Manresa Castle: Where History Refuses to Sleep

Step inside Manresa Castle in Port Townsend, Washington—a place where history and hauntings blur together. Built in 1892 by Charles Eisenbeis, the town’s first mayor, the castle has lived many lives: a grand family home, a Jesuit monastery, and now a hotel. Along the way, it has gathered stories of lingering spirits: a grieving woman said to have leapt from Room 306, a monk whose footsteps echo in the attic above Room 302, and even playful presences tugging at shoes or turning glasses upside down. Blending Port Townsend’s colorful boomtown past with chilling firsthand encounters, this episode wanders through foggy streets, creaking corridors, and candlelit legends to ask—who still calls the castle home when the lights go out?Manresa Castle:

https://www.manresacastle.com/

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