Haunted
Libraries West
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Haunted Libraries of the
Western United
States are interesting to consider, in light of the Gold
Rush, cowboys, Native Americans,
and the eventual expansion to
the Pacific
. The past hundred and fifty years have brought much
change and unfortunately pain during the growth of the Western United
States. Haunted Libraries of the West also have their stories
to tell, as
well...
Central Union High
- El Centro school with phantom chatter, walking, slamming doors and crying
coming from its library.
Long Beach Public Library - a Victorian era
apparition of a girl has been spotted here.
JFK Memorial Library -
located on the campus of California State University in Los Angeles, this
haunted library reportedly has strange activity on the third floor.
Cypress Park Library - L.A.
Public Library branch has cold spots, whispers and
spectres.
St. Thomas Aquinas
High - San Bernardino school is haunted by a floating student in the
library. His apparition appeared after he hung himself.
Pioneer Junior High - Upland school library has books and
shelves moving on their own.
Colorado Haunted
Libraries:
Denver Public Library - a spectre is felt and
makes himself known by pushing people.
Montana Haunted
Libraries:
Western Heritage Center - in
Billings, this building was the former library that was known for ghostly
footprints of children in the attic.
Parmly Billings Library - a dark-haired
woman ghost resides in the basement, and a ghostly man in jeans and
work boots has also been seen. Moving anomalies
galore!
New Mexico Haunted Libraries:
Bernalillo County Library San
Pedro Branch - in Albuquerque, this library has a phantom
voice who speaks to patrons.
Oregon Haunted
Libraries:
Multnomah County Library North Portland -
security cameras have recorded several times a male apparition sitting in a room
on the second floor.
Pendleton Center for the Arts - a former library
that was at one time haunted by a past assistant librarian.
Utah Haunted
Libraries:
Salt Lake City Public Library Chapman
Branch - an apparition has been seen here, as well as a puppet
flying off a window ledge all by itself.
Harold Lee Library - Provo's BYU has a moaning
ghost heard in its music library - level 4.
Washington
Haunted Libraries:
Snohomish Carnegie Building
- when a library, a past library director could be seen and heard
walking in the basement of this building.
Mabel Zoe Wilson Library -
located on the Western Washington University campus in Bellingham, this haunted
library is known for cold spots and the heebie jeebies!
Tacoma Public Library - a
gray-haired woman has been spotted along with paranormal phenomena in the old
part of the building.
Centennial Middle School
- Spokane school reportedly is also the home of a legless, older woman who has
been seen floating about the library by children. Yikes!
Mary Goodrich Library - a
ghostly pair have been observed in the upper floor window in this Toppenish
haunted library building.
Wyoming Haunted
Libraries:
Rocky Mountain High - Byron
school has haunting footsteps and eerie screams.
Burns High School - library walls are supposed to shake
eerily.
Sweetwater County Library -
located in Green River, this haunted library is known for strange sounds, lights
turning on and off, and balls of light moving around the building.
Hot Springs County Library -
Thermopolis institution has had reports of shadow ghosts, noises and
the proverbial book
tossing.
