from capitol hill's heyday in the late 1800s. you can wander from stop to stop and listen of tales of ghosts and spirits that may

from colorado's sports leader here's drew soicher. >> hi, everybody. three games in and nuggets rookie jamal murray still hasn't made a basket. murray was selected in the first round because he was one of the best shooters in the draft, but jamal missed all eight attempts in his career so far including four tonight in toronto. the nuggets had a chance final seconds trailing the raptors by three when emmanuel mudiay misses a game time shot. wade phillips' sense of humor stayed intact when he got knocked down tweeting they say it was a collision on the sideline, but actually i got run over. phillips was standing still when san diego running back melvin gordon accidentally crushed him during yesterday's victory over the chargers. the 69-year-old defensive coordinator was rushed to the

already back at work this morning, might be time to discuss moving wade upstairs to the much safe coaches box, but that idea hasn't even been considered. >> there's a lot of guys down there that can't move very good, you know. i can tell you that. it really is scary sometimes when you have turnovers, field position change, gunners on punt team. you got to really pay attention and boy, he got caught pretty good. he's sitting in the back of the meeting now, big back at it. i'm trying to get him to go home and rest a bit today, but he don't want to do that. he's himself today. he's good. >> broncos play the oakland raiders for first place on sunday night football. 9news broncos insider mike klis writes they'll have a better chance to win if the offense never takes the field on the pages of his notebook. >> reporter: it seemed like a bad break at the time. replay overturned demarcus ware's strip of philip rivers

by linebacker corey nelson, but as it turned out, the broncos were fortunate. why? the fumble recovery would have put the broncos offense out there. good things happen since the start of 2015 when the denver defense is on the field. the overturn led to a chargers punt and broncos safety justin simmons penalty for running into the kicker. instead of broncos ball at the chargers 22, it's chargers ball the chargers go backwards and rivers' pass across the middle is a little high and bradley roby does the rest. touchdown broncos. it was the ninth touchdown return by the denver defense since the start of last season. >> whenever we get a turnover, we're trying to score and put points on the board. it's not enough just to get it. we want to put our offense in scoring position. >> reporter: in retrospect the chargers would have been better

overturned. sometimes when you want to prevent the broncos from scoring, you're better off with their offense on the field rather than their defense. that ought to help wade phillips feel better. mike klis, 9news. strange but drew, pro football hall of famer steve young who was nearly talked out of retirement by mike shanahan prior to the 2000 season finally tried on orange and blue tonight. young works for espn now and arrived at his monday night football assignment a broncos parachutist, strange but drew. still of the night comes from soldier field in chicago where minnesota vikings wide receiver laquan treadwell who grew up in the windy city wore custom designed cleats in tonight's loss to the bears in the still of the night. world series travel day game six with the indians and

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