From the archive
Status: Researched
Chuckanut after dark
Woodstock Farm, a trestle, a tunnel, and a cottage the tours still name when the bay goes black.
The Lummi Island fireball
July 1984: two fishermen watch an orange-and-white spark trail hit the water. The Coast Guard said meteorite. Divers said teacup.
Anacortes Museum
The old Carnegie library. Luella Howard still looks stern in the mural. Staff talk about a librarian who has not clocked out.
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.
Speedy O’Tubbs’ Rhythmic Underground
Nelson Block basement. Nirvana in 1988. A priest, a lock, and a room that has stayed empty.
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.
Bayview Cemetery
Hot spots, a floating figure, monuments nicknamed the Death Bed and Angel Eyes, and an angel that “cries” when it rains.
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
A 1890s Catholic ground off Lakeway, moved in the 1970s. The worry that lasted is whether everyone actually left.
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.
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.