Haunted Salem, Oregon

by Tim King

Overview

Salem's haunted tales date back to the 1830s, when indigenous tribes, trappers and homesteaders shared the lush Willamette Valley. Murders, hangings and dark underground passageways defined the city's early days as the Willamette River moved old stern-wheelers up to the city's docks. Today, the sounds of those phantom vessels can be heard plying along the river late at night. Oregon's capital city has long been the site of mental hospitals, prisons and other notorious institutions, famously depicted in the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. The residual effects of decades of torture and depravity cling to the old facilities in both sight and sound. Author Tim King examines many of these chilling encounters along with eyewitness accounts of spirits that refuse to be quiet.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467138130
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/03/2018
Series:	Haunted America
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,005,252
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

A former marine, Tim King spent more than twenty years working for a variety of local TV news stations in Oregon, Arizona and Nevada, including ABC, NBC and FOX affiliates. Tim founded Salem-News.com in 2004. Later in 2006, he took an assignment with Oregon Guard's 41st Brigade Combat Team in Afghanistan reporting for Portland, Oregon ABC affiliate, KATU. During the summer of 2008, Tim went to Iraq, where he covered the war. In addition to motorcycle journalism, Tim coauthored the book Betrayal in 2013. In 2015, Tim launched Salem Ghost Tours.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

1 The Chinese Are Still Underground 19

2 Political Specters of the Statehouse 31

3 Ghosts of the Hanging Ground 35

4 Lingering Spirits of the Insane 41

5 Mysteries of the Mission Mill 46

6 Strange Saga of a Japanese Celestial 50

7 The Goblin Chuchonnyhoof and Other Native Lore 54

8 More Educated Apparitions 59

9 Who Still Roams the Old Opera House? 62

10 The Profound Behavior of Poltergeists 69

11 Phantoms of Fairview 71

12 Riverfront Revenants 76

13 Prostitute Tragedies and Haunts 81

14 Oregon State Penitentiary Ghosts 83

15 1918: The Year of Death 86

16 Other Ghosts of Salem 89

17 Ghosts in Salem's Schools 95

18 Human Trafficking 99

19 Ghosts of Fire 101

20 Haunted Restaurants, Buildings and Stores 103

21 The Sky Is the Limit 110

22 Salem's Cruelest Killer 112

Final Thoughts 117

Notes 119

About the Author 125