Field notes from the foggy side
Strange things grow in the rain.
Haunted rooms, trail talk, and the quiet that listens back.
Bayview Cemetery
Hot spots, a floating figure, monuments nicknamed the Death Bed and Angel Eyes, and an angel that “cries” when it rains.
The train tunnel south of Fairhaven
Local crime writing places an unidentified hanging in the tunnel. Treat it as a reported find, not a campfire punchline.
Speedy O’Tubbs’ Rhythmic Underground
Nelson Block basement. Nirvana in 1988. A priest, a lock, and a room that has stayed empty.
The Palace Meat Market hatchet murder
April 1905, butcher Frederick L. Dames, still unsolved. The building later drank under other names. The meat hooks are part of the telling.
The Herald Building elevator
A 1926 newsroom pile, and an elevator that still makes the run with no hand on the lever.
The Home Store / Spark Museum
A 1930 gunshot in a women’s clothing shop, dress-shoe footsteps after hours, and a theremin that did not need a player.
Old Town Café
Piano music with no piano, a kitchen that will not stay still, and a woman in a second-story window who will not be looked at twice.
Judy at the Mount Baker Theatre
Opened in 1927 on razed houses and a church. Staff still talk about Judy in the balcony corridor, and a cat that hunts the basement.
Wardner’s Castle
A three-story mansion over the bay, a mural of spirits, and a run of dreams and sightings that quieted when a painted face was covered.
The Green Lady of Sycamore Square
In Fairhaven’s Mason Block, a woman in a long green dress is still said to cross the rooms and turn the chairs toward the bay.