Hello!

My grandfather and grandmother, Joshua and Dolly Norris, bought the Manresa Castle in 1968 and turned it into a hotel…
I have excellent stories that have been passed on to me from them and my father who lived in the Castle for several years. It really is a spectacular place, and I try to visit every few months when I visit my old hometown.
I recommend, to everybody, visit the Manresa Castle and the city of Port Townsend, both are full of wonderful history.

Desiree Norris

like any one is going to go!!!!!!

Ms. Norris,

Dear Desiree,

My fellow colleage and I feel that there is no way the after life would remain here to haunt the living. To prove this we propose that someone sets us up in a room for a night. Honesty will always remain our true virtrue, however we are very confident that the fear and “supposed hauntings” are self inflicted and that the actual possibility of a ghost sighting happen then we would feel more than happy to report the encounter. Please contact us.

Jesse & Andrew

My wife and I stayed at Manresa Castle for our honeymoon in 1981. At the time we had no information about any hauntings. We had stayed two nights in the “Honeymoon Suite” (I think it’s room 202) and then one night in 302 to take advantage of the view. I awoke in the middle of the night and investigated sounds in the tower area of the room. It sounded as if there was someone in the room. I found and heard nothing further.

Later, I saw a vignette on a kid’s show about that room being haunted. While I don’t believe that I have experienced a “haunting,” it is enough to be curious about.

our house is haunted with evil spirts have been botherd for ever so good luk to any ones house is haunted

Hello There Manresa Castle Fan’s,

I don’t intend to hurt your feelings folks but The historic Port Townsends Manresa Castle Is not haunted It is just an old Beautiful landmark to visit and Have the time of your life, Plus the Hotels staff are very friendly people though and I’ve been going to that Manresa place for 12 years now since 1994 august 26th Well I was 16 years old when I first stayed over night at the Castle back then when Roger O’ Connor was the General Manager and Rhonda Myhre Is the head Manager of the Dining room, It is truly Amazing that the Manresa Castle Is soooo HUGE inperson and The NEW owner Is Preston Massey he seems to be doing an Excellent job at keeping the business of his hotel open to the General Public and That place will NEVER be remodelled inside because there Is a lot of original history In the beauitful historical palace.

Love and Light
Angela,

hey all,

I used to live about 2 blocks from Manresa Castle, me and my brother used to go over there at night to see if it was hunted. But we never saw or heard anything. It’s used to be a way to scare the little kids at the grade school near there but that is all.

Also I’ve never heard this story about the monks. The Story I’ve always heard is that the Castle was built by a rich man in the 1800s for his wife as a wedding present. The woman didn’t want to marry this man but was forced to and after the marrage she jumped out of one of the towers in the Castle, and that to this day on some night you can see her jump to her death out of the tower.

That is the story I always heard, I know what you think but I don’t belive it.

Belive what you want
Shane,

i have been the Manresa and it s a wonderful place to stay , I believe that it is haunted , when i went to the castle its had a errie feeling to it as a entered the castle. I heard of the stories , i went into the room that the woman who commited sucide from. I seemed normal , not cold or errie, just normal. I went outside in front of the castle and from the tower that she ended her life from , she was supposably standing in that window, as what my twin sister said. Manaresa is a beautiful place to stay, and the staff are very nice people , I hope to go back there soon.

Tiffany

Andie:I have been to the castle. My ex told me that it was a haunting experience, so I visited. When I arrived, I saw a boy in burnt clothing looking down at me from the top window. As I walked in I had a bad feeling. I asked the hotel manager if the place was truly haunted. She told me the story of when the castle burned down. I asked her if I could explore the castle and she said yes. As I went to the room which the boy was in, I found out that the room was untouched. Just then I realized that he could have been burned down with Menresa Castle. I have been told that room 202 was the haunted room. That is where someone commited sucide and people have experienced the strangest things such as feeling physical contact with another person when no one was there. Some may say that this castle is not haunted… I believe it is.
Sammy: Trust me when I say that it could very well be haunted. I’ve had my fair share of paranormal experiences. I know you think I’m crazy, but I would not be the person you expect would say this. I’m very scientifical. However, a life time of these experiences have taught me to think otherwise. You may say there is no proof of ghosts and such, but there is also no proof against them. You can’t just say it isn’t real because you can’t see or feel it. Or hear it. Well, yes, sometimes you can. But if that were true, air, love, happiness, and other emotions obviously would not exist. So ha. Take that. Thanks fo reading this. If you disagree… well, that’s your problem, not mine… sucker.
Andie and Sammy

My family visited the castle two years ago for my husband’s birthday, and spent the weekend there in room 202. We heard all the haunting stories, have read the book that the castle is featured in, and then were very pleased to find ourselves having experiences as well. When we first arrived to the room, the television would not turn on; and after much fiddling and fussing, no amount of our attempts could get that darn thing to go on. We switched it off, and decided to do some sight-seeing in town, and before we left the room, the TV came on by itself. When we went sight-seeing, we returned to the room to find a very strong, overpowering smell of smoke in the bathroom. There were no windows in the bathroom, and the room’s only windows were closed. After much investigation and discussing with the staff whether that scent could be coming from a smoking guest outside or perhaps smoking in one of the rooms, they assured us that was not the case. They also told us that other guests had reported the same thing in that room. My husband, my mother and I went out again that evening for drinks, and my daughter stayed in the room to shower and get ready for bed. While we were gone, she heard voices out in the main room while she was in the bathroom, as if the television were on or we had returned, but when she came out, no one was there, and the TV was off. Finally, during the night, my husband awoke to a heavy weight sitting directly on his side of the bed, as if someone had sat down next to him and was pulling his covers tightly. When he sat up, the sensation disappeared. I awoke that night to the sound of footsteps and voices in the room. So believe what you want; but we are ALL convinced that Manresa Castle is indeed haunted, and we were thrilled to have been lucky enough to experience it ourselves! We absolutely LOVE the place!

hey everyone, all this junk about ghost and hauntings is not real!!! you guys are dumb to believe it people are just setting you up!!!

hey, i’ve been to the castle like the rest of you and we took pics of my mom in one of the rooms. When we got the pics back we were surprised because one of them came back with something we cant quite explain. My mom works with a lady who used to work at Manresa and she has a really cool/creepy story. It goes kinda like this: “I was cleaning one of the rooms with my co-worker and all of the sudden, this strong, strong lavender smell came. it was so strong it almost made you sick to your stomach. We threw the sheets down the shoot thinking that perfume from the last person was still on them. We went about 2 floors down and cleaned a different bed. The smell was gone for a while, my guess was about a couple minutes. Then all of the sudden it was back.” i dont know about you but that just gives me goosebumps.
believe what you want, but there is deffenatly something up with the castle.

OH MY GOSH!!!! for the person who sent the message before me, i just wanted to ask if he/she had ever even been there. just because you dont believe, dont ruin it for the rest of us.

hello do you know a good ghosts photos website.IM A BLEAVER. if you know a good ghosts photos website e-mail
me at pom.pom_@hotmail.com

i think u guys that all say that this place is haunted are all high because there is no such thing as ghosts or spirits or floating orbs.

None actually said that there were spirits or floating orbs or anything dude they just said it was haunted and as a studier of the paranormal there is a big difference in what you have said as to what they all have said.

nick

Wow this is all soo cool.. I just got home from Port Townsend.. I was over there for about 2 weeks, and yes, I did go and visit the castle I did not go into it but i drove by it.. While I was driving.. I was excited but surprised to see a figure of a boy who looked like he was 10 11 or 12, in one of the windows right above the side entrance on the right side.. he was wearing dark brown and torn clothing, and he looked really serious he watched our car until we turned the block, and something about the boy made me feel really uncomfortable… it just gave me an eerie feeling?… when we went back by the window I exspecially looked for him and he was nowhere to be seen.
I Believe that the castles are haunted, im hopefully waiting to spend the night there!

Always,
Emily

Hmmm - well in my opinion no one should be closed minded, and you never know what will happen … Jon and I stayed in room 204 of Manresa`s Castle
I do know that our windows were impossible to open and it was dreadfully hot BUT it was an incredible place. I decided to stitch abit then later I put the stitching down on the bench in front of the bed…. I turned and walked away and when I got about 4 steps away all of my stitching made a thud as it hit the floor…. there is no way at all that it should have fallen it was dead center on the bench and heavy enough to have stayed there…. We also passed room 202 in the morning and before even knowing the room was the haunted room we both felt an energy and said to each other that that was the room ….
Try it - it is worth it … and if you dont at all believe in hauntings make your way to the other end of town to Fort Warden and spend the night - now that should send a chill up anyones spine!! Personally even in the day it has its moments!!! Laura in Machias

I would LOVE to visit the castle and see exactly what all the fuss is about. Having already seen a few
‘ghosts’ in my short lifetime, i am always ready to see more… if anyone has information on just how to get a room for a night or two there, i would greatly appreciate it.