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Attention Ghosthunters!
MYSTERY MUSEUM LOCK IN!
Join us for Ghost Poker! (no money but with real antique
poker chips!)
Every Saturday - 10pm-Midnight
Suggested donation:
$5 adult, $3 ages 8-16
Children must be accompanied by a brave adult!
Arrive a few minutes before 10pm
Sign up suggested or stop
by before 10pm
206-328-6499
If you dare!
Welcome to the Museum Lockin!
You will be participating in our ongoing paranormal
investigation of our resident ghost, Peter Alexander
Dunnovitch. We are using a variety of ghost research
tools employed from the Nineteenth Century to the present
time. According to the precepts of American Spiritualism,
your active and willing participation is very important
and much appreciated by all of us here at the Museum,
both those of us "on this side of the veil" and those
of us "with us In Spirit".
Why are we playing poker? Through volunteer sensitives
(psychics) we have learned that Alexander (he preferred
to be called Alexander over Peter) was a gambler who
played here when this building was a speakeasy during
Prohibition.
We have had EMF readings rise during games of "ghost
poker" as we attract Alexander's presence through the
familiar sounds of riffling cards and clicking chips.
You'll notice we have at Alexander's place at the table
a drink and his favorite "coffin nails". Alexander likes
ladies with a bit of sass to them, but he prefers them
to behave as ladies with respect to their language and
deportment; he seems also to like gentlemen who are
"sports" who know their cardplaying.
Traditional Forms of Spirit Communication: EMF fluctuations
Direct manipulation of electric equipment EVP Rapping,
scratching, or creaking sounds Drop in temperature Unexplained
movement of objects Cool breezes Tingling sensation
Odors (tobacco, perfume) Sounds (including music) Direct
psychic impressions.
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Nikola Tesla - what our ghost is said to look like!
Dare to be locked into the museum - one of Seattle's
most haunted buildings 10pm-Midnight and tour the back
hallways and areas of Seattle's first post-prohibition
bar!
Lock in also includes a stop over to the Northwest's
most haunted theater - the Harvard Exit.
Ghost history of Capitol Hill, Seattle and the Northwest
haunts, Ghost Stories, and ghost hunting while you try
and solve the mystery of the building's own ghost -
Peter Alexander Dunnovitch. Nothing staged, dare to
experience any strange sounds, smells and sightings
that appear.
Only for the brave at heart ages 8 and up. Children
must be accompanied by a brave adult. If you dare!
Ghost Poker Oct. 28, 2006
The chair for our ghost Peter Alexander Dunnovitch is
on the right.
Note the yellow indicator light on the K-II EMF field
detector indicating a spike - a 5milligauss higher reading
than the normal single green light indicator.
Hear a book
drop when we are talking about murder mysteries!
Occured Sat. Sept. 9, 2006
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Every
Saturday
7pm
meeting at the
Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
623 Broadway E.
Suggested donation:
$5 adult, $3 ages 8-16
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Capitol
Hill Ghost Tour
- a guided historical tour of
Seattle's most historically haunted locations, famous
ghosts
and history with a review on Capitol H ill's prohibition
history.
Reservations suggested for groups or school classes.
206-328-6499
Join us on a guided walking tour around Capitol Hill's
historical haunts, highlighting Harvard Exit Theater,
Seattle's pioneers, and other historical sites around
Capitol Hill.
The tour is approximately
an hour and a half of easy walking with a
Highlighting:
Harvard Exit Theater
Deluxe Bar and Grill
Loveless Building
Famous People
and Ghosts of Seattle:
Princess Angeline - Daughter of Chief Seattle
Kurt Cobain, Nellie Cornish,
Dennys, Frances Farmer, Jimi Hendrix, Bertha Landes,
Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee
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Tarot Readings
posted when available
$5 for 10 minute reading
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Tarot Readings now available in our new
Gypsey Tea Room
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WIERD
SCIENCE SALON
First Fridays of Every Month
Fri. Feb 5 at 7pm
$2 sugg. donation
Warning:
Wierd refreshments
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Bill Beaty illuminating a Crooke's
tube.
1st Friday of every month
WIERD SCIENCE
SALON by Bill Beaty
Tesla
http://amasci.com/wsci/
Contact Bill Beaty
e-amil billb@eskimo.com
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Parapsychology
Testing |
Every Day
Test your ESP ability with
Rhine Cards
Rhine cards were developed by
Dr. Karl Zener and J.B. Rhine in the 1920s, and have
been used in experiments to indicate ESP capability
weighing against statistical probability.
Test your psychic
ability with Zener or Rhine Cards!
For all ages
A fun easy way
to find out if you have that sixth sense!
Zener cards were developed by
Dr. Karl Zener and J.B. Rhine in the 1920s and consist
of five simple symbols: star, circle. square, cross
& wavy lines.
Five cards of each symbol are
used in a total of 25 cards per deck.
The sender shuffles the deck and focuses on each card
for a few moments. The receiver senses the symbol that
the sender is focusing on.
This is an excercise in telepathy
for two people to use.
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Oxygen
Bar
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Every day - Seattle's
only Oxygen Bar
Medical quality Swing Arm compressor dispenses 90%
oxygen reported to help hangovers, headaches and allergies.
Scents include eucalyptis, lavendar, rose, tangerine,
peppermint, ylang ylang (madagascar flower)
Located in the library. Ask for price and nose hoses
at desk.
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Capitol Hill Ghost Tour
- a guided historical tour of
Seattle's most historically haunted locations, famous
ghosts
and history with a review on Capitol H ill's prohibition
history.
Every
Saturday
7pm
meeting at the
Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
623 Broadway E.
Suggested donation:
$5 adult, $3 ages 8-16
Reservations suggested for groups or school classes.
206-328-6499
Join us on a guided walking tour around Capitol Hill's
historical haunts, highlighting Harvard Exit Theater,
Seattle's pioneers, and other historical sites around
Capitol Hill.
The tour is approximately
an hour and a half of easy walking with a
Highlighting:
Harvard Exit Theater
Deluxe Bar and Grill
Loveless Building
Famous People
and Ghosts of Seattle:
Princess Angeline - Daughter of Chief Seattle
Kurt Cobain, Nellie Cornish,
Dennys, Frances Farmer, Jimi Hendrix, Bertha Landes,
Bruce Lee, Brandon Lee
Bob RogerTango Brown of Westenders Scooter Club on the
ghost tour uses a ghost detector
to look for the paranormal in a haunted mirror at the
Harvard Exit theater
(photo: Samantha Hill) www.westenders.org
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Come see and here the story of Mini-Max the Crystal Skull
when Max the Healing Skull visited the museum in April of
2007.
On permanent dispaly:
An actual WTO Battle in Seattle rubber bullet. Courtesy of
Bob Dillworth
NEWS!
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The
museum was recently visited by X-Files Character
Richard Ringo Langley - The Lone Gunman
Dean Haglund!
Dean
Haglund is currently filming for his new documentary
The Truth is Out There.
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Another Legend who
lived in Seattle
President Barack Obama's neighbors were
Bruce Lee and Jimi Hendrix
Researcher's
Commentary: From
our extensive research, documentation found and interviews
with locals who knew Ann and Barack firsthand, it
appears Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and his mother
Ann moved here to attend the Univ. of Washington shortly
thereafter.
1961 and 1962 were the same years Bruce Lee lived
on Broadway and Jefferson - just a short distance
away and was practicing and training his martial arts
in the parking lots and streets of Capitol Hill and
on the campus of the Univ. of Washington. Stanley
Ann Obama and Bruce Lee likely crossed paths.
Ann and Barack also lived just North of where Jimi
Hendrix graduated Garfield High School.
Also of note the Ann attended the Univ. of Washington
the year President John F. Kennedy would speak at
the Univ. in Nov. of 1961 and undoubtedly would have
inspired Ann Obama. Ann would also likely have been
inspired by
a speech given shortly thereafter in Nov. of 1961
at the Univ. by a young Martin Luther King.
Permission to copy these articles
is granted provided full context is posted and credited
to authors.
Stanley Ann Dunham Obama and Barack Obama
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From Capitol
Hill to Capitol Hill
Confirmation that Barack Obama lived on Capitol
Hill - Seattle
by Charlette LeFevre
1/6/09
Very little has been written about President
Barack Obamaıs mother Stanley Ann Dunhamıs time
here in Seattle. Brief articles and even briefer
accounts from schoolmates make the person who
was the ³most influential² person in Barackıs
life all the more intriguing. A single mother
who enrolled in the University of Washington
in 1961 and 1962 extension program she likely
came across many social prejudices in the predominantly
all white campus.
Perhaps Anna Obama felt more at ease in the
diverse neighborhood of Capitol Hill which housed
many students from the neighboring colleges.
Recently located was a listing for Stanley Ann
Obama in the 1961 Polk directory at the Seattle
Public Library : "Obama Anna Mrs studt h516
13th av E apt. 2"
There is now no denying the
fact that the U.Sıs next president had his first
residence here in Capitol Hill Seattle albeit
as a diapered infant. The apartment house was
in the 500 block of 13th Ave. East between Republican
and Mercer but no longer exists.
In its place is ³The Edge² apartments recently
known as the ³Somerset Apartments². The property
also aligns with ³Capitol Park Apartments² owned
by Seattle Housing Authority. This 1937 photo
of the 516 apartment house shows a three story,
21 room house. Stanley Ann Obama and an infant
Barack Obama it is believed [now confimred]
lived on the second floor.
[Note, 9/3/09: this was the
same area were Bruce Lee lived and was also
attending the University of Washington at the
same time as Ann Obama.]
So, if your in the area, drive
by and take a look at the neighborhood and when
you pass by an infant, stop and say hello, you
never know, these kids could grow up to be the
next President of the United States.
The house photo was provided
by: Washington State Archives, Puget Sound Branch,
King County Assessor Property Record Card collection
photograph (1937).
Many thanks Philip Lipson Libarian, to Leif
for asking the question, Steve on the 9th floor
of the Seattle Public Library, Helen and Don
of Seattle Housing Authority and Midori Okazaki
of Washington State Archives.
Read again this article published
in the Capitol Hill Times website.
From
Capitol Hill to Capitol Hill
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Baby Sitting Barack
Obama on Seattleıs Capitol Hill
by Charlette LeFevre and Philip Lipson
Seattle Museum of the Mysteries
1/28/09
Mary Toutonghi, 2009
A simple act of of kindness
confirms President Barack Obama residence as an infant
in 1962 on Seattleıs Capitol Hill.
As we were researching
the residence of the Capitol Hill apartment that Ann
Dunham and her son Barack Obama had lived in 1961
to 1962, (1) - a residence that certainly wasnıt Abraham
Lincolnıs log cabin but none the less historical,
we were also able to find one of the former residents
listed in a directory- Mary Toutonghi. Much to our
delight it turned out Mary actually knew Ann Dunham
and had baby sat baby Barack for two months giving
insight on his first year and what it must have been
like for Ann Dunham as a single parent.
Mary Toutonghi who now
lives in Soldatna Alaska, (2) recalls Barack as ³a
really alert baby, very happy and a good size². She
does not remember him ever crying (although she adds
she is sure he likely did but does not remember any
undue fussing). She recalls as best she can the dates
she baby sat Barack as her daughter was 18 months
old and was born in July of 1959 and that would have
placed the months of baby sitting Barack in January
and February of 1962. [Note: 9/3/09: I believe Mary's
daughter was older than what she remembered which
would account for the age discrepency].
During our first interview,
Mary referred to Stanley Ann Dunham as ³Anna² not
knowing that it was the same name as what was listed
in the Seattle City Directory. This verified for us
that indeed Mary had known Ann Dunham. Anna was obviously
confident enough with Mary to have her baby sit her
son Barack and confide in her about her future plans.
Mary strains to remember the days back over forty
five years ago and relates that she did not know why
Anna was in Seattle but remembers she was ³anxious
to get back to her husband². ³She told me they would
be going to Kenya when she finished her education
which she had promised her parents when she had married,
but because her husband had an obligation to his tribe
she realized he would have to take another wife that
was a full blooded Kenyan². Mary commented that ³I
donıt think I could have been that brave.²
Mary explained most of
the people in the apartment house were Seniors and
were retired so it was most likely she was the only
one in the house able to baby sit Barack. Mary was
a stay at home mother while her husband was taking
classes at the nearby Seattle University. She lived
directly below Anna and Barack in the level she calls
the basement. She remembers the windows in their basement
apartment being at chin level and she had a great
view of the yard and trees. One day she recalls with
laughter, a squirrel had fallen through the one of
the ground level windows and after quickly scampering
up its tree scolded the family for a good hour.
Mary goes on to relate
after we sent her a 1937 photo of the apartment from
Washington State Archives, the apartment Anna and
Barack lived in was the on the first main floor and
the windows looked out over the street. Anna and baby
Barackıs apartment in the photo were the three paned
windows on the far right corner of the building above
the garage. The main floor had been divided into four
studio apartments about 500 square feet each- indeed,
a tiny apartment compared to the White House. The
first house of Barack Obama no longer exists having
been torn down in 1985. An apartment complex now is
on the block along with twin residential towers ³Capitol
Park² owned by Seattle Housing Authority.
Mary also laughs when
asked for pictures saying ³We were in survival mode
and not taking pictures². Mary remembers Anna as ³very
mature who never complained and met her obligations².
Anna was taking night classes at the University of
Washington and according to the University of Washingtonıs
registrarıs office her major was listed as History.
She was enrolled at the University of Washington in
the fall of 1961, took a full course load in the Spring
of 1962 and had her transcript transferred to the
University of Hawaii in the Fall of 1962.
Along with the Seattle
Polk Directory, Marc Leavipp of the University of
Washington Registrarıs office confirms 516 13th Ave.
E. was the address Ann Dunham had given upon registering
at the University. Today, when one looks back to the
small apartment in 1962 in which a kind neighbor helped
care for our nationıs leader and a struggling mother
strived to get an education, its inspiring to know
that even small gestures in the most difficult of
situations can help a baby rise from humble beginnings
to achieve greatness.
Ann Dunham later received
a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the Univ. of Hawaii.
Mary Toutonghi now lives
in Soldatna Alaska and was 2001 President of the Alaska
Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
And one little baby grew
up to achieve the audacity of hope.
Permission to copy this
article is granted provided full context is posted
and credited to authors.
Mary Toutonghi photo
courtesy of Mary Toutonghi and Jenny Neyman.
House photo was provided by: Washington State Archives,
Puget Sound Branch, King County Assessor Property
Record Card collection photograph (1937).
1. Barack Obama: from Capitol Hill to Capitol Hill
by Charlette LeFevre, www.capitolhilltimes.com
2. Obama baby sitter awaits new era Soldotna woman
eager for former chargeıs reign By Jenny Neyman, Redoubt
Reporter, Soldotna AK, 1/20/09
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Suggestions
for a Seattle's Mystery Tour
Self - Tour some alternative
cool stuff while you are in Seattle
Capitol Hill:
Bruce Lee's Gravesite - Lakeview Cemetery
Seattle Museum of the Mysteries - Broadway,
Capitol Hill
Deluxe Bar and Grill's - Killer Mini Mac and
Cheese
Dillitante Chocolate Restaurant on Broadway
Vivace Coffee - Seattle's best Roaster on Broadway
Jimi Hendrix statue on Broadway across from
Seattle Central Community College, Broadway
and Pine
Seattle:
Hidden 70 ft. tall Totem Pole at Seattle Center.
Just West of the Space Needle across from the
Center House Bistro
Woolly Mammoth tusk in the front window of Frontier
Gallery next to the Space Needle
Pike Place Market:Art work at Pike Place market
that marks the place of Princess Angeline -
daughter of Chief
Seattle.Location where Barack Obama lived
the first year of his life at 516 13th Ave E
and Mercer on Capitol Hill - now the Edge Apartments
International District:
Panama Hotel Espresso and Tea - Main St. International
District China Town
Bruce Lee's first dojo - studio - Ho Ho Restaurant
on Weller St.
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The
Mystery of the Crying Cadavers
Seattle's
Most Culturally Offensive Exhibit
ABC News shows cadavers may
have come from prisoners
These
exhibits are banned or shut down in
Hawaii, San Francisco, California, Germany,
Russia, France and recently Venezuela.
The Mystery is why is it back in Seattle again?
Seen the show?
Ask for a refund from Seattle Theater Group
For more information click HERE
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Photos from the first
annual Seattle Faerie Festival at
Volunteer Park in Capitol Hill.Faerie Artist
crowned as
Seattle Faerie Queen 2008
Click HERE
for more photos
Mayor Greg Nickels visits the Seattle
Museum of the Mysteries May 16, 2009 during his Capitol
Hill tour
with Grover the Sasquatch named after Grover Krantz
Washington State University Anthropologist.
The mayor was touring to talk with North Capitol Hill
business owners about how they are doing and was informed
by the musuem
things could be going better.
The Mayor impressively was familiar with Bertha Knight
Landes, one of Seattle's first and only female mayors,
having her book
and upon being shown a photo of Barack Obama's house
on Capitol Hill where he lived for a short time in 1962,
Greg Nickols
did recall Barack saying something about how his mother
had lived in the area.
This photo does not imply any political endorsement.
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 Seattle
Museum of the Mysteries
Top Haunted Public Locations
around Puget Sound
1. Harvard Exit
Theater - Seattle
2. Lost City of Wellington - Stephen's Pass
3. Pike Place Market
4. Maynard Alley - International District,
site of the Wah Mee massacre
5. Fort Worden - Port Townsend
6. University Heights - University District
7. Deluxe Bar and Grill - Seattle
8. Elite Bar - Seattle
9. Thornewood Castle - Lakewood, WA
10.
Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery - Capitol Hill
Seattle
Visit the museum
to hear more about these haunted locations.
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Spirits of Seattle - Seattle's Famous Four
Click on illustration for
more local info and photos on
Bruce Lee, Kurt Cobain, Frances Farmer
and Jimi Hendrix
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