Discover the most spooky mysteries of Seattle by venturing through its mist-covered streets. Seattle is home to some eerie and fascinating supernatural attractions, such haunted historic hotels and enigmatic urban legends that just won’t go away.
This guide guarantees to take you on a ghostly tour that will leave you with a hauntingly good narrative to tell, regardless of your interest in the paranormal or thrill-seeking. It’s time to discover Seattle’s surreal side, so gather your bravery and flashlight.
Fremont Troll
Residents of Fremont chose an 18-foot-fall ferrocement troll that seems like it’s crawling out from beneath the Aurora Bridge in the neighborhood after voting on multiple alternatives for a new community art work in the late 20th century.
Originally installed on Halloween in 1990, the bridge-dwelling creature is shown here with one hand crushing an actual Volkswagen Beetle (originally registered with a California license plate).
You may now explore the neighborhood and community garden nearby or climb some stairs behind the enormous head of the troll at the intersection of North 36th Street and Troll Avenue North.
The region feels like a place a troll could actually thrive, despite the loud traffic overhead. This is because of the grassy spaces, colorful houses, and benches.
Luna Park
You can’t help but notice how close and clear Seattle’s downtown cityscape is from the pier at Luna Park, which is located north of Alki Beach.
The now-quiet waterfront strip was formerly home to a massive amusement park known as the West’s Coney Island. After the park closed in 1913, all that was left was a saltwater natatorium, which burned down in 1931.
An inscription at the location states that the remaining cement pool walls were later filled in “to create the park in front of you.”
Check out Luna Park Cafe, a brightly furnished retro diner that pays homage to the area’s history as a theme park, while you’re in the neighborhood.
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Merchant’s Cafe and Saloon
“Seattle’s oldest continuously-used restaurant,” the 1890 saloon still has “most of its original interior.” This is made simple to believe by the pressed metal ceilings, yellow-stained glass chandeliers, and antique-looking artwork inside, even if multiple flat-screen TVs are showing sports events from today.
With ghost stories posted on its website and a binder full of documented, eerie happenings kept by personnel behind the bar, Merchant’s has capitalised on its image as a haunted establishment. Even paranormal TV series like “The Dead Files” have looked into it.
Every day at 11 a.m., Merchant’s opens and closes at 11 p.m. 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday, and Sunday through Thursday.
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Hotel Sorrento
Even if you don’t think ghosts exist, you might start to if you accept a job at the Hotel Sorrento on First Hill. In the Fireside Room, a cocktail lounge where events like the hotel’s Silent Reading Parties and jazz nights take place, Alexi Malloy, the director of food and beverage at Sorrento, informs me, at least this is what she says.
Not only the personnel will regale you with tales of this sort; the Sorrento is included in Oyster‘s ranking of the top 13 haunted hotels globally, featuring a mention of the ghost of American novelist Alice B. Toklas, who spent a significant portion of her early years in Seattle and is said to haunt room 408.
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Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub
One of Seattle’s early mortuaries, the brick structure at 1916 Post Alley was originally home to the E.R. Butterworth & Sons funeral parlor when it opened in 1903, four years before Pike Place Market was a few blocks away.
Owner Patrick McAleese of Kells said that the lower floor, which was allegedly formerly a cremation, is now home to a well-known haunted Irish bar and restaurant.
Despite the fact that McAleese has “always felt at home” in the bar, he has over the years heard and seen many strange things, including a chilling occurrence in which several people claimed to have seen a red-haired woman inside the bar even though it was closed.
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To Conclude
The eerie side of Seattle is not for the weak of heart. For anyone looking to experience a ghostly encounter, the city offers a terrifying adventure, from the mischievous troll protecting the Aurora Bridge to the murmurs of restless ghosts in ancient places.
Thus, if you’re feeling daring, take a flashlight and venture into these eerie locations at your own risk. Remember that you can come away from Seattle’s ghosts with a story to tell or a chill down your spine.