Within a city, building structure or even landscape terrain there exists calamities, secrets and unexplainable mystery. One may never fully know or comprehend what has subsequently become concealed discreetly from public view. Paranormal activity lurks within the vacuum.
Consequences from evil acts, vice and scandal may become whitewashed and ignored over generations, yet never fully obliterated. This edition documents events, personalities and tragedies that have resisted contemporary amnesia. Their reappearance and intrusion is rarely welcomed by those presently inhabiting the former space. Simply ask anyone who cohabitates with an unsettling spiritual presence or apparition.
Their collective experiences are both vivid and real. Tread lightly and never casually dismiss the presence of spiritual matters unseen but sublimely present.
Washington Haunted and Paranormal Locations:
Port Blakely Harbor Park, Dead Man's Island Hanging, Kane Pioneer Cemetery, Fort Ward Park, Rockaway Beach, Former Port Townsend Union Wharf, Chetzemoka Park, Point Wilson Lighthouse, Port Townsend's Hanging Tree, Port Townsend's Historic Red-Light District, Ann Starrett House, Palace of Sweets Hotel, Cotton Building Public Restroom, Manresa Castle, Swan Hotel, Tse-Whit-Zen Village Excavation Project, Underground Port Angeles Passageways, Port Angeles Fire Hall Building, Crescent Lake, Cape Flattery, Rialto Beach, Chimacum Tribe Eradication, Point No Point Park and Lighthouse, Battle of Port Gamble, Puget Sound Iron Company, Camp Hayden, Shi Shi Beach, Twilight Book and Film Series, Lake View Cemetery, Seattle's Hanging Grounds, Infamous Seattle Fire of 1889, Lou Graham's Bordello, Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, Seattle's Ballard District, People's Theatre, H. K. Owen Building, Brides of Christ Cult, Former Quickstore Location, King Street Rail Station, LaSalle Hotel, Triangle Hotel and Bar, Starvation Heights, Magnolia Bluff, Gaines Point, Wah Mee Gambling Club, Judge Gary Little's Chambers, Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Final Residence, Pang Frozen Food Fire, Aurora Bridge, Jewish Federation Shooting, Garfield High School, Caf� Racer, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle's Jungle, Tacoma's Alfred's Caf�, Bodega Bar, Weaver Film Studios, Trang Dai Caf�, Blue Shield Coffee Shop, Red Barn Door Tavern, Billy Ghol's Floating Fleet, Hi-Joy Bowl and Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Patsy Clark Mansion, Sycamore Square Building and Davenport Hotel
Serial Killer Murder Victim Sites:
Ted Bundy, Green River Killer, Morris Frampton, Jake Bird, Lee Boyd Malvo and Kenneth Bianchi-Anthony D'Amato.
Infamous Murders Sites:
Bainbridge Island Drug Deal Killings, Marge Williams, Jerry Ray and Gary Blanton, Jr., Teri Ward, Elva Mae Young, Norman Boullion's Remains Discovery, Debbie Rowan, Master Woodcarver George Cecil David, Bryce Herda, Civil Rights Activist Edwin Pratt, Charles Goldmark Family, Geneva MacDonald, Singer Mia Zapata, Judge Tom Wales, Capitol Hill Mass Shooting, Mike Webb, Quincey Coleman, Teresa Butz, Max Gasoi, Rafay Family, Paul Mill, Charles Mattson, Ann Marie Burr, Michella Welch and Jennnifer Bastian, Eloise Fitzner, Lynnettee and Kaylene Keller, Niles Meservey, Doug Carlile, Delbert Belton, Jose Solis, Jr., Nathan Trigger Gilstrap, Brian Cole, Barbara Hickey, Fairhaven Werewolf, Louis Bellessa, Timothy Alioth and Donna Plew, Fred Cohen, Dana Enyeart and Bruce Kamp, Edward Weed, Turi Bentley, Meagan Smith and Angelika Hayden, Lau Family, Lynn Heimnsoth, Victor Vasquez and Hank Eisses, Otto Zehm and Dan Lane.
Vickers, Marques: -
Visual Artist, Writer and Photographer Marques Vickers is a California native presently living in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington regions.
He was born in 1957 and raised in Vallejo, California. He is a 1979 Business Administration graduate from Azusa Pacific University in the Los Angeles area. Following graduation, he became the Public Relations and ultimately Executive Director of the Burbank Chamber of Commerce between 1979-84. He subsequently became the Vice President of Sales for AsTRA Tours and Travel in Westwood between 1984-86.
Following a one-year residence in Dijon, France where he studied at the University of Bourgogne, he began Marquis Enterprises in 1987. His company operations have included sports apparel exporting, travel and tour operations, wine brokering, publishing, rare book and collectibles reselling. He has established numerous e-commerce, barter exchange and art websites including MarquesV.com, ArtsInAmerica.com, InsiderSeriesBooks.com, DiscountVintages.com and WineScalper.com.
Between 2005-2009, he relocated to the Languedoc region of southern France. He concentrated on his painting and sculptural work while restoring two 19th century stone village residences. His figurative painting, photography and sculptural works have been sold and exhibited internationally since 1986. He re-established his Pacific Coast residence in 2009 and has focused his creative productivity on writing and photography.
His published works span a diverse variety of subjects including true crime, international travel, California wines, architecture, history, Southern France, Pacific Coast attractions, fiction, auctions, fine art marketing, poetry, fiction and photojournalism.
He has two daughters, Charline and Caroline who presently reside in Europe.
