Ghost Stories

The basement ghost at the Clark County Historical Museum

Rumor has it the Clark County Historical Museum has a ghost of its own roaming the basement. The building that houses the museum was constructed as a Carnegie library in […]

Vancouver’s missing mayor: The tale of the I-5 Bridge ghost

This tale was part of a larger story on ghosts in downtown Vancouver: Winter's chill was just setting in on the drizzly October morning when former Vancouver mayor Grover R. Percival […]

Haunted Blair House

From The Columbian, Feb. 10, 1999: HISTORY FILLS HOME NOW GHOSTS ARE GONE, BUT THE SPIRIT ON ONE OF THE COUNTY'S PIONEER FAMILIES LIVES ON IN A TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY HOUSE By GREGG HERRINGTON, […]

Ghosts of a tragedy

Terry Covington, Salmon Creek My ex-husband does not believe in ghosts, but he also is sure that he saw one. We lived in a rented house in Moscow, Idaho. It was a […]

The woman in white

Jack Miller, The Dalles, Ore. I used to work as a closer in a Bend restaurant. I was hired when the previous guy locked up and didn’t return for his next […]

A happy Christmas spirit

Jacqueline Miller and family, Ridgefield Our dad loved Christmas. It was always right up there with fishing and cigars. He loved it when our family made a tradition of getting together […]

Odd happenings on a dead-end street

Janet Henderson, Vancouver The last house on a dead-end road in Clark County is where my family lived for only one year, but what a year it was. Our youngest child, 4 […]

Ghost washing

Eckhard Smith, Camas One morning my wife greeted me at the breakfast table and asked me if I had used the washing machine the night before. I managed a puzzled no, […]

Ghost of Christmas past

Barb Gagnier, Vancouver On Christmas Eve I pulled into my son’s driveway and got out of the car to move a bunch of Christmas gifts from the back seat. While doing […]

Digging a ghost ditch

C. W. Gatney, Vancouver Several years ago, because of construction, I decided to take the back road to Battle Ground, where I worked. This route took me to “China Ditch Road.” It […]

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