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Named ghost legends filed in Washington

Washington files 24 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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Hotel
Medium

Manresa Castle

Port Townsend, Washington

1892 Victorian "castle" hotel with a jilted-bride legend.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Thornewood Castle

Lakewood, Washington

English Tudor manor shipped brick-by-brick from England—Stephen King filmed Rose Red here.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Tokeland Hotel

Tokeland, Washington

Willapa Bay hotel with Charley folklore.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Former Military Base
Medium

Fort Worden

Port Townsend, Washington

Puget Sound "Fortress of Defense"—batteries, tunnels, and an officer’s-club ghost.

3 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Black Diamond

Black Diamond, Washington

The coal town that survived its disasters—where the museum keeps the dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Bellingham

Bellingham, Washington

The four towns that became one—where the hills keep the dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

San Juan Island

Friday Harbor, Washington

The Pig War island—where the Americans and British faced off.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Casey

Coupeville, Washington

The 1901 fort—where the disappearing guns still point at the strait.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Fort Flagler

Nordland, Washington

The 1897 fort—where the mortars hid in the woods.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Long Beach

Long Beach, Washington

The peninsula—28 miles of sand and ghosts.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Grand Coulee Dam

Coulee Dam, Washington

The 1942 dam—the largest concrete structure in America.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Ohanapecosh

Packwood, Washington

The hot springs—where the Indians camped and the tourists followed.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Manito Park

Spokane, Washington

The 1904 park—where the lilacs and the ghosts bloom.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Town
Medium

Port Gamble

Port Gamble, Washington

The company mill town—where the Walker-Ames house reportedly stays haunted.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Ghost Town
Medium

Franklin

Black Diamond, Washington

The coal town where the 1894 fire killed 37 miners.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Town
Medium

Roslyn

Roslyn, Washington

The coal town where the 1892 explosion killed 45—and Northern Exposure filmed.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Whitman Mission

Walla Walla, Washington

November 29, 1847—the mission where the massacre ended the Cayuse mission.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Maryhill Museum

Goldendale, Washington

Sam Hill’s castle on the Columbia—where the Stonehenge replica stands.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

The buried city under Pioneer Square—where the tours descend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Centralia Armistice site

Centralia, Washington

November 11, 1919—the Legionnaires and the Wobblies.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Everett massacre site

Everett, Washington

November 5, 1916—the dock where the shingle weavers died.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Fort Vancouver

Vancouver, Washington

The 1825 fort—where the Hudson’s Bay Company ruled the Columbia.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Cape Disappointment

Ilwaco, Washington

The 1856 lighthouse—where the bar takes the ships.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Saloon
Medium

Oxford Saloon

Snohomish, Washington

1900 saloon haunted by a stabbed policeman and ladies of the upper floor.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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