HauntBound Press Fact Sheet · Updated September 2026
The Most Haunted Places in Washington
Washington has 107 documented haunted locations in the HauntBound index.
Top 10 identified after source-level analysis of the 30 strongest Washington candidates.
By the numbers
- Total documented
- 107
- Haunted Hotel / Inn
- 24
- Museum / Historical Site
- 21
- Haunted Dining / Bar
- 16
- Family-friendly
- 102
- Bookable
- 46
- Oldest documented site
- The Grant House (1850)
- Most-reported phenomenon
- apparitions
Ranked
- 1. Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub (Butterworth Building) 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
- 2. Wellington Avalanche Site 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
- 3. Oxford Saloon 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.
- 4. The Historic Davenport Hotel 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
- 5. Moore Theatre 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
- 6. Walker-Ames House 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; visitors report disembodied voices, shadow figures, locked doors opening unaided, and attic lights that flicker when the building is empty. 6 original accounts · documented across 4 decades, 1950-2018
- 7. Tokeland Hotel 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
- 8. Black Diamond Cemetery 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
- 9. Old City Hall Tacoma 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
- 10. St. Ignatius Hospital 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 in a railroad accident. 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
By city
- Spokane: 17 documented sites
- Seattle: 15 documented sites
- Port Townsend: 10 documented sites
- Tacoma: 9 documented sites
- Bellingham: 6 documented sites
- Coupeville: 3 documented sites
- Olympia: 3 documented sites
- Bremerton: 2 documented sites
- Ilwaco: 2 documented sites
- Yakima: 2 documented sites
- 38 more across the rest of Washington
Press images
- Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub (Butterworth Building) Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_1921_First_Avenue_03.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/kells-butterworth-building/hero.jpg
- Wellington Avalanche Site Asahel Curtis hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/wellington-avalanche-site/hero.jpg
- Oxford Saloon Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snohomish,_WA_-_Oxford_Saloon_01.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/oxford-saloon/hero.jpg
- The Historic Davenport Hotel Murderbike hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/historic-davenport-hotel/hero.jpg
- Moore Theatre Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_-_The_Moore_01.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/moore-theatre/hero.jpg
- Walker-Ames House Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Port_Gamble,_WA_-_Wm._Walker-E.G._Ames_House_01.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/walker-ames-house/hero.jpg
- Tokeland Hotel Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tokeland_Hotel_02.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/tokeland-inn/hero.jpg
- Black Diamond Cemetery Joe Mabel, CC BY-SA 3.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black_Diamond_Cemetery_01.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/black-diamond-cemetery/hero.jpg
- Old City Hall Tacoma Dawn Umstot, CC BY-SA 4.0, via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Old_City_Hall_of_Tacoma.jpg hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/old-city-hall/hero.jpg
- St. Ignatius Hospital Washington State Library hauntbound.com/images/locations/washington/st-ignatius-hospital/hero.jpg
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Superlatives
- Oldest documented site: The Grant House Documented since 1850.
- Most documented: Pike Place Market 12 distinct published accounts.
- Top haunted stay: Hotel Sorrento Overnight stays bookable.
Methodology
For purposes of the HauntBound Index, "most haunted" means the location with the strongest documented record of reported haunting phenomena. We evaluate the quantity, independence, persistence, and documentary quality of published reports. We do not attempt to determine whether paranormal phenomena are real, and we never count a source that only establishes a building's history as evidence of haunting claims. Repetitive coverage is subject to diminishing returns, so a story retold many times does not outrank a story independently documented. Rankings never consider commercial relationships.
The 2026 Index reflects sources identified and classified as of September 15, 2026.
Updated September 29, 2026: documented totals now exclude the private homes, operating hospitals and venues with nothing left to visit that were withdrawn on September 25 and 26. The ranked ten are unchanged.
This is a documentation ranking, not a visitation guide; sites not open to visitors are marked on their entries.