Haunted AK History

Kennedy
AK Studies
 Haunted History
• Much of Alaska has had a wild past.
• I will start a short presentation on the
haunted sites of Fairbanks and continue
with some stories that are very
interesting.
• I am doing this for a certain student who
always asks questions. Yes, I really do
listen……
 White Lady of Birch Hill
• The most notable ghost of Fairbanks is
the White Lady of Birch Hill Cemetery.
• She has been sighted since the 1930’s
• She always appears in a 1900’s dress
and fancy hat.
 Bartlett Hall
• The second floor of Bartlett hall tends to be
haunted.
• Reportedly things go missing and you can
hear footsteps.
• It is rumored to be in the location of a student
who committed suicide in the dorms.
• It is also the floor where a student was
mysteriously murdered in the 1990s.
 Skyline Ranch
• This used to be a gambling hall. The
deceased owner seems to show up
every once in a while.
• He seems to shuffle throughout the
property.
• He hasn’t returned recently when he
was asked to leave.
 Gold Dredge No. 8
• A man was murdered in the 1970’s and was
found floating in the reclamation pit.
• The story was that he had an affair on his
young wife and her brothers deep-sixed him
into the reclamation pit where he resurfaced
more than 5 years later.
• Since that time voices have been
heard.Doors open and close and people hear
talking late at night. Is it haunted? Go ahead
you stay there all night!
 Mile 6-8 CHSR
• Lights that look like headlights that
follow people driving late at night.
• The lights then careen away at the last
second before they seem to impact
people.
• They are less like UFOs and more like a
phantom driver.
 Captain Bartlett Inn
• Some of the rooms have orbs that move
through the halls.
• Supposedly glasses sometimes move
around the bar.
• The Anchorage Supernatural group
investigated this haunting with
inconclusive findings.
 Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
• Angels appear in the and backrooms
hallways when a baby dies in the
nursery.
• Babies can be heard in the room when
no one is there.
• The temperatures also tend to drop to
below 60F when it happens.
 Fairbanks Memorial Hospital
• There are also many stories about a
haunted hallway that the lights turn off
and you hear whisperings.
• The lights only go off during certain
days.
 Northern Lights Hotel
• Northern Lights Hotel - This is the hotel that is across
from the courthouse.
• The third floor of this building a little girl died. After
that the hotel closed off that part of the building. The
front desk has reported getting phone calls form the
third floor room #303, a little girl saying she's looking
for her mother and then hanging up. No one was in the
third floor.
• The Fifth floor is also haunted with a strange man with
glasses who looks out of the curtains.
• The police are often called to find people and there is
nobody present.
 Key Bank Building
• This was once a hospital during the
1918 Flu epidemic and reportedly late
at night the walls look to bleed blood
and that you can also listen to voices
and crying.
• The Catholic church the Chena from the
Key Bank building also has this same
strange quality.
 The Phantom Cab
• The Phantom Cab license 109 has appeared
throughout Fairbanks.
• The driver will go up to your house and pound
on your door asking you to help him with his
family. When you refuse him he will
reluctantly leave. However, when you ask the
cab company they will inform you that the cab
doesn’t exist.
 The TCC Building
• Supposedly several of the ladies of the night
lived and died in cabins located near the
banks of the Chena location where the
present building now stands.
• Late at night strange things happen on the
fifth floor. People feel that things follow them
around all night long. Others reported that
elevators appeared to operate and open on
their own. People let their fear take over with
the fifth floor.
 Dead Man’s Slough and the
PAC
• Many people believe that the first
person killed in Fairbanks was found
floating facedown in the slough that is
located where the present day WVHS is
situated. To this day, many believe that
the ghost of this murdered miner
appears as a white form floating above
the audience watching the plays and
concerts that are held there.
 The Disappeared Cat
• There was once a Drama teacher at West
Valley who had a kitten who she brought with
her to a overnight lockin in the Dewilde Theatre.
• The kitten disappeared for most of the night
and could not be found. Then early the next
morning the kitten was found and it appeared to
be playing with someone who could not be
seen.
• Sometimes students in DeWilde will see the
rigging move and bounce on their own. So, if
you get detention you better be good……
 The Westmark Hotel
• The present location of the Westmark
hotel used to be a house that was
plagued by the ghost of some
mischievous miners. Supposedly things
would move on their own and other
things would be thrown all over. Now
the ghosts only seem to bother the
cooks in the restaurant.
 Ryan Middle School
• The mat room at Ryan Middle school is
said to be haunted by a homeless
student who died alone there during a
Christmas break. Sometimes the
wrestling coaches or wrestlers will see
the student who appears lost and talks
but does not seem to actually say
anything.
 Porky the ghost
• There is another haunting that is about
1 block from WVHS. The old owner was
a UDT from WWII.
• He loved pies. One night he actually put
a pumpkin pie in the oven and cooked it
until it was noticed.
• He also turned the lights on and off.
 Lathrop Street Apartments
• The Lathrop Street Apartments number
205 has a very angry drunken ghost
who will appear with the smell of
alcohol.
• This apartment is seldom opened.