California`s Haunted Locations Index DISCLAIMER: GhostHauntings.Org does not confirm nor deny the accuracy or truth of any of these alledged hauntings. Keep in mind that many of these listings are possibly nothing more than legends. This page is currently under construction & will literaly take weeks (if not a month or more) to complete, because unlike most other haunted indexes at other websites, I am checking each listing individually for accuracy (when possible) & providing exact locations. This is a standard list you will see circulating on the web, but I have removed many listings that either didn`t check out, or that no longer exist anymore. I`ve even added a few listings that you wont find on other sites. Blair Jett Anderson - City Hall at 1887 Howard Street - The City Hall in Anderson used to be a dance hall back in the 1800s and according to legend, an indian woman & her child were killed at the site. It`s said that at night you can hear dance hall music & the sound of a baby crying. Arcata - Humboldt Brewery at 856 Tenth Street - It`s said that the original owner of the building & possibly several other shop owners from the early days still linger around & let it be known. These ghosts are well know to employees & local patrons for moving dishes and furniture, etc. Arvin - Arvin Mortuary at 600 Tucker Street - 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. Bakersfield - Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Building at 1707 Eye Street - This newspaper dates back to the mid 1800a & it`s said that one of the former editors still roams the halls. Employees have also reported seeing a phantom german shepard dog, and a former security guard is sometimes seen in the lunchroom. Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School at 1241 G Street - This high school dates back well over one hundred years & has a few different ghost stories associated with it. There`s been reports of a young couple near the bleachers. The girl is wearing a prom dress & the boy is wearing a football jacket with the letters BHS embroidered on the back. The Harvey Auditorium also on the school grounds has the ghost of a contruction worker that lingers in the building. Legend says that he fell to his death from one of the rafters wjile the auditorium was under construction. The Quad is another location on the grounds that is said to be very haunted. A hospital once occupied the location that the school now site on & it is said that they used to bury body parts in the location where the Quad now occupies. 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. Banning - Payless Shoe Source at 300 S Highland Spris Ave # 2E - There are reports of a little boy that appears in he 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. Bay Point - Riverview Middle School at 205 Pacifica Ave - 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 kid`s name was Ryan that hung himself in 1978 when the school was once a highschool (pacifica high). More reports of the hanging kid have come from other students who walk home late at night. Benicia - Benicia Old Town Theater/ Portuguese Hall at 140 West J Street - 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 - The Union Hotel at 401 1st Street - 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 at University of California #6050 - is haunted by a ghost of an elderly man. Beverly Hills - Barrymore Estate at 6 Beverly Grove - ghosts of John, Lionel and Ethyl haunt the estate. Beverly Hills - Doheny Mansion at Mount St. Mary`s College - 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 1143 Summit Drive - 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. Bodie - Bodie State Park, 13 miles east of Highway 395 on Bodie Road (Hwy 270), seven miles south of Bridgeport.- 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. (note from Blair Jett - I lived in Bodega Bay from 1982 to 1988 & was even a Captain of the volunteer fire dept & I never heard anything about any vortex. Probably the only similar claim was that several fisherman were lost at sea due to a curse. That curse is unfounded & nothing more than a legend that originally appeared in a National Enquirer Magazine article around 1985.) Bodega Bay - Bodega Harbour Homeowner`s Association Yacht Club at 565 Smith Brothers Road - The building is said to be haunted. Security guards have reported unusual sounds & the feeling of being watched. (Note from Blair Jett - I was a security guard there in 1985 & 1986 & can tell you first hand that the place is creepy. On two occassions while walking through the building at night the pay phone would ring. When I answered it, it was a 911 operator stating that they had just received a hang up call from that phone. I explained that I was the only one in that building & no calls were made from that phone. It happened a third time on my night off. This time the California Highway Patrol responded & searched the building, but found nothing. Another point worth noting, the chief of security`s son (my former boss) committed suicide on the outer deck of the Yacht Club in the early 80s by a gunshot wound to the head.) Bodega Bay - Bodega Harbour Homeowner`s Association Country Club at 21301 Heron Drive - Unusual sounds, disembodied voices, & silhouettes, have been experienced by night time security staff. (see "Bodega Harbour Country Club" in the "True Ghostly Tales" portion of this site.) Boulder Creek/Brookdale - Brookdale Lodge at 11570 Highway 9 - 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. 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) Boyle Heights (Los Angeles) - Linda Vista Community Hospital at 610-30 St. Louis St., Los Angeles, California - It is an abandoned hospital that closed in 1990. Unconfirmed legends allege that doctor`s used to murder their patients there. People who go there have reported seeing lights and hearing a little girl laughing and playing around in there. Screams, cold spots, 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 Brea - Brea`s Best Hamburgers at 707 South Brea Blvd - 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. Buena Park - Knott's Berry Farm at 8039 Beach Blvd - 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. Also in 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. 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 (Hwy 9) behind a locked gate across from the Byron Cafe, 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. Calavares County - Murphys - Murphys Historical Hotel at 457 Main Street- 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 - 10 miles north of Barstow, Exit I-15 at Ghost Town Rd - 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. 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. Camp Pendleton - 41 Area at Camp Pendleton, Ca. San Diego County - 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 at 591 West Hamiiton Ave- 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 - Jack in The Box at 7264 Topanga Canyon Blvd, - 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. 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 at 120 Monterey Ave - Reports of hearing voices and all kinds of racket going on in the theater as if there were a theater-going crowd. 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. 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 out 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 at 19800 Devonshire Street - 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 on Cherokee Road off State Route 70 in Butte County- It is history that the town sweetheart was murdered in the 1800s 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`s the 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 at 400 West First Street - 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. Chico - Walnut Apartments at 125 Parmac Road - Apartment #23 is said to be haunted by the ghost of Marie Elizabeth Spannhake. Residents in other apartments have reported paranormal activity as well. See "A Haunting In Chico" for the full story. Chino -2942 English Road, Chino Hills - A man who escaped prison stalked a family killing the mother, father and sister with a knife & hatchett. He cut the boy’s throat, but he survived. Kevin Cooper was convicted & sentenced to death for the crime. They say if you go to the house you will see blood prints and the ghosts of the family . Chowchilla - Chowchilla library at 300 Kings Ave - 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 at 805 Humboldt Ave - 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 Burial Ground (private property) - Many ghostly figures are seen throughout the cemetery. People often report hearing screaming and crying from inside of the cemetery, as well as the area surrounding it. Some report hearing children laughing from inside of the cemetery. One ghostly man is seen picking up trash around the graves late at night. Other ghostly figures are reported to chase down cars that drive down the dirt road Chowchilla - Save-Mart Supermarkets 1750 Robertson Blvd - 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. City of Industry - The Sheraton Hotel at 1 Industry Hills Parkway - 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 at 240 North Orange Ave - 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. 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. (Note from Blair Jett - I have visited Coloma twice & have no knowledge of the existance of said cemetery. A search online revealed three cemeteries by those names, but not in Coloma, & they`re three seperate cemeteries, not one.) 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. Columbia - Fallon House Theater & Hotel at 11175 Washington Street- Years and years ago it burned downThey 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 at 6364 Zindell Ave - 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 at 1985 Willow Pass Road- in theater 12 you can her little kids talking and laughing in the middle of a movie. Concord - Mount Diablo High School at 2450 Grant Street - 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 (4000 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 alongwith 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. UPDATE 2008: The site was investigated by the Paranormal & Reasearch Society of Riverside California. Built in 1910, 4000 S. Main Street was once one of Corona, California's proud citrus ranches. *Due to an unfortunate loss of information in the Corona Public Archives in the Historical Department, a lot of information has disappeared concerning whome the house has passed from, and to*. It is known that the house did belong to the Ganahl family, distant cousins of the Ganahls, of Ganahl Lumber. Home to multiple generations of Ganahl, the house finally met its end when an elder Ganahl, supposedly suffering from an acute dimentia fell asleep with a cigar in hand. The cigar begat a small fire, which was made worse when the aged gentleman, confused, may have poured a flammable fluid into the flames in an attempt to dowse them in a panic.
According to the historian in the Corona Public Libarary's archives, it was either kerosene, or gasoline. Either of the two would have been retrieved from the basement. What ever the solvent, there were NO fatalities in the fire. The history of the property may date back farther than its recorded construction of the Francisco Citrus Ranch. Elements on the property defined its age, suggesting an additional ten to twenty years elder than it is; mortar instead of cement; granite instead of concrete. There was even an advanced (for its time) irrigation system, drill, and pump which now only four granite slabs remain. After the initial fire, the house was condemned. An arsonist would finish the job, and then the Corona Fire Department would operate a controlled fire to finish off the remaining historical elements of the property, from an old western like stables, work shed, to the skeletal remains of a wagon, and wagon wheels.
The historical quality of this property is easily almost as rich--if not richer--than the paranormal qualities. The Corona Chapter *PRDS*, in 1999 - 2006 conducted multiple experiments on the property and noted that after midnight, roughly 1230AM there are phantom bells that sound from nowhere, and chime irregular numbers. This continues until 3AM, which the chimes should number 3, 9, and 13. The music is ethreal in sound, and neither close, nor distant, and lacks both echo and acoustics.
There are also phantom footsteps that apparently belong to at least a semi-sentient entity, though unseens, as our teams were followed, and chased thrice, in which in our pursuit there was no pursuer.
Presently 4000 S. Main street is private property and the Corona Police department enforces its protection and codes fervently. The PRDS does NOT advise scouting the property without permission from the owners, and though the PRD has officially declared this property haunted, it has not since been able to return to continue documenting its phenomena. I'm Chris Ganahl, the son of Paul Ganahl. This "Ranch" was bought in the early 1900s by my great-grandfather, Fidel Ganahl, who was born in Austria. It passed into the hands of my grandfather, Alphonse Ganahl, who was the Corona city attorney at one time. My father was born in St. Louis, but grew up in Corona on this ranch. He (and I) moved back to Corona after the war (around 1956). He gained possession of about 50 acres of the original Ranch and moved into the house in the early 1970s. He set fire to the house when he was trying to start a fire in the fireplace. (He didn't smoke cigars.) Gasoline was involved. He thought he'd made it safe by mixing it with motor oil, but he slipped and splashed it on the wall. He went to a nursing home after that and developed Alzheimer's. When he died, we scattered his ashes on the hill next to the reservoirs.
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. WARNING: due to there being several trails, some grown over, some drop in a revine, and it being a two mile hike (one hour) it is advised that you do not attempt to visit this site. If you must, I recommend a daytime visit. Corona - J J Live Oak Steakhouse at 21700 Temescal Canyon Road - 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. 2008 UPDATE: A former owner has come forward & stated that Larry did not shoot himself in the office. He stabbed himself at home. Corona - Marie Callender's at 160 East Rincon Street - 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. 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 at 2323 Placentia Ave - 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 flashlight beams being restricted to only a few feet in front of them in seemingly clear hallways. Covina - Zelda's Legend - (It is at Wingate park, it will be on the East end of the park on the side where Grand Ave is) In the Early 1900's a young girl arond 15 was kidnapped and taken to an underground tunnel by a cult. The cult sacraficed her later 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 too. WARNING: do not enter the tunnel, extremely dangerous! Crescent City - Sutter Coast Hospital Old site and new ICU ward at 800 East Washington Blvd - 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 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 at 760 L Street - 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 at 9200 Valley View Street - 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 at 9801 Valley View Street - 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 used in most of their 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 Skyline blvd and Hickey blvd - There are stories that a lady in white is seen at the intersection in their rear view mirrors when foggy. Davis - Old City Hall/Police Station at 23 Russell Blvd - 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 at Ash Meadows Road & Highway 127 - Anomalies such as ecto-mist and orbs recorded on film. Disneyland - The Christmas Shop - Some of the stock crew has reported a 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 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 on the 2nd floor at night and a knock came from 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, where 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. Legend says that a 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 at 3431 Highway 4 - 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 - Mental Hospital - In Downey behind the court house there is an abandoned mental hospital, but for some reason there is light shining through the windows, When it`s claimed by some that all the power has been cut to the building. 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 downstairs, when they went down stairs it was pitch dark, and suddenly books where being thrown at everyone there. NOTE from Blair Jett: I watched a couple amatuer videos that people took when entering the building and contrary to claims, THERE WAS POWER GOING INTO THE BUILDING. Downey - West Middle School at 11985 Old River School Rd - 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 - site of the old Rio Hondo Hospital at 8300 East Telegraph Rd. - This building was closed down in the 1990s (possibly 1992) and they have built an apartment complexes there now. 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 at 121 River Street - 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 at 1431 Buena Vista - 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. 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 at 6505 Regional Street - 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. 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 -address unknown - 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 claim to 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 at 6147 Temple Hill Drive - 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 Los Angeles - 4th St. School Elementary at 420 South Amalia Ave - 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 - Casa Del Mexicano at 2900 Calle Pedro Infante - care taker of the place tells that there are nine ghosts 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 their play houses looking at them. They said that it felt cold in that part of the stage, but that they continued with the play. East Los Angeles - Evergreen Cemetery at 204 North Evergreen Ave - Witnesses say that things moving around at night and voices. East Los Angeles - Linda Vista Hospital at 610 South St. Louis Street - 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 Grandview Restaurant 15005 Mount Hamilton Road - This restaurant overlooks 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 (street)- - Balls of light, strange smoke smells. This is so real that ghost hunters will flock. The balls of light show every night. At one time there was an old mental institution next to the elemetary school, but it has since been torn down & is an empty field now. Residents & locals report that homes in the entire neighborhood are haunted. El Centro - Central Union High School at 351 Ross Ave - 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. 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 721 West Main Street - 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 at 230 South Fifth St. - The Imperial Arts council formerly the old Post office. 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. The building is recorded as one of the most historical buildings in the state to be served. El Centro - Old Fox Theatre at 139 S. Seventh Street - 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 at 345 Fair Lane - 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 an 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 at 3048 N. Tyler Ave. - 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 at 11431 McGirk Ave - 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 at 2900 Parkway Dr. - 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 at 3200 Walford Ave. - stories have been told of 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 at 3431 Fort Ave - 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. Eureka - Granada convalescing hospital at 2885 Harris Street - 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 wheelchair rolled across the room by itself. 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 overcome you & some nights it's hard for cna's to finish there work. Fair Oaks - Sailor Bar on the 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 at 3125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd - 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 byan 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 at 1465 South Mission Rd. - 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 at 2400 South Stage Coach Lane - Recently Fallbrook Union High School went 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 at 1010 Hillcrest Lane - 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 at 420 Elbrook Drive - 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 at 447 Main Street - 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 on Hall Road - 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 at 6821 Oleander Ave - 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, also the lights being flicked off by themselves 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, several voices have been heard and noises of things falling inside. Other reports are 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. Upon exit her hair was all messed up and her face was pale. Stories say 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. None of the managers will support these accusations. Fontana - Etiwanda Intermediate School at 6925 Etiwanda Ave - 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 at 18040 San Bernardino Ave - 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 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 at 7846 Tokay Ave - Sounds of construction work at the school. Rumor is that a construction worker died when it was built. Fontana - Sequoia Middle School at 9452 Hemlock Ave - 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 sunset when there are no employees. Forest Falls - Fallsvale Elementary School at 40600 Valley Of The Falls Drive - 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 heading towards the ocean that you can walk to Macaracktor State Park. It 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 at 726 North Main Street - 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 at 23600 North Highway 1 - 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 at 500 Casa Del Noyo Drive - has a ghost. People who work in the hotel`s bar area say that things like glasses have moved by themselves mysteriously. Fort Bragg - The Grey Whale Inn at 615 North Main Street - 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 at 610 Foster City Boulevard - Years 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 shot 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 at 17816 Bushard Street - 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 of 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 at 4002 Bay Street - When two of the stylists 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. The salon was previously a fire station, and a slaughter house. Fremont - Lord Bradley's Bed & Breakfast Inn at 43344 Mission Blvd - Noises in the dead of night, heavy footsteps and apparitions. The former owner's daughter would see figures wearing Victorian style clothing. Fremont - Morrison 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 at 43300 Mission Blvd - 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 at 43600 Mission Blvd - 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 at 38442 Fremont Blvd - 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 have reported hearing more than one set of footsteps in the hall, even though they are the only ones in the hall. Fresno - formerly the Adorable Poodle Salon, now The Inksane Asylum Tattoo Parlor at 4680 N. Blackstone - This shop had alot of poltergeist activity when it 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 a coworker 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. The owner of the Tattoo parlor that now occupies the building says other than things being moved a lot (possibly by other employees), he hasn`t seen any poltergeist activity. Paranormal Investigator Mickey Burrow visited the location & detected extremely high EMF (electromagnetic Field) readings, but that could possibly be due to the old electrical wiring in the building. Fresno - Meux Home Museum at 1007 R Street - 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. The station closed down & the fire dept moved down the street. But the original brick building still exists & Madera County Fire Dept Division Chief Roscoe Rowney stated in 2003 that ghostly activity continues to this day. Locals tell the legend of "Homer" (last name), who lived on the property in the 1930s with his 17 year old wife. After finding that his wife had a gentleman visitor, Homer stabbed her to death with a Bowie knife & then committed suicide by hanging himself with barbed wire from the oak tree that still stands at this location. Fresno - San Juaquin River - This ghost pretty much has 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 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 at 7209 North Ingram Ave - 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 years ago, is still there as a ghost ,till this day no one will use the restroom. Fresno - Roosevelt High School at 4250 East Tulare Ave - This school has 2 ghosts. 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 at 1818 Tyler Ave - This modest home has been the scene 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 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 at 1421 Manhattan Ave - 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 he stares you in the face, then fades away. Fullerton - Cal State Fullerton dorm at 800 North State College Blvd - Small green glowing balls around 2am sometimes. Tapping heared on the wall adjoining to the room next door when everyone in the apartment was gone. Noises heard (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 at 1950 North State College Blvd - 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 at 201 East Chapman Ave - 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 at 11271 Stanford Ave - Rumor has it that the ghost of a girl named Lizzy haunts 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 at 8745 Garden Grove Blvd - 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 at 6600 Orleans St. - haunted by the ghost of an old miner. Georgetown - Georgetown Fire Department Station 61 at 6281 Main St. - 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 (and Bar) at 6260 Main St. - 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 at 3246 Skaggs Springs Road - 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 3050 Hecker Pass Highway - 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 on Watonsonville Road - 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 at 7850 Pole Line Road - 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 (Does anyone know the address?)- 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 at 7800 Carmel St - 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 at 2400 London Ranch Poad - The feeling of the place was one of dread. Visions of seeing the house in flames and hearing cries for help. Glen Ellen - Railroad crossing - It's said that in Glen Ellen by the railroad tracks, if you put your car in neutral with your car not facing the rail road tracks and wait two or 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 - Wal-Mart at 1950 Auto Centre Drive - This Wal-Mart is said to be built on an Indian burial ground, and the story appeared in the local newspaper. An employee 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 at 49847 Gorman School Road - 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 at 212 West Main St - 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 at 1801 East Main Street - 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 (Does anyone have the exact location?)- 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 all at one time. The temperature changes and things flying off the walls seem to occur at the same time. Exact location unknown, but I have heard reports that you must walk down a dirt road (or trail) to reach this place. 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 at 18767 Main St - The Bed & Breakfast is haunted by the ghost of an old miner named "Lyle". Lyle died in his sleep in 1927, 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 details where 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 an automobile accident in the 70's. They say she's looking for a ride home. Hanford - Bastille at 113 Court Street - 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 at 11680 South 10th Ave - 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. 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. Reports of a strange lady in a white dress circling the building since the early sixties. Hanford - Hanford Civic Auditorium at 400 North Douty Street - 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 at 300 W. 6th St - not much is known about the old Hanford sentinel building now but it is said that a ghost inhabits the building. People say they sometimes hear noise in the building. Hanford - Irwin Inn at 522 North Irwin St - 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 - 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). The building is owned by the City Of Hanford & is used as a storage faculity now. Harbor City - Harbor Park at 25820 Vermont Ave - 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. Hawthorne - Hawthorne High school at 4859 West El Segundo Blvd - In Nyman Hall you sometimes see an old woman in black wandering around there. Lights go off and 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. Hayward - Southland General Cinema at 24115 Southland Dr.(Southland Mall) - 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. It was demolishied in 2006. Hayward - Cal State University at 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd - 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 - Hayward Plunge at 24176 Mission Blvd - 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 at 24591 Fairview Ave - 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 Hubbard Auto Supply at 411 West A St - An Employee was killed by a dropped engine block, some employee's say he haunts the warehouse behind the shop. Haunting includes "clowning on risers", "stealing altezza lights" Healdsburg - Madrona Manor at 1001 Westside Road - 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 woman. Hemet - Hemet High School Theatre at 41701 Stetson Ave - 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 (Anyone have an exact location?) - 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 at 6400 Whitelock Pkwy - 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 at 1714 North Ivar Ave - The All Star Cafe is closed now, but was located in the famous Knickerbocker Hotel. Since the 1920s The Knickerbocker was a home & hang out for many movie stars & is the location where Bess Houdini would hold a seance every Halloween to try & establish contact with her late husband, Harry. 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 at 1223 Beachwood Dr - Ghost of an old man is seen walking the central staircase. Hollywood - Chateau Marmont at 8221 Sunset Blvd - 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 at 6838 Hollywood Blvd - 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 at 7408 West Sunset Blvd - 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 at 6000 Santa Monica Blvd - 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 at 1521 North Highland Ave - 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 at 6801 Hollywood Blvd - 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. 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 - 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. See our article The Hollywood Sign Hollywood - Immaculate Heart High School at 5515 Franklin Ave - 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 at 4401 West Sunset Blvd - It has been said that a woman and two children haunt one of the studios. The submitter`s 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 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 - Mullholand Drive - Errol Flynn's Former Estate - 3100 Torreyson Place, Hollywood Hills: site of the former home of actor Errol Flynn ("Adventures of Robin Hood," "Captain Blood"), just off Mulholland Drive. Errol's entire life was one big scandal, many would say. The most public of these escapades occurred in 1943, when he was brought to trial and accused of illegally having sex with a teenager on his yacht. (He was acquitted.) His drinking buddies once stole the dead body of his friend, actor John Barrymore, and propped it up in a chair at Flynn's home to surprise him. This house was the scene of wild parties - and Flynn allegedly had two-way mirrors installed above the upstairs bedroom so he could watch... Alas, the infamous Flynn home was torn down several years ago. 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 at 7000 Hollywood Blvd - 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 at 8433 West Sunset Blvd - 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 at 3000 Olympic Blvd Santa Monica - 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 at 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City - 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. Hollywood - Universal Studios at 100 Universal City Plaza Universal City - 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 at 6675 Hollywood Blvd., east of Highland - 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. Hollywood - Wattles Mansion at 1824 North Curson Ave - 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 at 6767 Hollywood Blvd - 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. Huntington Beach - Bolsa Chica Wetlands at 3842 Warner Ave - 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 21400 Magnolia Street - 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 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 at 1502 Palm Ave - 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 at 1905 Main Street - 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 at 7125 Mission Place - 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 heard footsteps, weird moans and sounds, things fall and lights turn on and off when no one is in the room. Idyllwild - Idyllwild Arts Academy at 52500 Temecula Road- 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 from Highway 86 head east on Larsen Street. Larsen turns into Clark Street. 1/10 of a mile on the east side of the road.- 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 sites and then going back into the ground. Camcorders sometimes turn off even though fully charged. It is very unsettling. There is no grass there as the ground has very high alkaline content, nothing but dirt. Imperial - Sunset Ranch Estates - Cemetery - Address Unknown/No listing - 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 at 81750 Avenue 46 - 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... their 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 a 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 at 720 E. Florence Ave - sightings of supernatural beings and noises heard throughout the large cemetery. Employees have seen strange and somewhat supernatural occurences. One such incident ocurred when an employee tried to approach a woman who seemed lost but dissapeared before he could approach her. Irvine - Black Star 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: It is advised that if you enter this location, do not go alone or at night. Irvine - Irvine High School Theatre at 4321 Walnut Ave - 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 (Orchard Ave) 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 at 18275 Main Street - 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 at 61259 29 Palms Hwy - 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 a cold night you can hear the cries of restless souls. Keddie - Plumas County - Keddie Resort at Keddie Resort Road - 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 the owner, although cabin #28 was demolished in 2004. 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. This is private property & some people have reported being greeted by a hostile & armed land owner. Kerman - Kerney Mansion at 7160 West Kearney Blvd - In this small town there is a historical place called Kerney Mansion. Built around the beginning of the 1900s, 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 at 7160 West Kerney Blvd - Witnesses have heard the laughter of children as if they were playing when none are present at 1:30am. 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. La Habra - La Habra Depot Theater at 311 South Euclid Street - 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 at 1800 East Whittier Blvd - people have seen goshtly things up around the classroom 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 yourself 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 at 718 East Road - 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 at 1056 Nautilus - As you walk down the halls you can sometimes hear people talking behind you and when you turn you find that there is no one there. In the auditorium you can sometimes see the lights turn on and off by themselves. La Mirada - Creek Park at 12021 Santa Gertrudes Avenue - 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 - Nogales High School at 401 Nogales Street - 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 at 1560 South Azusa Ave - 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 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 were thought to be 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 at 79295 Hwy 111 - 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 at 9 Marea Ave, Watsonville/ La Selva Beach - What is now a teenage recovery house is the site of the Leonard House where 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 at 2280 Damien Ave - 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 near 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 at 3287 Mount Diablo Blvd - 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 Elementary School at 21601 Treetop Lane - 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 Clevelin Country Club at Lakshore Drive - 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 at 201 W. Graham Ave - 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 - Elsinore High School at 21800 Canyon Drive, Wildomar - 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) Ambassador Hotel at 166-170 Main Street - 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 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 at 5825 N. Woodruff Ave - 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 at 1600 West Ave J - Staff on 5th floor report hearing noises and seeing doors move, eerie feeling when on 4th and 5th floors. Lancaster - Cemetery at 111 East Lancaster Blvd - 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/ 80th & F Street)) - 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 at 750 West 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 at 45411 Sierra Hwy - Footsteps have been heard in the back of the building. A telephone and carpet rolls have moved by themselves. The ghost of a man has also been seen he is reportedly named George Lathrop - Mossdale Bridge at Covered Bridge Way - 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 at 7012 Broadway - After an employee named Rudy died during his shift, strange things started happening. The security backdoor would open by itself after closing. Feelings 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 at 101 East Bush Street - 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 at 101 East Bush Street - 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 at 2823 Helm Ave - 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 saying 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 at 4919 West 109th Street - right when you go inside the school there's a tombstone of a teacher that died. They say that they see her walking around the school at night. They also say that people hear voices by the bathrooms. It only happens at 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. 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, very small maybe 3 or 4 years old seen at night 12/05/03 Long Beach - Brooks College at 4825 East Pacific Coast Highway - 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. Brooks College closed in 2008. 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 at 6255 Deforest Ave - 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 at 6255 Deforest Ave - 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 at 7501 Carson Blvd - 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 at 1903 Santa Fe Ave - 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 at 4600 Virginia Road - 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 spots around it, and a lady in white has been seen in the Men's bathroom. Long Beach - Marriott Hotel at 4700 Airport Plaza Drive - 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 at 1126 Queens Highway - 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 foot 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 - Bancroft Middle school at 929 North Las Palmas Ave - 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 at 6660 Suva Street - 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 at 111 North Union Ave - 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 - Cathedral High School at 1253 Bishops Road - 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 allegedly 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 - The Coliseum at 3939 North Figueroa Street - 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 at 1150 Cypress Avenue - 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 - The First Interstate Bldg. (now called the AON building) at 707 Wilshire Blvd - The building on wilshire burned on may 4, 1988, damaging 5 floors at 5 million dollars damage. 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. Another lady in the 90's. Her intestines were hanging off the trees. But many claim the entire building is damned. Los Angeles - Figueroa hotel at 939 South Figueroa Street - 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 at 7676 South San Pedro Street - The stage in the auditorium. - Strange shadows and feelings. Los Angeles - Griffith park at 4730 Crystal Springs Drive - this old park known to a lot of people or its tragic history. From curses, a deadly fire that killed fozens of men, alledged satanic worship, the legendary haunted Hollywood Sign, Lovers killed by a falling tree & having their ashes dispersed there. and the camp road closed at one point due to strange activity at night. Los Angeles - I. Magnun/Bullocks building - at 3050 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 - John F. Kennedy Library at 5175 State University Drive - In the late evening and early morning, locked doors open and faucets turn on in the third floor south area. Cold spots are reported in the restrooms. Los Angeles - Los Angeles Pet Cemetery at 5068 N. Old Scandia Lane, Calabasas, Ca - 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 - Loyola High School at 1901 Venice Blvd - 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 at 1 Lmu Drive - 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 at 1 Lmu Drive - 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 at 4131 South Vermont Ave - 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 at 12300 East Civic Center Drive, Norwalk Ca - Little children and screams have been reported. Los Angeles - Neutrogena, Johnson & Johnson Corporation at 5760 West 96th Street - There is a total of three ghosts here at Neutrogena. The original founders wife & son was shot execution style here (citation needed). 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 at 1600 Campus Road - 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 at 1600 Campus Road - 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 at 258 N. Union Ave - 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 - The over pass over Pasadena Freeway - 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 Gatos - Green Valley Disposal Company at 644 N. Santa Cruz Avenue - 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 was sitting there. At night you can hear a chair rolling across a wooden floor upstairs, but the upstairs is carpeted. There is also a cold spot in a room where things were stored and the office downstairs was so cold, that employees had to wear a coat. There is nothing wrong with the heating or cooling system. Also, upstairs, in the cold storage room the filing cabinets that 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 explain it. While calls were being put on hold he would disconnect every call on hold! Los Gatos - Opera House at 140 West Main Street - 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 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 - Marketplace Stadium 10 Cinema at 1321 Yosemite Ave - The last theater in the hallway 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 - The Kelley Brewery (The Brickyard Oven. Formerly the El Rey Theatre, - The old El Rey theatre in Manteca burned down in 1975 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 ghostsare said to wander the restaurant looking for a way out. Manteca - Home Depot at 250 Commerce Ave - 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 investigate, the voices stop. On June 5, 2000, the body of 18 year old Renee Ramos was discovered by a construction worker while the Home Depot was being built. Marin - Camp Bothin at 3125 Sir Francis Drake Blvd - 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. Modesto - Ambulance Station on Granger & Mchenry - 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) at 1612 Sisk Road - 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 at 329 North Garfield Ave - 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 at 920 Peninsula Way - 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 - Girl Scouts Island, Yosemite Lake at 5714 Lake Road - Legend has it that 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 - Yosemite Lake at the tower at 5714 Lake Road - 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. Merced - The Tower Theater at 301 West Main Street - 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". Van Nuys - Birmingham High School at 17000 Haynes Street - It was a hospital in WWII. Reports include voices at night and cold spots. This section is Still under construction
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