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Auburn
Brief Location History: Location is publicly accessible. Retail store. Paranormal Background: Shoe Department and Stock Room - Employees have reported boxes thrown around in the Apparel stock room when no one else was there. No mess was left. This stock room is connected to the Shoe Department where employees and customers frequently report shoes being thrown at them. No apparitions have been reported. Links: Other than the description of the paranormal phenomena listed above, no links have been found. Black DiamondBlack Diamond Cemetery
Brief Location History: This location is publicly accessible. This cemetery was established in the 1880s in the mining town of Black Diamond, then the biggest settlement in King County outside of Seattle. The various nationalities of those buried there include Welsh, English, Italian, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Austrian, German, Greek, Lithuanian, Montenegrin, Serbian, Polish and Russian. Paranormal Background: Lights from coal miners' lanterns have been seen on foggy nights. Whistling in the wind has been heard, and a white horse has been seen trotting around headstones. Links: Top CarnationCarnation Cemetery
Brief Location History: This location is publicly accessible. Originally established as Tolt Cemetery in 1905 on land donated by Frederick Bagwell, who was also the first burial in 1901. (internment.net) 1906 northern section started by same (rootsweb.com). Renamed Carnation Cemetery in 1944. Paranormal Background: People have reported the following paranormal phenomena: Links: Top CentraliaMcMenamin's Olympic Club
Brief Location History: Originally opened in 1908 as a gentlemen's resort. The building has a history of bootlegging, bandits and ghosts. Train robber Roy Gardner was captured at the hotel in 1921. Jack Sciutto, the Olympic Club's original proprietor was crowned "King of Bootleggers". Paranormal Background: candles mysteriously lit; rearranged chairs in basement; falling ax; music drowned out by mysterious tune; a man's laughter has been hears echoing in the building. A ghost nicknamed 'Elmer' has been seen standing by the cast iron stove. It is thought that this ghost could be of Louis Galba who had rented a room at the hotel formerly on this site. The hotel burned in 1908, and Louis jumped to the ground from his second story room. He died a few months later of his injuries. Links: Top Seattle AreaComet Lodge Cemetery
Paranormal Background: apparitions and shadows seen. Links: Top Georgetown Castle
Brief Location History: Private residence, built in 1902. Paranormal Background: Internet searches turn up several variations of the story, but basically the ghost is supposed to be a woman whose baby was buried under the porch. The variations include that the woman was raped and the rapist later killed her baby and buried it under the porch, and another variation is that the woman was crazy and killed her own illegitimate babies and buried them under the porch. An article on the Seattleweekly.com website claims the castle has caused one tenant to commit suicide and that the landlord requires people to sign a liability waiver when they put down their deposit. Links: Top Andrew's Rainbow House
Brief Location History: Private residence, built in 1910. House was for sale late March, 2007. Paranormal Background: The story goes that Andrew told his father he was gay and that his father couldn't handle it and killed Andrew and himself. The next morning the house was found painted in rainbow colors in the front, and the back in swirls and colors. There are also colored tiles on the roof and the letter "A" in gray tiles on the roof. Apparently the house has been repainted, but the following day it is always back to rainbow colors. The house was supposedly featured on "Unsolved Mysteries" but after consulting online episode guides and other internet searches, no reference to the airing of that episode has been found (yet). There also has been a report of Andrew's ghost being seen in digital pictures. Links: none found yet except those reporting the same paranormal activity listed above. TopRite Aid West Seattle, WA
Brief Location History: publically accessible retail store in West Seattle. Paranormal Background: This location was once part of a mining operation. Paranormal activity reported that a spirit has called employees then hung up, tripped alarms and turned off lights. Links: none found excepting theshadowlands.net, which lists this loction as haunted. Top G.A.R. Cemetery (Civil War Cemetery)
Brief Location History: Land was donated in 1895 to establish the cemetery, which was platted in 1896. There are 526 graves of Union and Confederate soldiers and their wives here, representing 25 states. Paranormal Background: Reports of ghosts seen walking in Civil War univorms. Links: Top Observation Water Tower
Brief Location History:The Observation Tower was built in 1907. David Denny granted the City of Seattle use of a tract of land for a cemetery in the early 1860s. In 1883, Denny donated that tract of land to the city for use as Seattle's first public park. Most of the remains were relocated to Washelli Cemetery in the 1880s. This cemetery land was also converted to park use in 1893, and the remains were relocated yet again, to bordering Lakeview Cemetery. Paranormal Background: None has been reported that we can find. We list it here because on our visit we captured an orb in one of our photos. After reading that the land the park is on was once a cemetery, it seems possible that spirit activity may exist here. See links below to view the orb photo. Links:
Amazon.com Headquarters
Brief Location History: Publicly accessible. Occupies 14 floors of the PacMed building on Beacon Hill in Seattle. The building was erected in 1932 as the US Marine Hospital and has 16 floors. The Marine Hospital closed in 1987. The building remained closed through 1998. Amazon.com agreed to lease floors 1-14 until 2009. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979. Paranormal Background: Reported to be haunted by a nurse from the 1930s whose perfume lingers. Construction workers reported that nighttime janitors would only last one night; mystery voices; service elevator stopping between floors ; strange cell phone activity. Links:
Brief Location History: Public market on Seattle waterfront. Pike Place public market opened on Aug 17, 1907 with less than a dozen farmer's wagons. The first buildings were built by the end of 1907, housing 76 vendor stalls. The present-day configuration of the buildings of the market was completed in 1922. Today, the market covers 9 acres with 56 food vendors, 98 other merchants, 50 restaurants, 20 office or service outlets and 450 residents. The market sees 9 million visitors a year. Paranormal Background: The ghosts of Pike Place Market - Arthur Goodwin- Arthur Goodwin was the nephew of the original developer of Pike Place Market, Frank Goodwin. Arthur was Market Director of Pike Place Market from 1918 to 1941 and would often look down on the goings-on in the market from his office on the upper level. Arthur's old office is now the Goodwin Library and is used as a meeting room. His spirit is sometimes seen looking down from the library or swinging a golf club in his old office, most often in the month of February. Fat Lady Barber- In the 1950's a fat barber sang her clients to sleep with lullabies, and helped herself to the cash in their pockets once they were asleep. Sometime later, she fell to her death through a spot in the floor that gave way. Maintenance staff report hearing lullabies when working at night. Jacob -- Jacob currently haunts The Bead Zione. He was the preteen son of Polish immigrants who worked as a groom at the Market in its early days. The Bead Zone is near the area that was once the stables. During some renovations, a basket of beads was found in a wall that had not been accessed for many years. It is thought that Jacob's ghost is collecting the beads to play with them. It has also been said that Jacob mixes red beads (his favorite color) into boxes of other colored beads. Also, it has been reported that sometimes at night the cash register in the Bead Emporium opens on its own. Jacob has also 'visited' the marionettes in the puppet shop. Madame Nora -- Madame Nora ran a shop called Temple of Destiny in the early years of Pike Place Market . She practiced crystal gazing, Egyptian sand divining, and Indian psychic projection. Madame Nora's spirit is said to inhabit a crystal ball in Sheila's Magic Shop. Before Sheila's Magic Shop, Nora previously haunted the Pharaoh's Treasure shop. An old woman had come to the shop and wanted to trade a crystal ball for a scarab. The old woman told the shop owner that the spirit of Nora was in the crystal ball, but the owner made the trade anyway. Soon, strange things began to happen, mostly objects in the store being moved during the night. The owner of Pharaoh's Treasure passed the crystal ball to the owner of Sheila's Magic Shop, apparently tired of the goings-on. Mr. D's Greek Deli - Spirits have been seen fighting in the basement walk-in freezer. Some staff refuse to go down to the freezer. Hotel Maid - The kitchen of the Alibi Room, a club off Post Alley, is haunted by the spirit of a young German or Russian girl who worked as a maid in a Market hotel in exchange for room and board. Her quarters are now the kitchen of the Alibi Room, where her presence has been felt. It is aid she was unhappy because she didn't speak English and had no friends. Shakespeare & Co Bookstore. - The same book would be on the floor each morning when the owner opened up shop. She would place it back on the shelf each time, and find it again, in the same spot. This has happened for many years. The book was eventually destroyed Frank, the Distinguished Gentleman - Tall and elderly, the spirit of Frank introduces himself by name outside the bathrooms of the Alibi Room, a club off Post Alley. Dark Haired Boy - The spirit of a boy with short dark hair and a blue shirt has been seen several times in recent years at the Pike Place Market Child Care and Preschool. This site was once a children's clinic. E.R. Butterworth & Sons Mortuary - In 1903, Edgar Butterworth built a brand-new building to house his mortuary on First Avenue, just two blocks from the future site of Pike Place Market. This building sits on an old Suquamish Indian burial ground. In 1923, in need of larger space, Butterworth moved his business out of this building to Capitol Hill. Many businesses have come and gone in this building since then. A shaman counted 19 ghosts inside this old mortuary building. Links: Top Tacoma AreaThornewood Castle Inn and Gardens - Bed & Breakfast
Brief Location History: Not publicly accessible. Access is to paid guests (Bed & Breakfast; Murder Mystery Nights; Candlelight Castle Mystery Tours). Gated property, 54 rooms, 22 baths. Built to specifications of Chester Thorne (1863-1927), the castle took three yrs to complete (1908-1911). Paranormal Background: A search of the internet turns up orbs and ectoplasm as the most common paranormal appearances. Other sites report the appearance of the ghosts of Chester Thorne, his wife Anna and a son-in-law; the appearance of the ghost of a former owner's grandchild, and other paranormal activity in the rooms of the bed and breakfast. Links: Top Western State Hospital Ruins (Hill Ward)
UPDATE FALL 2008: A reader has let me know the ruins have now been torn down, leaving only dirt and rubble behind. Here is the link to a YouTube video of the ruins before and after demolition (video by youtube user playmaker06) Brief Location History: This site is surrounded by a chain link fence with "No Trespassing" signs. The ruins are located within Ft. Steilacoom Park in Lakewood across the street from the current hospital. Fort Steilacoom served as a military post from 1849 to 1868. Washington State purchased the fort intending to turn it into a hospital for the insane. The new hospital, "Insane Asylum of Washington Territory" opened in 1871 with 21 inmates. In 1875, the territorial government took control after complaints of brutality and poor living conditions. The name was changed to "Western State Hospital" in 1889. Therapies included shock treatment, frontal lobotomies and psychotropic drug treatment, in addition to the more common therapies still in use today. The site of the ruins was known as Hill Ward, or the "White House". It was a men's dormitory for patients who worked on the farm. As of March, 2007, the state, county, and city are working together to collect funds to tear down the ruins. Paranormal Background: Internet searches give reports of similar types of paranormal activity. Moans and footsteps, especially in the underground boiler room. The fence surrounding the ruins reportedly shakes for no reason. Links: Top Western State Hospital Cemetery
Brief Location History: Western State Hospital Memorial Cemetery is a patient's cemetery across the street from the current hospital, on the grounds of the current Fort Steilacoom Park. The cemetery is by the old dairy farm. 3,218 souls were buried here between 1876 - 1953. Due to the stigma surrounding mental illness at that time, the patients were buried anonymously and are marked by numbered slabs. Due to privacy concerns, no complete list of burials at the cemetery is available. Paranormal Background: No reported incidences have been found except for some paranormal photos found on the internet (link below). Links: Top Bair Drug & Hardware
Brief Location History: Built in 1895, it is now a restaurant and antique museum now owned by the Steilacoom Historical Museum. Paranormal Background: Reports of appliances activating on their own. Links: Top VancouverAdmiral Paul Nelson Mansion (Photo is of Officer's Row in the early days)
Brief Location History: Private residence near the Grant House on Officer's Row. Officer's Row was added to Fort Vancouver about 1883 to house the officers stationed at Fort Vancouver, although some of the oldest homes on the row date to the mid-1800's. It has been reported by theshadowlands.net that trespassers will be arrested. However, you can stand on the sidewalk and view the house. Since it is a private residence, the exact address is not given. Paranormal Background: Internet searches indicate that if you enter the house on a Saturday, Sunday, Monday or Tuesday, you will see a substance that looks like blood dripping from the walls. According to an article in the local newspaper it is said that Admiral Nelson's wife spent hours scrubbing the walls and the blood keeps appearing for no known reason. Also on these same days of the week you will see that the grass in front of the house is dead and brown. It then comes back to normal. [NOTE: I have searched the Vancouver Columbian back to 1994 and cannot locate any such article] Links: Top |
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