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Explore 50 haunted places in Alaska. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Anchorage, Alaska · Other
The jukebox is the focus of Anchorage’s Gaslight Lounge ghost story. A contributor to Haunted Places says it sometimes begins playing after the bar has closed, alongside other unexplained sounds. No named spirit or specific historical tragedy accompanies the account, which remains a small, place-specific story about activity continuing after the patrons have gone.
Skagway, Alaska · Hotel
Scary Mary is the best-known figure attached to Skagway’s Golden North Hotel. A directory account associates her with Room 23 and nearby hallways, noting that retellings differ over whether people hear or actually see her. The story says she died there, but a verified biography is not supplied by the source. The historic hotel name also needs care: the directory explicitly says the lodging operation had closed. This is a building-specific legend, not a promise that a visitor can reserve Mary’s room or explore the upper floors.
Anchorage, Alaska · Hotel
In downtown Anchorage, a 1936 hotel annex preserves the name of an earlier landmark and a guest log of strange experiences. Curtains move, corridors acquire unexpected company, and stories of murdered police chief Jack Sturgus circulate near the site where he died in 1921.
Anchorage, Alaska · Hotel
A woman in white is the recurring figure in ghost stories about Anchorage’s Hotel Captain Cook. A submitted account places her in a women’s restroom and adds doors moving and lights switching without an apparent person responsible. The story supplies a tragic death as an explanation, but that biographical claim is not verified here and should not be repeated as hotel history.
Cantwell, Alaska · Hotel
Igloo City’s unusual building near the Parks Highway has attracted accounts of lights inside and a woman in white at its windows. A submitted paranormal-directory entry describes these as sightings by passing motorists rather than evidence from a controlled investigation. The ghost tradition is attached to the recognizable igloo-shaped structure, not to the surrounding highway as a whole.
Anchorage, Alaska · Hotel
Stories attached to Anchorage’s former Inlet Tower Hotel describe a laughing girl in hallways and a male figure around the elevator or entrance. They are recorded in a paranormal directory without a settled identity for either apparition. The property now markets apartments as Inlet View Tower, so an old hotel listing must not be used to imply unrestricted guest access today.
Seward, Alaska · Other
The former Jesse Lee Home in Seward is associated with stories of children laughing, running and playing when no children are visible. Paranormal directories attach a dramatic earthquake-death explanation, but this research has not verified it and does not repeat it as history. Local news instead establishes that the home was damaged in 1964 and remained unused before demolition began in November 2020. This is therefore a historical-site profile.
Kenai, Alaska · Cemetery
Kenai Cemetery’s best-known figure is Arthur Johnson, said to appear tending his own grave and those of others. Another reported presence is an older woman called Marie. Haunted Places preserves both stories. Their historical identities remain unverified here, while the ghostly caretaker motif distinguishes the cemetery’s local tradition. The gentle caretaker motif is the distinctive part of the tradition. Listings titled Kenai Cemetery and Kenai’s local cemetery are treated as the same location here, so the same grounds and ghostly gardener are not counted twice.
Ester, Alaska · Other
The Malemute Saloon in the Ester area is associated with shadows, footsteps and the sensation of an unseen person making contact. Haunted Places presents the stories in the context of an old mining settlement, but its remarks about the buildings’ present use are dated and should not serve as visitor guidance. The distinctive subject is the named saloon and its reported presences.
Nenana, Alaska · Other
At Moocher’s Bar in Nenana, a submitted account gives the resident ghost a musical streak. The jukebox reportedly changes songs or shuts off without a person operating it, while a bathroom door is said to slam unexpectedly. The contributor attributes a reassuring view of the presence to the bartender: the ghost is not regarded as malicious. No personal identity or verified death is necessary to describe this small barroom tradition. Its support is a named-location anecdote, not a documented investigation or a verified explanation for mechanical behavior.
Palmer, Alaska · Hotel
The former Motherlode Lodge in Hatcher Pass attracted accounts of a dark mist, figures appearing behind people in mirrors, unexplained knocking and a young-sounding voice. Other stories describe curtains or doors moving at night. Those reports concern a historic lodge that no longer survives: Alaska.org and contemporary news coverage record its destruction by fire in April 2015. This therefore belongs in a historical haunted-site collection, not a list of hotels that can still be booked.
Skagway, Alaska · Historic house
Skagway’s Mulvihill House has a ghost story shaped by railway work. A submitted account attributes heavy stairway footsteps, doors moving and the sound of telegraph keys to Mul Mulvihill, described as a White Pass and Yukon railway dispatcher. His supposed identity as the source of the noises remains an interpretation within the legend.
Kotzebue, Alaska · Other
A basketball is the memorable object in the legend of the former NANA Museum of the Arctic in Kotzebue. The story names a boy called Alex and says unexplained bouncing can be heard in the auditorium. A tragic account of a child drowning beneath the building supplies the legend’s backstory, but that event has not been independently verified here.
Chitina, Alaska · Other
Stories around the former Copper River and Northwestern Railway near Chitina describe voices, children’s laughter, tools that cannot be found and gravestones that seem to vanish on a return visit. The accounts are collected by paranormal directories and do not supply verified identities for the supposed spirits. The old railway corridor is the relevant setting.
Anchorage, Alaska · Other
An account submitted under the name Chris H describes unusual overnight activity at Anchorage’s Plato’s Closet in 2016. The contributor says a trash-can lid moved and that staff had noticed a pale-haired figure inside after closing. The submission also offers video, but no such footage was examined for this profile.
Fairbanks, Alaska · Other
A pale figure in the kitchen and voices after closing form the Pump House Restaurant’s ghost tradition. A submitted account on Haunted Places places those reports in the Fairbanks site’s former industrial setting. The apparition is not identified, and the story provides no confirmed historical event explaining the noises or figure.
Skagway, Alaska · Other
Above Skagway’s Red Onion Saloon, a preserved brothel museum introduces the women of the Gold Rush and a resident ghost called Lydia. Perfume and sudden cold spots accompany her story. The business’s normal visitor season runs from May through September, with upstairs access through museum tours.
Sitka, Alaska · Historic house
At Sitka’s Russian Bishop’s House, a submitted account describes a woman in a blue dress following visitors through the historic home. No name or confirmed connection to a former resident accompanies the story. This quiet, figure-centered tradition is distinct from the Lady in Black legend attached to Castle Hill elsewhere in Sitka. Its status as a historic museum allows a legitimate historical visit, but access to preserved interiors is still controlled and must follow the park’s current visitor program.
Anchorage, Alaska · Other
A Ship Creek legend tells of a woman called Marie who warns people not to linger near the creek. The recorded story places her between the former Alaska Native Service hospital and an old railroad terminal and says she especially approaches unhoused Alaska Native people. The claimed identity and violent death are not independently verified here. This is a localized protective-ghost narrative, not a claim about any Indigenous community’s beliefs. Its setting should not be widened to every stretch of the creek or used to direct visitors into railroad operations.
Juneau, Alaska · Hotel
The Silverbow Inn’s ghost tradition centers on Gus Messerschmidt and the building’s bakery history. Haunted Places says his friendly presence is especially associated with the bakery in the morning. The story does not describe a threatening entity or a specific event that guests should expect to witness.
Skagway, Alaska · Other
Skagway City Hall’s ghost reputation concerns unexplained noises on an upper floor associated with the museum. A contributor to Haunted Places says the sounds have resisted an obvious explanation over the years. The account names no particular spirit, leaving the building’s atmospheric civic and museum spaces at the center of the story.
Kenai, Alaska · Natural landmark
Stormy Lake has a specific firsthand-style report rather than a well-developed traditional ghost biography. A contributor identified as Sonny says that during a 2013 visit, he and his brother noticed moving shadows near the bathrooms and woods and heard a phrase when reviewing an audio recording. The recording was not available for assessment in this research.
Copper Center, Alaska · Hotel
Tonsina River Lodge’s supposed resident is usually called Charlie. A paranormal-directory account says staff and visitors regard him as playful and repeatedly associate him with Room 18. The origin stories disagree sharply: some describe violence, others a personal tragedy, and another version simply says he loved the lodge too much to leave. That disagreement is worth preserving rather than selecting one death as historical fact. The stable part of the tradition is the named presence and its attachment to the lodge, not a verified biography of Charlie.
Seward, Alaska · Hotel
Fannie is the name most often attached to Seward’s Van Gilder Hotel ghost story. Local lore places her in Room 209, where she is said to remain after a death at the hotel in the 1950s. Haunted Places preserves that compact tradition; Fannie’s historical identity and the circumstances of her death remain unverified.