The Big Book of Oregon Ghost Stories

by Janice Oberding Ghost Hunt Conference Leader, author of Haunted Nevada

Overview

As the dense coastal fog rolls in to blanket the shoreline in gloomy silence, one thing becomes very clear. Oregon is a state in which ghosts roam. Not only here on the coast but in the lush green inland regions as well. Oregon is the ninth largest state in the US, and is one of contrasts. From the fertile Willamette Valley with its hundreds of wineries to its rugged coastline; from its twenty-two feet tall Pioneer statue, known affectionately as Gold Man, sitting atop the state capital in Salem to its ghost towns, Oregon is a state of stark beauty, hauntings, and history. Ghosts linger for any number of reasons. Those who’ve stayed in Oregon range from millionaires who refuse to move from their mansions, lonely cemetery inhabitants, those attached to local theaters, saloons and hotels to ladies of the evening who made the wrong life and death decisions. Their reasons for staying put are as varied as there are rose bushes in the state.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493066667
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2022
Series:	Big Book of Ghost Stories
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	488,317
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Janice Oberding is a Nevada-based writer who enjoys traveling and researching history, true crime, and the paranormal. She is one of only a few people who have spent an entire night at Alcatraz—aside from those who were incarcerated there. She worked as consultant and historian for the Alcatraz episode of SyFy’s Ghost Hunters (with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson).

Table of Contents

Foreword Tara Bohren xiii

Introduction xvii

Portland

Danford Balch and the Ghosts of Forest Park 3

Ghosts at Lewis and Clark College 6

Shanghai Tunnels 7

Brentwood's Ghostly Fiasco 9

Piggott's Folly 11

Rose at the White Eagle 13

Ghost Ship on the Willamette River 15

Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery 17

The Ghostly Woman of Multnomah Falls 21

Buttermilk Bluebeard and the Ghosts of Heathman Hotel 23

Nina at Old Town Pizza and Brewing 27

Rimsky-Korsakoffee House 29

The Screaming Bridge 31

Brenda and the Ghosts 33

Benson Hotel 38

Murder at the Starry Night 40

Pied Cow and Buttertoes 42

Riverview Cemetery 43

Paul Bunyan and the Kenton Ghost 45

Pittock Mansion 47

The Crystal Ballroom 49

KWJJ Country Music and a Ghost 51

Beware of Movie Stars Selling Neckties 52

Willamette Valley

Ghost in the Deb Fennell Auditorium 54

They Didn't Believe in Ghosts 55

The Little Girl on Croisan Creek Road 56

Argyle Winery 57

South Eugene High School 59

University of Oregon, Eugene 60

Haunted Elevator at Lane Community College 61

Salem's Hanging Grounds 62

Reed Opera House 63

Ghost in a Car 65

Oregon State Prison 67

Elsinore Theater 69

Dever's Ghost 71

Albany 73

Knights of Pythias Lodge 74

Goodwin House 75

Albany Civic Theater 76

Eugenia Bush 77

House for Rent in Keizec-Ghosts Included 79

Ghost Hill Cellars 81

The Frenchman's Lost Ledge 82

Haunted Holcomb Creek Trestle 84

Geiser Grand Hotel 85

McMinnville's Mansion at Bayou Golf Club 87

Five Zero Trees in Oregon City 88

Ermatinger House 89

Oregon City's Municipal Elevator 91

A Ghost Caused the Divorce 93

Willamette Heritage Center (Mission Hill Museum) 94

Laurel Hill on Barlow Road 95

Jacksonville's Haunted Jail 97

Little Minnie 99

Legend of the Lost Cabin 100

McCully House Inn 102

The Green Lady 104

The Doctor Is in at McLoughlin House 105

The Ghosts of the Barclay House 107

The Spruce Goose 108

La Llorona Walks the Banks of the Willamette at Independence 110

The Ghost at Mangiare Italian Restaurant 111

The Ghostly Hector 113

There's a Little House in Lebanon 114

A White Mule and Fires in the Woodstove 116

Who Is This Ghost Anyway? 117

Bridge of the Gods 118

Central Oregon

Mary Leonard: The Ghost of John Day River 122

Lillian McElroy Taylor at the Whiteside Theater 124

Oregon State University 127

Cheldelin Middle School 129

Dawson House Lodge 130

Jack London's Still Writing at Wolf Creek Inn 131

Pendleton Center for the Arts 133

Morrow County Courthouse 134

Underground Pendleton 136

Ghosts at the Deschutes Historical Museum 137

Little Theater on the Bay 138

Franz Edmund Creffield 139

The Farmer Almost Takes a Wife 142

Sparrow Bakery 144

The Ghost Light at Tower Theater 145

Northern Oregon

Fort Clatsop 148

Cursed Treasure and the Ghost of an Angry Sea Captain 150

Dammasch State Hospital 152

Scaponia Park 153

Sharon Gill and Dave Oester of Seaside 155

Don't Play "Dancing Queen" for Me 156

Bandage Man Seaside 157

St. Helens: Halloween's a Very Big Deal 158

A Milwaukie Ghost Story 160

Southern Oregon

My Chef Is a Ghost 162

The Witch at Lafayette Pioneer Cemetery 163

Ghosts of Crater Lake 165

Oregon Caves Chateau 167

Charles Laughton's Last Curtain Call 169

The Blue Lady of Lithia Park 171

Ghosts at the University 172

The Ghosts of Golden 174

Bigfoot versus the Ghost 176

Rock Point Cemetery 178

Linkville Playhouse 180

Maud Baldwin and the Ghosts of the Baldwin Hotel Museum 181

Eastern Oregon

Malheur Butte 184

That Time Elvis's Ghost Came to the Museum 186

Elgin Opera House 187

Elgin High School 188

Candy Cane Park Murder 189

The Lodge at Hot Lake Springs 191

Umpqua Bank 194

An Apartment in Roseburg 195

Applegate House: A Very Large Family of Ghosts 196

Ghost Soldiers of Fort Stevens State Park 197

Sumpter and the Crescent Gold Mine 199

Joe Bush 200

Mt. Hood and Columbia River Gorge

Hood River Hotel 202

Chief Comcomly's Head 203

Western Oregon

A Ghost Walks at Mahonia Hall 206

Camp Adair 207

Professor George Harding and the Ghosts at Western Oregon University 209

The Phantom Bugler of Forest Grove 211

McMenamins Grand Lodge 213

Vera at Knight Hall 214

Oregon Coast

Newport's Haunted Lighthouse 216

Heceta Head Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast 219

Hitchhiking Ghost Lady of Siletz 220

Ghost Ship of Siletz Bay 221

North Lincoln County Historical Museum 222

Alonzo Tucker 223

Manzanita's Ghost Pirate 225

Grumpy's Ghost 227

Tioga Building at Coos Bay 228

McAuley Hospital 229

Neskowin Ghost Forest 230

Van Duzer Corridor 231

Bob Everest Fire Station 232

Wildflower Grill 233

Snug Harbor Bar and Grill 234

Depoe Bay Winery 235

Uppertown Firefighters Museum 236

Handsome Paul 237

Peggy and the Haunted Chair 238

Ghosts at the Argonauta Inn Beach House 240

Bandage Man of Cannon Beach 242

Tillamook Rock Lighthouse 243

Bibliography 247

About the Author 251