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Adelaida - Adelaida Cemetery - A ghost wearing a long white nightgown makes her appearance in this old cemetery every Friday night between 10pm and midnight.
This Mennonite ghost lays flowers on the grave on one of her children that died in the Diphtheria epidemic. She may have also committed suicide in her own life.- February 2004 update/correction: was formerly posted under Palo Altos –
It is actually located 20 miles outside of Paso Robles - a ghost researcher visited this cemetery in August 17, 2001 and even though they did not see any ghosts while taking photos, an apparition which may have been "Charlotte" showed up on their film/negative along with another one of a large orb. They had three witnesses with them that particular day and night to verify that there were no one else in that cemetery, except of course, the spirits. we are awaiting the link to the pictures they are referring to, this sounds fascinating.
Agoura - 101 Freeway near Las Virgines Road - Young man killed by drunk driver on that road. Driver was convicted and committed suicide. Accident appears to recreate itself, most strongly on the anniversary of the accident. CHP has had reports of accidents at that area caused by people swerving to miss the white car, although later investigations show that the white car was never there.
Alameda - Kaufman Auditorium - you can hear noises and people have sighted a female ghost walking around backstage.
Alameda - USS Hornet - Many ghosts reported being seen by those who are caretakers of the old aircraft carrier. Ghosts of sailors who perished on board are well documented.
Alameda - Washington Elementary School - Reports when people are alone in there they get cold chills, hear knocking and scratching when no one was around there is a ghosts of a young boy about 13 years old walking the halls at night.
Alhambra - Alhambra high school - a few years ago a girl hung herself on the bridge and at night people hear and see people running around the track at night even though there is nobody there
Alhambra - Phoenix Inn - Its is said that there is a woman figure ghost walks in and out of the kitchen and goes around the tables and watches what people order and sits there and admires what you eat.
Alhambra - Ramona Convent Secondary School - Students have reported seeing a "white nun" roaming the library. Many girls have claimed to have heard the piano in one of the school buildings being played while no one is in the building.
After a student drowned in the school pool stories surfaced of the victim tugging at the swimmers legs.
Alhambra - Ultrazone - Workers have reported hearing whistling in the arena after closing. The arena has also been reported to fill up with fog long after the fog machines have been shut off. The light located near the back exit has been seen to mysteriosly change colors.
Altadena - Angeles National Forest/The Haunted Forest (Cobb Estate) - Screams can be heard from these people, and strange lights can be seen from the flashlights they once carried.
Altadena - Loma Alta street - Gravity Hill - on this hill you are facing downhill and if you stop and you place the car on neutral you will go backwards up the hill. finger prints are reported to be found (According to legend... a girl took her parents car for a wild ride with friends and on this hill lost
control and spun out of control and killed herself and her 3 friends. now they try to push you back up the hill.)
Altadena - Zane Grey Mansion. - owners noticed that the house had very cold spots near the fireplaces, library, kitchen and pantry. The kitchen clock would cease working when certain people entered the kitchen. From time to time you can
hear someone walking across the butler's pantry floor to the formal dining room.
Amboy - Amboy School - The Teacher and students, K-8 , have experienced someone coming in the front door but when looking out into the hall from the classroom, there is no one there. Also, on windless days, the swings out on the back playground would swing on their own. Down in the gym, at night, when students play basketball, items would relocate themselves; a broom, standing against the wall, would be seen standing against another wall. This of course unseen by the students until they looked to see the broom was in a new location. The teacher,
working down in the school at night, on numerous occasions, experienced something watching her and one night has to abandon her lesson preparations and beeline it out of there pronto...is was said that several Indians working on the nearby railroad (1868) died and that their ghosts roam the town. The school was
closed in 1999.... there is the Amboy Cemetery located down by the tracks with approximately 15 souls buried there. Amboy currently is up for sale.
Anaheim - Anaheim Fairfield Inn By Marriott - This motel is right next to a freeway and it is said to be haunted by a couple that died in a car accident that took place on the freeway.
Anaheim - Anaheim High School - There's a bomb shelter under the school from World War 2. You could here constant banging on the old locked steel door on certain nights usually after football games.
Anaheim - Anaheim High School - Theatre/Auditorium - Voices have been heard in the auditorium and deep laughter in the balcony , erratic footsteps have been heard on the roof.
Anaheim - chain reaction - employees report talking and laughing late at night in back alley and in bathrooms upon investigation no one is there also. A bum was found dead in the back alley and the venue was converted to a club from a Mexican restaurant which was formerly a biker bar where their were many reported
stabbings.
Anaheim - Disneyland - The Disney Gallery - which is above the Pirates of the Caribbean, use to be Walt Disney's in park apartment. Workers have reported that after park closing and in the early morning, they see a figure of a tall man walking around in the Gallery. He is believed to be the spirit of Walt himself. Cold spots are also reported by numerous visitors.
Anaheim - House of Blues - The area behind the mosh pit on the first floor is where the hot spot is. People have been brushed against, touched, and pushed by something, but when they look there is no one there. It happens so casually that you don't even realize it the first time.
Anaheim - Kmart on Euclid - Employees have reported things falling off of shelves after closing. Some report seeing a girl. Her name is supposedly Isa or Isabel.
Anaheim - Performing Arts Building (Formerly a senior home)- Reports of feeling a presence, the feelings of being followed, cold spots, & hearing footsteps & whistles can be experienced on the second floor.
Anaheim - Red Cross House - It is said that it is haunted by the original caretaker. When you get to the room where the children lived you feel a strange presence. In the first room at the entrance if you look at the picture while your going up the stairs you see the eyeballs on the picture of the caretaker
you see them watching you. Also when you go up to the second story people mostly females get pushed at a male if they seem to be a perfect couple.
Anaheim hills - Esperanza High School - whenever on campus, if you look, spit, stand next to a certain teachers door, you are determined to have a bad day, suicidal feelings are common. In 1978 a teacher died in that class room. Rumor
is He was brutally murdered by some other teachers, including the current head football coach. Every so often you hear screams during the day, and pounding in the empty classroom.
Antelope Acres - Rosmond - Burnt down insane asylum - Strange feelings, weird occurrences, burnt rubbish, human remains, human sacrifice materials, and extreme temperature difference from outside.
Anderson - City Hall - The Anderson City Hall used to be a dance hall during the 1800's. An Indian woman and her child were murdered on the site. Workers have heard sounds of dance music and the cries of a child late at night.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - These mines are haunted by the White Witch. In life, her name was Mary. She was a nanny in the 1800's when there was still coal mining in the mines. All of the children died of illnesses and she was accused of Witchcraft, then executed. She guards the mines and when people see her, she
is all white.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - The Rosehill Cemetery - haunted by Sarah Norton, also known as the "White Witch". She was a midwife and on her way to deliver a baby her carriage fell over and she was crushed. She is seen in the graveyard floating around the tombstones.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - Somersville - Sarah Norton - Sarah Norton was a midwife who died on the way to deliver a baby when her carriage over turned and killed her. Sarah was not a religious woman and told her kids that she did not want a funeral. So when she died the town s people of Somersville wanted to give her a funeral. The first time they went to give her a funeral a fierce storm struck up and cause the towns people to delay the funeral till the next day, the next time they tried to give her a funeral another storm came out of no where and the live stock started charging thru town, at that point the towns people stopped trying to give her a funeral and just brought her to Rosehill Cemetery, From that day her sprit has been seen around Somersville and the other locations
where the mining towns use to be know as The Black Diamond Mines in eastern Contra Costa County and other locations off of marsh creek rd. Her ghost has
been known to be called the White Witch.
Antioch - Brentwood - Gravity Hill - In the 1950's a school bus was driving kids home from a field trip. It skidded into a wash and all the kids drowned. If you go there, put your car in neutral around the turn, you get pushed up the hill.
It's supposedly by the kids who died in the bus crash and they want to keep you from the same fate.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Gates of Hell - Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. Possibly torn down - In the middle of Empire Mine road, there is a Stuckko wall with a bunch of spray paint on it. If you like to take hikes, this is the place to go. There is a rumor of an old Insane Asylum at
the very end of this road. You will come to another gate then behind their lies this old decrepit Structure of a hospital. Many people were killed brutally in this place, and it is VERY haunted by not so nice spirits. Things have been thrown at people, they have been pushed and screams have been heard from the people being tortured by themselves or another. - October 2003 update: Reports of it being a golf course now.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Rail Road Mine - Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. Possibly torn down - At the end of Empire mine road, there is an old railroad track tunnel that is pretty spooky inside. There are bats inside it and you can hear voices at the end of the tunnel.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Slaughterhouse -Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. - An old slaughterhouse stands in the corner of the road after the first bend. It is haunted by an old man who walks the grounds and
makes sure that everything is ok, and that no one gets hurt while there. Strange noises are heard inside the first building where they chopped up the meat. Clanking inside of the circle figured tubes towards the back of the property. Chains clank all around and you can hear footsteps behind you like someone is
watching over you. Just remember to watch your step!
Antioch - St. James Presbyterian Church - This old church, located on Leland Avenue in San Francisco has a history of hauntings. Late at night, footsteps can be heard walking up the stairs, doors shut, etc. Also, on more than one occasion, late at night, doors that normally open easily will be impossible to
open, as if a ton of bricks is on the other side of the door. Later, the doors will be found wide open.
Antioch - Vasco road - you can hear people if you get out of your car running around. breathing and invisible people is also reported. if you don’t feel like getting out of your car, it is scary just to drive through in the dark.
Apple Valley - The Neurology Rehab Clinic - Used to be the old Apple Valley Inn. Reported to have 3 ghosts, The man hung himself, one woman was murdered and no one really knows what happened to the third one. She is always dressed in white
and is seen only at a certain part of the old building. The man is sometimes seen walking across the parking lot, but then he disappears. None of the ghosts are harmful. The rehab center is now a private school for the mentally challenged. And there is a soil company there and an old barbershop.
Apple Valley - Jicarilla Rd. - Witnesses have seen a shape of a man run across the street super fast and it starts chasing you then it disappears at a certain point.
Arcadia - First Avenue Middle School - The school used to have a pool, but someone drowned in it and they covered it over. Teachers said they've heard footsteps at night through the halls, even after they've set the alarm, and if anyone was in the halls the alarm would go off. Loud banging on the lockers and girl's locker room doors have also been heard, and water goes on and off by itself, the toilets also flush by themselves. Lockers with locks on them are closed one minute and open the next even when there's no one else in the room. Some students have seen a figure of a little boy wondering through the halls
late at night with a "green glow" to him.
Arcata - Humboldt Brewery - The original proprietor of the building (and several others nearby) is known to haunt the pub and periodically cause it to be known. Employees report moving furniture, dishes etc. during their shifts and the ghost
is well known to established patrons.
Armagosa - Armagosa hotel and opera house - haunted by several ghosts who were residents during the borax mining. The hotel workers have pictures of orbs and many stories as well as some documentaries have been filmed on the hauntings.
Arroyo Garnde - Rose Victorian Inn - The Tower Room - Although it is no longer a hotel, but a wedding/special events business, the building is still the same. The tower room of this three-story pink mansion is thought to be inhabited by the ghost of a 9-year-old girl named Alice. She has been spotted on more than
one occasion and guests of the inn have heard the girl laughing, according to Ghosts of the Haunted Coast, by Richard L. Senate. In his book, Senate said that a psychic was taken to the inn, not knowing of the rumored ghost, and spotted her as she walked up the staircase. She said the girl had pigtails and was
wearing a long dress with a small apron. Apparently the ghost likes cats.. The owners told the psychic later that they had discovered a number of cats sleeping near the window in the tower.
Arroyo Grande - Rose Victorian Inn - The nursery - It is said that a young girl "Alice" haunts the old children's nursery in the Inn. Some say she died of pneumonia, others say that she died of allergies to bee stings, because when they tore down a wall in one of the bedrooms there was a bee hive covering the
whole wall. One eyewitness and Neighbor to the Inn for the last 20 years said she saw birds vortexing into the chimney. They say Alice is friendly and loved cats, they often find cats rest in the windowsill of the Nursery.
Artesia - The Red House - a couple that where to be wed had a fight and the bride was pushed down the stairs to her death. It is said that if you walk past her grave you will se her floating around.
Atwater - Castle Air Museum - Formerly part of Castle Air Force Base, it houses one of the nation's largest collections of aircraft. One particular craft, an old B-29, is said to be haunted by a former crewmember who died when a bomb exploded in the aircraft while on a mission. He's said to turn the landing
lights on and off and is known to make the propellers turn, though they are locked into place. Don't worry, he's friendly.
Azusa - Railroad Overpass Bridge - Haunted by a transient and his dog seen walking the tracks at night. Adelaida - Adelaida Cemetery - A ghost wearing a long white nightgown makes her appearance in this old cemetery every Friday night between 10pm and midnight.
This Mennonite ghost lays flowers on the grave on one of her children that died in the Diphtheria epidemic. She may have also committed suicide in her own life.- February 2004 update/correction: was formerly posted under Palo Altos –
It is actually located 20 miles outside of Paso Robles - a ghost researcher visited this cemetery in August 17, 2001 and even though they did not see any ghosts while taking photos, an apparition which may have been "Charlotte" showed up on their film/negative along with another one of a large orb. They had three witnesses with them that particular day and night to verify that there were no one else in that cemetery, except of course, the spirits. we are awaiting the link to the pictures they are referring to, this sounds fascinating.
Agoura - 101 Freeway near Las Virgines Road - Young man killed by drunk driver on that road. Driver was convicted and committed suicide. Accident appears to recreate itself, most strongly on the anniversary of the accident. CHP has had reports of accidents at that area caused by people swerving to miss the white car, although later investigations show that the white car was never there.
Alameda - Kaufman Auditorium - you can hear noises and people have sighted a female ghost walking around backstage.
Alameda - USS Hornet - Many ghosts reported being seen by those who are caretakers of the old aircraft carrier. Ghosts of sailors who perished on board are well documented.
Alameda - Washington Elementary School - Reports when people are alone in there they get cold chills, hear knocking and scratching when no one was around there is a ghosts of a young boy about 13 years old walking the halls at night.
Alhambra - Alhambra high school - a few years ago a girl hung herself on the bridge and at night people hear and see people running around the track at night even though there is nobody there
Alhambra - Phoenix Inn - Its is said that there is a woman figure ghost walks in and out of the kitchen and goes around the tables and watches what people order and sits there and admires what you eat.
Alhambra - Ramona Convent Secondary School - Students have reported seeing a "white nun" roaming the library. Many girls have claimed to have heard the piano in one of the school buildings being played while no one is in the building.
After a student drowned in the school pool stories surfaced of the victim tugging at the swimmers legs.
Alhambra - Ultrazone - Workers have reported hearing whistling in the arena after closing. The arena has also been reported to fill up with fog long after the fog machines have been shut off. The light located near the back exit has been seen to mysteriosly change colors.
Altadena - Angeles National Forest/The Haunted Forest (Cobb Estate) - Screams can be heard from these people, and strange lights can be seen from the flashlights they once carried.
Altadena - Loma Alta street - Gravity Hill - on this hill you are facing downhill and if you stop and you place the car on neutral you will go backwards up the hill. finger prints are reported to be found (According to legend... a girl took her parents car for a wild ride with friends and on this hill lost
control and spun out of control and killed herself and her 3 friends. now they try to push you back up the hill.)
Altadena - Zane Grey Mansion. - owners noticed that the house had very cold spots near the fireplaces, library, kitchen and pantry. The kitchen clock would cease working when certain people entered the kitchen. From time to time you can
hear someone walking across the butler's pantry floor to the formal dining room.
Amboy - Amboy School - The Teacher and students, K-8 , have experienced someone coming in the front door but when looking out into the hall from the classroom, there is no one there. Also, on windless days, the swings out on the back playground would swing on their own. Down in the gym, at night, when students play basketball, items would relocate themselves; a broom, standing against the wall, would be seen standing against another wall. This of course unseen by the students until they looked to see the broom was in a new location. The teacher,
working down in the school at night, on numerous occasions, experienced something watching her and one night has to abandon her lesson preparations and beeline it out of there pronto...is was said that several Indians working on the nearby railroad (1868) died and that their ghosts roam the town. The school was
closed in 1999.... there is the Amboy Cemetery located down by the tracks with approximately 15 souls buried there. Amboy currently is up for sale.
Anaheim - Anaheim Fairfield Inn By Marriott - This motel is right next to a freeway and it is said to be haunted by a couple that died in a car accident that took place on the freeway.
Anaheim - Anaheim High School - There's a bomb shelter under the school from World War 2. You could here constant banging on the old locked steel door on certain nights usually after football games.
Anaheim - Anaheim High School - Theatre/Auditorium - Voices have been heard in the auditorium and deep laughter in the balcony , erratic footsteps have been heard on the roof.
Anaheim - chain reaction - employees report talking and laughing late at night in back alley and in bathrooms upon investigation no one is there also. A bum was found dead in the back alley and the venue was converted to a club from a Mexican restaurant which was formerly a biker bar where their were many reported
stabbings.
Anaheim - Disneyland - The Disney Gallery - which is above the Pirates of the Caribbean, use to be Walt Disney's in park apartment. Workers have reported that after park closing and in the early morning, they see a figure of a tall man walking around in the Gallery. He is believed to be the spirit of Walt himself. Cold spots are also reported by numerous visitors.
Anaheim - House of Blues - The area behind the mosh pit on the first floor is where the hot spot is. People have been brushed against, touched, and pushed by something, but when they look there is no one there. It happens so casually that you don't even realize it the first time.
Anaheim - Kmart on Euclid - Employees have reported things falling off of shelves after closing. Some report seeing a girl. Her name is supposedly Isa or Isabel.
Anaheim - Performing Arts Building (Formerly a senior home)- Reports of feeling a presence, the feelings of being followed, cold spots, & hearing footsteps & whistles can be experienced on the second floor.
Anaheim - Red Cross House - It is said that it is haunted by the original caretaker. When you get to the room where the children lived you feel a strange presence. In the first room at the entrance if you look at the picture while your going up the stairs you see the eyeballs on the picture of the caretaker
you see them watching you. Also when you go up to the second story people mostly females get pushed at a male if they seem to be a perfect couple.
Anaheim hills - Esperanza High School - whenever on campus, if you look, spit, stand next to a certain teachers door, you are determined to have a bad day, suicidal feelings are common. In 1978 a teacher died in that class room. Rumor
is He was brutally murdered by some other teachers, including the current head football coach. Every so often you hear screams during the day, and pounding in the empty classroom.
Antelope Acres - Rosmond - Burnt down insane asylum - Strange feelings, weird occurrences, burnt rubbish, human remains, human sacrifice materials, and extreme temperature difference from outside.
Anderson - City Hall - The Anderson City Hall used to be a dance hall during the 1800's. An Indian woman and her child were murdered on the site. Workers have heard sounds of dance music and the cries of a child late at night.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - These mines are haunted by the White Witch. In life, her name was Mary. She was a nanny in the 1800's when there was still coal mining in the mines. All of the children died of illnesses and she was accused of Witchcraft, then executed. She guards the mines and when people see her, she
is all white.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - The Rosehill Cemetery - haunted by Sarah Norton, also known as the "White Witch". She was a midwife and on her way to deliver a baby her carriage fell over and she was crushed. She is seen in the graveyard floating around the tombstones.
Antioch - Black Diamond Mines - Somersville - Sarah Norton - Sarah Norton was a midwife who died on the way to deliver a baby when her carriage over turned and killed her. Sarah was not a religious woman and told her kids that she did not want a funeral. So when she died the town s people of Somersville wanted to give her a funeral. The first time they went to give her a funeral a fierce storm struck up and cause the towns people to delay the funeral till the next day, the next time they tried to give her a funeral another storm came out of no where and the live stock started charging thru town, at that point the towns people stopped trying to give her a funeral and just brought her to Rosehill Cemetery, From that day her sprit has been seen around Somersville and the other locations
where the mining towns use to be know as The Black Diamond Mines in eastern Contra Costa County and other locations off of marsh creek rd. Her ghost has
been known to be called the White Witch.
Antioch - Brentwood - Gravity Hill - In the 1950's a school bus was driving kids home from a field trip. It skidded into a wash and all the kids drowned. If you go there, put your car in neutral around the turn, you get pushed up the hill.
It's supposedly by the kids who died in the bus crash and they want to keep you from the same fate.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Gates of Hell - Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. Possibly torn down - In the middle of Empire Mine road, there is a Stuckko wall with a bunch of spray paint on it. If you like to take hikes, this is the place to go. There is a rumor of an old Insane Asylum at
the very end of this road. You will come to another gate then behind their lies this old decrepit Structure of a hospital. Many people were killed brutally in this place, and it is VERY haunted by not so nice spirits. Things have been thrown at people, they have been pushed and screams have been heard from the people being tortured by themselves or another. - October 2003 update: Reports of it being a golf course now.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Rail Road Mine - Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. Possibly torn down - At the end of Empire mine road, there is an old railroad track tunnel that is pretty spooky inside. There are bats inside it and you can hear voices at the end of the tunnel.
Antioch - Empire Mine Road - Slaughterhouse -Fair warning - no trespassing you will get fined or arrested. - An old slaughterhouse stands in the corner of the road after the first bend. It is haunted by an old man who walks the grounds and
makes sure that everything is ok, and that no one gets hurt while there. Strange noises are heard inside the first building where they chopped up the meat. Clanking inside of the circle figured tubes towards the back of the property. Chains clank all around and you can hear footsteps behind you like someone is
watching over you. Just remember to watch your step!
Antioch - St. James Presbyterian Church - This old church, located on Leland Avenue in San Francisco has a history of hauntings. Late at night, footsteps can be heard walking up the stairs, doors shut, etc. Also, on more than one occasion, late at night, doors that normally open easily will be impossible to
open, as if a ton of bricks is on the other side of the door. Later, the doors will be found wide open.
Antioch - Vasco road - you can hear people if you get out of your car running around. breathing and invisible people is also reported. if you don’t feel like getting out of your car, it is scary just to drive through in the dark.
Apple Valley - The Neurology Rehab Clinic - Used to be the old Apple Valley Inn. Reported to have 3 ghosts, The man hung himself, one woman was murdered and no one really knows what happened to the third one. She is always dressed in white
and is seen only at a certain part of the old building. The man is sometimes seen walking across the parking lot, but then he disappears. None of the ghosts are harmful. The rehab center is now a private school for the mentally challenged. And there is a soil company there and an old barbershop.
Apple Valley - Jicarilla Rd. - Witnesses have seen a shape of a man run across the street super fast and it starts chasing you then it disappears at a certain point.
Arcadia - First Avenue Middle School - The school used to have a pool, but someone drowned in it and they covered it over. Teachers said they've heard footsteps at night through the halls, even after they've set the alarm, and if anyone was in the halls the alarm would go off. Loud banging on the lockers and girl's locker room doors have also been heard, and water goes on and off by itself, the toilets also flush by themselves. Lockers with locks on them are closed one minute and open the next even when there's no one else in the room. Some students have seen a figure of a little boy wondering through the halls
late at night with a "green glow" to him.
Arcata - Humboldt Brewery - The original proprietor of the building (and several others nearby) is known to haunt the pub and periodically cause it to be known. Employees report moving furniture, dishes etc. during their shifts and the ghost
is well known to established patrons.
Armagosa - Armagosa hotel and opera house - haunted by several ghosts who were residents during the borax mining. The hotel workers have pictures of orbs and many stories as well as some documentaries have been filmed on the hauntings.
Arroyo Garnde - Rose Victorian Inn - The Tower Room - Although it is no longer a hotel, but a wedding/special events business, the building is still the same. The tower room of this three-story pink mansion is thought to be inhabited by the ghost of a 9-year-old girl named Alice. She has been spotted on more than
one occasion and guests of the inn have heard the girl laughing, according to Ghosts of the Haunted Coast, by Richard L. Senate. In his book, Senate said that a psychic was taken to the inn, not knowing of the rumored ghost, and spotted her as she walked up the staircase. She said the girl had pigtails and was
wearing a long dress with a small apron. Apparently the ghost likes cats.. The owners told the psychic later that they had discovered a number of cats sleeping near the window in the tower.
Arroyo Grande - Rose Victorian Inn - The nursery - It is said that a young girl "Alice" haunts the old children's nursery in the Inn. Some say she died of pneumonia, others say that she died of allergies to bee stings, because when they tore down a wall in one of the bedrooms there was a bee hive covering the
whole wall. One eyewitness and Neighbor to the Inn for the last 20 years said she saw birds vortexing into the chimney. They say Alice is friendly and loved cats, they often find cats rest in the windowsill of the Nursery.
Artesia - The Red House - a couple that where to be wed had a fight and the bride was pushed down the stairs to her death. It is said that if you walk past her grave you will se her floating around.
Atwater - Castle Air Museum - Formerly part of Castle Air Force Base, it houses one of the nation's largest collections of aircraft. One particular craft, an old B-29, is said to be haunted by a former crewmember who died when a bomb exploded in the aircraft while on a mission. He's said to turn the landing
lights on and off and is known to make the propellers turn, though they are locked into place. Don't worry, he's friendly.
Azusa - Railroad Overpass Bridge - Haunted by a transient and his dog seen walking the tracks at night.
Bakersfield - Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Building - This old building is haunted by a few ghosts. A German Shepard Dog who can be seen, waiting patiently for his master to come and pick him up. An old security guard who can sometimes be seen in the lunchroom. Finally, the former editor of the Californian can be seen walking through the hallways of the building.
Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School - Reports of apparitions of a young couple, they look to be 16 to 18 years old. The girl is wearing a prom dress and the guy is wearing a football jacket with "BHS" embroidered on the back. The area has a strange chill to it, and a feeling of being watched. Where they are seen is up near the top of the bleachers.
Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School - Harvey Auditorium - Supposedly, while they were building Harvey Auditorium, a worker fell from the rafters all the way into the basement. They say that the Auditorium is haunted by his ghost, as well as some others.
Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School - the Quad - The Quad is supposed to be very haunted. There used to be a hospital on the grounds of BHS and they would bury body parts from the operations in the area of the quad.
Bakersfield - Central Park - A lady with the flowing robe seen wafting along the
canal at dawn. A lifelong resident of this city was told the ghost belongs to a woman believed murdered. Her bones were found buried in the old foundry across from the park. The bones, discovered when the foundry's floor was torn up, had bullet holes in them.
Bakersfield - Club Paradise - Reports of apparitions, locked employees in the storeroom from the inside, pushed people in the bar room hallway, grabbed,groped customers, objects move.
Bakersfield - East Bakersfield High School (auditorium) - it is believed that years ago a janitor stayed after hours to fix some lights up on the ceiling, he fell of the ladder and broke his neck. if you go really early in the morning
before school you can sometimes hear someone hammering something or something fall instantly.
Bakersfield - Garces Circle - People have reported that right before a major car accident at the circle (there's been quite a few) people can either see the hands of the statue moving or they hear him muttering in prayer for them.
Bakersfield - Highland High school Theater - Westley Anderson Hall - There is a spirit of an older man that likes to play tricks on people. He will turn the
stage lights off when people are on the stage but never during a performance where he just sits and observes. He also likes to whispers in peoples ears and rummage through the costumes in the costume loft. Also reported the figure of a 16/17 year old girl walking around the stage dressed in a '50s style outfit.
Bakersfield - Melodrama Musical Theatre - The theatre is located at the northern most end of the city in an area called Oildale, a community grown out of the oil industry. The building was constructed in the early 1970's, originally as a toy store. The owner went bankrupt around 1975, and having lost everything he owned trying to keep his business afloat in this impoverished area, closed the doors for a final time. Haunted by Harry. He has been felt passing people in the stairwell. He has been seen breaking mirrors. His apparition seen crossing the stage during performances. Also, the women's dressing room seems to have strange occurrences: the sequin dresses on the clothes racks "rattle" on their own violation, and shadows can be seen where no one is standing.
Bakersfield - Norris School built in 1882 - now Kern County Museum - Witnesses report hearing the tapping of chalk on the chalkboard, but saw nothing.
Bakersfield - The Padre Hotel - one of the city's landmark buildings is so haunted you can feel it the moment you walk thru the foyer doors. You should contact the owner for specific details. - March 2004 update: they might tear it
down but as of now they are just remodeling to open up a new building there.
Bakersfield - Pioneer Village - Reportedly, someone witnessed a ghostly birthday party in the Weill house. Others have seen children in front of the 1882 Norris
School Building.
Baldwin Park - Baldwin Park High - Early in the morning strange sounds can be heard in the basketball gym. Also footsteps and thumping noises can be heard behind the stage. It is said to be the ghost of Gary Cooper.
Banning - Payless Shoe Source - There are reports of a little boy that appears in the break room at the back of the store. Legend says that the little boy came into the store with his mother and wanted a pair of shoes really bad. His mother didn't buy it for him and he was quite upset. Ran out the store and was hit by a car. This store has not kept employees for long because each time a new employee sees the apparition, they just quit without telling anyone. It is said that the
boy appears right before the store opens and right before it closes at night.
Banta (Tracy) - The Banta Inn - Haunted by the former owner who died of a heart attack behind the bar in 1967. He likes to knock things off walls, stack the coins inside the cash register, open and close doors.
Bay Point - Riverview Middle School - A jogger reported a hanging kid after running a few laps. He told officers that a kid was hanging from the basketball hoop. He said he saw it from the top right corner on the bleachers.Officers say
that the kids name was ryan that hung himself in 1978 when the school was once a highscool(pacifica high).more reports of the hanging kid from other students who walk home late at night.
Beaumont - Sunnyslope Cemetery - There are various types of encounters. Some are cold spots, noises, and eerie eelings, also sometimes you can feel a hand touch you. The cemetery is not visited heavily and sometimes when alone you can see a groundskeeper walking around. However when you try to approach him, he walks into one of the sheds and isappears. When you approach the shed, the door is open and you can knock or call out and you get no response. On one occasion 2 witnesses to this stepped inside to find nobody there. Also, if going at night be sure to go in groups, the residents see to be more forward then. The cemetery
is located at the south end of Pennsylvania street, past the railroad tracks. - As we always state, please have respect for the cemeteries, and the families that visit them, check with local authorities for permission before
investigating.
Bell Gardens - Bell Gardens Park - In 1972 their was a men with a little girl at 12 at night and the guy kill her and took her head out and he dig a hole by the baseball field and he put it their.
Bell Gardens - John Anson Ford Park - the small forest - Sometime between 1972 & 1973, two boys from Cudahy were killed in the park. Apparently, they had gone night fishing at the pond that was located in the park and were murdered by someone who was never caught. They were found in the morning by the pond with their throats slashed. It was told by word of mouth and in the newspapers that is was a grisly scene straight out of hell. It could be the ghosts of the two boys that haunt the park. By the way, this park is located right next to Suva Intermediate School in Bell Gardens you can hear distorted voices of people when no one is around, if you go there at night around 9 to 4 in the morning you will be followed by glowing balls of light, and fog, and they flicker different colors, and then you will be followed and hear footsteps and some people go
because they do not believe in it, and they experience it for themselves that after the situation they call the local police and report being harassed by an unseen assailant, it has been reported that a little kid with spiky hair and
blue eyes is always there at night, and is very friendly, but when you try to approach him he disappears.
Bell Gardens - Suva Elementary School - People have reported there names being called in one of the bathrooms, also they say you can see a little girl riding on one swing always the same one once a person got thrown off the swing and crashed in the fence behind him.
Bell Gardens - Suva Intermediate - A janitor committed suicide on the third floor of the big building he has been see roaming the school and mostly the top floor.
Bellflower - Bellflower High School - Theater - A girl killed herself because her boyfriend broke up with her and she didn't make the play she tried out for. She hung herself over the stage. A prop phone would ring when unplugged. When students are rehearsing spotlights would flicker on and off. When the radio would be unplugged it would turn on, but the station would be changed.
Bellflower - Kmart - A woman has been seen on several occasions in the stockroom areas. She always appears to be working. As of this date she has not been identified.
Bellflower - St. John Bosco High School - A boy named Tyler was a student in the 1960's, and he was kicked out of Bosco for personal reasons. He later then died of a drug overdose. It is said that he roams the campus (mainly the senior square) searching for a senior whom he can borrow a lighter from.
Belmont - Waterdog Lake - One day a little boy was walking up on Waterdog, alone, unprotected. He never returned home. People say the ghost of Waterdog killed him, others say the ghost is bogus. When they go on Waterdog to prove
it...they don't return either. Now people say they here screams & gun shots, they don't return
Benicia - Benicia Old Town Theater/ Portuguese Hall - Reports of footsteps on the back stairs, a ball of fire that flies around, lights flashing, cold spots, & an apparition of an old woman.
Benicia - Captain Blythers - This is a very old home now a restaurant. The former owners have had picture jump off of the walls and alarms go off. The
town's police have even experienced this happening.
Benicia - The Union Hotel - During the 1800's, a young woman hanged herself in one of the rooms of this hotel. To this day, people report seeing her apparition in the window that faces the street. Other guests claim to see lights going on and off and someone talking or crying when no one is around.
Berkeley - Faculty Club - room 219 is haunted by a ghost of an elderly man.
Beverly Hills - Barrymore Estate - ghosts of John, Lionel and Ethyl haunted the estate.
Beverly Hills - Doheny Mansion - Night-shift groundskeepers will not stay employed, due to sounds, and screams inside the house. There are some sections that are gated and padlocked that have not been kept up in the home due to this.
Beverly Hills - Pickfair Mansion - According to the previous owners, there were at least two other ghosts who haunted the place as well. In the beautiful entry way was often seen a ghost who was thought to be Douglas Fairbanks.
Bloomington - Bloomington High School - Rumors that Late at night in the Auditorium, Screams, footsteps can be heard. Also that Janitors would get pushed down stairs Unexpectedly. The story behind this is that a Drama Teacher working alone(supposedly) fell into the pit area and died(a mere 5 feet drop). Police said it was accidental. But her wrist's were broken, indicated she'd been pushed. The Auditorium is now dedicated to that Drama Teacher.
Bloomington - Green Acres Cemetery- Its been reported that on Halloween every year there is said to be blood on the table found between the three marble chairs in the southeast part of the cemetery.
Bodie - Bodie State Park - Reports of walking up and down stairs in any building there. Curse on Bodie if anyone takes anything as a souvenir.
Bodega Bay - - Reports of a Vortex here, strange unexplainable things happen to people as well as animals.
Boulder Creek - Brookdale Lodge - A girl in a formal dress runs across the lobby, then disappears into thin air. In an empty Mermaid Room, voices and music are softly heard. Hidden rooms and secret passages are mysterious vestiges of
Brookdale Lodge's rich past.
Boyle Heights - Linda Vista Community Hospital - It is an abandon hospital there is green light that is always on. the reason they shut down the hospital was because the doctors would kill their patients and there is a very strong order that comes from the 3rd floor.
Brea - Breas Best - Employees have reported that during late hours, frozen food would get launched across the kitchen. After about 15 minutes, a loud laughter would come about scaring the employees. One night, the refrigerator door flew open and someone or something threw out all the food on to the floor and also weird shadows were seen on the walls.
Brea - Brea Olinda High School - Performing Arts Center - one student had been sweeping under the seats and by the time she had finished a row the two end seats would be down, and this happened in every row. Also one student said when she had been there late one night with only 3 other students that there had been a figure of a man standing on the stage staring at them. Many strange noises come about also during the later parts of the night, especially after a rehearsal or performance.
Brea Canyon Road - Diamond Bar - Since the road is very dark at least 4 deaths are known of. You can see two crosses next to each other, if you go further there is another cross, and as you continue you see a tombstone. The 3 crosses were of people that died there from car accidents because it's so dark and the tombstone. It is said that at night you can see hikers trying to get a ride. When you look back they are gone. Another freaky thing is that there are many cars that have been on the side for who knows how long. They appeared to have been broken down there for a while. And if you stop by the crosses there is a spine tingling feeling that makes you want to scream.
Brentwood - Mount Saint Mary's - Brady Hall - there have been students "oppressed" by spirits. Doors open by themselves. With a whole English class present, the poem "the Living Hand" was being read. During the poem, the door
open and then slammed. The teacher checked and no one was there. The doors are designed so that you have to turn the knob to open them and they are difficult to slam.
Brentwood - Mount Saint Mary's - Carondelet dormitory - there are nuns seen walking and doors open mysteriously.
Brookdale - Brookdale Lodge/Brook Room - There is the story of a little girl who drowned in the brook that runs through the restaurant. She comes back to the Brookedale Lodge and sits by the fireplace in the lounge and roams the grounds.
A wonderful place to dine and stay, mysterious, but friendly and beautiful. (near Santa Cruz, Felton area)
Buena Park - Knott's Berry Farm - Many employees have claimed to have heard noises and cries inside the "Peanuts Playhouse" in Camp Snoopy. The employees feel chills on their arms and shoulders and upstairs they hear voices and
someone following them. Also claim to have lights go on and off, even when the power is off. Also the "kingdom of the Dinosaurs " ride is claimed to be haunted by a former male maintenance employee who fell to his death in a fire many years ago and a young boy is seen in several areas of the attraction, especially the ice-age area, many employees are afraid to be in position there.
Buena Park - Knott's Berry Farm - Virginia's Gift Shop - While up on the 2nd floor (employee break Room),noises, cold air and breezes, and closet doors opening up by themselves.
Burbank - Woodbury University - This previous monastery is now a college. Mother Cabrini now haunts the campus. She was once one of the nuns that resided here.Her face is even sculpted into one of the buildings. The bell in the bell tower has been known to ring late in the night.
Burney - Black Ranch Road. - A little girl dressed in white will walk in front of a moving car if the driver has been drinking. Bartle House - roof glows green at night (check with the local fire department, they have responded to numerous calls of the house being on fire), cabinet doors open by themselves, lights and heaters turn on, figure of Mr. Bartle is seen in the hallway.
Byron - Hot Springs Hotel - This hotel is located on the right hand side of the road about a quarter of a mile back down a long drive way. There is an old orange hotel from the late 1800's that remains are still intact. Legend says
that this place is haunted by many who lost their lives in there. So far all that has been seen is an old man wearing white rags, and a young boy who runs up and down the halls. dragging noises have been heard on the first floor towards
the main entrance. Dark shadows were seen from a distance and then disappeared after seen. Very active spots. You could tell this wasn’t a happy house.
Calabasas - Leonis Adobe - an old house/ranch from the1800's is said to be
haunted by the original owner/builder of the house.
Calavares County - Murphys - Murphys Historical Hotel - Instant feeling of
something different there as soon as you walk in. It is said that a bookkeeper
was shot and thrown over the balcony. the ghost is still there and roams the
second floor. Feelings of being watched, and feeling a presence.
Calico ghost town - Calico mines - Behind the actual "ghost town" the pitted
landscape of tunnels and pits, there is a small road that ends at an open area.
On the Winter solstice (Dec 21 or 22 depending on the year} a bizarre collection
of ghosts, animal and human act out what seems to be a ritual of some kind.
First a slowly moving bear crosses the length of the open area, to seemingly
clear the stage for the others to come.
Calexico - Calexico High School - At night there are noises heard, and things
seen. People have reported to see a girl walk around at different hours of the
night. A group of teachers reported to have seen her at a pep rally in the 80's
at the football field. Another claim was made by construction workers who were
building the new gym, they saw a girl walking to the football field early in the
morning, when they called out to her it was as if she didn’t hear them. Other
encounters are doors slamming, windows shutting, lights flickering and turning
off. The story is of a girl who was killed in a car accident coming back from an
away football game, she was a cheerleader and now apparently it is said that it
is her that haunts the school.
Calexico - El Charro - Old burned down restaurant. Ghostly apparitions have been
sighted.
Camarillo - Old Camarillo State Hospital - now Channel Islands University This
large enclave of buildings in Camarillo is now a university, but were originally
built in the 1920s as a state mental hospital. They changed over to a school in
the mid 90s. There have been many stories of ghosts over the years of all kinds
due to the fact that patients previously lived and died there. Some of the
buildings are in the process of being turned into dorms and some students have
experienced all kinds of unexplained events. The sounds of children's voices at
the children's center, by the Bell tower an old woman walking and asking for
directions to the chapel and old woman wearing white wondering the hallways in
the daytime. In the restrooms the voice of someone saying, "SSSHHHHH" in parking
lot A figure that looks like a man spinning around until it disappears near one
of the street lights. objects seen with the corner of the eye and then when
people turn they disappear. Many people have had encounters with ghost at this
site, during the day and at night the ghost don't have a preferred time. Some
complaints from students and staff are headaches, nausea, feeling of being
watched, feeling unsafe, threatened, and extreme tiredness. Also, there have
been numerous sightings of at least a dozen different entities in the Bell
Tower, Police Station region. (Currently, only very few buildings at the site
are used- most are abandoned.) Entities seen range from a beautiful woman in
white who wanders both night and day in the hallways in and around the Bell
Tower, a man by the bus stop, and a rather nervous entity in one of the women's
restrooms in the Bell Tower who not only chatters but makes some kind of
rustling sound.
Cameron Park - Bass Lake Road - girl in white gown near the reservoir at the
bend where the water sometimes over flows onto the road.
Camp Pendleton - 41 Area - Second story room in one of the barracks is haunted
by the ghost of a Marine. He shot himself after finding out his fiancé left him.
The ghost moves furniture, hums the song to "Jeopardy", and has struck another
Marine sleeping in the room. People in the room feel the ghost is there watching
them.
Campbell - Securitas Security - Feeling of not being alone in the building after
hours. Out of the corner of your eyes at night, you see something run down the
hall and around the corner. Sometimes in the hallway where you see the figure,
you get major chills and your hair stands on end. Also you can hear doors
slamming in different areas of the first floor after it been closed.
Canoga Park - A Jack in The Box on Topanga Cyn, - Numerous sightings of a man
standing at the drive through window, wearing all red, the milkshake machines
turning on for no reason, and furniture in the dinning area moving by themselves
at night and the frozen food on the floor.
Canoga Park - Canoga High School - Reports of a ghost who messes with the lights
and audience.
Canyon Lake - The Condos on Indian Beach - The sinks in every bathroom would
turn on by themselves at the same time. Also when in the shower, sometimes the
shower curtain would open up.
Capitola - The Capitola Theater - Reports of hearing voices and all kinds of
racket going on in the theater as if there were a theater-going crowd.
Capitola - Soquel Drive - This old house marked "20" on the entrance is
extremely haunted. There are lots of active orbs and sounds being heard inside
of the house while venturing around the exterior of. Upon getting inside of the
house things had been moved after going from room to room and noises heard in
down below quarters of the house. On the balcony there is a ghost of an old man
who stands on the balcony and guards the home from the 3rd story. The only way
into this place was to climb.
Carmel - Blue Sky Lodge - The upper suites, very cold at night and feeling very
uneasy in the master bedroom of the two bedrooms.
Carlsbad - Plaza Cinema 4 - In theater 3 a female usher was scared out by a
rolling trashcan rolling up the hall way while cleaning. The girl also heard a
name being whispered in the theater. when she came out to see if it was another
employee doing the whispering everyone else was busy. She then started crying
and then quit the next day. In theater 4 (the big theater) an usher was cleaning
the theater when a large piece of ceiling almost hit him and fell a couple feet
from him.
Carson - Alameda/Wilmington Blvd. - A Spirit of a man who is dressed in the
style of the 1800's has been seen in the area of Alameda and Wilmington/Del Amo
Blvd. It has been rumored that when the Dominguez Ranch house was used as a
Stage Coach stop over after the Civil War, the man was beaten and killed on that
area where those streets connect.
Carson - Carson High School - at the track field at midnight you can see a boy
running around the track and if you get close to it, it’ll disappear.. or right
before the sun comes up it’ll disappear.
Carson - Del Amo Blvd. and Wilmington Blvd. -haunted by a man who had been
hanged and robbed. It's also been told that he's dressed in the style of the
19th century.
Carson - Dominguez Ranch House - The Rancho Dominguez Adobe Ranch House is now a
museum. This house was one time used as a stop over for people coming to the San
Pedro seaport to Los Angeles back in the late 1800's. The site of the house is
also know as "the battle of Rancho Dominguez" of the Mexican-American War back
in the 1840's. Rumor has is that you can see "orbs" or flashes of small lights
moving very quickly around the park site late at night where the house sits.
Also rumor has it that a man was beaten and robbed and left to die just about
100 yards from where this historical and supposedly "haunted" site is located.
The ghost of the man is rumored to be a "guest" that stayed at the house when it
was used as a stop over for travelers.
Carson - NW corner of Pacific St. and Banning Blvd. - a man that was stabbed to
death around his mobile home, is said to be seen walking around between 10:00 &
before midnight.
Castro Valley - Chabot Theater - Employees have heard a mans laughing and have
seen shadows moving up and down the isle late at night
Castro Valley - Redwood Rd. - Almost at the very end of Redwood Rd., there's a
haunted preschool. In the early 1980s, a man, with a knife, killed all the kids
at the preschool. The building no longer remains. All that remains is a swing
set and the foundation of the building. From time to time, you can hear the
children playing or running around and you can see the swings actually moving by
themselves
Catalina Island - Two Harbors - The Banning Inn - A specter dubbed the "White
Lady" has been seen here as well as the smell of tobacco and fish from the
spirit of a fisherman. Rumors of Natalie Wood's ghost have also been talked
about in the area where she drowned.
Cerro Gordo - Belshaw House - Beautiful semi-ghost town in the Inyo Mountains
east of Lone Pine. The Belshaw House has shapes that are seen aut of the corner
of the eye and electrical effects like TVs, lights flickering, etc.
Cerro Gordo - Bunkhouse - said to have a ghost that appears as a glowing mass in
last room on the left. Main kitchen has ghost/lights and there are photos on
display of this.
Chatsworth - Chaminade Middle School - Formerly Saint John's Military Academy,
there are reports of young male spirits roaming the campus. However, most
incidences supposedly occur in one of two large science buildings, where strange
noises and unexplained happenings (opening and closing of lockers, faucets
turning on, etc.) have been observed in the bathrooms. Most students and faculty
members agree that there is a strong presence that can easily be sensed walking
through empty corridors and across open fields at dusk..
Cherokee - Cherokee Cemetery - It is history that the town sweetheart was
murdered in the 1800 and her murderer burned alive in his home across the street
from the cemetery. If you visit the cemetery during the evening hours, you can
hear stomping in this extremely deserted area. Also there grave of a child that
passed the same day as his father. If you place flowers on that tombstone,
locals say he will visit you that evening and thank you.
Chico - California State University Chico - Laxson Auditorium - supposedly the
spirit of an older woman has been seen by performers on stage, sitting in one of
the balcony seats. She always sits in the same seat but of course is gone when
anyone goes to investigate.
Chino - Chino Hills - Story is a man who escaped prison stalked a family killing
the mother, father and sister and just cut the boy’s ears. They say if you go to
the house you will see blood prints and the ghosts of the family
Chowchilla - Chowchilla library - bowling alley - A few years back the Bowling
Alley of Chowchilla caught on fire. It started in the kitchen, and spread
through out the building. Unfortunately the cook never made it out in time. He
was burned to death, and soon after it was turned into the Chowchilla library.
there has been many reports of this man and you can see a flash of flames and
the man run by. The check out center is over where the kitchen used to be and
you can sometimes feel the heat of the fire, and see the man standing there with
his spatula and apron on.
Chowchilla - Chowchilla Union High School - Chowchilla Union High school has had
many students in the past years who have passed away. There have been reports of
the students who have passed away still roaming the halls, at the lockers, in
the gym, the cafeteria, and in the classrooms. You always get the feeling that
someone is watching you in the classrooms. Some students have said that a girl
with long blonde hair will ask them what time it is then disappear, and some say
the girl goes by "Michelle".
Chowchilla - Minturn Cemetery - Reports of ghostly apparitions chasing cars down
the dirt road, A woman screaming, children crying or laughing, and a man ghost
picking up trash around the graves.
Chowchilla - Save-Mart Supermarkets - Staff of Save Mart Supermarkets in
Chowchilla California have reported A woman who used to work the Graveyard shift
for janitorial stated that on the nights that she was alone with the night
stockers that she would feel a presence through out the aisles, or in the
upstairs break room. One young man who used to work there stated that he had the
same feeling, but he worked the swing shift and only felt the presence in the
break room. The young man said that every Saturday was when no one worked the
grave yard shift and the store is totally empty....well, not all the time. Some
people have said they would see someone walking around the store on Saturday
nights, around 2:00am. They would also see shadows from a distance as if there
is someone walking around inside.
Chualar - The End Of Chualar Road - Many times a night when you drive home you
can see a woman walking on the side of the road. When you pass her she
disappears. One report states, “One time I was at the end of my road (which is
at the End of Chualr road) I was riding my motorcycle and I was masterly thrown
off by something. When I hit the ground I passed out and when I woke up I saw a
black hair woman above me staring at me. I blinked and she was gone. I am almost
positive it was the lady on the side of the road.”
Chula Vista - Hilltop Road - You can hear screams at night, children crying, and
playing. Allegedly A sailor Came home from seas crazy and killed his wife, son,
and daughter. When near the property you feel chills and a sense of dread. The
house burnt down a few years back but the haunting is still there. All you can
see now is the chimney standing in the middle of the fenced in yard.
City of Industry - The Sheraton Hotel - Please do not attempt to trespass.
Security guards that patrol the grounds in the late night hours have reported
seeing two shadowy figures running through the golf course. Noises can be heard
in the back end of these apartments where a wall separates the complex from the
forest.
City of Industry - Tropicana orange juice plant - In between the hours of 3am
and 5am the upstairs office area is where most of the activity is. Captured on a
surveillance camera there has been white orbs and figures moving around.
Security officers have heard fingernails tapping on a desk as if a spirit was
awaiting something. Stomping footsteps heard coming up stairs when the facility
is completely vacant. There also has been activity at the security office at the
entrance of the facility. Security officers have heard moaning from the empty
yard felt cold spots in the office and heard children playing around the
entrance gates.
Claremont - Botanical Garden Girl - there is said to be a small girl, maybe five
to six years of age, who sits by a pond and watches the fish while crying. She
is said to be wearing Native American clothing, most likely she is a Cauhillan,
(pronounced Kaheeya), a tribe of Native Americans who once lived on that land.
Incidences include, cold spots, sudden strong gusts of wind, and crying sounds.
Claremont - Claremont High School - In the old gym of CHS, many have heard
legends of the spirit of a former student. Some stories involve numerous reports
of "troubled/desperate whispering", one entire P.E. class claims to have heard
prolonged screaming from under the bleachers, but finding no source, and some
students have been physically pinned by the ghost. There is a name burned into
the floor of the gym, students believe it is the name of the ghosts.
Claremont - Griswold’s old school house - there are several ghosts that haunt
this old school house, several people have heard children’s voices when no one
is around and others have seen a white mist walking around. Doors fly open by
themselves. Also there is always a feeling of being watched.
Claremont - Thompson Creek Trail (east path) - while walking this path in the
late evening hours, strange noises that sound like scratching and footsteps
coming from bushes on the sides of the trail have been heard. Also there have
been reports of cloud formations forming skull-like shapes. Also, when no one is
around you, sometimes shadowy figures can be seen walking behind you, sometimes
hiding behind bushes. The crackling sounds from the power lines overhead don't
help the experience too much, adding a deeper eeriness to this location.
Claremont - Thompson Creek Woods - reports of, "levitating boulders, invisible
walls, short hideous visions of violence, and flying people that follow you
until you leave." Also reported, There is also strange symbols on the trees and
cabin which are said to bleed, and there are even reports of invisible walls
which sometimes block entrance to certain parts of the forest.
Clayton - Contra Costa - Pioneer Inn - The Pioneer Inn has been around since the
1860's and is known to be haunted by the ghost of the past. The Pioneer Inn has
Gone thru a lot over the years from having the second floor collapsing then
having it rebuilt and having it burn down. The Ghost have been know to carry
things around and touch occupants on there shoulders and hands.
Clayton - Eagle Saloon / Clayton Club - The Eagle Saloon (now the Clayton Club)
was a Building that was brought up river from San Francisco to the town of
Clayton back in the 1860's at that time this was one of the 5 saloons in the
Town of Clayton and it was one of the places that holds the most history of
hauntings in Clayton. Things have been know to move about, cold spots, glasses
moving, and the lights to go on and off on there own.
Clayton - Keller Mansion - The Keller house is a house built in the early 1920's
and was one of California oldest cattle ranches up to the 1970 s the house was
built on a old Indian Grave yard. to this day you can still find bones if you
are to dig around in the basement of the old house. It is said that the ghost of
the Indians still haunt the old house and tend to move things around. the house
is now Property of the city of Clayton in down town Clayton behind the library
Clayton - La Crokett Restaurant - The Restaurant has been around since the time
the town was founded in 1857. The story goes is that during the day a miner from
the black diamond mine area of Somersville was in Clayton and got into a
argument in the old Eagle Saloon across the street. The argument turned into a
shoot out and one of the bullets went thru the window and stuck a little girl on
the street. The people on the street brought the little girl in to the
restaurant where she died. In a pool of blood on the floor. to this day her
sprit can be seen from time to time playing in the street, and the Blood stain
can not be removed from the floor of the restaurant. Everything they do to
remove it does not work and the stain returns to this day it is still there
under the carpet.
Clayton - Morgan Territory Rd - Morgan Territory Rd is a old logging road that
was built back in the 1800's to bring wood from Santa Cruz to the Eastern Contra
Costa County, the road cut thru between Livermore and Clayton, since this is a
very isolated road there has been a lot that has happen on this road. one of the
Legends is of Joaquin Murrieta California Bandit El Dorado, it is believed that
Joaquin has buried his loot some where in the Morgan Territory area under a oak
tree. and in the 1950's a woman and her husband were on there way home from
Livermore when they saw a spirit standing next to a oak tree off the side of the
road, not knowing the story about the loot at the tree they just thought that
they were just seeing things. Due to the darkens of the road and being tired.
once they started letting the story out to there friends and family they found
out the story about the loot of Joaquin Murrieta, from time to time people still
report seeing the ghost on Morgan Territory Rd. but they can never find the spot
again when they go back to look for the loot that is believed to be buried
there.
Clear Lake - Modoc County - Fiddler's Green - A pioneer woman who was said to
have lived there was killed by thieves while her husband was away. They threw
her body down the well that is still there. At night you can see her apparition
walking along the shore of the lake with a lantern. Also, you can hear her
playing her fiddle faintly in the night wind.
Clovis - Andleberry Estate - This was a mansion with an adjacent asylum for
woman in the 1800's. Many horrible experiments were performed on the patients,
so the ghosts are frightened and angry, you'll get feelings of fear and dread if
you venture near the house. The mansion is on Clovis Avenue, almost across the
street from Sierra Vista Mall, the asylum is in the back. At Halloween, the
owner runs a Haunted House attraction; this is an opportune time to visit.
Coachella Valley - Coachella Valley High School - The backstage of the
auditorium is known for its strange noises of pages being flipped and books
being knocked down which are stared behind the stage so reported from drama
students.
Coloma - Bell's General Store - Built in 1849, the brick building was the center
of activity for the large community of gold miners that settled around Sutter's
Mill. Modern visitors have reported hearing the ringing of a nonexistent bell as
the ghosts of former customers walk through the doorway.
Coloma - Marshall's Monument - On June 24, 1848 James Marshall found 2 nuggets.
They were caught in the tailrace of the waterwheel at the logging Mill operated
by him and his partner John Sutter. It was the beginning of the California Gold
Rush. Between 1847 & 1860, the population of Ca. grew from 15,000 to 380,000
largely because of that single event. Fanatical gold seekers followed Marshall
wherever he went, thinking that he had a magical gift for finding gold. He died
broken and destitute August 10, 1885 and was buried here. His restless ghost has
been seen as an indistinct shadow following visitors to his monument.
Coloma - Pioneer Cemetery - 8 miles No. of Placerville/hwy 49 to Coldsprings Rd,
turn left, the cemetery is up the hill on the left across from the Vineyard
House. The Phantom of a lady in burgundy watches over the Schieffer family plot
in the old settlers graveyard. According to the markers, William Schieffer died
1861 at age 2, Charles Schieffer died 1864 at age 42 and May Schieffer died 1890
at age 27. The ghost is a woman whose hair is parted in the middle and pulled
tightly into a bun. She is wearing a long, flowing, burgundy dress and can be
seen from the roadside beckoning passersby to come up to the grave site and
visit with her.
Coloma - Sheridan - Lincoln - Manzanita Cemetery - Reported by a local
firefighter while fighting a wild land fire, the fire had burned up to the back
of the cemetery. Appeared to stop at the back fencing, then parted going around
the cemetery and continued around the perimeter of the site with no logical
explanation. Also strange sounds can be heard coming from the site from about
dusk late into the early hours of the morning as well as seeing blackened
shadows moving across the grounds. The locals do not frequent this 1800s
cemetery. Perhaps that's the reason the cemetery is so active.
Coloma - Sierra Nevada House - A mischievous spirit inhabits this hotel which
was established in 1850. Co owner Gail Masi says her employees named the ghost
Christopher and blames him for moving pots and pans, hiding knives and forks,
and turning off the teakettles and other harmless pranks. A malevolent spirit
named Mark haunted room 4 according to psychic Jeanne Smith. He shot his
girlfriend in that room.
Coloma - The Vineyard House - In Coloma, CA, there is a famous Victorian house
called the Vineyard House, which has been reputed to be haunted by its original
owners for many years. The house was built some time in the late 1800s, and was
used over the years as a jail, an inn and restaurant, and, as its name implies,
a winery. It was also at one time supposedly the site of where some executions
took place. According to records, the original owners who built the house
suffered one tragedy after another. Several of their young children died, their
winery was eventually ruined because of a blight, and the husband contracted
syphillis, which over time caused blindness and mental illness. Because he
became violent from being mentally ill, his wife had him chained to a wall in
the basement of the house, where he reportedly died. The entire family is buried
directly across the street in a graveyard that overlooks the house. Reports of
seeing ghosts in the graveyard have also come forth in the past, but most of the
stories took place inside the house. Ghost stories of the encounters where told
by employees and guests of Vineyard House. One intrigueing story was told by a
couple who were staying in one of the upstairs bedrooms. It was late at night
and all was quiet, when suddenly the couple was awakened by the sound of drunken
men coming into the hallway downstairs. They were very loud and were singing and
laughing and making a general raucous, so the husband upstairs stuck his head
out the bedroom door to tell the loud men to quiet down. But upon doing so, he
saw three men dressed in Victorian clothing ascending the stairs, and then they
faded right before his eyes. Another story from a different couple who decided
to stay at the inn was that something frightened them so badly that they packed
up and left in the middle of the night. They reportedly refused to say what had
happened that scared them so badly. The basement was used as a bar, and it was
late at night after closing hours. The owner was cleaning up and wiping down he
bar. He said that there was one last glass at the far end of the bar, and as he
was cleaning, the glass suddenly began to shake, and then it slid all the way
across until it finally stopped right in front of him. He admitted that he had
no rational explanation for what he'd seen. It is believed that the things that
go on in the bar are the original owner who died down there while chained to a
wall. Other things that have been reported are sounds of rustling skirts, and
there is apparently an area near the kitchen that is constantly cold. A woman
having dinner in the restaurant claimed that she was approached by a young child
who asked her to mash his peas and carrots for him. Another scary incident
occurred in the restaurant when a large chandelier suddenly came crashing down,
barely missing some of the guests. It used to be that when the restaurant and
inn were still in operation, you could pick up a pamphlet that gave information
about the hauntings. It was a famous place because it had been there since the
Gold Rush, and there were pictures of famous people, such as John Wayne and
Dudley Moore, hanging on the walls. The hauntings were so well-known that the
house was featured on That's Incredible! and Ripley's Believe It Or Not. Sadly,
the house has been closed to the public for quite a few years. If you are ever
visiting old Coloma, the site of the famous Gold Rush, be sure to drive by the
old Vineyard House, and know that you are seeing a house that has been famous
for its hauntings for many years.
Coloma - Wah Lee Store/Museum - Eerie waves of murmuring voices have been heard
inside this general store. The ghostly sounds of years gone by seeming to rise
and fall like the ocean waves. Chattering by the sound of hitting a meat cleaver
on a butchers block..
Colton - Agua Mansa Road/Cemetery - a woman walks the road in search of her
children.
Colton - Carrows Rest - hunting of a little boy and 5 other girls in the 'BIG'
room.
Columbia - Fallon House Theater & Hotel - Years and years ago it burned down.
They rebuilt it into replica of the old one. Now there has been many reports of
noises, voices, overwhelming stench of smoke, in one room you can smell whiskey,
and in room 9 and 13 a female ghost is seen quite often. In the theater lights
go on and off, and shadows of people are seen.
Commerce - Veterans Park - Place is known to be haunted by a man name Martin who
once worked as janitor at this park. People have claimed to talked to a Martin
when they have called the park office before it has even opened. Lights go off
and on for no reason doors will open and close and the radio will change on its
own to a local Spanish station.
Concord - Brendan Theaters 14 - in theater 12 you can her little kids talking
and laughing in the middle of a movie.
Concord - Mount Diablo High School - Reports of the apparition of a male
teenager hanging by a noose from the roof, over a balcony from the second floor
part of the English Building. Supposedly a depressed student who committed
suicide there a long time ago. Also cold spots and voices and noises at night
near the balcony and staircase where the student committed suicide.
Corona - burn site-end of main street - up in the hills of corona on a dead end
street there is an old signal tower. past that a small trail leads you to a
walkway and a burn site. the story is that there was a house that stood there in
the 60's. two parents lived there along with two children. one week the parents
decided to go on vacation and hire a nanny to watch the kids. on a windy night
the nanny became drunk and locked the children in the basment. the nanny then
knocked a lamp on the floor before passing out. later that night the house
burned down with all three people in it. stange happenings occur such as cold
spots, items moving from the time you travel up the trail to the time you travel
back, and toys appearing and dissapering in the basment.
Corona - Gravity Hill - A girl got dumped by her boyfriend and was driving real
fast. There is a big bump in the street and she hit it and crashed into a tree
and died. If you turn around and stop on the bump her spirit pushes you UPHILL.
Handprints can be seen if your car is dirty.
Corona - Horse thieves Canyon Road - Reports of eyes burning, dizziness, and the
feeling of being pulled to a wooded area where reports of black floating
apparitions. A trail goes past water towers after an hour of walking a place for
campfire is found a circle of trees is present when all lights are off black
apparitions can be seen going from tree to tree. They do not like bright
flashlights, those who possess the brightest are pushed, kicked, dust is kicked
up, other noises are heard. Going in a small group is recommended due to long
walk. on other parts of the trail a blonde woman can be seen run between the
trails, it never happens in same place twice. Extremely cold breezes flow past
you at certain points.
Coronado - Hotel Del Coronado - Various hauntings occur in this hotel and has
been depicted on famous hauntings programming
Corona - J J Live Oak Steakhouse - February 2004 Update: formerly listed as El
Cerrito - Live Oak Inn - As the story goes, back in 1988, a young waitress named
Michelle was strangled to death and left in the trunk of an old car behind the
back patio of the inn. Rumor has it that although the dishwasher is still doing
time for her murder, it was actually the cook that committed the crime.
Regardless of who killed Michelle and why, she still haunts Live Oak. The new
owner doesn't mind and comments that, "People say she is a really nice girl and
even shy." He has never seen her, but has had many complaints from customers
that she continually flushes toilets close to closing time. Perhaps even more
spine tingling than Michelle's story is the fact that in the Inn's earlier days,
people were often hung from the twisted oak tree in front. If you look closely,
you can see the tree growing around an old noose!!!- February 2004 additional
info – a bartender / waitress reports she is a witness to the rumors of Michelle
the ghost, and of the old owner "Larry" who shot himself in the office. She has
worked there for almost a year and Michelle has stopped flushing the toilet and
started ringing the food bell constantly during all hours. She has seen shadows
of her out of the corner of her eye when she is there alone. one of the cooks
son's talks to the ghost but it is supposed to be a secret and he can't tell us
who he is talking to. he also sees a man in black who walks around. the noose is
visible in the tree and she says she has touched it to see what it was made of.
it was almost rope like wire and it is grown into the tree.
Corona - Marie Callender's - There are many stories, one night in the kitchen
area a few of the workers were doing side work and a few others were in the bar
after closing and a big metal pie cutter flew off a shelf onto the counter on
the opposite side of the room a few feet away. There were now many witnesses who
believed that strange things were occurring at our store. Servers reported trays
flying at their heads in the dishwasher’s area and salt and peppershakers once
empty were full. The spookiest always happened to the vendors who cleaned the
restaurant. The carpets would be cleaned on a monthly basis and they would
always come in pairs. Something would always happen, strange sounds, floating
balloons, TV’s being turned on, etc. All of these things could be explained by
scientific methods: electric currents and helium filled balloons losing air.
Whatever was going on in that building after the employees left was bad enough
that the carpet cleaners would never come alone. On the occasions that they
would come alone, they would come right at closing and be done before we would
finish closing the store. On one occasion a lone carpet cleaner decided he would
do it by himself after the employees left the building, saying that all the
stories were hogwash. The next morning the opening manager found him in his
truck in the parking lot with all of his carpet cleaning materials left inside
of the building. He refused to step foot into the restaurant and complete the
job. He wanted to get his equipment and get out. Seems while he was in the
building the entities played with him more than they played with any one else.
As he was shampooing the carpets things were being written by a nonexistent
finger in the soap, chairs were moved in the dining room and salt and
peppershakers flew at him. The carpet guys from then on always came promptly at
closing and no one was left alone in the building.
Costa Mesa - Estancia High School - Faculty has reported strange smells and
being touched when no one else is in the room in the early morning. Night
cleaning crews have told of flashlights beams being restricted to only a few
feet in front of them in seemingly clear hallways.
Covina - Zelda's Lagend - In the Early 1900's a young girl arond 15 was kidnaped
and taken to an underground tunnel by a colt. The cult sacraficed her latter
that night in the end of the tunnel. No-one has ever made it to the end of the
tunnel and if they have they never came out. The legend is of you make it to the
end the girl Zelda will sacrafice you to.
Crescent City - Sutter Coast Hospital Old site and new ICU ward - The old site
of the hospital always gives passer-bys eerie feeling now a hotel is being
constructed right on the site,(that is sure to be haunted) but the new
hospital's ICU ward is definitely haunted. A worker at the hospital was in ICU
when it was closed down due to lack of patients, so therefore it was empty. They
were minding their own business when the patient call light and buzzer went off
when they walked to the empty room the buzzer stopped and the buzzer in the room
two doors down went off, so they walked back to the nurses station and the
buzzer stopped. (The buzzers can only be turned off from the nurse’s station)
They thought someone was playing a trick on them but when they investigated the
whole place was empty.
Crescent City - Tsunami Lanes - old family owned bowling center was sold. new
owners report during remodeling they could here footsteps on wooden walk space
behind pin-setters.
Crescent City - Walker Rd. - At the end of Walker Rd. there is an old swimming
hole. Around the 1950's a couple of teenagers went there and were never seen
again, all their belongings still sitting on the bank of the pond. During the
day you can hear laughter and splashing around when no one is in the water. but
at night the "feel" of the place is scary and you can hear screams and footsteps
all around you.
Crockett - Old road between Rodeo and Crockett - Every summer if you are driving
on this Rodeo / Crockett old road late at night a woman in a white dress runs
out into the middle of the road and tries to wave you down. But when you go to
look in your rear view mirror, she is no longer there. It is said that her car
broke down and she got hit by a car while trying to wave someone down.
Cypress - Cypress College Photo Department - A benevolent wraith called "Photy"
lives in the main darkroom most often seen standing by the northern-western-most
enlarger. Usually the most sensitive students see his outline, which appears
lighter than the surroundings. Sometimes moving into the photo-finishing room
after closing and violently shaking the pictures hanging from the wall. Students
report a feeling of calm and well-being during sightings. A marked change from
the early days of the apparition when meter readings would be thrown off and
equipment would explode in the studio. Students reported have also reported
wildly unlikely results in the color and black and white darkrooms. It all began
in the late 80s when a student brought in a human skull with a bullet hole in it
to photograph in studio 3. One night the chair of the department was alone late
at night and heard pounding on the stockroom door when there was no one there to
pound
Cypress - Cypress High School - Preforming Arts Building - In the Performing
Arts building in the attic use to be where they stored the play outfits. It was
said that a high school student was up there getting something and fell through
the floor boards to her death.(which was not a very big fall). Whenever you went
up there you could feel that someone is watching you. There was also a prop that
was use in most of out plays and whenever you looked into it you could see her.
She would look at you like she was mad. Because of what was going on up there
they had to move everything down to another room and sealed off the attic so no
one else can go up there. There was a time that someone was pushed and almost
fell down the ladder (which was used to get up to the attic) and cause of this
no one likes to be left alone in the Performing arts building.
Daly City - San Mateo -intersection of Skylin blvd and Hickey blvd - There are
stories that a lady in white is seen at the intersection in their view mirrors
when foggy.
Davis - Old City Hall/Police Station - Davis PD moved to a new building
recently, after having been in the old City Hall that was built in 1938 or so.
Downstairs, after it was vacated, in the Women's restroom, there was seen a wild
haired redheaded woman rushing toward the 2nd stall door in an 'attack' posture
with outstretched arms and claw-like hands towards a person's face.
Death Valley Junction - Amargosa hotel - Anomalies such as ecto-mist and orbs
recorded on film.
Del Rey - Del Rey Cemetery - Reports of cold spots, moaning heard, the third
tomb in light up at night, EMF detector was used and it went off like crazy
Delano - Browning Road - browning road in Delano is known to have "ghost
hitchhikers"
Devoure - Gravity Point - You take a road called Glen Helen until you pass a 2
consecutive train tracks. When you pass a 3rd set or tracks you will have a stop
sign about 100 hundred feet in front of you. You have to go passed to the stop
sign and stop on the line. When the car is in neutral it will roll up hill
increasing in speed.
Devour - Treehouse Fun Ranch - the place was being cleaned because of new
owners. A worker desided to stay the night to get a very early start in the
morning. That night he heard noises, the fire pit turned on all by itself, the
lights flickered and shook, he desided to stay outside on the cement. the next
day the other workers heard the story when they where cleaning up and in the bar
and they found an urn of an old truck driver who visited frequently.
Disneyland - The Christmas Shop - Some of the stock crew has reported an strange
feeling when alone stocking the store for the morning. There is an old photo
from the 19th century of a young woman up on one of the shelves. It has been
documented several different times that a stock person will noticed the photo
frowning (her photo is taken with a straight face) at them along with a strange
wind in the room.
Disneyland - Fire Station - some employees heard foot steps at 2nd floor at
night and someone knocked the door. The 2nd floor is not open for public and
it's been an empty room for several years.
Disneyland - Haunted Mansion - There are 3 spirits that are in the place all the
time, elderly man (who died of a heart attack in Aug. of 1970 before there was a
first aid station on the west side of the park), an elderly woman and a young
man who has quite a sense of humor. There is also something nasty in the attic
just before the omni-movers exit into the graveyard. Witnesses report having
hair pulled in the crypt (exit) area with no one in sight, touched on the back
by a hand in a car that ended up having no one in the car, seen people walk up
the portrait hall or grand staircase, stop and vanish, faces peer from behind
the corner at the top of the grand staircase, heard footsteps on the false floor
behind the load area when there is no one else there, been touched on the face
by unseen hands, seen a man in the exit mirror.
Disneyland - It's a Small World - Lights have turned themselves off/on by
themselves, as well as the all the dolls moving without power.
Disneyland - Matterhorn Mountain - The ghost of a woman named Dolly, she was
crushed to death after she fell out of her sled and was hit by the sled behind
her.
Disneyland - Pirates of the Caribbean - The story goes that a young boy and his
mom loved the Pirates of the Caribbean ride. The boy got cancer and his last
wishes was that his ashes be spread over the Pirates ride. Disneyland rejected
that for health reasons but his mother did it anyway. At night the ride
operators can sometimes see a lone boy riding one of the boats on the video
monitors, but when they check it out there is no one.
Disneyland - Space Mountain - both the ride itself and the women's (employee)
locker rooms are haunted by the ghost of "Mr. One-Way", a guest who died on the
Space Mountain ride back in the 1970's. On the ride, he is described as a large
man with reddish hair and a red face, and has been seen by guests getting into a
car with a lone rider, but he vanishes before the end of the ride.
Disneyland - The Star Trader (4th floor stock room) - Cast members have felt a
cold, eerie wind on the 4th floor of the stock room, when there are no doors,
vents, or windows up there.
Disneyland - the old "People Mover Ride" - Reports of operating, girls
(especially those with long blonde hair) would sometimes feel an unseen someone
pull viciously at their hair. The boy died a few years ago on a Grad Night when
he jumped out of the cabin of the People Mover, got caught and dragged
underneath the car. He grabbed desperately at his girlfriends long blond hair to
save himself.
Disneyland - Tom Sawyers Island - The ghost (s) of one or two people have been
seen on Tom Sawyers Island. At least three boys (all Grad night victims) have
drowned in the Rivers of America.
Disneyland - Tomorrow Land - Reports of a menacing presence accompanied by cold
spots.
Dorrington - Dorrington Hotel - The original owner, Rebecca Dorrington Gardner
can be seen walking through the dining room. She frequently rings the motion
detector. One year the owner decorated the rooms with fake Christmas trees and
Rebecca knocked them over every night. She once warned the owner of a gas leak
in the kitchen. There are also several other ghosts including those of children.
There are a lot of very curious customers at the restaurant and wait staff
encourages it by turning off lights when customers go to the restroom.
Downey - Hollydale - Metal Hospital - In Downey behind the court house there is
an abandoned metal hospital, but for some reason there is light shining thru,
When all the power has been shut off for years now. When you pass by, you see
one curtain closed but then there is also one curtain that will close when you
pass by. There has been People who have gone inside and gone down stairs, when
they went down stairs it was pitch dark, and suddenly books where being thrown
at everyone there.
Downey - West Middle School - Noises heard in boys locker room. You can hear
locker doors slamming when all the boys leave to physical education, and showers
turning on and off. Every once in a while you can hear the bathroom stalls
flushing when no one is a round.
Downey - Rio Hondo Hospital - This building was closed down about 5-7 years ago.
Extreme hot and cold spots felt, screams heard, doors seem to open and close on
their own accord, and apparitions of people.
Downieville - Downieville River Inn Resort - Room #1 - is supposedly haunted by
one of the former boarders from when the Inn was a boarding house. Reports of
the water turning off and on by its self. Others have reported someone getting
into bed with them, or laying on top of them, only to find no one there.
Duarte - Spaghetti Factory - Employees of the Spaghetti Factory claim to hear
children playing in the rest room areas in the basement, dishes also fall to the
floor, said to be the children playing games. - Update & additional info. - the
building that is now the Spaghetti Factory was for years a Catholic elementary
school. The building dates from possibly the '30's or '40's, and what is now the
parking lot was once the playground.
Dublin - The Outback Steakhouse - Cold spots reported. There is a report of a
police officer being killed there; possibly either right before the restaurant
opened or right after the grand opening, there was a botched robbery and
shootout. - March 2004 addition: The Dublin police officer that was shot there
on the night of Dec. 11, 1998 was named John Paul Monego. Please visit his
memorial page. Three men from the San Joaquin valley, which is just over the
Altamont hills to the east of the Tri-Valley where Dublin is located, robbed the
newly-opened Outback Steakhouse and held patrons and employees hostage. Monego
was responding to a 911 call made from employees at the Outback when he was shot
several times by one of the three men upon entering the restaurant. A short
while later he died on the scene. His murderers were arrested and tried for
murder.
Dunlap - Dunlap Cemetery - Cold spots felt around some unmarked graves.
Footsteps heard behind witnesses while walking through middle of cemetery
towards entrance. Three tall shadowy figures of people seen standing by some big
oak trees within the cemetery. Witnesses have recorded a strange voice chanting
something over and over and another voice that sound like an elderly man telling
them "’Leave us alone’ all of these activities happened all in one night, the
voices were only heard on a tape recorder.” Reported the witnesses.
Echo Park - Charlie Chaplin Mansion - This affluent house sits upon a hill
overlooking Echo Park. It resides a neighborhood called Hathaway Hills. The
story behind the house is that Charlie Chaplin used to own the house and sold it
for whatever reason? In any case, a man moved in with his family. And soon after
the house would lead to his and his family's demise. He came home from work one
afternoon and killed his mother, his wife and children. People describe the
house as a spooky and haunting location. Curious kids went to the house and saw
the same Mercedes Benz crashed into the garage with "police tape" stuck to the
side of the house and front porch. It has been reported that one can see a
mirage of the grandmother and hear the children screaming. There have been other
reports of eerie sounds and sightings of wild animals, for example, a lion.
Lastly, the house has a dark side and lighter side. Today one can see a single
window with a table lamp on shining noticeably. The house is an old Victorian
style, also it looks like the Psycho house used in the actual film.
East Highland - The Bethany House - The Bethany House is an old abandoned Insane
Asylum. Since it is far back in the orange groves, many teenagers used to use it
as a place to party around the asylum but never inside. There have been many
stories of hauntings there. One high school boy once went in to explore the
asylum by himself & never came back out. A ghost of a middle-aged woman has been
seen on numerous occasions. She is extremely violent & known to do harm to
people that cross her path inside the insane asylum.
East Los Angeles - 4th St. School Elementary - There was a ten year old boy who
got locked in the little boys room and left there over night, found the next day
strangled. His unexplained death still haunts till this day. There have been
sightings of him playing in the monkey bars late at night. You can also hear him
in the restrooms (boys & Girls) crying, screaming trying to open the doors,
screaming "please let me out".
East Los Angeles - Calvary Cemetery - Basement of Mausoleum four slabs of marble
create demonic vision please research.
East Los Angeles - Casa Del Mexicano - care taker of the place tells that there
are nine ghost ,and at nights when he stays at his room up in the second floor
he hears somebody knocking at the door, foot steps coming up from the bottom and
that lights turn on by themselves. Two people in a Christmas play saw a Mexican
man with jeans, boots and a squared shirt sitting on top of one of there play
house looking at them, they said that it felt cold in that part of stage but
that they continued with the play.
East Los Angeles - Evergreen Cemetery - Witnesses say that things moving around
at night and voices.
East Los Angeles - across from Evergreen Cemetery - it was a apartment now its
reconstructed, but apartment is still there. Chairs move TV, radio turns on by
it self water does also. You can hear footsteps as if you were jumping off a
bunk bed you can see a black shadow with red eyes it changes figures, you can
feel things its a scary unwanted feeling you feel a lot of cold spots.
East Los Angeles - Linda Vista Hospital - Old abandoned hospital across from
Hollenbeck park on Chicago St. People who go there have reported seeing lights
and hearing a little girl laughing and playing around in there. Screams, cold
spats, noises, cries, moaning, lights coming on and off, noises could even be
heard from the street at night with no one inside. Hospital is sometimes used
for filming by production companies. A doctor has been seen on the main
building, corner window, top floor looking out through the window. He was
wearing a doctor's suit and a tie. Lights go on and off throughout the whole
building. There is a room full of cages and a group of people claimed seeing a
mentally ill patient(ghost) roaming inside a cage in that room. Strange noises
are heard around the buildings. Cold and warm spots are felt in certain places.
East San Jose - Mt. Hamilton View Restaurant- This restaurant over look the
entire Silicon Valley and has been known to light up on its own when nobody is
there. Guest and employees have seen lights flicker on and off in the dining
area and known to see a young girl standing out on the look out balcony.
East San Jose - Quimby Road - This road is haunted by the Quimby Jogger. He is
said to be the ghost of a jogger that only runs at midnight.
Eastlake - Chula Vista - Proctor Valley Road - Haunted by a ghostly figure of a
woman wearing a long white dress is occasionally seen walking along the side of
the road. People who have pulled over to offer a ride, look back to discover she
has disappeared.
El Cajon - Chase - Balls of light strange smoke smells. This is so real ghost
hunters will flock. The pictures the submitter recorded may not amaze you but
they invite you to see what they see every night. The balls of light show every
night.
El Centro - Central Union High School - Gymnasium - Witnesses have reported that
the High School's gym is haunted. Many times after school, a basketball being
bounced as if someone was playing, and accompanied by the sounds of fans
cheering. No one really knows the origin of the basketball game.
El Centro - Central Union High School - Library and Library basement - Inside
the actual library building itself it is almost impossible to go a night without
hearing doors slamming, soft to hard footsteps, and people talking in the rows
in the back of the library. Also, the basement of the library is a dark, damp,
maze of rooms and hallways that was once used for detention back in the early
and late 80's. It was affectionately called the dungeon for footsteps, crying,
and laughing were often heard.
El Centro - Crest Theatre - at night the employees would be spooked by voices
talking to them. some nights when the sound system would be turned off they
would become alarmed by the sound system blasting music. There would also be
many cold spots felt in this theatre.
El Centro - Dogwood Rd. - It is said that if you drive along this road after
midnight occasionally you will see a girl walking alongside the road. If you
stop to give her a ride she will get in, sit down, remain silent and eventually
dissipate. However, it is also said that if you do not give her a ride, she will
sit on top of your hood and try to make you crash. Stories say she died in a
grisly accident along that road.
El Centro - Imperial Valley Arts Council - The Imperial Arts council formerly
the old Post office Pavilion now head of the Imperial Valley Arts Council. This
building is located on the center of the city of El Centro between the 5th and
Brighton streets. The building has a beautiful architectural baroque Italian
renaissance construction style built back in 1920 housing the valleys local
cultural events. A wide 800 square foot basement is found underneath housing
possibly a ghost or unexplained disturbance according to the buildings employees
whom claim at that at early evenings loud noises are heard from the basement
like slamming of doors regardless they are fastened with heavy sand bags
impossible to be "opened" and scratching noises on walls. It is claimed also
that these disturbances may be the cause of hearing the tapping sound of an old
typewriter as well. This would be a interesting story to investigate to prove
its authenticity and determine if there is a haunting or if it is a poltergeist.
The building is recorded as one of the most historical buildings in the state to
be served. For more information it is recommended to get in contact the local El
Centro Chamber of Commerce or City of El Centro Business Council.
El Centro - Old Fox Theatre - it was said that a man had died there and when you
would walk down the aisle you could feel cold spots at about aisle 8
El Dorado - El Dorado Cemetery - After dark you can SEE orbs, ectoplasm, etc.
There is a child’s voice that is frequently heard. One report is of a teen
couple who were just " trying to get scared." The young man looked in the rear
view mirror of his car and saw a elderly man leaning on the car looking in. The
young man sped off stopping later to find handprints drug across the trunk of
his car
El Monte - El Monte High - it is said that a young man hung himself in the
schools auditorium in the early 1900's, late at night it is also said that the
piano plays in the band room, in the day time strange happenings occur during
drama practice.
El Monte - Lambert Park-Gymnasium - There have been numerous accounts from
employees and other people of a ghostly little girl in the attic of the
gymnasium. Also, reports of an apparition of a man in the locker room.
El Monte - Mountain View High School - Late at night people see shadowy figures
running the track, and playing football and if you look carefully their is a
figure hanging from the goal post in the football field.
Eureka - Eureka High School Auditorium - stories have been told of a two
restless ghosts that wander the auditorium. The first is of a man who fell from
the balcony during the buildings construction during the 20's and was
decapitated. The second is of a young girl, who after losing the leading role in
the school play of 1954, hung herself in the lighting booth in full view of the
actress on stage. The actress took no notice of the wide eyed corpse in the
balcony, and continued the show.
Eureka - Fort Humboldt - Large, heavy objects moved across floor overnight.
Sighting of former post commander who died of malaria in 1859 looking out window
of old hospital building. Lights going off, objects falling. Occurrences
regularly during 1993 and have been reported sporadically since 1950's.
Fair Oaks - Sailor Bar - American River - A drowning victim, in wet clothing,
approaches visitors. Many drownings have occurred here. Park Ranger was locking
the restroom for the night when this ghost Appeared, wearing wet fishing
clothes, then vanished.
Fairfax - Camp Both in - It used to be an Indian reservation, then early in the
1920s, became a hospital for tuberculosis patients. Now it is used as a Girl
Scout camp, but it still has the original sinks from the hospital. You can hear
a ghost of a nurse pushing her cart up and down the halls, moaning, screaming,
appearances and disappearances and some ancient Indians spirits too.
Fallbrook - De Luz - Santa Margarita River Bridge - Many Stories haunt the
bridge, during the California Gold Rush, a small wagon train was killed at the
river near the new bridge. In the early 1900's, the same year Fallbrook Union
High School was first established. On the first Prom night three pairs of teens
disappeared and were later found in the river. More than a dozen strange
occurrences are in police reports regarding that area of the river. Once the sun
drops below the mountains there, your life is in danger.
Fallbrook - The Enterprise Newspaper Press Room - Back in 1962, in the press
room, a sick daughter of one of the press workers was pushed into the presses by
an unknown force. To this day an apparition of a small girl will pull on your
pants if you get to close to the presses.
Fallbrook - Jack in the Box - its said that back in the 60s a bunch of hippies
went crazy and brutally attacked and killed the workers. Now when the store
closes you can hear the hippie’s music and also the workers. Then really late at
night when no one is there you can hear and smell the burgers grilling. Also the
bathroom door open and shuts forcefully. When you look out the window you can
see an appropriation of a worker cleaning the windows. If you pass by at 4:34 am
the lights go on and you can see the people who died there.
Fallbrook - Fallbrook High School - Recently Fallbrook Union High School weft
through a thorough remodeling. Guess what made the front page news? A gravesite
of what is believed to be a native Indian Chiefs grave was uncovered just to the
right of the new library building. This happened in September 1999. Since then
at night there have been numerous sightings of an orb, or orbs, howls in the
wind, the sight of a pack of coyotes running from the area towards the ditch
just past the portable buildings, even sightings of a teepee. In 2002, there
were 14 reports of smoke on campus. Never was there a fire. No one has been hurt
by anything, a couple was shaken up by a pack of coyotes one night after the
2004 Sadie Hawkins dance though.
Fallbrook - Masonic Cemetery - People have reported to touch some of the trees
in the cemetery and they get "a strong surge of heated energy" as they put it.
Fallbrook - Silvergate Retirement Center - During construction of a new wing in
the center, along w/ voices of children there were a few minor occurrences.
There were also reports from guards of a powerful being, presumed to be male.
This spirit was very violent. One guard reported that it tried to force him over
an opening from the second floor to the first floor that now houses a fountain.
Ferndale - The Hart Theatre - The ghost that haunts Hart Theatre is called
Bertha and is often seen late at night. One report claims she takes the form of
a phantom cat who strolls down the aisles during performances. Bertha also
performs other tricks such as locking the bathroom door from the inside and
answering the phone at night when no one is there.
Fillmore - Sycamore Tree - while driving at night around midnight; a woman
dressed in white floats right next to you for about 1/4 of a mile right when
you’re driving by the sycamore tree. Legend has it she was hung there during the
Mexican-American war.
Fontana - A.B. Miller High School Theater - Strange blue lights and many other
occurences. Sometimes there is banging from within the walls and tools ending up
in wierd places and no one knows how they got there. Many people say they have
seen figures dissapear and re-appear and voices in the catwalk when no one is up
there. Legend says that a teenage actress went up into the catwalk trying to fix
a light (for a tech buddy) and fell off the ladder and died instantly.
Fontana - BIG LOT'S - formerly Pic "N" Save stores - This is the BIG LOT'S store
located off Sierra and Foothill Blvd. this store is haunted by several ghost or
spirits. Many employees claim to have experienced hearing noises in the men’s
and women’s restrooms things like something falling on the floor while being
inside the one toilet stall and no one else inside the restroom and also the
lights being flicked off by them selves inside the restroom while in use. There
have also been noises and voices heard coming from the break room when the
lights are off and no one is in there. Another area which is considered to be
the area with the most activity is the stock room or warehouse in there several
voices have been heard and noises of things falling inside and things like a
former employee who was taking the trash to the back claims she walked into the
warehouse and the light was turned off and as she was walking back out she felt
something or someone pull her hair out of the bun when she walked out of there
her hair was all messed up and her face was pale that was her last night working
there. Several employees claim to be scared or nervous of walking into the
warehouse at night. All these things happen at night when the store is closed
and employees are cleaning up or late at night when graveyard employees are
there. Non of the managers will support these accusations.
Fontana - Etiwanda Intermediate School - In the old auditorium, next to what is
now a cafeteria, there is a narrow staircase leading up to an upstairs dressing
room. The room contains one window and you will sometimes catch a glimpse of a
young Indian girl standing at that window. The story states that this young girl
of the 70's committed suicide by hanging herself and was found when someone of
the staff spotted a body hanging through the window.
Fontana - Foothill Boulevard - Formerly part of Route 66 - Between the cross
streets Cherry and Citrus, a young man will appear wearing a striped shirt and
carrying a long stick. He then crosses the street right as cars approach. When
the car hits its breaks, the man disappears. Witnesses also claim to see the
ghost walking along the right side of the road. He has a black dog at his side.
Fontana - Mary B. Lewis Elementary - the hauntings take place between 11pm and
4am. You can hear footsteps when there is nobody there and in the bathrooms for
both boys and girls you can hear the distinct sound of a toilets overflowing and
even a conversation going on when both the bathrooms are locked. There are loud
bangs in the night and the whispering and the strange feeling of another
presence is felt.
Fontana - Tokay Elementary - Sounds of construction work at the school. Rumor is
that a construction worker died when it was built.
Fontana - Sequoia Middle School - In the quad by the lunch tables there sits a
little girl crying bouncing a ball. She'll ask you to play with her and if you
say no she will cry blood and start to follow you. This happens at sun set when
there are no employees.
Forest Falls - Fallsvale Elementary School - Many sightings of the "Ghost
Children" have occurred over the years in the forest that surrounds the school
and the fenced old school that remains on the same property. Most children who
attend the school seem to accept their presence. It's not uncommon to hear the
children address them by name. The old school a great historical landmark, is
securely fenced and prohibits any public admission.
Fort Bragg - The Entire Area - supposedly haunted. Custer was supposedly to have
passed through Fort Bragg and they say that he and his army traveled up a steep
cliff at pudding creek there’s been sightings of he and his army to have been
seen going up the cliff at Pudding Creek and there is a path that leads to wood
walkways head towards the ocean that you can walk to Macaracktor State Park.
That has claimed be have seen a young lady in medieval clothing walking about
searching for her lost lover who died in the civil war and they say she’s been
seen wandering around asking if anyone has seen her lover.
Fort Bragg - Glassbeach Inn - has a chair that has had eerie happenings the lady
that owns the inn has said that people had died mysteriously and not long after
they had sat in the chair.
Fort Bragg - Green Acres Park - Witnesses report hearing humming like a person
was singing they kept humming the same verse over and over several times on
different nights They felt a strange chill.
Fort Bragg - The Gold Coast Hotel - has a ghost 3 the people who work in the
hotels bar area say that things like glasses have moved by themselves
mysteriously.
Fort Bragg - The Grey Whale Inn - is said to be haunted by a lady she is often
seen roaming around in their garden areas and there has been the sightings of a
man who apparently appears in one of the windows.
Foster City - Foster City Levee - About a year ago a man was being chased by the
police because he had just shot his co-worker and then he stopped at the levee,
probably the area across from Beachpark Plaza. He shat himself and died there.
Cold winds have been known to brush past people, leaving the area around you
absolutely clear. Gunshots have been heard late at night and strange shapes and
shadows have been seen in all parts of the levee.
Fountain Valley - Fountain Valley High School - Sometimes at night in the 100
building. Screams of children are heard. Also, some days when opening the doors,
the janitors find lockers open and all the students belongings on the ground. 5
teachers have left the school since the poltergeist. Many students have seen
apparitions of mutilated dead students in the bathrooms.
Freedom - Hawthorne Lane - Back in the 1950's a man murdered his wife, and then
supposedly disposed her body in Pinto Lake. Authorities never found her body and
the house she was murdered in remained an untouched murder scene well into the
late 1970's. The piano would play itself and while inside the house you could
hear a door or trunk slam and a car start but when you went outside there was
nothing except the two cars there since the murder, which could not possibly run
as grass was even growing up through the floorboards. The house had cold spots
near the closets where the woman’s clothing still hung.
Fremont - Bay Street Salon - When two of the stylist were the only ones in the
salon, the bathroom door would lock somehow, and they would have to retrieve the
key and unlock the door. The toilet would also flush automatically, and it is
not an auto flush toilet. salon was previously a fire station, and a slaughter
house.
Fremont - Lord Bradley's Bed & Breakfast Inn - Noises in the dead of night,
heavy footsteps and apparitions. The former owner's daughter would see figures
wearing Victorian style clothing.
Fremont - Morison Canyon Road - When you go down The Canyon road you will find
an off ramp that will lead you down to a creek... That is if you can drive all
the way down the road... As you go down the road you begin to hear knocking and
at about half way down the road you will start to hear a small boy laughing...
Story tells that a young boy was killed in the basement of a cottage at the end
of the road...he was found by his parents hanging from the rafters, when his
parents called the cops they told them that there was no body in the house but
mass amounts of blood washing up at the creek banks... Legend tells that if you
make it down the canyon you can still see blood washing up on the creek banks
and hear a young boy laughing...No Trespassing
Fremont - Mission San Jose - Built in the late 1700's, Mission San Jose has had
a lot of curious history. A fire destroyed the original Mission, and the 1906
earthquake leveled the old church. Both have been rebuilt, the church about 12
years ago and the mission in the 1800's. There are cold spots and mists in the
mission itself, uncanny feelings and mists in the courtyard by the fountain. An
old cemetery adjacent to the church is the site of many disturbances, including
unexplained whispers and crying (several Fremont pioneers are buried here, as
well as countless Natives). Also in the church itself, where there are graves in
the floor in the Sanctuary and in front of the altar. Severe cold spits are felt
near the graves. Across the street from the mission sits an historic tavern,
where witnesses say they have seen several Native looking people in old clothing
cross the street and disappear as soon as they enter the courtyard of the
mission.
Fremont - Ohlone College - In the women's bathroom in building 3 there is the
ghost of a woman wearing a blue '60s style dress. She appears in the mirror.
Fremont - Washington High School - old Senior Hall - the rest of the school was
recently rebuilt, but the senior hall is part of the original plan. Students in
there at night including myself have reported hearing more than one set of
footsteps in the hall, even though they are the only ones in the hall.
Fresno - Adorable Poodle Salon - This shop had alot of poltergeist activity when
she was there. Large heavy plants that needed two people to move would be moved
when the owner arrived in the morning, when no one but her had access to the
shop. She hired a young woman to wash dogs for her and the "entity" really took
a liking to her. One day my mother was taking a break when she noticed this girl
working on a dog and periodically brushing her hand away from her neck as if
shooing away a pesty fly. The owner watched for a while as she continued to do
this, not seeing anything there, when suddenly, quite annoyed, this girl said,
"would you please knock it off?!" The owner asked her what was wrong and she
replied, "Your damn ghost won't stop kissing me on the neck!" It stopped kissing
her after that. The owner reported cold spots, lights on and off, doors opening
and closing by themselves and a general feeling of being watched when alone in
the building.
Fresno - Muex Home - This museum is claimed to be haunted by several spirits. It
is believed that most of the haunting is done by the Meux family. There are
others whom state different.
Fresno - Pindale Ave - This street is haunted by the SANDLADY of Pindale who has
been seen at night and believe to for no apparent reason throw sand in the eyes
of people walking by. When they clear their eyes they see that she has vanished.
The spirit is believed to look like an old Spanish lady carrying a small tote
bag.
Fresno - Raymond - There is a haunted (seasonal) fire station in the town. The
station was closed and lights came on inside. A door that would constantly come
open.
Fresno - San Juaquin River - This ghost pretty much have been sighted along the
whole river but mostly the highway 99 overpass by Herndon. A lady and her 2 kids
were swimming in the river back in the 1950's when her kids were kidnapped. Not
too long after she died of allegedly died of sadness. Now her brightly white
colored spirit can be seen walking on top of the water in the river calling for
her children. Some say she has the voice of the wind and the Mexican American
community named her the IBRONA.
Fresno - the Vendo Company - this is a building that has existed for at least
one hundred years. Before it was Vendo it was Pinedale military base and before
that it was a lumberyard and in the beginning it was Japanese concentration
camp. In the mezzanine you get the feeling of someone putting their hands on you
grabbing you ankles, near the cooling tower a Japanese woman with half of her
face rotted off has been seen sitting on a green bench that is by a plant
entrance, the main building is where they were held and tortured. In what now is
receiving is were they were processed and killed there are many body’s buried in
the ground that were never removed. Sounds of choking whispering calling out for
help. there is a bathroom up stairs that a Vendo employee hung himself in 7
years ago is still there as a ghost till this day no one will use the restroom.
Fresno - Roosevelt High School - This school has 2 ghost, one boy committed
suicide in the boys restroom in the east hall. Then a boy felt to his death in
the auditorium while doing a presentation. These two boys haunt the school.
Fresno - Tyler Street House - This modest home has been the seen of terrifying
poltergeist activity since the mid 80's and continues to this day. This house
has had over 22 different occupants since the phenomenon started. Some have
reported seeing red eyes peer out through closets and darkened bedrooms. Objects
fly off countertops and there has been a bludgeoned body of a cat has been found
time after time in the upstairs closet found by each resident that has lived
here even if they do not own a cat or any animals.
Fullerton - Albertsons - Sometimes, when all workers leave, cans of food come
flying off the shelves leaving a huge mess for the workers to clean up. Also
there has been sightings of a old man with a cane who moans and groans. As it
stares you in the face, it fades away.
Fullerton - Cal State Fullerton dorm - Saw small green glowing balls around 2am
sometimes. Heard tapping on the wall adjoining to the room next door when
everyone in the apartment was gone. Heard noises (such as dishes clattering,
taps/knocks, "voices") when nobody else was home. Always had the feeling that
someone was watching you from behind but nobody was ever there.
Fullerton - Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity House - The spirit of a little girl who was
murdered in the ravine next to the house has been said to wander the house at
night, sometimes turning on water taps, turning on and off lights, opening and
shutting cabinets. Sometimes her laughter is heard in summer afternoons.
Fullerton - Plummer Auditorium - The tunnels that run underneath Fullerton are
accessible from Plummer Auditorium as well as other spots in Fullerton. Many
people will tell you of the "Tunnel Ghosts". These people are from many
different eras. One gentleman from WWII is said to follow visitors towards the
exits, when they reach the final exit lights, he vanishes.
Garden Grove - Garden Grove High School - Rumor has it that the ghost of a girl
named Lizzy haunt the Heritage Hall in the E building. It was reported that in
1933 while Lizzy was exiting from the building, the Long Beach earthquake took
place and pieces of the building fell on top of her. Lizzy was crushed and died
instantly. Janitors and teachers of the school reported hearing voices, doors
slamming, even apparition of a girl in a dress while working there at night.
Garden Grove - Midnight Adult Books - Supposedly a man was stabbed during a bad
drug deal back when the property belonged to a nightclub. Three Adult bookstores
all owned by one company sit next to each other where that club used to be.
Employees have reported sightings of a man in a cowboy hat who has a tendency of
entering occupied video booths and not being there when the clerks react, since
no more than one person is allowed in a booth at a time. Also the stores
experience odd noises at night and have the odd object fall off of shelves as
well as shadowy shapes moving about every now and again.
Georgetown - American River Inn - haunted by the ghost of an old miner.
Georgetown - Georgetown Fire Department Station 61 - A man from the Mining Days
of Georgetown was captured on digital camera, standing near the historic Fire
Department building. He smiled happily and pointed at the map on the buildings
side while volunteer fire fighters practiced ladder drills.
Georgetown - Georgetown Hotel - Woman who lost her lover committed suicide in
the miner days and jumped from the upstairs balcony. She is still reported to be
seen in the upstairs rooms.
Geyserville - Warm Springs Fish Hatchery - Reports of an elderly Indian couple
roaming the grounds. The main building was haunted by a ghost (woman) who called
the employees names and changed the radio station. four houses there had their
own encounters with ghosts. The shower came on all times day or night in one
house. One of the other houses reportedly had a spirit of a child that climbed
in the bed them.
Gilroy - Bonfante Gardens - At night after the park is closed, workers have seen
a small carousel in Claudia's Garden turn on all by itself. Lights, music,
everything.
Gilroy - Chictactac-Adams Interpretive Park - Chitactac-Adams Interpretive
Center, on Watsonville Road, is the site of an Indian burial grounds now buried
under the asphalt parking lot, drivers have reported that at night while driving
by, that their air conditioners in their cars will suddenly turn on & blast cold
air upon them. There are trails to take through the park to see ancient rock
carvings made by the once native Ohlone tribe. This was once the main village
for the area.
Gilroy - hwy 152 (blood alley) - There have been numerous sightings of a woman
searching for her child, hearing the sound of a stage coach and the snorting and
breathing of horses, and a rumor that a woman was killed by a truck driver and
she appears in the passenger seat of the truck, screams" and then vanishes.
Gilroy - Mt. Madonna State Park - Mansion ruins and surrounding area are Haunted
by Former owner Henry Miller and Daughter, Daughter has been seen in open fields
riding a horse, She was killed on site while riding a horse, she fell and broke
her neck. There has been ghostly visions on horse back in mist seen floating in
Hills for decades. Also reported, an unidentified man called the kiask at the
park to report this strange sighting to park employees. He stated that he and a
companion were driving down Pole Line rode which runs through the park at about
midnight, along side the wooded road a girl in a long white prom dress was
walking.
Gilroy - Old Gilroy Hotel - There are 2 ghosts that haunt this building. A woman
in her 20's and a little girl. Story goes, when the building was a hotel a man
went in and raped and killed 2 people. The woman is seen at the top of the
stairs, and the little girl is seen in the hallway. footsteps are heard, the
electric piano's keys are struck when it is not plugged in, lights go on and
off, the little girl is sometimes seen looking out the window, one employee
recalls being touched on the back of the neck by one of the ghosts. Doors rattle
as though someone is locked inside and can't get out.
Gilroy - South Valley Jr. High School - Inside old ROP building in the hallway
footsteps were heard by the nightshift employees. Upon investigation no one was
located in or around the area.
Glen Ellen - Wolf House - Jack London's House - The feeling of the place was one
of dread. Visions of seeing the house in flames and hearing cries for help.
Glen Ellen - rail road crossing - It's said that in Glen Helen by the rail road
tracks if you put your car in neutral with your car not facing the rail road
tracks and wait two through three minutes it is said that the ghosts of six kids
will start to push your car slowly at first, then with a rapid speed they will
try to get you to the tracks, if you try to stop, it is difficult if they have
gained their full speed! You can verify this by driving to the nearest gas
station and if you look closely you can see their little hand prints!
Glendora - Bennett Home - It belongs to the Daughters of the American Revolution
and after having purchased the residence in 1982 at their first monthly tea,
they all reported having seen the apparition of a lady whom was a former
resident, in the early 1910s'.
Glendora - Wal-Mart - This Wal-Mart is said to be built on an Indian burial
ground, and the story appeared in the local newspaper. An employees working in
the garden center heard the door alarm went off about ten times and felt cold
gusts of air through the room. There were only three workers there with the
doors closed and all of them experienced the same thing at the same time.
Gorman - Gorman School - Rumors that a little girl had died on the land some
time ago. When they built the school, they built the cafeteria over where she
was buried. The exact spot where she was buried, it is said that the cement
never dried and is always wet. She also has fun with the kids and teachers
there. Sometimes ahe has been seen running around the school.
Granada Hills - 118 Freeway eastbound - Apparitions of a family of 4 (mom, dad,
2 kids) standing at the side of the freeway, all looking lost and forlorn, but
with no broken-down car in sight. When you pull up to help they are gone.
Grass Valley - The Holbrooke Hotel - The downstairs reception hall is said to be
haunted by spirits that drag chairs across the floor, turn lights on and off and
voices are heard when no one is down there. The hotel was built in the 1800's
and has hosted presidents, actors and was at one time a brothel. Arletta Douglas
supposedly haunts the dining room named after her. Many of the hotel rooms are
haunted by former guests who made the hotel a second home.
Grass Valley - Jack in the Box - People that had worked there for years say that
odd things happened at night there, but the submitter to the haunted place
passed it off as "hazing the new girl." There's one ghost they call the "Miner".
He liked to turn off the soda fountain at the drive through during busy times.
They have also heard children's laughter in the lobby after the doors are
locked. Offerings of toys left on the tables are moved or disappear. They also
looked up one night and saw their reflection in the window, along with the
indistinct reflection of someone standing behind them, but no one was there when
they turned around. - February 2004 Update: The Jack in the Box has been leveled
and rebuilt.
Grass Valley - North Star Mine Lodge - Was converted into a Christian boarding
school in the 1960's. It was shut down in the mid 80's. Doors opened and closed
by themselves drastic temperature changes pictures flew off walls windows
opening and shutting these events were witnessed by quite a few of the other
students often by groups of us at one time the temperature changes and things
flying off the walls seem to occur at the same time.
Grass Valley - the Round Room - proceed past the fairgrounds 5 miles to the
dump, left on next road (Wolf Mountain) and take it to a 1/4 mile before you see
it dead end at the top of the mountain, sharp left on short dirt driveway, you
will reach the round room. Supposedly an old water tank, this place has been a
local legend for many years. Cold spots and apparitions reported. The acoustics
inside will amaze you. Story goes that Dr. Anton LaVey (founder of church of
Satan) moved his commune here in the late sixties, and held séances and rituals
in this room for several years. All inquiries made by the submitter of this
haunted place to validate this through the church of Satan were denied, and was
told they had no knowledge of such events. However, the locals that have been
here forever swear it to be true. Whatever the veracity of its history may be,
the round room has a deep and pervading negative presence, and be careful, there
have been several murders there over the years, reportedly by people in white
robes. Blood found but no bodies. Truth taken to the grave. please be safe.
Groveland - The Groveland Hotel - The Bed & Breakfast is haunted by the ghost of
an old miner named "Lyle". Lyle died in his sleep in his own room and hasn't
left since. You can stay in "Lyle's room" at the Groveland and possibly have
your makeup thrown off the dresser or the water faucet turning off & on
mysteriously. Lyle does not like people, especially women, in his room.
Guerneville - Mays Canyon Road- The stories began around June of 1991. One night
a young man was driving along Mays Canyon Road when he thought he spotted a
woman standing in the middle of the road. She appeared suddenly; at first he
believed he'd hit her, but later realized he'd passed through her figure with
his vehicle. Not long after -- perhaps a few months -- a girl (who had no
knowledge of the previous sighting) was walking along the road at twilight when
she encountered a woman walking the opposite direction. The woman asked the girl
if she knew some of the other boys who took walks down Mays at nighttime, and
the girl replied that she did. They chatted briefly and parted ways. Later, it
was discovered that her description of the woman matched that of the woman who
had been "run over." Because so many people have described dangerous or
frightening experiences on Mays Canyon Road, many of the detailswhere chosen to
be left out. - The submitter realizes this is frustrating, but they believe Mays
can be a dangerous place and don't want to cause anyone else to become hurt by
visiting the site and playing with the energies that are present. Always use
extreme caution.
Half Moon Bay - Highway 92 - When driving up 92(near Skyline Cemetery) at around
3:00 A.M you will feel a cold hand on your shoulder. When you look in your
rearview mirror you'll see a woman sitting in your back seat. It is said that
she was killed in a automobile accident in the 70's. They say she's looking for
a ride home.
Hanford - Bastille - Now a bar, used to be a jail. People died in there and now
tend to haunt the bar and frighten the cooks in the kitchen. New stairs leading
to the bathroom become old and frail on occasions.
Hanford - Calvary Cemetery - there is a mausoleum in that cemetery that opens up
every Friday people and tourists come to see this strange building they come to
visit friends family and to look around the building there has been some
feelings of strange entities in the mausoleum some people claim to hear voices
and others claim to see strange sightings of spirits that have been there for
over 47 years there has been a strange lady in a white dress circling the
building since the early sixties if someone can come and check it out and take a
picture you wont know what you will catch.
Hanford - Hanford Civic Auditorium - When first entering the Civic Auditorium,
there can be felt very cold breezes that pass by even when all windows are
closed. In the boys bathroom, there can be heard men talking about legal issues
when no one is around and occasionally, a lawyer in a older style brown suit and
rugged briefcase can be seen on Christmas day. Windows with latches come undone
by themselves, and the windows will open and close and re-latch on its own.
Within the Auditorium itself, ghosts can be seen on the upper balcony watching
an invisible show. The most noted person was a man in a black suit with a white
shirt on; he has dark brown hair and brown eyes, with a black mustache. He is
often seen applauding for an invisible show, and once done applauding he
vanishes.
Hanford - the old Hanford Sentinel Building - not much is known about the old
Hanford sentinel building now but it is said that a ghost inhabits the building
people said they sometimes hear noise in the building.
Hanford - Irwin Inn - Now a restaurant, the Irwin Street Inn is home to at least
3 ghosts. There are occasional slamming of windows, moving of bed sheets,
switching on and off lamps. Sometimes ghosts can be seen in the dining area and
on the second floor.
Hanford - Irwin and Bush intersection- sights of an old man in a chair back in
the hallway booming and laughing sounds and flickering lights creaking on stairs
when your not around them. If you go to the second floor you will see and hear
ghost and feel cool winds.
Hanford - Kings River Bank - A ghost has been seen by the workers.
Hanford - Old Mental Hospital on Irwin St. - The ghost of the head nurse can be
seen pacing on the front porch. If you sit on the front steps, she will come out
and talk to you and then ask you to leave. There is no power going into the
house, but a white light can be seen thru the front window and a red light thru
the back porch window (these windows are not aligned, so it is not the same
light).
Harbor City - Harbor Park - aka Duck Pond - Its been said that at this park you
can sell your soul to the devil and as a matter of fact its been also said that
there was a "rap singer" that sold his soul and became real famous. They say
that the devil comes to you in the best of manner and has a very pleasant smell.
Hatward - Southland General Cinema - A former employee named George is said to
haunt the upstairs and theaters 4 and 5. Children sometimes come out crying
saying they saw someone when there was no one there. The theater is no longer
Open.
Hawthorne - Hawthorne High school - In Nyman Hall you sometimes see an old woman
in black wandering around there. And also lights go off an on mysteriously. In
the girls bathroom by building seventeen you can hear the sounds of a girl
weeping. In the same bathroom the toilets flush and the water turns on and off.
Hawthorne Blvd - Redondo Beach - General Cinema Theater I - It is no longer
used. The stock room could not be kept clean; boxes would always be opened,
overturned, and/or dumped on the floor. The faucet would turn on and off by
itself. Behind the concession stand, you could feel someone brush past you and
bump into you as you were working and the cabinets would be padlocked at night
and would be open in the morning, with the contents disheveled and strewn about.
Hayward - Cal State University - Ghosts are seen near Robinson Hall around 10pm.
A male & female who are not shy. The female is said to wear a "little bo peep"
costume.
Hayward - General Cinema Southland - The theater is haunted by George. He haunts
theatre 4 and 5 and the upstairs.
Hayward - Hayward Plunge - In the late 1960's a swim coach who taught at the
indoor pool next to the memorial park kidnapped all of his kids that he was
teaching and led them to this creek that is along side the trail in the back of
this park and left them there, told them to wait that he'd be back. The kids
stayed there all night until there were no more people around. The swim coach
returned and murdered them in the woods and left their bodies in the creek. It
is said that if you walk through the park at nighttime up the trail about 200
yards, you will witness many strange things. Mini- rockslides will occur in
strange spots, you will find yourself in cold spots and see dark shadows, as you
reach the circle clearing, stop and listen for a few minutes. You will hear the
children’s footsteps all around you, some laughing and running, some crying and
pleading for your help.
Hayward - Lone Tree Cemetery - Faces have been seen in the bushes. Strange
noises heard inside the graveyard. Things have been moved from headstones to
unexplainable places. Whispering and thumps heard when walking through the main
part of the cemetery. Lights flash and bells chime. Strange movements and dark
shadows in the distance. A few orbs have been seen with the naked eye. Many came
out on the camera. Strange noises heard on the video when played back.
Hayward - Vic Hubbards - An Employee was killed by a dropped engine block, some
employee's say he haunts the warehouse behind the shop. Haunting includes
"clowning on ricers", "stealing altezza lights"
Healdsburg - Madrona Manor - This Victorian era hotel is the home of a ghost
that lives in one of the ground floor rooms. A little girl does no harm and her
history is unknown.
Heber - Old Heber School House - Noises such as stomping and eraser banging are
heard especially at night. Before the windows were completely broken off, there
was one front window that was broken in the shape of a women.
Hemet - Hemet High School Theatre - The resident ghost of the theatre,
Christine, has left messages on the walls and on the roof. She has also been
seen onstage and in the backstage areas. Usually she is personified as a white
blurry figure that people see wandering the stage.
Hermosa Beach - Prospect Street School - Now used as storage for the city,
witness have reported hearing little children's voices but the school has longed
been closed
Hesperia - Main street Hospital - IT is told that a little girl named Sara once
lived where the hospital stands. She lit her house on fire and she died. So now
she haunts the top floor and is seen by employees at night.
Highland Park - Franklin high school - Reports of the apparition of a girl in
white.
Hollywood - Laurel Canyon - There have been numerous reports over the years
regarding an intersection on Laurel Canyon. on several occasions at the
intersection of Laurel Canyon and Lookout Mountain Dr. people have witnessed an
old carriage pulled by white horses that seems to dart out onto the canyon road
from Lookout Mountain as though the horses are at a full speed gallop only to
disappear causing car accidents.
Hollywood - All Star Cafe - There have been many sightings of sprits in the All
Star Cafe. In the Ladies Vanity Room, there have been cold spots and lights
flashing out of no where. There were also a few sightings of a little girl and
boy running around the cafe and suddenly disappearing.
Hollywood - Beachwood Drive Apartments - Ghost of an old man is seen walking the
central staircase.
Hollywood - Chateau Marmont - Famous hotel from the 20's that has been home to
every legend from Howard Hughes, Marilyn Monroe, Boris Karloff, Jim Morrison and
of course is famous for site of John Belushi's death. Every kind of phenomena
has been witnessed here.
Hollywood - El Capitan Theater - suicide in balcony seats...energy from suicide
seat felt. Weird evil feeling in downstairs lobby at night, old manager died in
office (now gone) Disney cannot get rid of sighting of ghost of manager...so
they walled off window where ghost was seen from the street, above entry way
doors. Projectionist died...ghost seen.
Hollywood - El Compadre Restaurant - There have been sightings of two ghosts who
walk near the piano after closing. The bar is also haunted by some unknown
presence by the large mirror in the wall.
Hollywood - Hollywood Forever Cemetery - This cemetery is mainly used to bury
old stars of the silver screen. One such star, Valentino, is visited by a "lady
in black." She has been reported to take Valentino, the heartthrob actor of the
silent 20's era, exactly 2 long-stemmed red roses. She is never disturbed and
walks into the mausoleum at night, every night. This is one ghost that can be
counted upon to be seen.
Hollywood - Hollywood High School - A young boy that goes by the name of Toby
committed suicide after his girlfriend left him for someone else. Many teachers
and students have reported hearing doors open and close by them selves, loud
hammering, objects moved from one place to another, a shadow roaming around the
auditorium (where he hung himself from) and unexplained sounds coming from the
second floor. Another young man reportedly drowned in the pool and has been seen
walking around the gym hall and pool.
Hollywood - Hollywood Mann's Chinese Theatre - Noises heard near the employees
locker room, flickering lights. People believe it to be the spirit of a worker
that hung himself in the early 1900’s.
Hollywood - Hollywood sign and Griffith observatory - Two people have committed
suicide of the Hollywood sign and there have been many sightings of weird
looking figures and lights by the sign late at night. From the Griffith
observatory, you can see the sign very well and employees there have reported
sightings of ghosts by the sign.
Hollywood - Immaculate Heart High School - Sometimes individual students see the
shadow of the nun when the closet's open In the drama room. The sound of
footsteps on the stage has been reported. One technician has claimed to feel a
cold breeze sweep across his neck while on the cat walk.
Hollywood - KCET studio - It has been said that a woman and two children haunt
one of the studios. My father used to work there. He would come back for lunch
and things would be moved. For example the big rolls? of heavy wire that cannot
be moved by even one or two people. They came back one time to find a of wooden
beam props moved from one side of the studio to the next - impossible. He also
said things would drop dangerously close to his head.
Hollywood - Mann's Chinese Theater - The Ghost of actor Victor Killian, roams
the sidewalk here, looking for the man who murdered him. There were odd things
that happened in the main theatre. Between shows when workers would be cleaning
the auditorium, they would often see out of the corner of their eyes black
shapes that would "fall" from the ceiling. Upon investigation there would be
nothing there. Also random times women and employees wouldn't want to go down
into the women's restroom. They would begin to feel odd and then change their
minds about going down the stairs.
Hollywood - Mullholand Drive - Errol Flynn's Former Estate - Residents in the
neighboring homes have reported lights of all shapes and colors on the property.
And noises of that of a social gathering or gala party going on. The most active
month is usually August, when these noises are heard on almost a nightly basis.
Very amusing considering that all that is left of the home is the foundation and
a tennis court.
Hollywood - Roosevelt Hotel - A stop at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is a must,
as at least two famous, and several not so famous ghosts reside there. The
hotel's most famous haunting concerns a mirror which sits outside the elevators
on the hotel's lower level. The mirror originally was part of the furnishings in
a room which was frequently used by Marilyn Monroe. Several people have reported
seeing the tragic actress' image reflected in the glass of this particular
mirror.
Hollywood - The Comedy Store - Was once a famous nightclub and restaurant in the
30's/40's and the basement is said to be haunted with an evil entity.
Hollywood - Todd A/O building - Apparently a worker back in the 70's committed
suicide in the building. Lights turn on and off. Things move on desks sometimes
even disappearing when no one is watching and chairs roll around on their own.
Security guards for the facility confirm that some nights a figure can be seen
roaming the halls and a quiet mumbling voice is often heard through out the
facility. Todd A/O is a final dub stage for the film industry and has been
around since the 60's
Hollywood - Universal Studios - Lon Chaney Sr.'s ghost is often seen running in
the catwalks above the stage, he is often wearing a phantom-like cape. He
usually lets his presence be known by opening and closing doors, flickering
lights off and on. One strange event that happens is the tinkling of a
chandelier that was removed from the set years ago, one of the original props
from the movie.
Hollywood - Universal Studios - Back to the future ride -Employees will clean
the area and close doors to the ride rooms. A few minutes later they will go
back to find candy wrappers on the floor and doors opened. Employees also
experienced cold spots. An employee stated a little girl died on the ride due to
an illness.
Hollywood - Vogue Theater - Built in 1935 and opened as an 800 seat movie
theatre in 1936. Nine entities have been documented since August of 1997. Six
children, an adult female and two adult males. Entities are extremely active and
communicative. allegedly including one particular spirit identified as "Fritz,"
a projectionist at the theater, who died in the projection booth. Other ghosts
here include a maintenance engineer, as well as a school teacher and her
students who were killed almost a century ago when Prospect Elementary School
(which used to stand on the site) burned down. The Vogue has been featured on
numerous network TV broadcasts, and it is claimed that most film crews have had
paranormal experiences inside the Vogue. (6675 Hollywood Blvd., east of
Highland.)
Hollywood - Wattles Mansion - There used to be a bus stop right in front of the
property, but it had to be moved because there were many complaints of
screaming, and mysterious sounds of horses galloping and whinnying all night
long. An apparition of a woman has also been seen on the grounds at night.
Hollywood - Wax Museum - during a trip to the museum, there were people there
that were saying that they felt cold spots, lights going off and on and voices,
right by the last supper.
Humboldt - Eureka - Granada convalescing hospital - at night toilets flush by
themselves and lights turn on and off. the buzzer and call lights come on at the
end of the hall when no patients are in them. once a wheel chair rolled across
the room by it's self. and in the middle of the hall around 12am to 4am you can
see an elderly man slowly walking in the middle of the hall but when you go to
help him back to his room he vanishes the closer you get. also creepy feelings
over come you some nights it's hard for cna's to finish there work.
Huntington Beach - Bolsa Chica Wetlands - An apparition of a boy about 11 to 13
years old dressed in all white has been seen around a bomb shelter, and when
spotted he will run around a corner and disappear.
Huntington Beach - Edison High School - At night when driving by the Edison
track on Magnolia Street strange lights can be seen dancing around the baseball
field. As well apparitions of what to appear to be people on the back soccer
field. In the boy’s locker room in the early morning showers turn on and off on
their own plus lockers rattle and bang.
Huntington Beach - Ethel Dwyer Middle School - is said to be haunted by the
ghost of Ethel Dwyer, a woman who went to school there as a girl and was then a
teacher there as well. When one drives by the school they can often see lights
on in various rooms where none should be on and strange, paranormal sounds are
sometimes heard coming from the school boiler room.
Huntington Beach - Huntington Beach High School - Young man named George hung
himself in the middle of a play in the auditorium. If he doesn't know you will
be performing, he will play tricks on you or hurt you. Performers must sign a
paper and put it where his rope is. If the rope is removed, the next play will
be ruined. Sets have fallen, been broken, and disappeared with no way to take
them out in the first place. People forget lines, lose their voice, are hit with
falling sets or lights (never fatal). Nooses used in a play will undo
themselves.
Huntington Park - St. Mathias Mission House - it use to be the home of an
elderly couple who also died in here many years ago. Many people have seen an
old person at the mirror in where their living room use to be. A lot of people
have herd footsteps, weird moans and sounds, things fall and lights turn on and
off when no one is in the room.
Idyllwild - Idyllwild Arts Academy - McNeale Hall - The main boys dorm at
Idyllwild Arts Academy has been reported to be haunted. Some of the occurrences
have been: hearing running in the hall after lights out, hearing strange voices,
items being moved, as well as being touched by something when no ones there.
Imperial - Imperial Historic Cemetery - If you go out there late at night, you
get the feeling of being watched, It Feels so much colder once you enter the
grounds, there are really weird warm and cold spots in the graveyard, seems kind
of unnatural. It makes you want to leave right away. Stories of people taking
photo's out there and getting weird lights in them. Also of a monk like figure
by the entrance. Sometimes 1 to 3 shadow hooded figures, are seen late at night
by the front entrance to the left by the brick triangle, there are cold spots in
the same area. You get a eerie feeling of impending doom and of being watched
and not being welcomed. Weird lights have been seen there floating across the
graveyard from greenish blue to fire like red. A flame like mist has been seen
coming out of grave sights and then going back into the ground. Camcorders
sometimes turn off even though fully charged. It is very unsettling.
Imperial - Sunset Ranch Estates - Cemetery - A light from the cemetery is seen
every night. At some angles it is green, others its orange. It looks like its
moving - like someone is carrying it.
Imperial Valley - Along the canals and streams - The canals of the Imperial
Valley are said to be the home of La Llorona, which in English means The Crying
Lady. She was said to be Malinche, the wife of the Spanish conquistador Cortez.
An Indian maiden who was taken by lust during his stay, who also bore him 2
children. It was when Cortez was to return to Spain and told Malinche that he
would take the children and not her back to Spain that she temporarily went
insane and killed her own 2 children to prevent Cortez from taking them. She
then disposed of their bodies in a nearby river. It is said, that after death
she is supposed to walk along the canals and rivers crying looking for her lost
dead children. Reports describe her as a long slender ethereal woman dressed in
a white tattered dress. Reports have come from all over the Imperial Valley.
Indio - Indio High School - Indio High has been around since the early 60's. A
former caretaker reports many experiences. One occurred late one rainy night in
the front entrance of the school, it is an open space with a once fountain
turned garden in the 90's. One Rainy night he was out doing his job cleaning up
classrooms and campus when from the corner of his eyes he saw two figures in the
distance sitting at the fountain talking and kissing. He thought this was odd
considering its near midnight, it's raining, and at the time the school was
practically in the middle of the desert. So with out taking his eyes off of them
he began to approach them to ask them if they might need a ride or shelter from
the rain. As he got half way near the fountain the male figure wearing a varsity
jacket turned to him, the girl wearing a pretty prom like dress stood up and
turned towards the caretaker, that's when he realized they hadn't been affected
by the rain... there clothes were completely dried and puffy! They faded away
and disappeared. In the late 1970's or early 80's a group of students were
returning home from prom night, the driver didn't see a ditch in the road and
hit it, the car flipped killing 2 girls, 2 boys, and leaving the fifth person in
the car in coma for several years when she finally came-to she was left a
vegetable. Later she died at the age of 27 in her home. If you want to research
this info your welcomed to do so at the Indio Library, and Indio High School
library.
Inglewood - Inglewood Park Cemetery - sightings of supernatural beings and
noises heard throughout the large cemetery.Employees have seen strange and
somewhat supernatural ocurrences.One such incident ocurred when an employee
tried to approach a woman who seemed lost but dissapeared before he could
approach her.
Irvine - BlackStar Canyon - It's located behind Irvine park and the signs that
say "no authorities will help you beyond this point" is a main reason why people
don't go in. It's supposed to be home of the "KKK" and strange sightings and
noises are heard such as running and screaming. Also lion type figures are said
to be walking on the mountain tops. "Warning" If you do plan to go take
flashlights because it's is freakishly dark (a sort of weapon would also be a
good idea)
Irvine - Irvine High School Theatre - A very talented drama student died
suddenly back in the 1970's. To this day, people working in the theatre at night
say that the friendly spirit often sits in the center of the house and can
sometimes be seen as a green faintly glowing region of the seating.
Irvine - Orange Tree patio homes - Oriental Man walking his dog, and practicing
his golf swings walks by the pool areas almost every night at 10:30pm.
Irvine - University of California Irvine - Campus Dr. - when driving alone at
night your car will stall and a woman will stand at your window. she asks you
for help to find her daughter but for some odd reason, her mouth doesn't move,
you just hear her subconsciously. you cant refuse because well, she ends up in
the passenger seat anyway. the story behind it is that a woman was looking for
her child after being kidnapped and she found out that her daughter was raped
and killed. she was in denial about it so she kept looking for her. she was
walking along campus dr. and went down to the ditch and never came back up.
Jamestown - The Willow Steak House - The Willow Hotel reportedly has been
haunted since the 1800s. Under the Hotel an old gold mine caved in and killed 23
miners, and now the hotel is haunted by these miners.
Joshua Tree - Joshua Tree Inn- Objects shake, move by themselves and sometimes
disappear only to reappear later.
Jamul - Jamul Indian Village - 100 year old church and cemetery. Located on the
Jamul Indian reservation. It’s said that on cold night you can hear the cries of
restless souls.
Jamul - Train Tracks - Around the 1950's a school bus full of children broke
down and stalled on the tracks. Suddenly a train came barreling toward them and
somehow the bus' door jammed so the children and driver could not get. The train
totaled the bus and killed everyone in it. Now if you go and park on the train
tracks at night strange things will happen. Such things are that you can hear
children laughing and crying, hear footsteps of children running, and hear the
children tapping and sometime even banging on you car. Also, it is a good idea
to keep the doors locked because the children will even try to open the doors.
Finally, if you put baby powder on your car when you leave you can see
handprints in the powder and sometimes the children even try to push your car
off of the tracks.
Keddie - Paluma County - Keddie Resort - The unsolved murder of a family took
place in cabin #28, and that writing appears on the walls of the cabin, along
with chairs moving and other phenomenon. The once deserted resort is being
renovated by a new owner, although cabin #28 has supposedly been demolished
after being condemned. A reader reports being there on Jan.24, 2003 and cabin
#28 still stands.
Keene - Keene Hospital - The old abandoned hospital can be found off dirt roads
in the back of the small town of Keene. It was once a huge TB hospital that
housed so many victims that it was eventually forced to close. Legend has it,
that in the children's ward you can hear kids laughing and talking. In the rest
of the building, strange voices and noises can be heard.
Kerman - Kerney Mansion - In this small town there is a historical place called
Kerney Mansion. Built around 100 years ago Mr. Kerneys mansion is surrounded by
trees. Railroad tracks near this mansion are definitely haunted. Seen by many
eye witnesses, if you cross over these railroad tracks at night you will
definitely see the Kerney witch who lives near by wearing all white pleading for
the cars to stop. Legend has it that she will follow your car or you as you pass
her, and if you look into her eyes, you'll die.
Kerman - Kerney Park - Witnesses have heard the laughter of children as if they
were playing when none are present at 1:30am.
Kern - Arvin - Arvin Mortuary - There's a ghost in the mortuary that they refer
to as the white lady, She has been seen many times, there’s also been many
sightings of a white light, there’s been many times when the PA system was off,
and you could still hear choir music clearly.
Kern county - Lone Pine - Recreation park off hwy 395 - a little girl sliding
down the slide wearing a pink jacket and a white shirt with pig tails small
maybe 3 or 4 years old scene at night 12/05/03
Keyes - Single T Canal - A mysterious lady with a bluish glow has been seen
roaming the banks of this canal. She has even been known to chase people until
they get off the canal bank. Legend has it that the woman died trying to save
one of her children caught in one of the irrigation pipes. She is known to
locals as The Blue Lady.
Kingsburg - Bangor St. - The old church on the north side of Bangor St. has been
the place of many unnatural occurrences. Lights have been seen in the building
even though it has no power. Doors lock and unlock on their own. People have
been seen in the windows at night, but during the day the building was boarded
up. An old man could be seen on the porch standing against the wall. He would
turn and walk through the front doors of the church. Humanoid figures with wings
and tails would stand on top of the roof. Something would swing from a rope in
the bell tower. You could hear the bell in the bell tower, even though the bell
was removed years ago. Windows that were nailed shut would open and close on
their own. Children have been seen playing in front of the old building. Glowing
orbs have been seen, and strange figures with no faces and no legs below the
knee have chased people off the property many times. - NOTE: the building was
torn down about four years ago and a house built on the property. The house took
an extremely long time to build, much longer than it should have taken.
La Habra - Estelli/ the hills - when going back sometimes you can hear voices
yelling. some foot prints of animals that have 7 claws, and loud wooshing noises
when getting close to the hills, but goes away when u get a little bit farther
away, creatures that move incredibly fast and make high pitched growls, with
spikes on their backs and dark clouds gather above and follow you back to
estelli. you get feelings of fear and the feeling ur not welcomed
La Habra - Friendly Hills Medical Group - building is now abandoned from
bankruptcy. Reports by security people of cold spats, toilets flushing by
themselves. Voices in hallways. Heart monitor heard in cardiac room. Some EVP
phenomena recorded. Feeling of not being welcomed. - UPDATE: The building is now
torn down.
La Habra - La Habra Depot Theater - Loud footsteps in theater. - Amtrak train
(used as a dressing room): Loud banging noises, vision of young girl peeking
around wall, vision of couple in Victorian couple walking (seen in mirror).
La Habra - Serria Vista school - people have seen goshtly things up around the
class room areas and on the street right next to the back of the school, people
run away from the school and when they look back there is something chasing them
( sounds like a lie but it has happend to many people) when you are there by
your self the swings starts to swing and there are creaking sounds all around
the school many sightings of a little girl in one of the girls restrooms
La Habra Heights - Hacienda Golf Club - This 80 year-old golf club has many
elderly members and a lot of these members passed away while at the club.
Strange occurrences at the club include noises, lights that come on by
themselves, and especially, there are dark shadows that move in the corridors
and on the golf course.
La Jolla - Muirlands Middle School - As you walk down the halls you can
sometimes hear people talking behind you an when you turn you find that there is
no one. In the auditorium you can sometimes the lights turn on and off by
themselves.
La Mirada - Bristol Drive - In an old abandoned house down the street by the
park, a family used to live there and had a teenage son that died in the house.
The family moved out soon after. People claim to see the son at night in the
window, and claim to hear someone thumping down the stairs.
La Mirada - Creek Park - Late at night when you are walking down the stairs by
the horse trail or on the horse trail, people have heard a little girl screaming
for her mom. If you walk by the opening in the trees closest to the stairs
people claim to see the little girl looking at them
La Puente - Hurley Elementry School - Tetherball courts - They said two kids
were playing tetherball after school around 7p.m one of the kids hit the ball
and the chains wraped around one of the kids throat. The other one didn't know
what to do while his/her friend was choking. So the kid ran home.They said the
kid choked on the chains. Late nights residents say you could here a chain
hitting the pole on the court and a sound of someone choking.
La Puente - Nogales burgers - the father of the owner walks around at night
there have been many accounts of this happening. the owner has seen it many
times. so have security guards. this man died many years ago in a grease fire.
where he burned to death. there's also a wall with photo's that was once throws
across the restaurant.
La Puente - Nogales High School - Nogales is haunted by a spirit that wanders
the quad late at night. It is said to be the spirit of a young student who was
killed on the near by train tracks.
La Puente - Puente Hills Mall AMC - workers claim to see little kids running
around the theater and then they suddenly vanish into thin air. - Update & a
little background info: The Puente Hills Mall AMC theater was attached to the
mall until 1996 The Broadway Department Store was known by employees to be very
haunted. On the third floor, stock workers were frightened by music coming from
a locked and empty stockroom, and the area of the freight elevator was quite
simply a terrifying place for me to work in. Workers had feelings of panic and
chills. On the second floor, employees heard their names called by someone
unseen (this was a very common occurrence, experienced even by non-believers),
clothing would swing on racks as though someone were walking between the racks,
cool breezes and the sound of breathing were felt and heard in the stockrooms of
the Children's Department, and several times before the store opened employees
heard the sounds of someone straightening the racks in the Lingerie department,
and see two legs wearing black pants standing behind a tall fixture (on which
were hung bathrobes, etc.), but the sounds and legs disappeared when they went
to see who was working. All of this occurred both before, during, and after
store hours. Also, in the second floor freight area, they would see people
passing the door of the room in which they were working, but no one was present
when they checked the hallway. This, too, was a common activity. The first floor
had similar activities, but employees working after hours in the freight dock
would see what we thought were customers passing the windows of the dock doors,
but when investigated, the store was empty. One dock guy quit after he
experienced this a couple of times. The store was closed and torn down in 1996,
and the theater was built. Reportedly only one person ever died on the store
property: a manager had a heart attack while at work, and died while they were
loading her into the ambulance. A child was severely injured once while playing
on the escalator from the second to the first floor, and his blood stains had
soaked into the tile at the foot of the escalator and remained until the store
was destroyed.
La Quinta - Wal-Mart - Employees claim to hear a little girls laughter late at
night when the stores closed and they've also heard toys falling off the
shelves.
La Selva Beach - Tyler House - What is now a teenage recovery house is the site
of the Leonard House were a family lived during the gold rush in the mid 1800s,
but moved to Aptos after a while. There was also a Jesuit Mission in the area,
both have since been torn down and the Tyler House stands in it's place. The
beach near by is also haunted by a boy who drowned there in the 1960s. The Tyler
House residents have experienced noises and objects moving as well as reports of
windows opening and closing on their own, a very haunted house.
La Verne - Damien High School - Towards dusk a large, fast moving white
mist-like cloud can be seen moving across campus in the direction of the
football field. It has also been observed moving across the football field. The
400 building towards the south of the school nearby by the gym is rumored to be
haunted by an unknown spirit. Late at night, it's rumored you can see the
hallway lights turn on by themselves and then see a shadow walking the hallway,
but there's nobody there when one tries to look.
Lafayette - Lafayette Park Hotel - Guests complain about a little girl calling
for her mommy and jumps on the beds. Apparitions, Pictures fall of the walls
vending machines dispense soda on their own, cold spots & doors slam.
Laguna Hills - Top of the World - Story is that a little girl that ran away from
home to her school because her parents where fighting. She sat on the swing
crying. The next morning the custodian found her, evidently she had died of
hypothermia. Reports of hearing and seeing a little girl in the play ground at
night.
Laguna Woods - formerly Laguna Hills - Leisure World - Theater - Footsteps are
heard in the booth by staff in the offices below, especially when there is no
one in the building. Technicians have reported someone looking over their
shoulders during shows. Opinion has it that this is 'Bud', a former printer who
moved to Leisure World in the mid 60's and worked in the theater as its first
tech.
Lake Elsinore - The Abandoned Country Club - burned down - Reports of an eerie
feeling of not being welcome there. The place is in shambles on the inside and
is always unusually cold in the hallway to the right of the foyer. Strange
things are said to happen here frequently. **Update - has recently burned down.
very negative place it was when it was standing and the land and ruins that are
now left have not changed that cold place one bit... on one interesting note...
the country club burned down in a huge fire and didn't so much as singe the
properties surrounding it.
Lake Elsinore - The Chimes - Reports say it is currently being restored- People
have said that they have felt cold spots where the china dolls are located. The
spirit of the person who drowned in the pool has been seen roaming around in the
basement area.
Lake Elsinore - Divider Field (reflections) - Supposedly, 3 or 4 workers plowing
out the area for construction, were accidentally killed by some of the
machinery. Strange hot and cold spots have been recorded.
Lake Elsinore - Elsinore High School - In the early 50's, a freshman hung
herself in the back of the stage in the theater. She had been hurt and
embarassed in a hazing by the Soccer team. On several occasions, people have
claimed to hear a girl choking when there is no one in the theater.
Lake Elsinore - Main Street abondoned Hotel - On Saturday nights, It has been
said by many and also the mechanics shop that they often hear screaming inside
the hotel. The whole place is boarded up. Also they see a man in a janitors suit
looking down off the roof at about 1 am in the morning.
Lake Forrest - Best Western Hotel - Employees have felt uneasy around the bottom
floor rooms. EVP has been recorded and Photos have been taken in one of the
rooms. Cold spots in the kitchen area of the room.
Lake Tahoe - Periodically there are reports that a young woman has been seen
floating below the surface of the lake. She is dressed in fine clothing from the
late 1800s.
Lakewood - Saint Joseph high school - It is reported that at St. Josephs high
school located in Lakewood, CA, a young girl who killed herself her freshmen
year due to cruelness from upperclassmen and classmates, haunts the classrooms
every year on April 7, the date of her death.
Lancaster - Antelope Valley Hospital - Staff on 5th floor report hearing noises
and seeing doors move, eerie feeling when on 4th and 5th floors.
Lancaster - Cemetery - You can see a little girl dressed in old fashioned cloths
looking at you if you walk through the cemetery at night.
Lancaster (I & 90th) - Demolished Insane Asylum - Concrete slabs of cells still
remain. Voices can be heard late at night, along with screaming, and banging
noises on metal. People have even complained of being chased.
Lancaster - Lancaster Performing Arts Center (Lancaster Blvd) - It is said that
when the theater was first being built, an elderly woman was standing on the
stage during construction, and accidentally stepped back into the orchestra pit.
She landed on her head, breaking her neck, dying instantly. Actors who have
performed at the theater claim to have seen her ghost downstairs in the green
room and stairwell. Many see a black figure, other feel a strange sensation
causing them to want to get out of there immediately. No one has ever seen her
upstairs, they believe it's because there's nowhere to fall downstairs and she
feels safer there.
Lancaster - Shamrock Carpet Cleaners - Footsteps have been heard in the back of
the building and a telephone and carpet rolls have moved them selves a ghost of
a man has also been seen he is reportedly named George
Lathrop - Mossdale Bridge - A young man is said to have committed suicide by
jumping off the Mossdale bridge into the San Joaquin river below in the 1970's.
His ghost has been seen on the bridge at dusk wearing blue jeans and a red
checkered Flannel.
Lemongrove - Kentucky Fried Chicken - After an employee named Rudy died during
his shift, strange things started happening are security backdoor would open by
itself after closing. Feeling of not being alone. Dishes being cleaned when no
one was around. Other reports such as flickering lights, cold spots, and items
disappearing then reappearing somewhere else.
Lemoore - Kings River on Elgin - It is said that a woman had two of her kids
drown in the river there. She attempted to try and save them but in turn lost
her own life. Since then it is said that she can be seen walking in the bushes
with a lantern calling for her kids and asking for someone to save her kids, and
if anyone enters the water in an attempt to save them she then takes them under
in return.
Lemoore - Lemoore High School - Auditorium/English Building - Reports by many
students include shadows that move by themselves, two girls laughing in the
fifth row sixth and seventh seat, and the presence of a man on the balcony
wearing a bolo hat.
Lemoore - Lemoore High Theater - The theater is haunted by two ghosts. One is an
old man who died from a heart attack, he is said to be sitting in the last row,
his seat always stays cold. The other is a boy about 16 or 17 who fell from the
balcony when working spotlights for a play. People have said that they can hear
his screams....
Lemoore - Oddfellows Lodge - Each year on Halloween the local Drama Club puts up
a haunted house, The Spirits of the family that used to live there seem not to
like this. Since during the haunts People working there report Sighting Shadow's
of people wearing Victorian era Clothes, Cold Spots, Spots of Extreme Heat, a
Hallway that seems to be Unnaturally Dark, and when in there for long amounts of
time you hear voices call out your names and hands push you. A deep male voice
Telling us to LEAVE US TO REST, and sightings of Strange green, and Red Lights
on the roof. The Spirits are generally Menacing and People would find themselves
with a feeling of deep dread after spending long times in the building
Lennox - Buford Elementary school - right when you go inside the school there's
a tombstone of a teacher that died. They say that they seen her walking around
the school into he night. They also say that people hear voices by the
bathrooms. It just happens in the night.
Lennox - Hawthorne High School - Nyman Hall - reports of a former drama teacher
seen looking for his students. & there is a lady that only comes out when you go
up to the stage. You can see here up where the lights are.
Lincoln - Teal Hallow - Very few people have seen the ghost of a 4 year old boy
on a big wheel.
Livermore - Paterson's Pass - Supposedly, a class of children were taking a
field trip. On the way, the bus broke down. Everyone got out of the bus and
tried pushing it. The bus then rolled backwards and crushed all the students.
Now, if you go to the marker(157) put your car in neutral the students try to
push you. While they push you their finger prints appear on your car and you
hear footsteps on the gravel beneath.
Livermore - The Sanitarium - One night in 1789 a groundskeeper for the
tuberculosis hospital went crazy and shot all the children. They are screams can
be heard constantly.
Loma Linda - Monticito grave yard - Witnesses report a ghost dressed in white at
2:00 am and don’t look at the gate but you will hear something behind you like a
voice. But if you turn back at the gate it disappears and at Halloween you see a
fog at night.
Lomita - Fleming Middle School - The students share a legend of a haunting by
saying that one of the bathrooms is haunted. Someone supposedly died there and
now you can see her face in the mirror.
Lompoc - Burger King - long ago an boy went and hung himself in the ladies
restroom. When the store is about to close, a seat ends up in the bathroom the
very spot where he hung himself, but tipped over as if he kicked it so he could
be hanged. A worker saw a white ghostly figure standing in and staring at the
other workers who were closing up. When the last person leaves you can hear a
loud banging on the bathroom door, then when check it no one is there. There is
said to be cold spot when you sit at the table behind the straw despiser.
Lompoc - Mission La Purisma - The large chapel definitely has two separate
presences. One is of a priest. The other chapel presence is a young girl. She
was more than likely baptized at and lived at the mission. Her presence is
strongest in the back by the baptismal font. It is one of happiness and a
youthful playfulness, she was possibly a pre-teen.
Lompoc - Tahitian Village - Supposedly built on an Indian burial site (Chumash)
there have been voices and strange occurrences. Including hearing a faint voice
in one of the apartment closets of a man playing guitar, two men 'stealing'
goods from the pantry, and scratches on resident’s faces in the middle of the
night.
Lone Pine - Train Depot off 395 - Eerie darkness in the baggage compartment. And
reports of a little girl behind the ticket counter with a doll in her arms.
Long Beach - Brooks College - The college was built on the site of an old Navy
hospital that existed during WWII. The hospital took in all the soldiers that
were wounded in the Pacific. The hospital was torn down and the dorms for Cal
State Long Beach were built. Many students report seeing men in Navy garb. A man
in a Doctor's coat is also reported.
Long Beach - Casa Bonita - Downtown on 6th St. - Casa Bonita is an extremely old
building that's recently been refurbished and restored in Downtown Long Beach.
It used to be a hotel a long time ago. Residents and visitors share stories of
strange noises being heard in the basement where the laundry room is located. A
woman screaming in the hallway where there was no one there for the screams to
have come from, cold spots in apartments and hallways. Hanging lamps swinging
when there is no breeze.
Long Beach - DeForest Nature Trail - Black Figures seen floating
around...moaning heard and children laughing...cold spots and screaming heard.
Especially by the end towards the riverbed trail.
Long Beach - Deforest park - There’s cold spots. Voices saying help me and
saying peoples names. Rapid footsteps. Spots where there are no sounds and then
all of a sudden a whoosh of extremely cold air. Whispering of more than one
voice at late night there is thick fog with in the forest and a beam of light
within the fog...
Long Beach - Edwards Cinema's 26 - Some of the employees claim that sometimes in
screen 1, they hear someone kicking the seats. Rumor is the morgue was where
theater number 1 was built on. Also projectionists claim that theater 13 has
paranormal activities going on and around the area. The vicinity of theater 13
is where most of the projection problems occur.
Long Beach - Long Beach Job Corps - Many people who live on campus have seen an
older woman wearing a white wedding dress walking the halls of there dorm rooms
late at night.
Long Beach - Los Ceritos Ranchos - Close to 300 people died there of a plague,
and it is haunted by the founder and builder Don Juan Temple, the bathroom is a
hot spot of activity with many cold spats around it, and a lady in white has
been seen in the Men's bathroom.
Long Beach - Marriott Hotel - Room 217 - Several tries more than necessary to
turn the television off; on several occasions while sitting on the bed you can
feel something or someone tugging at the bedspread; the feeling of being touched
by someone's hand at the top of your back as well as the sense of a presence in
the room. Very eerie and experienced by several people on different occasions.
Long Beach - The Queen Mary - It is said that a male ghost has been seen in the
engine room where he was killed while the ship was still in service, there have
also been reports of the sound of children playing in the pool; sounds of
splashing water in the empty pool area, accompanied by wet feet prints &
apparitions around the surrounding pool area. The most accessible haunted area
is near door 13 in the engine room, where a young man was crushed trying to
escape a fire. Another haunting area is the front desk of what is now the hotel
portion of the ship. Sightings include a mysterious woman in white & and a
couple walking though the hallway.
Los Angeles - Ambassador Hotel - Last year, during the filming of VH-1's "Random
Play" several crewmembers reported seeing a ghostly figure appear in a fourth
story window, lean and out and then disappear. Also, lights would inexplicably
turn on and off. Strange cold spots were felt and "shooting lights" were seen in
hallways.
Los Angeles - Angel City Brewery - Formerly Pabst Blue Ribbon, this complex
houses one of largest artist colony in the world. Upon ascending the stairs in
the main building leading up to the rooftop, many voices could be heard. It
sounds like a hundred muted conversations going on at the same time. The sound
of trains and freeway traffic are audible until reaching the rooftop. Once on
the roof, even the visible freeway traffic and rail yard is dead silent.
Los Angeles - Bancroft Middle school - Late at night or in the morning, teachers
and even some students claim that in the main building on the third floor they
hear whispers and footsteps behind them and when they look back there is no one
there. Also, in the gym during physical education the lights suddenly go on and
off. Besides that, the janitor claims that all of a sudden the ropes to climb
will move by itself and the volleyball nets outside shake very hard.
Los Angeles - Bell Gardens - Suva Intermediate School - A Janitor who committed
suicide is said to haunt the 2 story building also one the art class there are
many cold spots and out of the corner of your eye you can see someone standing
Los Angeles - Belmont High School - The spirit of a young girl by the name of
"Arabella" haunts the Belmont auditorium. She has reported to follow actors and
crew around the stage during rehearsals, flickering lights, moving curtains,
turning on and off the faucets in the dressing rooms, and occasionally is heard
opening and shutting doors. Legend has it, she is the spirit of a young girl who
attended the once "Private Belmont School for Girls" during the 1900s and died
there shortly after a fire destroyed the school.
Los Angeles - Birmingham High School - It was a hospital in WWII. Reports
include voices at night and cold spots.
Los Angeles - Boyle Heights - Roosevelt High School - R Building - biggest from
all the rest and the building is 3 stories high and it long, a couple decades
ago the building wasn't 3 stories high it was four and it was to believe that
there was a fire and some student died...here's the story, three students were
in a class room and it was a dance night in Roosevelt and one of the students
was spying on his girlfriend because he believed that she was cheating on him,
so he was just looking out the window down into the other students, and his
other friends the one's inside the classroom with him left and one of them was
smoking a cigarette and when he was going out the door he threw the cigarette in
the trash and the whole floor burned and one student died the one that was
looking out the window and that's what people believe that cause the fire...now
to this day teachers claim that when they stay late at night in the 3rd floor of
the "R" building they will hear footsteps, doors opening and closing and TV's
turning on and off by themselves and the same with the auditorium it's apart of
the "R" building as well...some students will say that they'll hear claps and
whispers when trying to skip classes eventually run out of there.
Los Angeles - Cal State L.A. Phase II - In the phase two section of the dorms at
CSULA, there is a storage room that is haunted. Once a room till the year 1999
it is has been known to emanate loud moans and screams, as well as residents in
that dorm and the dorm next door, being disturbed at all hours of the day and
night by persistent knocking and voices. The ghost of a blonde lady has been
seen in the area and has been known to ask residents of "her" dorm "Do you think
I would not know." The story goes that she came in to find her roommate sleeping
with her boyfriend, distraught and emotionally exhausted from midterms she
hanged herself in the hallway directly outside her roommates room for an eerie
surprise.
Los Angeles - Cathedral High School - The Cold spots near the senior patio. In
the Yearbook/Newspaper room, the staff has heard noises on floor above them,
even though they were the only ones on campus. The yearbook newspaper room used
to be a chapel (still has the stained glass windows), said to have a negative
energy in the room. School was built over a graveyard. Coffin nails are still
being found in the football field. When it rains, there is a spot on the field
that never gets wet. Strange occurrences during theatre productions held in the
gym have also been reported, including a chair flying across the floor.
Los Angeles - Chinatown - Apartment on Centennial St - Footsteps in the living
room -doors opening with out the wind blowing and noises by the baby's crib and
it feels like someone is standing right next to you when your sleeping in the
living room by yourself.
Los Angeles - The Coliseum - In the 1960s a man fell off the top floor of the
sports complex to his death. Many people thought that he had been pushed, but
the court ruled it an accidental death. On night games towards the end of the
game an apparition of a man is seen on the top floor of the complex as well as
the sounds of screaming and a loud CRUNCH.
Los Angeles - Cypress Park Branch Library - This library opened in 1924,Over the
years several ghost sightings have been witnessed by numerous people. A ex
worker there once spotted a translucent male floating near the old fireplace.
Ghostly whispers can sometimes be heard in the men’s room. Cold spots can be
felt near the occult section and fireplace.
Los Angeles - Downtown - Cabin The First Interstate Bldg. (now called the AON
building) - The building on wilshire burned down on may 4, 1988. An engineer was
riding the elevator when the doors opened on the 12th floor, the place where the
fire was taking place. When they found his body it was shriveled and burnt.
Janitors have reported hearing noises and lights switching on and off on the
eleventh floor as well as the 32nd floor. Also, a couple of people commited
suicide by jumping off the top. One man jumped 'cause his wife left him. Another
lady a couple of years back, in the 90's. Her intestines were hanging off the
trees. But many claim the entire building is damned.
Los Angeles - Fairfax high School - in the rotunda shadows have been seen and
cold spots have been felt. A number of students felt the urge to jump off the
3rd floor balcony "when I walked past the entrance to the 3rd floor balcony, I
felt the sudden urge to brake through the gate and jump off". two people killed
by hanging themselves and jumping off. Cold spots have also been felt and light
flicker in the auditorium. One person died falling off fixing lights.
Los Angeles - Figueroa hotel - Sometimes the elevator will stop on certain
floors for no reason. When the doors open no one is there. Strange sounds
throughout the hallways and in the rooms. Televisions turn on in the middle of
the night by them selves and will not shut off.
Los Angeles - Fremont High School - The stage in the auditorium. - Strange
shadows and feelings.
Los Angeles - Golden Gate Bridge - One day, a young, 6 year old girl and her
mother were walking along the bridge. Later that night, a boy had been at his
girl friends house. They had been drinking, and he was still drunk. As the
mother daughter couple was walking, the drunk driver came speeding out of
control towards the mother. She had been around 6 feet in front of her daughter
to take a picture. The car came ramming into her, and the mother fell over the
edge of the bridge, and died. The little girl started crying, and yelling at the
driver, " Where is my mommy?" To this day, you can see a ghostly figure walking
along the bridge looking for her daughter.
Los Angeles - Griffith park - this old park known to a lot of people is known
for its tragedy history. History has it that previous owners of the park were
dying mysteriously. Today the parks camp road has been closed because of strange
happenings. Some people report to see sacrifices and other witch like ceremonies
been held there. but when they go the next day they would find no sign of such
happenings.
Los Angeles - Highland Park - Franklin High School - The ghost of a deceased
student haunts the auditorium and the surrounding classrooms. The student had
died in the 50's and continues to be heard and seen by faculty and students
alike. loud unexplained noises are heard.
Los Angeles - Houdini's Mansion - It is a abandoned Mansion of the magician
Houdini. Many people say it is haunted and have heard footsteps on the large
stairs of Houdini's Mansion. Many apparitions of a man walking also is seen
through pictures.
Los Angeles - I. Magnun/Bullocks building - On Wilshire Boulevard near Vermont.
Now part of the Southwest Law School, the old department store built in 1929 was
converted into a law library. A security guard working there during its
renovation could hear a little girl's voice crying from the elevator shaft. It
was rumored that a man had pushed the girl into the elevator shaft, killing her
back in the 1930's. Other strange happenings observed were lights coming on and
off, windows and shades being open and closed with no one in the building, and
footsteps being heard on the stairway. Some construction workers reported
finding secret passageways that lead from Mr. Bullock's penthouse in the
building. Several construction workers had quit during remodeling due to
unexplained phenomena taking place in the building's clock tower.
Los Angeles - J.F.K. Library Third - Floor South - The story is that some people
who had been getting stoned in the third floor bathroom, experimented with some
laced substances. Resulting in a loss of their sanity and the bludgeoning of one
of them and at least one other. On the evenings near closing time, after hours,
and in the early morning the faucets turn themselves on and off, as well as
locked doors being forced open. There have also been reports of cold spots in
the restroom and in the area surrounding the bathroom. There is an eerie feeling
in that area and sometimes you can hear stoned laughter.
Los Angeles - John Marshall High School - Students believe the fourth floor is
haunted because of it being restricted. any info please email Haunted Places
Los Angeles - Knott’s Berry Farm - Mrs. Knott’s Chicken Dinner Restaurant a
ghost in one of the empty, windowless back dining rooms. looked like an old
woman and the busboy claimed it was simply a fog.
Los Angeles - LA County - Walnut - City Of Indusry - St. Mary's Catholic School
- Since the school doubled as an orphanedge, the kids also lived there.When the
school was running,kids played in the small field behind the school.One night, a
couple of kids (unknown how many) snuck out of their beds and went outside to
play. Then the next day the nuns found the kids dead outside. No one knows how
they died (or some make up stories) But if you go there at night you can hear
running inside the building and the sounds of swings and other children's toys
moving. The are also devil worshipers who write anti-christ slurrs on the walls
in blood which can be found through out the school. There is also a story that
someone was killed in the bathroom facillities behind the school either by gang
members or devil worshipers.You can see the handprints in blood and other stains
in side the backrooms.
Los Angeles - LA County Museum of Arts (LACMA) - According to security guards, a
woman was shot by her husband because she was sleeping with other men. She is
now a very active spirit supposedly begging men who visit the building that see
her to (to put it nicely) have sex with her as well as playing with the
electrical system. Contractors doing work at the site have left in fear and
never come back.
Los Angeles - Le Lycee Francias (up hill campus) - in the uphill campus for the
boys locker room is haunted. The lights go on and of then turn of. The door goes
slam and is look but from the inside. Some times the locker open and close by
themselves. Last seen in yr 2001-2002.
Los Angeles - Lincoln Heights - Lincoln High School - Underneath the school
there are tunnels where they used in case of bombs in the early 1900's. In the
1960's a mother of one of the black panthers hid her black panther son there for
3 years. In those tunnels there is an abandoned shooting range and you hear
those guns going off during school hours. And early in the morning around 6:30
when the hall lights are off you see student apparitions in the distance of the
oldest building there.
Los Angeles - Los Angeles Airport Marriott - Many strange occurrences have been
reported over the years. Apparitions of different beings show up in the lounge
on the 18th floor & in the parking garage accompanied by feelings of terror,
strange smells & sounds. Rumor is that the front office is curse - 6 suicides of
people who worked in the front office since the hotel opened in 1972.
Los Angeles - Los Angeles Pet Cemetery - The Little Rascal's dog Petey, Hop
along Cassidy's Horse and Mary Pickford's dog are all interred here. However,
the dead animal that does the most haunting here is Kabar, a Great Dane that
belonged to Rudolf Valentino. The dog died in 1929 but it's playful phantom is
still reported panting or licking people that wander near it's grave.
Los Angeles - Los Angeles Senior High School - There is a man who sings to Frank
Sinatra songs wandering the theatre, sometimes he opens and closes the elevator
door or sits in the audience section clapping unexpectedly. Usually he is
around, students and teachers have said to feel his presence moving around.
Los Angeles - Loyola High School - Reported noises and movement at night in the
field house. A classroom, which used to be a dormitory for students in the 60's,
is haunted by a student who killed himself in a trap door located on the ceiling
of the room. Students and even the teacher who uses the room report an eerie
presence there. The living quarters for the Jesuits is reportedly visited by an
apparition of a nun. The school itself is over 150 years old.
Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount University - The Strub Theatre - Said to be
haunted by an old lady who sits in the back of the house watching the stage.
Several actors have seen her in the audience while performing on stage and stage
managers, while locking up the theatre after rehearsals or productions. have
reported seeing her staring intently at the stage.
Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount University - Rains Hall students have reported
seeing strange apparitions as well as the ghost of a girl who died there from
heart complications in 1998.
Los Angeles - Manual Arts High School - The school's print shop believed to be
haunted by the ghost of its first print shop teacher who worked there for over
40 years. Students have felt someone looking over their shoulder as they worked
developing film in the darkroom. Witnesses have seen a man out of the corner of
their eye, standing outside the darkroom near the film drying area.
Los Angeles - Norwalk - AMC theater 20 - Little children and screams have been
reported.
Los Angeles - Neutrogena, Johnson & Johnson Corporation - There is a total of
three ghosts here at Neutrogena. The original founders wife was shot execution
style here and so was his son. Workers and security officers working late nights
will see a woman in a white dress walking around, a child playing in the factory
and running (there are no children allowed in the buildings due to the hazards),
and a strange growl.
Los Angeles - Occidental College - Erdman Hall - A room in the center, front
side of the of the 2nd floor of the Erdman Residence Hall at Occidental College
is haunted by two spirits. One of a young person, who plays friendly tricks on
the living in order to solicit their attention and friendship. The playful
spirit has been known to turn the water faucets on and off (not a plumbing
problem - the knobs have been seen turning on their own), the lights are tuned
on and off, the chain on the door is taken on and off, and written messages are
found on the walls. The other spirit is a dark and heavy presence that resides
in one of the room's two closets. This dark being can be felt late at night
typically when a person is trying to sleep - it has been described as a large
dark man who stands by the door and watches as you sleep. It is clearly not
friendly, but it does no more than make its presence felt. No explanation has
been offered as to the source of these spirits, but they are accompanied by a
few other manifestations in other parts of the building (but are concentrated in
this particular room).
Los Angeles - Occidental College - Newcomb Hall - Years ago, a student who had
been having problems being away from home sank into a deep depression. She hung
herself inside the dorm on the second floor. Strange things setting of alarms
and presence felt.
Los Angeles - Our Lady of Loretto Elementary - There have been reports of a
woman with red heels walking down an empty hall on the 2nd floor. Students get
the urge to climb the roof stairs and jump off the roof; a 5th grader did this
in the 70s. Lights turn on and off inexplicably, and laughter is heard in the
auditorium girls' bathroom.
Los Angeles - Renaissance Los Angeles Airport - Mostly strange sounds in the
rooms and the feeling of being followed and watched.
Los Angeles - Roosevelt High School - "R" Building - Most of the staff members
and student have reported that strange noises can be heard in the a auditorium
and lights go off and on when no one is there!
Los Angeles - The Dodger Stadium - Ghost seen sitting in the seats.
Los Angeles - The over pass over Pasadena Free way - Reports of a residual scene
of a murder happening - A woman running, a man running after her, when they
reach the edge of the over pass he grabs her to strangle her and throws her
over.
Los Angeles - University of Judaism - When the school was first being built, and
there, kids and students use to come and hang out at night on the soccer field
that was there. A girl was raped, her tongue cut out and murdered. It is said on
nights in September and October, she has been seen her wandering the soccer
field, trying to scream and call gut the names of her attackers, and that if any
males wander down to the filed on nights she is out, they will go mute while on
the field.
Los Angeles - Virgil Jr. High Auditorium - Reports of doors opening and closing
on their own, low moaning sounds emitted from empty rooms, and ropes hanging
from a pipe in a bathroom stall (where a student allegedly hung himself). There
has also been sightings of a glowing clown like apparition.
Los Angeles - Walnut - Lemon Ave - The Lady was killed by car accident you can
see her crossing the street by 9:00PM through 3:00 AM.
Los Angeles - Westchester High School - It is said that 3 ghost haunt the
school. There is a young man believed to be 16-18 haunting the school. Back in
the 70's the boy was playing basketball for his PE class, as he went up for a
shot someone took his legs out from under him and he crushed his skull and broke
his neck. Late at night after hours you can hear the young man playing and you
can encounter a ghostly figure walk up to you and ask " Do u got game "? then
laugh and disappear. The other two ghosts seem to be a couple. They are seen all
over the school every now and then. They will disappear when see by other
people. The couple will follow and mess with you until you leave.
Los Angeles - Westwood - Dykstra Hall - Supposedly there is a lively spirit
still hovering over the third floor of the dormitory, where a couple of years
ago a young student (overwhelmed by life) committed suicide by hanging himself
in the dormitory closet. It is said that the kid killed himself across from one
of the restrooms, where creepy noises can be heard during the night.
Los Angeles - Wilson High School - A running figure can be seen along the track
of the high school. This person was said to be running at a time late at night
when some gang members saw him, and chased him with their car, killing him. Now
this runner haunts the track. Another haunting at Wilson is in one of the dark
rooms in the photography class, reports of being pushed around and even locked
in the room. Also, a figure of a football player sitting on the bar near the
docks can be seen, it has been said that after a game, he was sitting there, and
fell back about 8 feet, hitting his head and killing him. Reports of the
apparition of a boy seen sitting from a window he was pushed from.
Los Angeles - Palace Theatre - The vaudeville-era Palace at 6th and Broadway is
said to be extensively haunted by spectral stage workers and theatre guests. One
of the seats near the front of the house supposedly is haunted by a man who was
shat there when discovered out on a date with the wrong woman. Two old stage
hands bicker in the wings. When a show stinks, the spirits make their opinion
known by lobbing invisible rotten eggs at the stage. Ghost hunters have
identified nearly two dozen individual hauntings in the building. There is some
mischievous activity, but nothing particularly scary.
Los Angeles - University of California - Dykstra Hall - Dykstra 10th floor
showers turn on by themselves. Not a drip, but a full force shower, when no
one's in the shower area. Residents will turn them off, and they'll turn back
on. RAs have been sent to investigate and the problems were reported to
Facilities who didn't find anything wrong with the showers.
Los Angeles - Venice - Venice high school - it has been said that auditorium
lights and sound turn on by themselves sometimes while events are taking place
also screams being heard in the control room also the place gets very cold
sometimes the auditorium and the school itself has a long past history of many
events and the decor itself of the auditorium is very eerie old style just a
weird feeling when you walk in there when empty it has been said that in fact
there is an entity haunting the place.
Los Angeles - Venice Beach - Westminster Ave. Apartment Bldg. - Charlie Chaplin
used to own several of the large buildings that sit near or along the famous
Venice Beach Boardwalk in Los Angeles. In the day, these buildings were commonly
used as bath houses or lodging for wealthy vacationers. Today, these buildings
have been converted to apartment buildings for the local artists, musicians, and
other creative types that now inhabit Venice Beach. Incidentally these buildings
cradle around the famous Building Number 26 on Westminster Ave. It has been
documented in print as well as Chaplin's films that during the early 1900's he
did much of his filming in and around these properties on Westminster Avenue. In
1915, during the filming of "By the Sea" Chaplin's stunt double mysteriously
disappeared from the film set. Production was put on hold for three days and a
full on man-hunt was instated. After turning up empty-handed, it was assumed
that the long time friend of Chaplin's must have quit and left on his on
recognizance. The studios that were financially backing the film, were losing
money. Under haste, Chaplin was forced to replace his stunt double and continue
production of the film. On the seventh day after the disappearance, Chaplin
returned to his dressing room after a day of shooting. His dressing room was
located in the basement of the now famous Building number 26 on Westminster. It
is documented that Chaplin, while accompanied by an entourage, entered the room
to discover his stunt double and long time friend lying dead on the floor, wet
and covered in seaweed. The man appeared to have been deceased for several days.
How he had ended up on the floor of Chaplin's dressing room after missing for
almost an entire week, is still to this day a complete mystery. The "now"
inhabitants of the famous building claim to still hear strange noises emanating
from the walls of somebody walking through shallow water. Other noises include
moaning, and sounds of someone distantly crying for help. In addition to the
assortment of disturbing sounds, there have been several sightings of what
appears to be an apparition of a man bound by the hands and feet standing in
luminous corners of the large building. Quite possibly the most blood curdling
detail of all these sightings is what the man is seen wearing. He's dressed the
same way he was the day he disappeared. A Chaplin-esque tuxedo coat with tails
and the proverbial black derby hat.
Los Angeles - Vista Linda hospital - the elevators, operate by themselves...
there are terrible odors in the third floor, the smell of sick people. cold
spots, and sudden chills. In the crematory there’s lack of air, its very dry and
eerie when you walk in.
Los Gatos - Beaux Cheveaux Hair Salon between North Santa Cruz Ave and Village
Lane - Reports of mirrars falling from walls.
Los Gatos - Green Valley Disposal Company - The ghost that inhabits this old
house where there is now an office is named Julius. He has played with the
electric calculator on one of the desks even while someone is sitting there. At
night you can hear a chair rolling across a wooden floor upstairs and the
upstairs is carpeted. There is also a cold spot in a room where things were
stored and also the office downstairs was so cold you had to wear a coat and
there was nothing wrong with the heating or cooling system. Also, upstairs, in
the cold storage room the filing cabinets would open and shut very rapidly and
then stop. At one time a new phone system was installed, and within a week it
completely shut down, the engineers could not even explain it and while calls
were being put on hold he would disconnect every call on hold!
Los Gatos - Opera House - A ghost is known to haunt the Opera House in downtown
Los Gatos. The ghost has been caught on camera and is known to pull instruments
from musicians playing at weddings in the banquet hall.
Los Gatos - The summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains - On Old Santa Cruz highway,
going toward Los Gatos, a young woman of about 17 or 18 roams around. She can be
seen sitting on the side of the road, or walking at twilight.
Malibu - Moonshadows Restaurant - In the women's restroom, the water faucets
have been known to turn on by themselves.
Malibu Lake (Agoura Hills) - Malibu Lake Island - The Lady of the Lake -
Believed to be haunted by Margaret Hersh Robertson. Margaret (1907-1993). Every
morning, as was known by many lake residents, Margaret would swim out to the
island. She did this early every morning. She has been sighted numerous times,
after her passing, swimming seemingly along side a startled couple in a canoe.
Her figure was just below the surface of the water in a bathing cap.
Manteca - Cinema 10 - The last theater in the hall way on the left of the cinema
is haunted by 2 ghosts, a young boy and an elderly man. A fire broke out
supposedly when the place was a drug store in the late 1950's, killing at least
3 people. late night workers hear voices and tapping on the upper level of the
theater.
Manteca - El Rey Theatre, Brewery - The old El Rey theatre in Manteca burned
down some decades ago the night "The Towering Inferno" opened, owners renovated
it and turned it into the Kelley Brothers Brewing Co. it is said that there are
still hot spots from the fire, and ghosts of dead firefighters and movie patrons
are said to wander the restaurant looking for a way out.
Manteca - Home Depot - An apparition of a girl has been seen twice by employees
working graveyard shift .Some nights after closing, music and laughter has been
heard. When workers go to check it out the music and voices stop. December
Update: The details of the story behind the murder have been removed out of
respect for the family.
Manteca - Psycho home - There was a home that every one called it the Psycho
home because the old lady that lived there was Psycho. She had 13 dogs and 13
cats. If one cat dies then all the cats die's. Then after she killed them all
she made a home for them. She kept all the body's. If someone came on her grass
she would go get a died cat a scare you. Now if you walk in the home you hear
the died dog's. and cat's.
Marin - Camp Bothin - The camp used to be an old tuberculosis Hospital and an
Indian residence before it was made into a girl scout camp. It is said that at
night you can hear and see the ghost of a nurse pushing her cart down the
hallways and patients who died there moaning and groaning. It is also been said
that Indian spirits have made appearances.
Menlo Park - Ravenswood - There is a woman in a trench coat, standing under an
old-fashioned street lamp, that can be seen at night waiting for a ride. But if
you look back, she disappears along with the street lamp.
Modesto - Ambulance Station on Granger - The building that now houses workers of
a local 24 hour ambulance service also holds the ghosts of former residents. It
is said that back in the 60's two parents killed their three children in the
house. Also, as recently as the early 90's, an old Indian man died in the house
alone while praying to a religious alter. This room, where the old man died is
avoided by the current occupants due to cold and ominous feelings of dread. The
employees of the ambulance service have witnessed; doors and windows opening and
closing at will, objects moving across the room, the shower turning off and on,
the sound of voices and children playing in the house, the sound of footsteps,
and recently while one employee showered she heard a voice yell "Get out!" This
sent the employee out of the bathroom, out of the house, and onto the front lawn
where she stood trembling under a wet towel. The house is not hard to find, it's
at the corner of McHenry and Granger right next door to a skateboard shop.
Modesto - Red Lion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn) - Sounds of people talking
loudly in kitchen when no one is in there. Loud crashing of plates and trays has
also been heard. According to an employee who has been with the hotel for 27
years a woman was killed in the kitchen by an enraged boyfriend. There are also
rumors of more than one person killing themselves in the kitchen. Also while on
in the parking lot patrol security has heard the sound of breaking glass as near
as two cars away-upon investigation there is no cause for the sound. Rooms 420,
206, and 152 are also all reported by guests and employees to be haunted.
Especially in room 152 where all the electrical equipment in the room turns on
and off by itself. The room has been checked many times for electrical problems
and none can be found.
Montebello - Cantwell High School - while working on the second floor of the
main building for homecoming week. fellow students were working late on
decorations with a teacher. the intercom makes three beeping sounds to let the
room know that a message is going to be relayed through the front office. the
three beeping sounds were made and know one was working the front office. the
students heard whispering noises and went downstairs to check it out. one of
them saw a balloon in the middle of the hall and popped it. right when she
popped it the lights went out and screaming was going off all over the place.
Menlo Park - Coleman Mansion currently Peninsula private school - It is haunted
by the ghost of the original owner's wife who was accidentally shot by her
husband. Students and faculty have seen her in the "Big Building".
Merced - Applegate Skate Park - Reports of a headless skater appearing. The
skater is said to have tried a trick and fallen on his head and he broke his
neck
Merced - Girl Scouts Island, Yosemite Lake - a lady and her daughter went out on
a small boat ride while the other girl scouts were sleeping. The daughter had
fallen into a whirlpool and the suction pulled the boat under leaving the mother
behind. After the mother died after grieving years, it is said she goes into the
girls tents now and look for her daughter and sings to the girls and strokes
there hair.
Merced - The Tower Theater - The Tower Theater is said to be haunted by the
ghost of a young women said to have killed herself by jumping off the tower peak
after being notified that her fiancé had been killed in the war. People have
said they have seen the women in the theater asking if they have seen "Johnny".
Merced - Yosemite Lake at the tower - The story is told that in the 1970s at the
boat tower. A mother had taken her two kids swimming and were jumping off the
tower. The kids had drowned from hitting shallow waters. The bodies were never
found. Every night the mother would drive her car out there and would look for
her kids. She had past away and still to this day you will see a car drive out
there and see a woman in a long flowing gown with her arms out crying and
calling her for her children.
Milpitas - Ed Levin Park Cemetery - The cemetery is now closed, but even in the
daytime, electronics will shut off, start on own, loud moans can be heard,
flashes of lights and car problems. Very cold in spots.
Milpitas - Marsh Road - In 1980, a Milpitas High School student raped and
murdered his girlfriend, leaving her body underneath the small bridge on Marsh
Road, high up in the hills, in the middle of nowhere. Underneath the bridge is a
very foul odor; electronic devices are drained of power. And when people go
there at night, a white truck tries to run them off the road. When people pass
by the bridge late at night, there have been witnesses who claim to have seen
the ghost of the girl. As the driver looks at the back view mirror, she will
appear in the reflection, but as you look back, she's gone.
Mission Hills - San Fernando Mission - Apparition of a lady in a white dress
with a white scarf on her head praying at the front row of the chapel that
vanishes.
Modesto - Acacia Cemetery - A very old cemetery, many people have heard a very
mournful crying/screaming while driving through the cemetery even in daylight
hours. Also, a very horrible feeling of foreboding often comes with hearing
these cries and screams. One couple, just using the cemetery as a short cut,
heard & felt it, ”The sound and feelings were very alarming in the fact that
they seemed to be all around us, as if inside the vehicle with us. It was a very
frightening experience due to the fact that it was indeed broad daylight when
this occurred.”
Modesto - Blockbuster Video - At one of the two Blockbusters on McHenry Ave in
Modesto, most employees have witnessed this entity. It seems to be male and has
a desire to make contact with the living. After closing, he will activate
battery operated toys that are sold in the store, open and close the locked
bathroom door, turn the lights off and on and then off again, and most
frightening of all, he speaks to the employees through the store sound system.
When all trailer tapes have stopped running and the satellite TV display has
been shut off, the ghost has been known to say things such as... "shh...
listen," and "you've been bad..." Another incident that took place was after
midnight when a manager and another employee went into the office momentarily
only to return finding over thirty movie cover boxes stacked neatly on top of
each other in the floor. This scared both people so much that they didn't
investigate until the next day. The boxes were stacked in a corner of the store
that the security cameras had no coverage of, so their story to their co-workers
the next day was not taken seriously.
Modesto - Dry Creek Running Trial - Joggers have claimed to see the figure of an
Indian man when running near this creek. Some say that the spirit of the Indian
is watching over the joggers who run the trail. Others believe he is protecting
the sacred land. There is also the spirit of a young man who haunts the bridge
on Clause Road. It was reported that he jumped off the bridge into the shallow
creek and died. Joggers have reported that while they are running in the early
morning or late at night, they can hear a shallow yell or scream along with a
splash. - October 2003 Update: This bridge is at the intersection of Claus Road
and Scenic Drive. About 1/4 mile north of Johanson High School.
Modesto - Modesto High School - The spirit of a young man paces the balcony of
the Modesto High Auditorium. There are also reports of knocking noises heard in
the main hallway---where the floor slopes by the sewing room---that are coming
from the tunnels that used to run under the school.
Modesto - Vintage Faire Mall - 4 girls said to have been raped and murdered
haunt a store in the mall.
Mokelumne Hill - Hotel Leger - Hotel owned by George Leger in 1880, He met an
untimely death, shot in gambling argument. Anyway odor of fresh cigar smoke is
still smelled in his upstairs room. Owners always happy to give a tour.
Monrovia - Azteca Building - Supposed noises are heard there, and an apparition
of a lady in gray white (not too clear, on that) is said to haunt the place.
This place is located on Foothill Blvd. near the corner of Myrtle.
Monrovia - Clifton Middle School - Band Room - its been known that a ghost walks
the band room late at night while the chorus girls are getting ready.
Monrovia - Monrovia high school - janitors and teachers have said that during
the night in the second floor of the main hallway you always feel like your
being watched and it sounds like someone is sneaking up behind when you are
alone.
Montebello - AMC Montebello 10 Theatres - This theatre is haunted by a spirit
who was stabbed and later died when the theatre first opened. Most of the
activity occurs around theatres 8 and 9. Theatre 9 is always eerily cold, even
with the heaters on. Upstairs in the projection booth above #9, lights turned
off by employees sometimes mysteriously come back on. It is also said you can
see a figure's shadow when movies are on against the wall in theatre #6.
Montebello - Bluff Road - Near the intersection of Washington and Bluff Road, at
the site of the Battle of the Rio San Gabriel that took place in 1847. Spanish
soldiers have been seen walking around and sometimes follow passers-by.
Montebello - DoubleTree Hotel -If you turn off the lights in the room before
going to sleep, you may find the lights back on in the middle of the night when
you wake up to use the restroom.
Montebello - Rosemead - Whittier Narrows Park - The figure of a Spanish
conquistador on horseback can be seen occasionally around the intersection of
San Gabriel Blvd and Lincoln Ave. It is said he drowned here looking for his
gold buried near the river's beach. Mysterious fogs roll in and out here a lot
as well.
Montebello - Temple B'Nai Emet - The halls of this building are virtually
covered by darkness for most of the time during services. Three children have
been known to cross the hallways from one door to another that are completely
adjacent to each other. It was once said that three children were taken into a
restroom stall by their father, and each were killed by slitting their throats
because their father was extremely sorrowful over the death of his wife, and
murdered his children to eliminate his memory of his love.
Monterey - California’s first theater- originally built as a boarding house for
whalers in the early 18th century, it was converted into a theater, the only
theater in California long before we became a state. is said to be haunted by
the ghost of JACK SWAN. his voice can be heard calling down from the attic where
all the costumes and props are kept. the voice has an electro magnetic effect as
if it were on an intercom or crackling speaker system. loud enough to startle
several troupers, ushers, bartenders, etc...they say it is JACK SWAN who built
the old wooden pews in the 19th century. he wants to compliment all the actors
on what a fine job they did with the show! they were really whooping it up or
something.
Monterey - Robert Luis Stevenson House - The Lady in Black haunts the second
floor of this boarding house where famous writer Robert Luis Stevenson lodged
during his stay in Monterey. The Lady in Black is supposedly the proprietor of
the establishment and haunts the nursery where her grandchildren died of
cholera.
Monterey County - San Lucas - Salinas River - Every Halloween night there is a
new report of the crying woman. She is mistaken as La Llarona. Each year the
kids go on dares to walk the river past the bend. One year, the kid never came
back. One year the first girl ever to do it was actually helped by the ghost.
She was walking too close to the edge when the ghost pushed her away. If she
would have fallen it was a 50-foot drop in about 2 feet of water.
Moorpark - Gravity Hill - after the road dips down a small hill, if you stop and
put your car in neutral at the bottom of the hill, your car will slowly drift
backwards uphill! It’s supposedly because ghost of children killed there in a
wagon accident are pushing your car.
Moreno Valley - Nason Street - Years ago, a bus occupied with children
supposedly broke down and was hit by a large diesel truck, pushing them over the
freeway overpass. There were no survivors. It is now said that when a car visits
this site, when shut off and put in neutral, the spirits of the deceased
children will push the car UP over the overpass. This only works when going
South. In addition, baby powder sprinkled/poured on the back of the vehicle will
allow handprints and footprints of the children to be visible. Sometimes
laughter and footsteps can be heard late at night.
Moreno Valley - Old Hospital/Elementary School - In Moreno Valley, off of Nason,
there is the old hospital. When the new hospital was built, the old one was
turned into a small school for only the lower grades. The story goes that a
deranged man came into the school with a gun where he took the students and
teachers hostage. In the back, there is 2 sheds, one big and one small. It is
said that he took his hostages here and killed many of them and then turned the
gun on himself. The old school is now closed and many have been inside since.
Inside, people have said they see figures of children and hear the cries.
Moreno Valley - Priest Hill - if you put your car in neutral on 'Priest Hill'
the priest who had broke down on the road, he will push your car up the hill,
with your foot not on the pedal. if you put flour on the back of your car, you
will see the handprints.
Morro Bay - Morro Bay High School - have been reports of strange occurrences in
both the "old" gym and "new gym" lights turning on and off, cold spots, etc.
supposedly a young boy died while falling off the bleachers in the old gym and
is said to haunt it.
Morro Bay - Pirate Ship Playground - Reports of two boys playing on the pirate
ship in the playground late at night.
Moss Beach - The Moss Beach Distillery - Unusually shaped building is the
current home of the "Blue Lady". Building used to be a speak- easy during the
prohibition. A woman who worked at the establishment was married to a seaman,
but had an affair with a piano player. When the husband returned from Alaska and
found out, he then murdered her on the beach below. The Blue Lady is a friendly
and mischievous spirit.
Mount Baldy - Ski Lifts - has a ghost of a man wearing all white. He seems to be
from back in the mining days. He is wearing a white suit, with a white hat. He
has a mustache as well.
Montebello - Montebello high school - back in the late 80's a woman was hung in
the c building. Now if you walk by C building late at night it is said that you
can hear a woman struggling. In the auditorium when the lights are turned off
and you are by yourself you can hear people laughing at you and hear mysterious
footsteps.
Mountain View - Moffett Field - There are several building on the old Naval Base
that are reported to be haunted. One is the old infirmary, which was built in
the 1930's. When the base was still operated by the Navy, Security Police
Officers would check the building at night and reported seeing a little girl
dressed in old style clothing inside staring at them.
Murrieta - French Valley - Boston Scientific Company - Witnesses report a ghost
of a young girl around the office area between the cubicles. There are no kids
allowed or anyone allowed in those spaces would have to officially check in the
front office area. Also, in the woman's restroom next to the lunchroom, people
have sighted the faucet turning on and off on it's own. If you are there alone
in the restroom, you can hear in the last stall someone unrolling the toilet
paper. In the clean room, items coming out of the bio machine have been thrown
straight across the room and you can also feel someone blowing in your ear.
Murrieta - KEA Milling - All the windows and doors on ground level are cemented
up, so you cannot enter the building, and there are no stairs inside. On some
nights you can see a girl about 15-18yrs old sitting on the ledge of the middle
top window wearing a light blue dress. If you look up at her a feeling of
sadness comes over you and your eyes get a little teary.
Murrieta - Murrieta Valley High school - Apparitions of kids and equipment
moves.
Napa - The Napa Cinadome - is said to be haunted by two ghosts that look like a
couple. There is one spat in the last theater room in the building that gets
cold enough to shed ice aver your coke, when you sit there you also feel like
someone is watching you
Nevada City - The National Hotel - Apparent hauntings occur here. Built in the
late 1800's the building was restored recently with the exception of the left
wing. Lights flicker, cold spots and creepy feeling in this wing of the
building. The hotel has hosted miners and tourists who come looking for
hauntings.
Newberry Park - Stage Coach Inn - The Stagecoach Inn is an original stage stop
and hotel. Pierre was killed in the original Inn. When the Inn burned to the
ground in 1969, or so, it was re-built in another location using the original
blueprints. It seems Pierre moved with the Inn. Pierre's room is colder than the
rest of the upstairs, the docents have opened the Inn in the morning to find the
upstairs runner rugs rolled up, the books in the upstairs library stacked on the
floor, the sound of someone walking upstairs can be heard downstairs when no one
is on the upper level. Several docents refuse to work upstairs; they feel like
they are being stared at. A man has been seen several times looking out of an
upstairs windows. There have been several reports of conversations with an
older, oddly dressed man who vanishes when turned away from.
Newberry Springs - Mojave dry river bottom from Minneola Rd to Harvard Rd - The
spirit of the "hatchet lady" is said to roam the river bottom at night with
hatchet in hand. It is said she is the cause for many people’s disappearances
when they walked near the river bottom at night
Newark - Newpark Mall - In the TILT arcade doors won't unlock and appear to be
stuck. At night when workers used to turn off all the games in the brake rooms
(there are two of them) some of them would switch back on when turned off no one
else was there to do so. One of the workers spent the night there after working
late one night and heard a little girl screaming in his ear. Always having the
feeling of being watched when alone. Some of people that have been there say
they have seen a little girl in the emergency exit door way and just disappears
through it.
Newark - Newpark Mall - Anchor Blue - There is a ghost in the stockroom; it used
to harass one of the female employees. It would push things over when she was in
there alone. When in the office, we would hear loud crashes in the stock room,
but when we would look on the camera, no one would be there. When in the stock
room, you can hear the fitting room doors slamming shut when the area is empty.
In the mornings, we would come in to hear the sensors beeping in the jean wall;
we would dig through the piles, find the pair of jeans, and then turn the sensor
off. Later on, the beeping would start up again, but in a completely different
place on the wall.
Newport Beach - Balboa Island - In 1993, two kids went swimming & were killed by
a rip tide. At night, strange sounds are heard and flashes of light are seen
under the water.
Newport Beach - Coronado Apartments - An apartment on the first floor of the M
building is haunted by the spirit of a woman. Muffled voices are heard, phantom
music emanating from the kitchen, lights turned on and off, cabinet doors
opened, and she has appeared as a full apparition. Apparently there was a death
in the apartment that could contribute to this, but the woman’s apparel seems to
be from a time predating the apartment complex's construction.
Newport Beach - Wild Goose - John Wayne's boat docked in Newport Harbor is said
to be haunted by the Duke himself. Several maintenance workers, passers by, and
Mrs. Wayne have seen the spirit if the actor walking the decks of his beloved
yacht, or waving from the top deck.
Niles - Niles Canyon Road- A "White Witch" or "Niles Canyon Ghost" - A young
woman who's last name was Lowerey was on her way to a wedding possibly her own.
Riding in a horse drawn carriage near the way stop of Scott's Corners, (between
Pleasanton and Sunol, CA. Area is now Highway 84/680) she was thrown from the
carriage when the horses were spooked by the first of two oncoming horseless
carriages (car). After she was thrown the 2nd car struck her. Miss Lowerey
became the first person to ever be killed by an automobile in this area. Many
have seen a woman in white by the cemetery and near by areas, accompanied with
strange lights. - November update: A paranormal researcher found there's quite
an extensive collection of newspaper clippings that was donated to the library
by a journalist. The clippings go back to the turn of the 20th century, so they
cover the period when the "accident" happened. According to the first journalist
to report on the supposed haunting, about ten years after the date in the 1920's
when the woman was popularly held to have died, there was no mention of anyone
dying in an accident in the canyon, and county records of the time listed no
account of the body of anyone who had supposedly died in Niles Canyon. There
was, in the early 50's, a young man who dressed in a white sheet and jumped out
in front of motorists near one of the bridges on Halloween. He scared someone so
bad that they immediately drove to the nearest phone and called the police, who
arrived in force (owing to the legend of the white witch) and drew guns on what
they thought was the ghost. The young man was almost shot, though he was not
arrested, but he had to be taken to a coffee shop where it took him until 2am to
calm down sufficiently to go home. The supposed "white witch of Niles" actually
follows the scenario of a common fake ghost story, that being the "hitchhiking
ghost" story. The Niles ghost is most commonly said to hitchhike to one of the
bridges in the area, where she disappears at the tollbooth. There is no cemetery
that they know of in Sunol, which is at the top of Niles Canyon Rd. Similarly;
there is no Morrison Canyon ghost. Morrison Canyon road is a primarily one-lane
road that leads up to the 680 freeway. There's even a radar-testing facility up
there somewhere, complete with life-size wire models of helicopters and planes,
mostly upside down. Now, on the OTHER side of the coin, there ARE photographs of
orbs in Mission San Jose's church and in the graveyard, though the investigator
does not own them. The church, the cemetery and the grounds are VERY active.
Narth fork - the old church - built in the mid 1800. The town was once the stop
for the Yosemite stagecoach. The church sets on a hill overlooking the town. At
night you can see a light in the bell tower and the bell rings. This has been
happening for so long the residents consider it normal. The only problem is the
bell hasn't been in the church for 100 years and it has never had electricity.
It still continues to this day.
North Hills - James Monroe High School - Witnesses have heard loud footsteps and
opening and closing of doors when the halls are lonely. The girls gym room is
haunted students have heard lockers open and close when no one is present.
Norwalk - Chavez Elementary School - Inside the main school, it is known that a
former Principal and possibly a child haunts this school. From balloons passing
down the halls, door knobs attempting to turn by themselves, slamming doors, and
a cry or screams of a child somewhere inside the hallways of the building. The
alarms go off in the building for unknown reasons late at night.
Norwalk - Metropolitan State Hospital - There have been sightings of ghosts in
one of the occupied buildings. A woman was seen walking threw a wall and another
time was spotted standing by the shower room. Dark figures have been seen in
office areas and noise comes from the kitchen when no one is in there. A mist
was seen floating knee high down the hall then disappearing into thin air. This
activity has happened between 2003-2004. There has been talk of things prior to
this but nothing spcific.
Norwalk - Norwalk high school - A boy in the 1980's at the age of 15 was working
out by him self in the weight room when a bar fell on his on his head while
bench pressing , crushing his head and bled to death he lied there on the floor
till the janitor found him dead. It is know that you could here him still
working out at night.
Oakland - Holmes Book Company - haunted by male ghost that throws books around.
Oakland - Mills College - Ethal Moore Hall - The ghost of a young woman waiting
at the steps of Orchard-Meadow hall. There is a ghost carriage haunting the road
behind this residence hall as well as Mary Morse Hall. For more info go to
http://www.artsfusion.com/millsghosts/main.html for a longer explanation.
Oakland - Mills College - Lisser Hall - Lisser Hall is the campus theater, and
said to be haunted by someone walking from one end of the stage to another. For
more info go to http://www.artsfusion.com/millsghosts/main.html for a longer
explanation.
Oakland - Mills College - Mary Morse Hall - the ghost of a man in one of the
rooms has been reported. There is a ghost carriage haunting the road behind this
residence hall as well as Ethal Moore Hall. For more info go to
http://www.artsfusion.com/millsghosts/main.html for a longer explanation.
Oakland - The Pardee Home - located in California’s Preservation Park Historic
District. This house was home to California's Governor (George Pardee
1903-1907).Pictures showing orb's have been taken, but no naked eye sightings.
The rest of the park is also haunted with orb's having been photographed.
Pictures coming soon in the gallery courtesy of Tim Dennehy ("Specter" Ghost
Hunting Society)
Oakland - Oakland S.P.C.A. - Many employees have seen an older woman in the pet
crematory gardening. There is only one gardener employed at the O.S.P.C.A. and
it is a man. However, the Real gardener states that he never has to do any
gardening behind the gates of the crematory because it is always weed free. Many
employees have asked who the lady is weeding in the crematory, when their
supervisors are approached with this question they simply state.