Ghost Stories

The farmer’s ghost

Judith Gmerek Jernigan, Hazel Dell In Arizona, I used to live in what appeared to be an old farmhouse. It really stood out, surrounded by homes built in the ’60s and ’70s […]

Beware of the Ouija

Anita Kalbfleisch, Salmon Creek I lived in Reno in an apartment next door to a funeral parlor in 1991. Several friends and I would sit at night and play with a Ouija […]

A hearse out of time

Becky Winsor, Yacolt Picture it. Germany, 1964. The medieval, walled town of Kleinsteinbach, complete with a small medieval castle on the hill just inside the walls. We were a military family […]

No cartoons, please

Sue Vorenberg, Orchards The previous owner of the New England house where I grew up had planted a huge tree in the backyard that I often played in. He died before we […]

Ghosts at the bar

Terri Heine, La Center Back in 2003 I worked at Buzz’s Sports Bar & Grill in Battle Ground. Most days, I had to open and be by myself for about an […]

The mysterious stain

Paris Achen, Vancouver It’s actually quite sad and relatively recent. I didn’t know anyone had been murdered in the apartment building when I moved in, until I started chatting with some veterans […]

Noisy, and invisible, neighbors

Linda Saunders, Vancouver About 20 or so years, ago my husband and I took a trip to Victoria, B.C. We stayed at The Olde England Inn, in a room several floors […]

Aunt Emily’s return

Craig Brown, Stockford Village Let me say first I don’t believe in ghosts. I think. When I was a teenager in the 1970s, my father’s aunt was considered the family clairvoyant. Try […]

Toys ‘R’ Us ghost

Allen Russell, Vancouver I took a job at Toys ‘R’ Us at 16 for some summertime income. This particular location in Sunnyvale, Calif., was the same that had been on the […]

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