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Explore 52 haunted places in Washington. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Maltby / Paradise Valley, Washington · Cemetery
Maltby’s best-known story concerns thirteen steps said to descend into a crypt and reveal a vision of hell to someone looking back upward. A separate strand of lore describes women and children in ragged older clothing among the graves. Reports disagree about the staircase’s physical history; the cemetery itself is real.
Port Townsend, Washington · Hotel
Two guest rooms in Port Townsend’s castlelike hotel hold very different ghost stories: a lost woman in Room 306 and a robed figure near Room 302.
Goldendale, Washington · Other
Visitors have described footsteps without a visible walker and abrupt patches of cold in the museum. The local haunting account also mentions unexplained noises and the feeling of being watched. No named ghost is consistently identified in this source, so the reputation rests on these brief reported experiences.
Puyallup, Washington · Historic house
People at the mansion report a strong perfume when no wearer is apparent and an apparition identified as Ezra Meeker. The ghost stories attach both Ezra and Eliza Meeker to their former home. The perfume and visible figure are the recurring details; the identities are the interpretation of those telling the stories.
Snohomish County, near Granite Falls, Washington · Ghost town
The abandoned mining settlement has a paranormal reputation in addition to being a literal ghost town. Local directories and Washington tourism repeat accounts of former miners lingering among its surviving structures. The sources used here do not provide a reliable named individual or detailed encounter, so the story remains a modest attributed tradition.
Seattle, Washington · Theater
Theater lore imagines former actresses still watching the stage. Visitors describe an unsettling sense of eyes on them, while unexplained cigar smoke is said to drift through the building without a visible smoker. These accounts do not establish which, if any, historic performer the supposed presence represents.
Bellingham, Washington · Theater
Judy is the best-known of the theater’s reported ghosts, described as a prankster who especially teases men. Accounts mention unexplained voices, sudden cold areas and floating lights. Her backstory changes between tellers; one version places her former home on the theater site, while tourism reporting explicitly notes the variation.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington · Hospital
Among the former hospital’s reported apparitions is a nurse pushing a man in a wheelchair. Community posts also describe a child near the farm machinery, whistling and unexplained knocking. The ghost reputation extends across the former institution and farm; these are visitor interpretations, not proof of the identities involved.
Centralia, Washington · Hotel
Staff and guests report indistinct voices and fleeting figures in the historic hotel and bar. A local directory ties them to the venue’s rough past, but provides no independently established identity for the alleged spirits. McMenamins’ operating hotel supplies the real setting for the stories.
Orcas, Orcas Island, Washington · Hotel
A former innkeeper called Octavia is the figure usually named in Orcas Hotel lore. Stories describe faucets turning themselves on or off, footsteps overhead and a woman in old-fashioned clothing. Some visitors also report an infant’s crying coming from inside a wall; the sources do not establish the identity behind that sound.
Snohomish, Washington · Other
Saloon lore puts a ghost called Henry on the basement stairs and near the women’s restroom. Patrons report chairs or tables shifting and a hand touching a shoulder. Stories upstairs identify Kathleen, Amelia and a man in a bowler hat. Their alleged deaths are lore rather than independently established history.
Port Townsend, Washington · Hotel
The Palace’s best-known figure is the Lady in Blue, often called Claire, whose arrival is said to be accompanied by perfume. Accounts associated with Rooms 3 and 4 describe shaking beds and moans. Other stories include a woman in black who vanishes near a stove and a boy called Adam running along the third-floor hall.
Mount Rainier National Park, Washington · Hotel
Some guests and staff interpret scraping furniture sounds and quiet whispers as evidence of unseen residents at the mountain inn. The wider legend links these presences with people who died on Mount Rainier. That connection is folklore; the specific reported experiences are the noises and a feeling of being watched.
Hoquiam, Washington · Other
A lady in white and the supposed ghost of a child in the nursery figure in the museum’s local reputation. The same haunting directory that collects these stories says the curator disputes the ghost claims. The profile therefore preserves both the visitor lore and the reported disagreement.
Orcas Island, Washington · Hotel
Accounts at Rosario associate the sound of high heels in the corridors with Alice Rheem, wife of a former owner. The story places her especially near her former room and on the upper floors, and sometimes includes the sound of her motorcycle. Her colorful reputation is the setting for this enduring local ghost story.
Port Townsend, Washington · Historic house
Local lore says members of the Rothschild family remain attached to their former home. Visitors report doors slamming, sudden cold and a sorrowful-looking shadow. Some versions attach that figure to a family death, but the account does not establish the identity; the observed phenomena and the explanation should remain distinct.
Everett, Washington · Other
A short Everett ghost story attributes unexplained piano playing in the mansion to a woman called Mrs. Rucker. Some versions add a fatal fall from an upstairs window, but that death story has not been established by the historical source inspected here. The building remains a private residence.
Seaview, Washington · Hotel
Guests tell of footsteps upstairs and unexpected taps on the shoulder. One local haunting directory attributes a wandering male presence to Charles, the inn’s builder, who appears to be looking for someone. The hotel’s long history supplies the setting; the identification of its supposed visitor is folklore.
Bellingham, Washington · Other
The local museum folklore includes footsteps from areas believed to be empty and musical instruments sounding without anyone playing them. Some accounts also mention apparitions. The source supplies no named figure or substantiated origin story, so the profile stays with those reported sounds and sightings.
Colfax, Washington · Hospital
Accounts from the closed hospital describe footsteps, whispers and unexplained clattering through its empty rooms. Some investigators single out rooms where an oppressive presence makes them reluctant to continue. The former hospital now offers authorized haunted, history and photography tours that help fund preservation.
Stanwood, Washington · Hotel
Accounts describe footsteps on empty upper floors, an apparition of a woman and a mist-like shape caught on a bar security recording. Investigators and mediums have assigned names including Marshall and Margret to supposed presences. Those names and claimed identities are paranormal interpretations, not verified historical biographies.
Roslyn, Washington · Other
Staff and patrons tell of a little girl and a cowboy appearing in the historic saloon. Another recurring story concerns music from the back-room piano when no one is playing it. One former-owner account describes a bartender leaving abruptly after an unsettling encounter with the supposed presence.
Lakewood, Washington · Hotel
The mansion used for the television production Rose Red has its own visitor accounts of apparitions and unusual lights. A 2020 guest review on WAHauntedHouses describes an unexplained cigar-like odor and a floor creak immediately behind the visitor in an otherwise empty media room. The fictional film plot is not the building’s history.
Tokeland, Washington · Hotel
The hotel keeps a log of strange experiences often attributed to Charley, a Chinese immigrant whom local lore says died in a concealed space behind the fireplace. Reported phenomena include flickering lights, unexplained noises and vanishing figures. Another account adds a ghostly cat and dishes disturbed without an apparent cause.