Haunted Vancouver, Washington


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Sprawling along the banks of the Columbia River, the city of Vancouver has grown from a remote fort to a metropolis. Home to the first operating airfield in the United States, it's seen triumphs and tragedies by air, land and sea. Shades walk across bridges and disappear, shadows haunt the courthouse and voices echo through empty barracks. Ghostly mules, once used for army transport, have been spotted near their old barn on Fifth Street, and the scene of a plane crash from more than fifty years ago sometimes looks as fresh as the day it happened. Join author and historian Pat Jollota as she uncovers the fascinating stories behind the unexplainable.




Haunted Washington


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Among the Pacific Northwest's many treasures is the Evergreen State, a state rich in eerie events. Haunted Washington, a collection of stories of ghosts, mysteries, and paranormal happenings, will leave readers delightfully frightened. Haunted Washington includes dozens of stories, from the royal Native American ghost of Seattle’s Pike Place Market to the haunted mansion that inspired horrormeister Stephen King’s TV mini-series Rose Red – all of them guaranteed to send chills up the spines of even the most daring ghosthunters. Each story includes notes on historical significance and local lore so that readers and visitors can learn more about each ghostly locale. A bibliography, a resources list of contact information to visit the haunted sites, and a brief “Ghost Hunter’s Guide” are also included, giving readers the resources to explore the haunted areas for themselves.




Murder of JoAnn Dewey in Vancouver, Washington, The


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Before midnight on March 19, 1950, several startled bystanders watched two men force a screaming young woman into a car and drive away from Saint Joseph's Hospital in Vancouver. One of them yelled out that she was his wife and was drunk. That was the last time anyone saw JoAnn Dewey alive. Her battered, naked body washed up on the banks of the Wind River seven days later. Suspicion quickly fell on two brothers, Turman and Utah Wilson, who fled town before police caught them in Sacramento. Their arrest and sensational trial captivated and divided the peaceful community. Author Pat Jollota uncovers the chilling details of this tragic story.




Haunted Washington


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• Most notorious Bigfoot sightings • UFO reports and cover-ups • Lake Okanagan's famous serpent Ogopogo • Ghosts of Lewis and Clark, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and Bing Crosby • Odd phenomena at Grand Coulee Dam, Olympic National Park, and Fort Vancouver




Vancouver USA Ghosts


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This is Jeff Davis' first book on ghosts devoted entirely to Vancouver, Washington. Vancouver USA Ghosts Volume I is 124 pages long, and retails for $12.95. It contains over a dozen photos, and 35 true stories of ghosts, and odd and unusual occurrences. While some locations in this book appear in Jeff's previous volumes, all of the stories have been updated to include haunting incidents as recent as 2017.




Haunted Tour Guide to the Pacific Northwest


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The haunted locales in this book range from hotels, to bed & breakfasts, to restaurants, to museums . In addition to haunts in Washington and Oregon, I include haunted places in British Columbia. It is divided by geographic sections: The first section begins with the southern end of the Oregon Coast. The listing continues northward through Washington. The next section is southern British Columbia. The guide then moves south, into the Puget Sound. It continues south through the Portland Basin and Willamette Valley, then east through the Columbia River Gorge and eastern Washington and Oregon. There are nearly 200 locales in this book. In the case of cities with several hauntings, such as Seattle, the haunts are divided into sections: Places to Stay; Restaurants, Clubs and Theaters; and Shops, Sights and Sounds. Here are some of the locations: The Northwest Coast: Yachats , Newport, Depoe Bay, Lincoln City, Nehalem, Wheeler, Canon Beach, Astoria, Knappton, Seaview, Menlo , Tokeland, Aberdeen, Quinault British Columbia: Burnaby, New Westminster, Port Moody, Vancouver, Victoria The Puget Sound: Bellingham , Everett, Coupeville, Roche Harbor, Orcas, Island, Port Townsend, Renton, Seattle, Snohomish, Skykomish, Steilacoom, Tacoma, Olympia, Centralia, Silver Lake, Morton The Portland Basin and Willamette Valley: Ashland, Cave Junction, Gold Hill, Wolf Creek, Crater Lake, Salem, McMinnville, Forest Grove, Oregon City, Portland, Vancouver , Vancouver Barracks, Camas The Columbia River Gorge: Cape Horn, Carson, White Salmon, Goldendale, Trout Lake, Troutdale, Welches , Hood River Eastern Oregon & Washington: Heppner, Frenchglen, Redmond, Pendleton, Baker City, Bend, Spokane, Pasco,Yakima, Ellensburg, Ritzville




Downtown Vancouver


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Named for a British sea explorer, Vancouver was conceived in the early 1800s when Lewis and Clark camped at the waterfront and deemed the area ripe for settlement. The Hudson's Bay Company soon established its fur-trading empire here, and "Fort Vancouver" became the commercial center of the area. In 1849 American troops set up Columbia Barracks nearby, establishing the area as a military stronghold. In 1857 the city of Vancouver was incorporated, and gradually became an important industrial and residential city. Vancouver is now a big city, and along with nearby Portland, Oregon, is home to high-tech, maritime, lumber, and manufacturing industries.




Haunted Valley


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Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Range less than 25 miles northeast of Vancouver, Yacolt was once a gathering place for local Indians to trade with coastal and intermountain tribes. The Klickitat word Yacolt means haunted valley or a place of evil spirits. The name might have come from an incident when five children were lost picking wild berries. The demon, Yacolt, took them, so the story goes.




The Haunting of Sunshine Girl


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A New York Times bestseller The Haunting of Sunshine Girl,in active development for television by The Weinstein Company, a hit paranomal YA series based on the wildly popular YouTube channel about an "adorkable" teenager living in a haunted house. Shortly after her sixteenth birthday, Sunshine Griffith and her mother Kat move from sunny Austin, Texas, to the rain-drenched town of Ridgemont, Washington. Though Sunshine is adopted, she and her mother have always been close, sharing a special bond filled with laughter and inside jokes. But from the moment they arrive, Sunshine feels her world darken with an eeriness she cannot place. And even if Kat doesn't recognize it, Sunshine knows that something about their new house is just ... creepy. In the days that follow, things only get stranger. Sunshine is followed around the house by an icy breeze, phantom wind slams her bedroom door shut, and eventually, the laughter Sunshine hears on her first night evolves into sobs. She can hardly believe it, but as the spirits haunting her house become more frightening-and it becomes clear that Kat is in danger-Sunshine must accept what she is, pass the test before her, and save her mother from a fate worse than death.




Haunted Ocean City and Berlin


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A vacation destination and a historic small town: two places that make Maryland great—and ghostly. More chills from the author of Haunted Eastern Shore. A ghostly sea captain, an ill-fated lover and jazz musicians who go on playing long after their last songs—these are the spirits that make their presence known from Ocean City’s Boardwalk to the picturesque town square of Berlin. The phantom scent of a woman’s perfume floats from Trimper’s carousel, while the Ocean City Life-Saving Station is haunted by the ghost of a drowned sailor. In Berlin, some guests never check out of the Atlantic Hotel, and strange happenings have been reported at the Rackliffe House, where legend has it that a cruel plantation owner was murdered by his slaves. Author and guide Mindie Burgoyne takes a chilling journey through the haunted history and lore of Ocean City and Berlin. Includes photos!