Historic haunted places in Skagway, AK. 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.
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Haunted place
Gold Rush Cemetery Rd, off the Klondike Hwy, Skagway, AK 99840
Open (daylight hours, Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park).
Skagway's oldest cemetery holds con man Soapy Smith and Frank Reid, who shot each other on Juneau Wharf in July 1898. Local ghost-tour lore says their feud never ended and that the…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
299 Broadway, Skagway, AK 99840
Closed as a hotel since 2002 (building in commercial use).
Built in 1898 at the height of the Klondike rush, the hotel is tied to Mary, who is said to have died in Room 23 waiting for her prospector fiance to return. Witnesses describe a w…
Source: atlasobscura.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
205 Broadway, Skagway, AK 99840
Open seasonally (saloon and museum, mid-April to late September).
Opened in 1898 as a bordello for gold rush miners, the Red Onion now runs a saloon downstairs and a brothel museum upstairs. Lydia, a former madam, is said to haunt it, announced b…
Source: atlasobscura.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.