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Capitol Hill Methodist Church: A presence haunts the church, although its origin is not known.
D.A.R. Building: Witnesses have claimed to hear strange voices and eerie music inside this old church. There have even been reports of a young female apparition walking down the front stairs. She is dressed in a gown from the 1800s.
Georgetown Castle: A crazy old lady has been seen choking herself with one hand and hitting witnesses with the other. Her eyes have been said to 'burn like coal'. The lady is believed to be a Spanish woman who killed her illegitimate babies and buried them under the porch.
The Harvard Exit: This is now a movie theater, but used to be a meeting hall for a women's organization. People have reported seeing the ghost of a hanging woman in the hallway, as well as hearing footsteps and laughter.
Lewis Studio: Many people have seen the shadowy ghost that haunts this building.
Pike Place Market: The ghost of a Native American woman has been seen in the market at night when all the tourists and shoppers have gone home. The market was built on a site that was sacred to the local Indians. The Pike Place Market also harbors a ghost of a child at the Bead Emporium. When renovations were done to this business a few years ago, a basket of beads was discovered within the wall even though there was no access for this space, as the door had been painted shut many years before the store opened.
The Rivoli: This is a turn-of-the-century building, where the spirit of a young Native American girl who came to Seattle to start a new life has been felt and seen. She was stabbed to death by her mentally ill Cuban boyfriend and her body was hidden behind a Murphy bed. The door to her apartment was padlocked, and so she wasn't discovered for several weeks until her neighbor noticed a strange smell.
The South Annex in Capital Hill: The South Annex now houses a dental office and the English Institute of Seattle Central Community College. In the past, it was the Burnley School of Art. There is a story that a young male student at Burnley committed suicide there, and since that time has haunted the building by moving objects and pushing them off shelves. Some folks have claimed to see his ghost.
"Suicide bridge": There's a bridge located in Seattle where supposedly a person had committed suicide by jumping off with his dog. You can still see the chalk marks when you go there. Around 2 to 4 in the morning, people have seen the man with his dog by the beach near there, staring at people.
University YMCA: Many times from 1990 to 1993, while cleaning the basement workout room, some have heard footsteps and voices coming from upstairs even though all members had left the building. A presence was also felt in the furnace room. The building was built in 1951.
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Skykomish
Skykomish Hotel Bed & Breakfast: This is the home of the "blue lady". It is reputed that the very top floor of this place used to be a speakeasy, where the ladies of the night entertained and where gambling went on. One of the prostitutes had a new boyfriend. The boyfriend walked in on her as she was doing business with another man. The boyfriend had forgotten what her line of business was and, enraged, he killed her.
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Snohomish
The Cabbage Patch Restaurant: A nine-year-old girl is said to have fallen to her death down a flight of stairs inside the building. She is said the walk up and down the stairs.
The Oxford Saloon: This used to be an old saloon in the pioneer days. They had prostitutes there, some of which still haunt it now along with their "customers".
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Spanaway
Spanaway Jr. High School: Lights flicker and alarms go off when no ones around.
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Spokane
Cameo Catering Event Facility: Mysterious noises are heard here and levitations of assorted objects are seen, primarily in the basement. Men are heard talking when the building is empty. The building was a Masonic hall for years. It is assumed that members who have since died object to "guests" in the building, as their rites were secret.
Double Tree Hotel: Every night since Halloween 1998, a mysterious noise occurs from the 15th floor. People have also seen mysterious shadows at this hotel.
Fairchild Air Force Base: The weapons storage area is haunted by a ghost called the "Goat Man". There have been many sightings by on-duty Security Forces in the area.
Home, Heart, and Friends: This place is haunted by an older woman wearing a long gray dress, probably from the 1900s. She has been seen walking up and down the staircase.
Monaghan Hall at Gonzaga University: Monaghan Hall is the music building for Gonzaga University. The structure used to be the private residence for James Monaghan. There are many strange occurrences since then, including the organ being played when no one is there and various musical instruments playing by themselves. People hear the haunting music some of the time. The culprit is believed to be the ghost of Mr. Monaghan himself. Strangely enough, the music heard by witnesses is the song that was played at Monaghan's funeral. Growling noises and other unseen forces also make themselves known to unsuspecting individuals. In the 1970s, Father Leedale even performed an exorcism to clear the building. It was obviously done in vain, because the hauntings still occur.
Northwest Christian Colbert Campus: Many mysterious occurences have happened here. Some say it is the ghost of old Mr. Altmeyer telling them to leave.
Patsey Clarks: Patsey Clarks is an old mansion that at one time was converted into a elite restaurant. The old wine cellar is haunted by three ghost that at various times and for no reason will pick up objects, usually wine bottles, and throw them across the room. This was witnessed by many employees.
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Stanwood
Stanwood Museum: People who have lived next to this house say that late at night, when the museum is closed, you can see a candle be lit and the curtains open and shut. Sometimes even driving by, you can see a curtain pulled back as though someone is peering out. When you stop to look, the curtain goes back. No one is in the museum at the time.
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Steilacoom
ER Rogers Restaurant: Many employees have reportedab normal occurrences with in the building. There is a lot of history behind this mansion. One of the owner's wives killed herself in the mansion and still haunts it, but it has been reported that multiple ghost or entities reside there. At one time it was a bed-and-breakfast during the depression.
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Tacoma/Lakewood
McChord AFB: A C-141 transport aircraft that was assigned to this base was used to transport bodies back from Jonestown, Guyana, South America after Jim Jones had ordered their suicides. Maintenance personal experience hearing voices and footsteps. The auxiliary power goes on and off when no one is around.
Tribal Administration Office: The building is an old hospital. It is said that many people died of tuberculosis there. In the basement there is an incinerator where they used to incinerate the bodies. Noises of someone walking can be heard throughout the building. On the 5th floor, a woman cries for her child and/or husband. The elevators move from floor to floor on their own. Children's voices can be heard. In the basement, which used to be the morgue, a woman complains of being cold. The fifth floor is known to be the most spiritually active.
University of Puget Sound: It is widely believed that Ted Bundy killed his first victim and dumped her in the foundation of a building being built at the University of Puget Sound. Although her body was never found, people have reported seeing a girl - believed to be her - walking the halls of the building and making strange noises.
Thornewood Castle: Chester Thorne was the builder of Thornewood Castle, and he has made several appearances over the years. Lightbulbs will be unscrewed in his room, after the lights were turned off and no one else was present. Some guests have seen Anna, Chester's wife, sitting in the window seat of her room overlooking the garden. Some have claimed to see her reflection in her original mirror in the room she occupied, which is now the bridal suite. The Thornes son in law shot himself in the gun closet, and his ghost has been seen. Another ghost is of the grandchild of a former owner who drowned in the lake. Occasionally guests will rush down from our Grandview Suite concerned because there's a small child alone by the lake, and then find no child there. A Stephen King miniseries titled "Rose Red" was recently filmed in Thornewood Castle. The six-hour, made-for-television ABC/Disney miniseries aired in February 2002. The miniseries is from a pre-accident script.
The old Western State Sanitarium: On some rainy foggy nights when the moon is full, you can hear moans and footsteps in the late night to early morning hours. This is believed to be patients that were once institutionalized there. The place is in ruins now, but there remains an underground boiler room where most the sounds are heard. The fence around the place also shakes for no reason, when no one else is around.
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Wenatchee
Cherub Bed & Breakfast Inn: This place has an interesting history. A husband came back from vacation to find his wife cheating on him. The husband killed the other man on the stairs, and it is reported that you can hear someone walking up and down the stairs when no one is there. There are also bloodstains on the stairs that, when washed, disappear for a few moments and then reappear.
Disclaimer: SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS ARE PRIVATE PROPERTY, OR CITY/COUNTY/STATE OR FEDERAL PROPERTY. NEVER VISIT THEM UNLESS YOU HAVE THE CONSENT OF THE PROPER AUTHORITY(S) OR OWNER.
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