Would you like a few ghost sightings with your burger? Only at the Oxford Saloon. This establishment has been standing in downtown Snohomish, Washington for over a century - starting out as a Dry Goods Store before transforming into a saloon for locals and travelers. The only issue? When these visitors aren’t enjoying live music, good food, and rounds of pool, they’re … [Read more...] about Urban Legend – The Haunted Oxford Saloon – Snohomish, Washington
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The Gothic Literary Pioneer: Edgar Allan Poe
Without question, one of the most important and influential American writers of the 19th century, Edgar Allan Poe was the first author to attempt to make a real professional living out of writing. Most of Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him and to him throughout his life. During his career, he was a pioneer of the science fiction genre due to his … [Read more...] about The Gothic Literary Pioneer: Edgar Allan Poe
Ghost Tales of the Arctic: The Frozen Spectre
One Halloween night, as the sun slipped beneath the horizon, the young children were coming back from their rounds through the little Yup'ik village on the tundra in Southwest Alaska. The teenagers had waited their turn and eagerly squeezed out of their home, as their mother told them they were allowed to leave. They raced through to each of the small houses that dotted the … [Read more...] about Ghost Tales of the Arctic: The Frozen Spectre
Urban Legends: The Legendary Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon
The city of Portland, Oregon is known in modern times as America’s most “livable cities,” but it wasn’t all too long ago that the seedy underbelly cause it to be one of the most dangerous port cities on the west coast—possibly even the entire world. During the second half of the nineteenth century, the ports of Portland saw all of the criminal traffic that filtered through from … [Read more...] about Urban Legends: The Legendary Shanghai Tunnels of Portland, Oregon
The Haunted Heceta Head Lighthouse of Florence, OR
In a PBS special called Legendary Lighthouses, the Heceta Head Lighthouse is referred to as a haunted lighthouse—stating that nearly everyone who has stayed at the lighthouse since the 1950s has experienced paranormal activity. These experiences include things like disembodied screams, items moving or disappear and the reappearing on their own, as well as the shadow of an old … [Read more...] about The Haunted Heceta Head Lighthouse of Florence, OR