Holladay Park Station Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd: every time he arrived at Holladay Park Station Post Office, an old man in a tweed suit seemed to appear out of thin air and help him unload packages. Finally curious, the delivery driver asked who he was. With a twinkle in his eye, the old gentleman replied, ‘Just your friendly neighborhood ghost, here to lend a hand.’ The next day, when the driver showed up alone, no one helped until a voice called from behind, ‘Hey, where’s your friend today?’ Turns out, everyone thought the old man was just a helpful prankster.

2. Every day around lunchtime, a postal worker would hear an eerie whistling sound coming from inside the station's old mail sorting machine. It grew louder each week until one afternoon, everyone in the small town of Salt Lake City started humming along. Finally, after weeks of whistling and humming, the old machine stopped with a loud clunk. Everyone burst into laughter when they saw that it was just a delivery driver, stuck inside his own lunchbox, singing along to his favorite country tune. The whole town ended up having a picnic in the park that afternoon, celebrating the end of the strange whistling mystery.

3. A regular customer once exclaimed, ‘I’ve seen it with my own eyes!’ When asked what exactly he saw, he replied, ‘Every afternoon, right on the dot of three o’clock, a small brown bird flies into the window and stamps its little foot three times before flying off again.’ Another day, an elderly delivery driver mentioned casually, ‘Yesterday I saw that same bird doin’ its thing—except this time it was wearing a little red cap!’ A few days later, a neighbor approached the postmaster excitedly, pointing out, ‘Did you notice how it always takes tea breaks precisely at four?’

4. A local mailman began noticing strange things one foggy morning. As he sorted letters inside Holladay Park Station, he kept hearing soft laughter echoing from the empty hallway. Curious, he followed the sound and found an old envelope with a smiley face drawn on it. Inside was a note: ‘Thanks for delivering my package!’ Turned out, a regular had been playing pranks, leaving himself fake deliveries just to see the mailman’s reaction.