The Most Haunted Places in Washington

Ranked

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   1. Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub (Butterworth Building) Seattle · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: Low

   HauntBound identified seven distinct published accounts at this operating restaurant and bar, across five kinds of published source. Reported phenomena include apparitions.

   7 original accounts · documented across 8 decades, 1909-2022

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   2. Wellington Avalanche Site Skykomish · Other Dark Tourism Site · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified seven distinct published accounts at this documented site, across five kinds of published source. One later publication retells those accounts. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and cold spots.

   7 original accounts · documented across 3 decades, 1910-2017 · retold in 1 later publication

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   3. Oxford Saloon Snohomish · Haunted Dining / Bar · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified eight distinct published accounts at this operating restaurant and bar, across three kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and disembodied voices.

   Documented since 1900 · 6 independent sources

   Disputed by the venue In an on-record local-news interview, the saloon's own owner acknowledges that a tour company 'made up' the saloon's ghosts for a promotional video, in the same feature where the owner also confirms two of the venue's other ghost accounts.

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   4. The Historic Davenport Hotel Spokane · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified six distinct published accounts at this working hotel, across four kinds of published source. Two later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and apparitions.

   6 original accounts · documented across 6 decades, 1920-2026 · retold in 2 later publications

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   5. Moore Theatre Seattle · Theater / Performance Venue · Family Comfort: High

   The Moore Theatre, built in 1907 by James A. Moore, opened December 28, 1907 with 2,436 seats near the site of Seattle's earliest cemetery, whose graves were exhumed and moved to Lake View Cemetery in 1860. The theater's manager reported hearing footsteps on the stage when alone, and staff describe the scent of cigar smoke in corridors; ghost-tour lore adds a 'Lady in Red' in the balcony and a presence called 'Stagehand Sam.'

   Documented since 1907 · 8 independent sources

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   6. Walker-Ames House Port Gamble · Haunted House / Historic Home · Family Comfort: Low

   Built in 1889 for mill mechanic William Walker in the company town of Port Gamble, the Queen Anne house passed to his daughter Maude and her husband, mill manager Edwin Ames, and has stood empty since the mill closed in 1995 after 142 years. Investigations have run there since the 1950s; passersby report three children in the upstairs windows when the house is unoccupied, along with disembodied voices, shadow figures, and locked doors opening unaided.

   6 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1950-2018

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   7. Tokeland Hotel Tokeland · Haunted Hotel / Inn · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified nine distinct published accounts at this working hotel. Three later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include apparitions and cold spots.

   Documented since 1885 · 9 independent sources

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   8. Black Diamond Cemetery Black Diamond · Cemetery / Burial Ground · Family Comfort: Moderate

   HauntBound identified four distinct published accounts at this burial ground, across four kinds of published source. Six later publications retell those accounts. Reported phenomena include a sensed presence and disembodied voices.

   4 original accounts · documented across 5 decades, 1884-2024 · retold in 6 later publications

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   9. Old City Hall Tacoma Tacoma · Museum / Historical Site · Family Comfort: High

   HauntBound identified ten distinct published accounts at this museum site, across three kinds of published source. Reported phenomena include electrical anomalies and objects moving.

   10 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1978-2025

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    10. St. Ignatius Hospital Colfax · Asylum / Hospital · Family Comfort: Low

    St. Ignatius Hospital, founded in 1893 by the Sisters of Providence in Colfax, operated until 1964, when licensing rules forced closure; it served as assisted living until 2000, sat vacant, and reopened for paranormal tours in 2015. F.E. Martin, the hospital's first patient death, died in 1893 after being crushed between railroad cars. Investigators report cold spots in the wards, disembodied voices in the basement, and the sensation of being watched in the surgical wing.

    6 original accounts · documented across 2 decades, 2015-2025 · retold in 2 later publications

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