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Since this home was built in 1885, many families lived in the home but all of them were descendants of Robert Hill and his wife, Elizabeth. It wasn’t until 1980 that home was sold outside the family. It was turned into a bed and breakfast where guests reported seeing many spirits. In one of the upstairs bedrooms, guests have reported the smell of cigar smoke. The bedroom is thought to be the one where Hill died. There’s been reports of a male apparition seen on the stairs. Piano music can be heard on occasion when there is no piano in the building.

In 1899, George Starrett built a majestic mansion for his love Ann. Many descendants lived in the mansion too. There have been sightings of the couple as well as the nanny who helped raise the couple’s son.The figure of a red haired woman has been seen by many guests and staff. She’s often seen admiring the solar calender built by George for his wife, Ann, which is why many people have felt that this peaceful spirit is Ann herself. While a male apparition is said to haunt the bed and breakfast, the most lively spirit is the nanny herself. She’s been known to interact with the guests.

Captain Tibbals built the hotel as a tavern and billiard parlor in 1889. People have reported seeing the captain haunting the halls today. There’s also a woman in a blue dress who is often seen at the top of the stairs to the second floor. She spends a lot of time haunting room four, which seems to be her favorite. Guests have felt a cold draft in that room as well as the scent of perfume. More than one guest has reported being touched by an unseen hand.

The Haunted Thornewood Castle Inn in Lakewood, Washington

Fans of Stephen King will recognize Thornewood Castle Inn as the location of the creepy film Rose Red, which was a television miniseries released in 2002. The location of the film wasn’t a fluke. The castle has been the home to many ghost sightings, hauntings, floating orbs and mysterious happenings.

Chester Thorne built the castle for his bride, Anna. They raised their daughter Anita in the mansion. She lived there with her first and second husbands for many years too. After the violent death of Anita’s second husband in 1959, Anita sold the castle. There have been several owners in the years since it was sold outside the family.

Haunted Bed & Breakfast

The castle is currently a bed and breakfast as well as being on the National Register of Historic Places. Guests at the haunted castle have reported numerous mysterious happenings. The owners, Deanna and Wayne Robinson, have seen Chester Thorne’s ghostly apparition on many occasions. The gardener and guests have seen him around the castle too.

Thorne has been known to unscrew light bulbs in the rooms. The owner asked him to write her a note instead of unscrewing the light bulbs. In the time since the request, Deanna Robinson says that he only touches the light bulbs when he’s particularly happy or unhappy about something she’s done.

The Ghost of Anna

Guests of the castle have seen Anna Thorne’s ghostly form sitting at a window overlooking the garden. One of the rooms is called “Anna’s Room” where her ghost has been sighted often. There’s an antique mirror in the room, which is said to be original to the home. In this mirror, guests have seen the reflection of Anna. Brides have said to see Anna brushing her hair.

Ghost sightings and Paranormal Activity

The Thornes’ son-in-law shot himself in the gun room of the castle, and that ghost has made appearances too. While many of the sightings can be scary or startling, the apparitions in the castle seem to be calm and playful.

At a wedding shot on the grounds and in the castle, a photographer and his wife saw floating orbs while trying to take pictures of a newly married couple having their first dance at the reception. The wife had experience with sightings before and asked the spirits to dance elsewhere. Instantly, the orbs disappeared from the viewfinder.

A previous owner’s child drowned in the small lake, and guests have reported seeing a small child down by the lake. When they arrive, the child is nowhere to be found.

The owners, staff and guests have reported sightings in many of the rooms in the castle. Chester Thorne’s former smoking room sees a lot of activity from Thorne himself. There are 28 bedrooms and 22 bathrooms in the castle. Guests have reported various unexplained lights, orbs and activities in many of the rooms.

Angry Apparition

The only startling, scary report came from a guest who says that at 3:33 a. m. his locked room door began to open and slam repeatedly. After four slams, the ghost ceased its violent activity. This guest also reported after he left the haunted mansion, he developed the pictures from his stay in the castle, and the film showed full apparitions in them.

It’s not surprising that the ghost’s of the Thornes would linger in their beloved castle. When Thorne built the castle for his bride, Anna, he had much of the bricks transported from a manor in England. The oak paneling and staircase as well as the stained glass were brought over by ship from another castle in England too. After four years of loving construction, the Thornes spent their entire married life in the castle and raised their daughter there.

Curbed Seattle named Hotel Andra one of Seattle’s most haunted hotels. The hotel was built in 1926. It was the time of prohibition and loud parties. Today, guests as well as staff have reported hearing jazz and the sound of breaking glass from the 9th floor of the hotel. Whenever someone tries to investigate, the noise and music stops. Guests have seen apparitions in their rooms. In one room a paperweight levitates before hitting a glass table with a loud noise. People believe that it’s done by a hotel worker who fell from one of the hotel’s top floors.

Is the Mayflower Park Hotel in Seattle Haunted?

Seattle’s Mayflower Park Hotel was opened in 1927 and has had several reported paranormal sightings. Many involve an older man who once lived in the hotel. On the sixth floor, guests have seen the man’s ghost flitting from one room to another. Often, guests have reported that they feel like someone is watching them. Another older gentleman is seen on the 11th floor. Once, an employee was mopping, and when he turned back to his mop bucket, it was gone. He found it one floor below where he was mopping.

The Mayflower Park Hotel was originally called The Bergonian.

Haunted Rooms of the Mayflower Park Hotel

• Room 1120 is said to be haunted by The Man. Guests don’t always last the night.
• The 6th floor is where guests see a man’s ghost from time to time.

The Sorrento Hotel in Seattle, WA has been accepting guests since 1909. In the early days of the hotel’s existence, there weren’t any signs of apparitions or appearances. That changed when Alice B. Toklas died. She’s been seen haunting the halls of the Sorrento. Her family lived in the First Hill neighborhood in the late 1890s, which is where the Sorrento now stands. It’s thought that’s why she haunts the location.

Numerous people have seen a ghostly figure walking the halls in a flowing white gown. She’s especially visible on the fourth floor around room 408. Locals around the hotel have seen a strange looking woman with a parasol wandering around outside the hotel at night.

Some guests have seen glasses move in the bar area. One woman reported that she was sitting in the bar when she felt someone poke her gently in the back. Her husband was several feet away and no one else was near her.

Other guests have heard stomping footsteps in the hallway at all hours of the night. One guest reported that he would fall asleep only to wake up to screaming and yelling from the hallway. There have been cold spots in some of the rooms, phones not working and moving objects in some of the rooms.

The hotel was built in 1909, and has 27 rooms for guests as well as a pub downstairs. It’s the pub that has a regular spirit who loves to play the old piano in the back room. It’s said that a gold miner named Howard Bok was murdered in one of the rooms of the hotel. The cooks and bartenders report that the best time to hear Bok playing the piano and laughing is around closing time.

Haunted Mount Baker Hotel in Concrete, Wa

The Mount Baker Hotel is part of a ghost walk in Concrete, WA. It was built in 1924 and has been a rooming house as well as a cafe and office building over the years. The upstairs is said to be haunted by a little girl approximately four years old. It’s believed that she died after her mother beat her to death. The girl has red hair. She wears a pink shirt and jean shorts. She’s tried to shove guests down the stairs, but also can be heard yelling about a bad woman.

This inn is located next to the Mt. Rainier National Park. It’s believed that most of the hauntings in the inn are people who have died trying to climb the mountain. Guests have reported furniture being moved and footsteps in the hallways when there was nobody there. Many have reported movement in empty rooms. There’s been reports of people feeling like they’re being watched too. The wind is said to vibrate through the windows, which makes it sound like voices. It makes the location even spookier.

Until 1998, this hotel was like any other. Around Halloween night that year, it’s said that a businessman killed himself on the 15th floor. Some people think that the Halloween party that year woke some spirits from their sleep. Ever since that year, there’s been shadowy sightings of spirits on the 15th floor of the hotel. There have also been unexplained noises on that floor. Nobody has confirmed who or what is haunting one of the top floors of this hotel.

This hotel has a few hauntings according to both guests and staff. In one of the rooms closest to the main desk, a guest committed suicide. The housekeepers don’t like to clean that room. A woman and her two children are often seen in the hallways. They’ve caused mischief in many of the guest’s rooms. On the third floor, one ghost asks the housekeepers for towels but immediately disappears.

Built in 1901 by Isadore St. Martin, the Carson Hot Springs Resort has many ghosts said to be walking within its walls. Isadore was killed on the grounds in 1910. He was arguing with a man on the grounds and was accidentally stabbed in the chest. St. Martin’s wife died shortly after him. Her ghost is the most active, visible ghost on the grounds. She’s been seen in the lobby as well as the hallways on the second floor. Guests have often heard steps on the third floor, which is closed off to guests and staff.

Is the Captain Whidbey Inn haunted?

In 2007, the inn celebrated its 100th year. Along with an inn that hasn’t changed much in over 100 years, there are cabins where guests have frequently heard things that can’t be explained. There’s been the faint sound of girls laughing where there were no little girls. There’s a female apparition said to be roaming the halls of the inn. One person reported that he saw a friend scratched by a spirit too.

It’s thought that the wife of a former owner haunts the Rosario Resort. She’s been spotted on the third floor in a red dress. She also has been seen driving a motorcycle in the hotel. One guest to the resort said that she was taking a small tour upstairs and found herself in an empty room but felt like she was being watched. She was overwhelmed with the urge to leave quickly. Another guest left the hotel early in the morning after being unable to sleep. She spotted ghostly figures in the parking lot.