Spooked in Seattle: A Haunted Handbook by Ross Allison (English) Paperback Book

Spooked in Seattle

by Ross Allison

Join author Ross Allison as he explores the eeriest corners of the Emerald City.

FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New

Publisher Description

Seattle may not be as old as some would expect from a haunted city. But it has a large number of haunted sites and stories. Spooked in Seattle will lead readers on a journey through Seattle's neighborhoods and reveal the city's public locations, history, and tales of strange encounters. For those who love to venture off into corners in search of ghosts and the unknown, this book will set readers forth in the right direction.
Spooked in Seattle features more than 150 haunted locations, historic and contemporary photos, top ten questions about ghosts, Seattle's top ten most haunted places, location maps and addresses, Seattle history and haunted facts, Seattle cemeteries and tombstone symbols, and more.
Spooked in Seattle presents many locations throughout the city that are believed to be haunted, claim to have ghosts, or have undergone investigation. All of these stories are broken down into sections based on the city's neighborhoods with corresponding addresses to make finding them easier for the ghost enthusiasts. Maps and photos help bring to life the locations, making the Seattle ghosthunting experience easy and enjoyable.

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EXCERPTS Fremont Once a city of its own, Fremont started in the 1880''s, established as a lumber mill town until it was annexed to Seattle in 1891. Named after Fremont, Nebraska, the hometown of two of its founders, it also is known as the "Center of the Universe." After the 1989 fall of the Communist government, the controversial statue of Lenin was salvaged from Slovakia and given its new home here, by a local art lover who was teaching in the area at the time. It is also known as the home of the famed Fremont Troll under the Aurora Bridge. Here you will also find helpful advice such as "Set your watch ahead five minutes," "Set your watch back five minutes," and "Throw your watch away" on some of the local street signs. Other landmarks include an old rocket fuselage and the outdoor sculpture "Waiting for the Interurban." Deluxe Junk 3518 Fremont Pl N This retro shop sits under the Masonic Temple built in 1909. The space was first used as a funeral home run by Fisher & Milton in 1928 and then switched owners to Hoffner & Putnam in 1946. They closed down the funeral parlor in the late 1970s. In 1978, Deluxe Junk settled into these quarters, turning the space into the shop you see today. If you do get the chance to venture to this location, you'll clearly see the alcoves where coffins were laid out for mourners to select their loved ones' caskets. Throughout the lower half of the building you can see other signs of its old occupation, such as the coffin-loading area, where the dead would be brought in, and the viewing rooms for those in mourning paying their last respects. Maybe its funereal history that causes the employees and the owners to sometimes feel unsettling apprehensions--specifically, a presence in the backroom. They hear strange noises, and things have been known to fall off selves for unknown reasons. Some people even claimed to have seen ghostly figures moving from the corners of their eye and when they turned to look closer, the figures vanish. Is there a spirit hiding among all of this vintage galore, a spirit that should have been buried many years ago? Hamilton Middle School 4400 Interlake Ave N This 1940s building has been suspected of housing ghosts Footsteps sometimes are heard on the second floor when the building is empty. The doors are known to inexplicably open and close, and doorknobs will shake if locked. There is a story that a plumber died of a heart attack in the second floor girls' bathroom, but he was not discovered until after his shift. Many claim to see a face in the bathroom mirrors; in fact, the mirrors in that bathroom are reported to break at least three time a year. Could this be the work of an unsettled spirit? Of course, it could be the wind, but its more fun to think it's the work of the Hamilton Middle School Ghost. The Fremont Troll N 36th St under Aurora Bridge Lurking under the Aurora Bridge is the eighteen-foot concrete sculpture of a troll created in 1990. This monster of a beast is crushing an actual Volkswagen Beetle in its left hand. The troll was sculpted by four Seattle area artists (Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter, and Ross Whitehead) for the local Fremont Arts Council when approached about doing something more imaginative with the space under the Aurora Bridge. The sculpture is made from rebar steel, wire, and about two tons of messy ferroconcrete. With lots of hard work, the Troll monument took about seven weeks to complete. Rumor has it that prior to the sculpture's installation, many old-time residents told of sightings of a real troll roaming about the neighborhood. The community also pays tribute to the troll every October 31 with the "Trollaween" party. This celebration begins under the bridge and participants then wander to other spooky sites and events in Fremont. Aurora Bridge Highway 99 Between Fremont & Queen Anne neighborhoods Built in 1932 as the George Washington Memorial Bridge, the Aurora Bridge is more commonly known as Suicide Bridge. The bridge received this name for the more than two hundred and thirty people who have jumped to their deaths from its surface. Standing one hundred and sixty-seven feet above water, it also holds the second-highest recorded number of suicides in the United States, trailing behind only the Golden Gate Bridge. The first suicide occurred in January 1932, when a shoe salesman dropped from the bridge before it was completed. When it comes to suicide, many believe that these troubled souls remain earthbound. Therefore, claims of lingering apparitions seeming to reenact their final moments are not too surprising. There have been stories of a man and his dog wandering around the bridge just staring at passersby. But when they turn back to see if the man is still looking, he is completely gone! There is also a report of a troubled man jumping from the bridge while carrying his beloved dog. Could this be the staring dog walker and his pet trapped forever living out their last walk before jumping, a recording of the last moments of their lives? In November of 1998, the Seattle metro bus system faced its worst accident in a twenty-five year history. While crossing the bridge southbound, a passenger on the bus shot and killed the driver for unknown reasons and then pulled the 38 automatic on himself. The driver lost control, veering across two lanes of traffic. The bus plunged off the bridge''s eastern side, dropping fifty feet onto the roof of an apartment building near where the Fremont troll dwells. One passenger was killed due to this tragic event while thirty-two other passengers survived with injuries. Whether something remains of this horrific event, let's pray their spirits are not continuing to relive that terrible tragedy.

Author Biography

Ross Allison is the president and founder of AGHOST (Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle-Tacoma) with twenty years of experience investigating the paranormal and ten years of experience running a ghosthunting group. He travels internationally to investigate paranormal activity, collect ghost stories, and research cemeteries. He lectures to thousands of students at more than one hundred colleges and universities throughout the U.S. on ghosthunting adventures and teaches a class based on his book, Ghostology 101: Becoming a Ghost Hunter, at the University of Washington. He's appeared on a number of radio programs, in magazines, books, news coverage, and television shows, including The Learning Channel's America's Ghost Hunters, The Tonight Show, MTV, CMT, CNN, ABC's Scariest Places on Earth, SyFy's Ghost Hunters, Nightline, and two episodes of Travel Channel's Most Terrifying Places in America. Ross also is the owner of Spooked in Seattle Tours, which last year drew more than 2,500 people and continues to grow every year. The tours are given by bus, by horse-drawn carriage, or on foot. Very popular with tourists, the tours also are attracting locals who want to find out more about the hauntings in the Emerald City. He lives in Tacoma, Washington.

Table of Contents

About This Book Ghosts Today Top 10 Questions about Ghosts Seattle's Top 10 Most Haunted 1. Seattle History Battle of SeattleChief Seattle 2. Pioneer Square Great Seattle FireDeath and HangingsDoc Maynard's PubThe Underground TourArctic ClubMother DamnableMerchants CaféOK HotelStar BarThe Smith TowerPioneer Square HotelRocky Mountain Chocolate FactoryMutual Life BuildingDeNunzio's RestaurantMystery BookshopUnited Way BuildingFrye's HotelTemple BilliardsJoseph and the ChuckholePioneer BuildingInterurban BuildingMary Megan Olander FloristsThe CentralJ&M CaféMarcus Martini HeavenDutch NedThe Double Header88 KeysBroderick BuildingThe Seattle Hotel 3. Waterfront and Downtown Gold RushIndian Burial GroundsOldest Ghost StoryYe Olde Curiosity ShopIvar and the DoctorThe Sea KingThe Haunted FerryPier 70Mayflower Park HotelThe Crystal PoolHotel CommodoreCarouselJensonia HotelParamount TheatreFairmount Olympic Hotel 4. Pike Place Market Princess AngelineA PointHeritage HouseVictor Steinbrueck ParkCutters Bayhouse RestaurantKell's PubButterworth'sBead ZoneMr. D'sMarket TheaterClaremont Hotel 5. International District The Hungry Ghosts FestivalWah Mee ClubMary Pang WarehouseHong Kong BistroThe Wing Luke MuseumAmazon.com BuildingI-90 6. Belltown The MooreThe JosephinumRivoli ApartmentsThe Crocodile CaféLava LoungeThe RendezvousSophie ApartmentsDenny Park 7. Capitol Hill Charlie's RestaurantPhotographic Center NorthwestRichard Hugo HouseGrand Army of the Republic CemeteryHarvard Exit TheatreLake View CemeteryMethodist ChurchThe Burnley School of Professional ArtsSorrento HotelFifteenth Avenue VideoThe Baltic RoomQFC Broadway MarketVolunteer ParkCornish College of ArtsD.A.R. BuildingThe Chapel BarThe Egyptian TheaterCanterbury Ale & EatsLeary MansionScottish Rite of FreemasonryKerry HallSeattle Preparatory SchoolOdd Fellows TempleAnnex TheatreLoveless BuildingBonney-Watson Funeral Home 8. University District YMCACollege Inn PubUniversity of WashingtonThe Neptune TheatreGargoyles StatuarySeven Gables TheatreUniversity Heights BuildingWells Fargo Bank 9. Georgetown Central Baptist ChurchGeorgetown CastlePlane CrashesComet Lodge CemeteryJules Mae's SaloonGeorgetown Liquor CompanyColiman RestaurantSteam PlantOld Country Inn RoadhouseGeorgetown PlayfieldMuseum of Flight 10. Fremont Deluxe JunkThe Good Shepherd CenterHamilton Middle SchoolThe Fremont TrollAurora Bridge 11. West Seattle Luna ParkWest Seattle High SchoolRite-AidHomestead RestaurantHiawatha PlayfieldCamp Long 12. Seattle Parks Kurt Cobain's BenchGreen LakeGas Works ParkSt. Edwards State ParkMartha Washington School and ParkDes Moines Marina ParkKubota GardenGlen Acres Golf Course and Country ClubKinnear ParkMe-Kwa-Mooks ParkSchmitz ParkWoodland Park 13. Seattle Cemeteries Evergreen-WashelliMount PleasantCalvaryForest LawnCrown HillFort Lawton Spooked in Seattle Tours AGHOST Glossary Other Resources Acknowledgments About the Author

Long Description

Seattle may not be as old as some would expect from a haunted city. But it has a large number of haunted sites and stories. Spooked in Seattle will lead readers on a journey through Seattle's neighborhoods and reveal the city's public locations, history, and tales of strange encounters. For those who love to venture off into corners in search of ghosts and the unknown, this book will set readers forth in the right direction. Spooked in Seattle features more than 150 haunted locations, historic and contemporary photos, top ten questions about ghosts, Seattle's top ten most haunted places, location maps and addresses, Seattle history and haunted facts, Seattle cemeteries and tombstone symbols, and more. Spooked in Seattle presents many locations throughout the city that are believed to be haunted, claim to have ghosts, or have undergone investigation. All of these stories are broken down into sections based on the city's neighborhoods with corresponding addresses to make finding them easier for the ghost enthusiasts. Maps and photos help bring to life the locations, making the Seattle ghosthunting experience easy and enjoyable.

Excerpt from Book

Great Seattle Fire On June 6, 1889, John E. Back, a worker in Victor Clairmont's cabinetmaking shop near the old Front Street and Madison Avenue, was making glue in a hot glue pot. The glue boiled over starting a fire on the shop's wooden floor. The fire soon spread to the wood chips and turpentine covering the floor. But, the small shop fire combined with many other elements to create the tragedy of the Great Seattle Fire. The tragedy of the great fire might not have happened if . . . If the neighboring building wasn't a supply shop storing ammo, gun powder, and dynamite. If the fire hadn't spread to a warehouse that had received fifty barrels of whiskey just an hour earlier. If the fire chief had not been out of town at a firefighters' convention in San Francisco. If the fire trucks had not gotten stuck in the mud flats. If a poor water-pump system hadn't failed to maintain water pressure for the firefighters' hoses. If (unbelievably true) the city officials hadn't asked young men to use dynamite to blow up the buildings surrounding the fire. Granted, they hoped to contain the fire by removing some of these structures, but these young men were blowing up buildings already on fire, spreading burning rubble. All of these possibilities contributed to the city's destruction as Seattle burned to the ground in just twelve hours! John Back snuck out of Seattle the next day unaware the hero he had become. This was a chance for the pioneers to fix all their city problems. So the citizens were back at work rebuilding their city the very next day. The fire leveled the city, giving the settlers a chance to rebuild and correct many of the mistakes they had made when building the first city. They could raise the city above sea level, correcting the drainage problems they had been living with for too long. But starting over doesn't mean people will do things correctly the second time around. With the conflict of how to rebuild, business owners and city officials could not agree on the new outline or direction for the city. So, Seattle's complicated redesign was the consequence of two separate groups building the city at the same time, which resulted in raised streets and steep sidewalks.

Details ISBN1578605016 Author Ross Allison Short Title SPOOKED IN SEATTLE Publisher Clerisy Press Series America's Haunted Road Trip Language English ISBN-10 1578605016 ISBN-13 9781578605019 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint Clerisy Press Subtitle A Haunted Handbook Country of Publication United States Publication Date 2011-09-29 UK Release Date 2011-09-29 NZ Release Date 2011-09-29 US Release Date 2011-09-29 Pages 248 DEWEY 133.109797772 Illustrations B&W photos throughout Audience General AU Release Date 2011-09-12

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• Condition: Brand new
• ISBN-13: 9781578605019
• Type: NA
• Publication Name: NA
• ISBN: 9781578605019
• Publication Year: 2011
• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• Book Title: Spooked in Seattle: a Haunted Handbook
• Item Height: 215mm
• Author: Ross Allison
• Publisher: Clerisy Press
• Topic: Travel Guide, Mental Exercise
• Item Width: 139mm
• Item Weight: 226g
• Number of Pages: 248 Pages

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