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One person saw a little girl run up the stairs only to vanish halfway up the flight. There are also reports of a woman appearing in the ladies’ restroom. Perhaps both stories feature remnants of a historic underground past. Most people feel there is something hanging out here, and in 2009 they had AGHOST investigate. During the investigation, the team discovered unexplained EMF readings and a recording of a voice. When asked, “Can you hear me?” the voice replied, “I can hear you.”

Unfortunately, DeNunzio’s has closed its doors for good, leaving its ghosts behind for a new owner to encounter lurking in the shadows.

MYSTERY BOOKSHOP

117 Cherry Street

For those who love a good mystery novel, this place can be a dream come true. But the biggest mystery may be the one experienced by one of its employees. When the shop opened in 1990 in an underground location of the Broderick Building at 113 Cherry Street, the staff was unaware that their little bookshop carried more than just books. One employee was working alone when she saw a man in a long jacket and black hat walk by. When she went to address the customer, he disappeared behind the shelves of books never to be seen again. This was not the only time she saw this gentlemen. She saw him from time to time, and she became accustomed to his presence. It wasn’t until months later, when another man came into the store with more interest in the shop than its books, that things fell into place. The curious shopper told her that his great grandfather ran a barber shop in this very spot, many years ago. He then proceeded to pull out a picture of his grandfather that showed a man in a long trench coat and black bowler hat. To her shock, this was a photo of the same man she saw haunting the shop.

In 2005, the Mystery Book Shop moved just down the hall, but they still keep a watchful eye out for their ghostly friend next door.

See also: Broderick Building in this section

UNITED WAY BUILDING

720 Second Avenue

In 2003 United Way took over the old Seattle National Bank, built in 1921. Prior to that, a small church and cemetery once stood on this property. The twenty-four-by-forty foot “Little White Church,” as it was named due to its white paint, was built in 1855, making it Seattle’s first house of worship. Along with it came the city’s first formal cemetery as well. The first documented burials in the Little White Church Cemetery rest on the southwest corner of Second Avenue and Columbia Street, right next to the church, and were the final resting places of two young men killed in the Battle of Seattle in 1856. Other burials included Jonathan Denny, the infant son of David and Louisa Denny, who died in 1867 only a few hours old. The burials in the church cemetery were eventually removed and transported to the Seattle Cemetery.