Slabtown / Nob Hill, Northwest Portland · St. Johns neighborhood, Portland · Cathedral Park (St. Johns Bridge)
Slabtown Tours is operated by Dr. Tanya Lyn March, a Portland historian and urban folklorist with training in historic preservation from Portland State University and Columbia University. Rather than relying on ghost-hunting equipment, her tours are built from primary-source research -- 19th-century medical records, spiritualist writings, newspaper archives, and neighborhood journals -- covering the working-class Slabtown and Nob Hill districts of Northwest Portland, and separately the St. Johns neighborhood in North Portland, home to the landmark St. Johns Bridge and Cathedral Park. The company has been covered by local outlets including PDX Pipeline and the North Peninsula Review, and is listed by Travel Oregon as a tour operator.
Sources
- https://slabtowntours.com/
- https://www.pdxpipeline.com/portland-ghost-tours-w-slabtown-tours-nw-portland-st-johns-hauntings/
ApparitionsUnexplained SoundsPoltergeist Activity
A Night With Ghosts covers "restless spirits and eerie phenomena tucked away within the historic streets of Northwest Portland," including reported activity at Joe's Cellar, a dive bar operating since 1909, and the once-elegant stretch known as Millionaires' Row. Murder, Mayhem & Oddities of St. Johns covers cautionary local tales including the reported ghost of Thelma A. Taylor and a theater poltergeist, alongside a documented 1903 arsenic-poisoning case, a 1910 riot, and the neighborhood's eugenics-era history.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material and archival research, not documented paranormal history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Notable Entities
Thelma A. Taylor (reported ghost, per operator)
Media Appearances
- PDX Pipeline
- North Peninsula Review
- Travel Oregon
