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Real Haunts
So here's the deal. Most people say there's no such thing as ghosts. If you ask any scientist, they will do their best to discredit most. The problem, much like religion, the masses have spoken and say ghosts DO exist, whether they can be proved with science or not.

Winchester Estate
Woodruff House
Amytiville
Bellingham
Seattle
Spokane
Oysterville
Everett
Snohomish
Skyhomish

The Winchester Estate

In California (525 S. Winchester Blvd. / San Jose, CA. to be exact) lies a house I am fasinated with.
When William Wirt Winchester, the heir of the Winchester fortune, died, his wife Sarah began visiting spiritulists in Boston. This person convinced Sarah that she was going to be haunted by all the people ever killed by the famous rifle.
Sarah moved to California and bought a 18 room house. A lot of rooms? Guess not, because she hired twenty- two carpenters to add more rooms. One of the rooms was her Seance Room. This room was forbidden to everyone until her death because she believed that if anyone but her entered it, it would become unclean and evil spirits would dominate it. . This room can only be found by navigating the many rooms and passages.
Her thinking was to create enough rooms for "good" ghosts while tricking "evil" ghosts by way of stairways going nowhere, doors that open to solid walls and even a room full of balconies of all shapes and sizes. The end result is a house with 160 rooms, 47 fireplaces and 13 bathrooms.

Woodruff Estate

Featured in Family Circle, Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Life magazine lies the "Most Haunted House on America".
Found on Highway 61 / St. Francisville, LA / 70775, this house was built in 1796 by Gen. David Bradford, he sold the house to his son-in-law, Clarke Woodruff, in 1817. The tragic history of the house began when one of Clark's slaves, Cloe, was caught eavsdropping on a meeting. Clarke ordered Cloes ear cut off. After a while, Cloe wanted to show Clarke that he was still needed. He devised a plan to put poisonous olleander flowers into the birthday cake of Clarke's eldest daughter. When they became sick, Cloe would nurse them all back to health. Mixing too much, Clarke's wife and both daughters died. Clarke was spared because he did not eat any. When the other slaves heard what Cloe had done, they took him outside and hung him. Cloe has been seen many times and even once on film.
In 200 years, there has been a total of 10 murders commited around it.

Amityville

In Amityville, Long Island (112 Ocean ave. but the address has been changed to avoid sightseers) is the most famous haunted house of all time. The problem is, it isn't haunted.
In June 1965, Richard DeFoe Sr. bought this 2 1/2 story Dutch Colnial house. He moved in with his wife, 2 boys, 2 girls and Richard "Butch" DeFoe Jr. Though Richard Sr. was rich enough to offer his son an easy job at a car lot, Richard Jr. hated him.
Richard Jr. started robbing and doing drugs. At 17, he would have fist fights with his dad because of his temper. He thought of an idea to rob his father, but when his dad found out, Butch wanted revenge.
On November 13, 1974, Butch grabbed a .35 Marlin Rifle and shot ever member of his family in the head. He tried to blame it on a Mafia hit man but soon confessed, saying, "As far as I'm concerned, if I didn't kill my family, they were going to kill me. And as far as I'm concerned, what I did was self-defense and there was nothing wrong with it. When I got a gun in my hand, there's no doubt in my mind who I am. I am God."
He was found guilty of 6 counts of murder.
Speculations on the murders still abound. The family was found in their respective beds. The heads resting on their arms. A rifle like that could be heard a mile away. Why didn't the other members hear it? What's with the positioning of the bodies? Why didn't they run after hearing the shots?
Butch was due for parole in 2001, but I didn't see where he got out. The police were quoted, saying
DeFoe "shows a total disregard for human life and release at this time is incompatable with the safety and welfare of the community.".

Bellingham - The Mansion - a man pacing and a woman screaming in pain are heard here, where a woman had died in childbirth.
Shuksan Rehab - Rooms with moving objects, call lights going on and off by themselves, you can hear someone walking with walker in middle of night. Two R.N.'s saw ghosts in hallway walk through door. Building was built on old school from 1800's lot in 1950's.

Seattle -
Capitol Hill Methodist Church - a presence haunts the church and it's origin is not known.

Lewis Studio - many people have seen the shadowy ghost that haunts this building.

The Harvard Exit - This is now a movie theater but used to be a meeting hall for a women's oganization. People have reported seeing the ghost of a hanging woman in the hallway, as well has hearing footsteps and laughter.

Maltby Cemetery - It is hidden off to the right hand side of the Redmond Duval Road. (20 miles East of Seattle.) It has about 15 grave sights and strange, unexplained things happen there. People have seen women and children, dressed in old, raggedy looking close, wondering around the grave sites.

The Rivoli - a turn of century building where the spirit of a young Eskimo girl who came to Seattle to start a new life has been felt and seen. She was stabbed to death by her mentally ill Cuban boyfriend and her body was hidden behind a murphy bed. The door to her apt. was padlocked and she wasn't discovered for several weeks until her neighbor noticed a strange smell.

Spokane - Patsey Clarks resturant - Patsey Clarks is an old mansion converted into a elite resterant. The old wine cellar is haunted by three ghost that at various times and for no reason will pick up objects, usually wine bottles and throw them across the room. This was wittness by many employees.
Northwest Christian Colbert Campus - many mysterious occurings. Some say it is the ghost of old Mr. Altmeyer telling them to leave.
Black Diamond Cemetary - On foggy nights, if you look at the cemetary, you can see the swinging lights of a coal miner's lanterns, you can sometimes hear whistling in the wind, supposedly that of the coal miners. It is also reported that a white horse is seen trotting around headstones.
Double Tree Hotel - Everynight, since last October of 1998 halloween a mysterious noise occurs from the 15 floor. People have seen mysterious shadows but so farno one has been hurt.

Oysterville
Schoolhouse is said to be haunted by a child who died from an epileptic seizure. The old schoolhouse was built in the very early turn of the century, it stands in Oysterville WA on the Longbeach peninsula.

Everett
Everett High School Auditorium - The story goes that when the building was being built a construction worker fell and was killed. Many people have seen him in the school and the grounds.

Snohomish - The Cabbage Patch Restaurant - A nine year old girl is said to have fallen to her death down a flight of
stairs inside the building. She is said the walk up and down the stairs.
The Oxford Saloon -Used to be an old saloon in the pioneer days. Had prostitutes there. Some of the "girls" haunt it now.

Skykomish
Skykomish Hotel Bed & Breakfast - It's the home of the blue lady. The story goes that on the very top floor of this place it use to be a speak easy, where the lady's of the night enertained and where gambling went on. One of the prostitute had a new boyfriend. The boyfriend walked in on her as she was doing business with a "John". He was so inraged. Forgetting what her line of business was he killed her.

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