Historic haunted places in Eureka, CA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Open to the public (hotel; lobby open to visitors).
Staff describe a well-dressed 'Top Hat Man' who paces the lobby, waits by the elevator and was once seen leaning on the piano. Upstairs, a playful girl is blamed for dresser drawer…
Most reports at this 1853 army post focus on the surviving hospital building, where heavy objects are said to have been found moved between closing and opening, and visitors descri…
This 1888 Victorian has a named cast: the Captain, announced by a smell of tarry pipe tobacco; Frank, a former janitor and sailor seen in the kitchen; and Abigail, blamed for slamm…
Open to the public (art museum; admission charged).
The ghost of the old Carnegie Library is called Ralph, a name staff say came from a Ouija session after a library worker felt her sweater tugged in the empty basement in 1972. Late…
Open to the public (restaurant); stop on the Old Town ghost tour.
Guides on Eureka's Old Town ghost tour point to a chandelier said to spin on its own and to a woman in Victorian dress seen in 'Ruby's Room', the upstairs space that once served as…