Spending a night at McMenamins Edgefield in Troutdale, Oregon completely changed how I think about ghosts. This sprawling 74-acre property began as the Multnomah County Poor Farm in 1911, and apparently, some residents never checked out.
Walking the historic halls after dark, I heard footsteps that weren’t mine, caught whiffs of perfume in empty corridors, and felt chills that had nothing to do with Oregon’s rain.
Edgefield even keeps a ghost log, thicker than a phone book, where guests record encounters that defy explanation. Room 215 has such a reputation that skeptics leave believers, and with no TVs or phones to drown out the sounds, every creak, whisper, and rattle feels amplified…