Ross Allison is the president and founder of AGHOST (Advanced Ghost Hunters of Seattle-Tacoma) with twenty years of experience investigating the paranormal and ten years of experience running a ghosthunting group. He travels internationally to investigate paranormal activity, collect ghost stories, and research cemeteries. He lectures to thousands of students at more than one hundred colleges and universities throughout the U.S. on ghosthunting adventures and teaches a class based on his book, Ghostology 101: Becoming a Ghost Hunter, at the University of Washington. He’s appeared on a number of radio programs, in magazines, books, news coverage, and television shows, including The Learning Channel’s America’s Ghost Hunters, The Tonight Show, MTV, CMT, CNN, ABC’s Scariest Places on Earth, SyFy’s Ghost Hunters, Nightline, and two episodes of Travel Channel’s Most Terrifying Places in America. Ross also is the owner of Spooked in Seattle Tours, which last year drew more than 2,500 people and continues to grow every year. The tours are given by bus, by horse-drawn carriage, or on foot. Very popular with tourists, the tours also are attracting locals who want to find out more about the hauntings in the Emerald City. He lives in Tacoma, Washington.

About This Book

Ghosts Today

Top 10 Questions about Ghosts

Seattle’s Top 10 Most Haunted

1. Seattle History

• Battle of Seattle
• Chief Seattle

2. Pioneer Square

• Great Seattle Fire
• Death and Hangings
• Doc Maynard’s Pub
• The Underground Tour
• Arctic Club
• Mother Damnable
• Merchants Café
• OK Hotel
• Star Bar
• The Smith Tower
• Pioneer Square Hotel
• Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory
• Mutual Life Building
• DeNunzio’s Restaurant
• Mystery Bookshop
• United Way Building
• Frye’s Hotel
• Temple Billiards
• Joseph and the Chuckhole
• Pioneer Building
• Interurban Building
• Mary Megan Olander Florists
• The Central
• J&M Café
• Marcus Martini Heaven
• Dutch Ned
• The Double Header
• 88 Keys
• Broderick Building
• The Seattle Hotel

3. Waterfront and Downtown

• Gold Rush
• Indian Burial Grounds
• Oldest Ghost Story
• Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
• Ivar and the Doctor
• The Sea King
• The Haunted Ferry
• Pier 70
• Mayflower Park Hotel
• The Crystal Pool
• Hotel Commodore
• Carousel
• Jensonia Hotel
• Paramount Theatre
• Fairmount Olympic Hotel

4. Pike Place Market

• Princess Angeline
• A Point
• Heritage House
• Victor Steinbrueck Park
• Cutters Bayhouse Restaurant
• Kell’s Pub
• Butterworth’s
• Bead Zone
• Mr. D’s
• Market Theater
• Claremont Hotel

5. International District

• The Hungry Ghosts Festival
• Wah Mee Club
• Mary Pang Warehouse
• Hong Kong Bistro
• The Wing Luke Museum
• Amazon.com Building
• I-90

6. Belltown

• The Moore
• The Josephinum
• Rivoli Apartments
• The Crocodile Café
• Lava Lounge
• The Rendezvous
• Sophie Apartments
• Denny Park

7. Capitol Hill

• Charlie’s Restaurant
• Photographic Center Northwest
• Richard Hugo House
• Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery
• Harvard Exit Theatre
• Lake View Cemetery
• Methodist Church
• The Burnley School of Professional Arts
• Sorrento Hotel
• Fifteenth Avenue Video
• The Baltic Room
• QFC Broadway Market
• Volunteer Park
• Cornish College of Arts
• D.A.R. Building
• The Chapel Bar
• The Egyptian Theater
• Canterbury Ale & Eats
• Leary Mansion
• Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
• Kerry Hall
• Seattle Preparatory School
• Odd Fellows Temple
• Annex Theatre
• Loveless Building
• Bonney-Watson Funeral Home

8. University District

• YMCA
• College Inn Pub
• University of Washington
• The Neptune Theatre
• Gargoyles Statuary
• Seven Gables Theatre
• University Heights Building
• Wells Fargo Bank

9. Georgetown

• Central Baptist Church
• Georgetown Castle
• Plane Crashes
• Comet Lodge Cemetery
• Jules Mae’s Saloon
• Georgetown Liquor Company
• Coliman Restaurant
• Steam Plant
• Old Country Inn Roadhouse
• Georgetown Playfield
• Museum of Flight

10. Fremont

• Deluxe Junk
• The Good Shepherd Center
• Hamilton Middle School
• The Fremont Troll
• Aurora Bridge

11. West Seattle

• Luna Park
• West Seattle High School
• Rite-Aid
• Homestead Restaurant
• Hiawatha Playfield
• Camp Long

12. Seattle Parks

• Kurt Cobain’s Bench
• Green Lake
• Gas Works Park
• St. Edwards State Park
• Martha Washington School and Park
• Des Moines Marina Park
• Kubota Garden
• Glen Acres Golf Course and Country Club
• Kinnear Park
• Me-Kwa-Mooks Park
• Schmitz Park
• Woodland Park

13. Seattle Cemeteries

• Evergreen-Washelli
• Mount Pleasant
• Calvary
• Forest Lawn
• Crown Hill
• Fort Lawton

Spooked in Seattle Tours

AGHOST

Glossary

Other Resources

Acknowledgments

About the Author