Place: Thornewood Castle Location: Lakewood, WA Date of Investigation: 4/20/15 History: Thornewood Castle is located in Lakewood, Washington, and was actually the site used in Stephen King’s Rose Red movie. While Rose Red is a work of fiction based very loosely on the Winchester Mansion, the real Thornewood Castle is still considered to be haunted. […]

Place: McMenamins Edgefield Hotel Location: Troutdale, OR Date of Investigation: 9/22/14 History: The Multnomah County Poor Farm in Troutdale was built in 1911 to replace Multnomah County’s first home for the destitute, the Hillside Farm in Portland’s West Hills. The latter institution, which housed the poor, ill, and disabled, was inspected in the fall of […]

Place: Heathman Hotel Location: Portland, Oregon Date of Investigation: 9/21/14 History: The original Heathman Hotel was built in 1926. It was an 11-story fireproof building with more than 300 rooms. The building was part of George Heathman Jr. trio of hotels. He also owned the Roosevelt Hotel just west of the park Block near Salmon […]

Place: Old Wheeler Hotel Location:  Wheeler, Oregon Date of Investigation: 9/20/14 History: The Old Wheeler Hotel was built in 1920 to replace two wooden buildings that had occupied the same location. The original, The Rector Hotel and the Hotel Annex, flourished along with the rest of Wheeler during an economic boom. The Pacific Railway & Navigation Company […]

Place: McMenamins Grand Lodge Location: Forest Grove, Oregon Date of Investigation: 9/19/14 History: In 1920, plans and construction commenced to build a series of grand complexes called the Masonic Home and Children’s Cottage. Throughout the years, these buildings were a combination poor-house, elder care, and orphanage for Master Masons and their families, before being bought […]

Place: Alcatraz Location:  San Francisco, CA Date: 9/23/13 History: Once considered the prison of American prisons, the island of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay has been an asset to the U.S. Army, the federal prison system, jailhouse folklore, and the historic evolution of the West Coast. Despite its reputation as a cold and unforgiving penitentiary, […]

Place: The Queen Mary Location: Long Beach, CA Date of Investigation: 9/22/13 History: Since making her maiden voyage in 1936, this historic steamship has served as a luxury ocean liner, troopship and in more recent years, a stationary hotel. Some 55 ghosts are rumored to linger on-board, including Jackie, a young girl who can be […]

Place: Bird Cage Theatre Location:  Tombstone, AZ Date: 9/23/13 History: The Bird Cage Theatre was opened on December 26, 1881, by William “Billy” Hutchinson and his wife Lottie. Its name apparently referred to the fourteen “cages” or boxes that were situated on two balconies on either side of the main central hall. These boxes, also […]

Place: Tombstone Bordello Location: Tombstone, AZ Date of Investigation: 9/20/13 History: A Victorian picture set in “The Town Too Tough to Die”, Tombston, Arizona. Built in 1881, it was once a house of ill-fame owned by Big Nose Kate. The Bordello was originally located on a site at the east end of Allen Street but […]

Place: Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall Location: Laughlin, NV Date: Sept 21, 2013 History: The Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall is a hotel and casino in Laughlin, Nevada, United States known for its neon cigarette-puffing River Rick marque. It used to be a sister property of Pioneer Club in Las Vegas until both properties sold […]