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It is said the ghost walks up and down the beer aisle late at night. Two spots at Occidental College are rumored to be haunted. Erdman Hall is said to be haunted by two spirits: Galster Park is the centerpiece of some legends concerning a murderer and rapist whose victims were children. Screams and pleading children's voices are said to be heard late at night. Apparitions of scarred children are said to roam here as well. The headstones were removed when the park was built and a marker now lists the names of those who were buried here. The fog is believed to be a spiritual representation of King Richards Antique Center is housed in a structure that was built in and was once an old citrus packing house.
Two workers reportedly have died here: One who was closed into a freezer in the basement and another who was crushed by falling machinery. Witnesses have reported black In , the unprovoked beating of seven prisoners known as "Bloody Christmas" occurred here, and the spooky setting has led to its use in many films and music videos. AMC Puente Hills 20 movie theater is rumored to be haunted, and apparitions of children have been seen running around the theater. The cinema is on the site of the former Broadway Department Store, which also was said to be haunted, as witnesses reported music coming from locked storerooms, clothes According to a report from a caretaker, nine ghosts reside here.
The witness has heard knocking and footsteps and seen lights turn on by themselves. Some witnesses have seen the apparition of a Mexican man in jeans, boots and a checkered shirt and felt cold spots. The White Lady of Elysian Park is said to be the ghost of a woman who drowned her children in the river and now wanders the park crying.
In some versions of her tale, headless dogs appear along with her apparition. Some say apparitions also have been seen entering the A benign spirit is supposed to haunt this historic women's club, where members have reported report feeling an unseen entity brush past them and try to hold their hand. The identity of the spirit is unknown. Submitted by Callum Swift. Seen on the TV show Ghost Adventures, the historic hospital is said to be haunted by many patients who died traumatically here. The site has been used as a setting for a great number of films including Outbreak, To Live and Die in L.
Rockhaven Sanitarium is a refreshing take to the "haunted asylum" location. Unlike other plces where abuse and malpractice was common, Rockhaven was a calm location. The patients here were never viewed as being insane; they were all female, treated with respect, and allowed to recover at their own pace. A screaming woman dressed in white has been seen by employees. According to legend, it's a mother who killed her children. Submitted by Chris Berglund.
One former owner was murdered here Halloween night of and another victim was forced to dig his own grave. Some believe that the property itself is cursed and others have reported seeing one of the former employees here long after his death. The ghost who resides here is called Martin, and in life, he was a janitor at this park. Reports say folks who have called the park before opening hours spoke to a man who answered the phone, and his name was Martin. Lights turn on and off and doors open It is said that the remains of former railway workers and people who died during the creation of this pathway are buried here.
Hikers sometimes catch a glimpse of these spirits while taking this road. The ghost who reaides at this eatery is said to be a little girl, possibly Native American, who grabs servers' trays and knocks over glasses and other objects. Francisco Avila, former owner of the house has been seen and heard here. His second wife, Encarnacion, has also been seen in the master bedroom. A ghost nicknamed "La Consuela" walks the stairs and is sometimes seen on the balcony. Items also move by themselves or are hidden elsewhere in the building. Before it closed, guests would be touched or even fondled by an unseen man.
One rumor is that this place was built on the site of a brothel that burned down; the lady who ran it is believed to be here. The male ghost is thought to be that of This historic residence is said to be the home of lingering spirits of those who were killed in the Chinese massacre. Pio Pico's apparition also has been seen here. The house was featured on the TV show Ghost Adventures. According to reports, the second, third, fourth, 27th and 28th floors of City Hall are haunted by ghosts who make themselves known during the overnight hours.
On the second floor folks report noises and the feeling of being watched; on the third and fourth, an unseen presence follows you as The water park Raging Waters is said to be haunted. Witnesses say phones have rung throughout the night, mostly coming from Wave Cove. Security guards have heard footsteps, the voice of a girl asking for help or something calling their names in the food court. The hauntings are said to A form of the vanishing hitchhiker story exists here involving an inebriated woman who demands people pull over at Evergreen Cemetery only for people to discover her grave.
Another possible ghost here is Benjamin E. Smith who went on a suicidal drinking binge before shooting himself nearby. The 9th, 11th, and 12th floors are said to have the most activity. Two Mafiosos are also said to be here in the basement of this location. The elevators here also have a knack to go to floors that aren't selected usually it's the 3rd floor. The hotel gives off an eerie feeling all around.
Guests experience weird noises, being pushed or shaken, and seeing light anomalies. Ghosts of a little girl, nurse, and a woman in a black dress have been reported. Formerly the Cecil Hotel, this location has been a site of murder, suicide, and once even housed serial killers Richard Ramirez and Jack Unterweger; the last infamous case involved that of Elisa Lam who was last seen on security cameras hiding from an unseen force in the elevator before her A woman identified as Teresa Brauden jumped to her death here and two other suicides have taken place here.
One of those three may very well be responsible for the sudden chills guests feel or a CCTV recording of a door opening and closing by itself. There are several other businesses on the property as well including an insurance firm, beauty salon, and others. Bother passed a way in the last couple years here. They still have a family ranch locally, as well as the family home in Apple Valley near the Apple Valley Country Club. The house has big iron gates with 2 "R"'s on it. Apple Valley - Jicarilla Rd. Arcadia - 5 W Live Oak Ave - Every Business that is built here starts off good but eventually goes down and they are forced to go out of business!
It doesn't matter what business it is, it will go under! The land is small, at the corner of the street, and surrounded by a brick wall all around! The source of the curses power is this brick wall! It is rumored but not proven that the curse will be lifted once the wall comes down!! But no one is certain! Arcadia - Arboretum - N. Baldwin Avenue Arcadia, CA He claimed to be a Native American, but he was exposed by a reporter to be an African American, this drove him to suicide.
His ghost has been seen by many including Aaron Spelling. The house was used as Mr. Roark's house on the TV show Fantasy Island. Arcadia - Arcadia High School - Said to be haunted by a janitor who walks the kitchen and indoor cafeteria- Says students who have actually encountered the ghost. It said late at night if you're in the foyer you can hear him walk up and down the kitchen and cafeteria pushing a squeaky cart with cleaning tools rattling in it. Arcadia - The Arcadia Poltergeist - In May on a memorial night Rocks of all sizes started lifting off the ground and hitting places, people, and breaking windows to cars and houses.
No-one was able to explain it. It was happening off and on for three months. It happened in Arcadia, California and was investigated by Duke University and was written up in the LA Times, apparently a six week series there is not much info on this event. There was no explanation given to the people who were attacked by this strange occurrence. It was merely Covered up and forgotten. The famous jockey died eight years later after suffering fatal injuries when he was thrown off a horse at the Santa Anita Raceway.
Employees are convinced he is still looking over his old restaurant. Footsteps can be heard going up the stairs to his old living quarters, above the restaurant and his presence is felt throughout the building. Arcadia - First Avenue Middle School - The school used to have a pool, but someone drowned in it and they covered it over. Teachers said they've heard footsteps at night through the halls, even after they've set the alarm, and if anyone was in the halls the alarm would go off. Loud banging on the lockers and girl's locker room doors have also been heard, and water goes on and off by itself, the toilets also flush by themselves.
Lockers with locks on them are closed one minute and open the next even when there's no one else in the room. Some students have seen a figure of a little boy wondering through the halls late at night with a "green glow" to him. An employee was closing the store at night when they spotted a little boy in knickers in one of the aisles playing with one of the toys. The employee was shocked and thought he was left behind by a parent and when she approached the little boy to ask him where his parents were he appeared to be transparent and disappeared the closer she got.
Another sighting of the little boy was again after hours when two male employees of the mall were inside Macy's and happened to spot a little boy standing with his back to them by the escalator to go down as though in awe of the escalator. When they started to walk up to him to tap him on the back the little boy ran down the escalator without actually having touched the steps and vanished on ce at the bottom.
Arcadia - Taco Lita - on second and Duarte Men's restroom said to be haunted by an elderly man wearing a yellow sweater says a few witnesses on web. Many have seen him walk in the bathroom but haven't actually seen him in there. Arcata - Humboldt Brewery - The original proprietor of the building and several others nearby is known to haunt the pub and periodically cause it to be known. Employees report moving furniture, dishes etc.
Armagosa - Armagosa hotel and opera house - haunted by several ghosts who were residents during the borax mining. The hotel workers have pictures of orbs and many stories as well as some documentaries have been filmed on the hauntings. The tower room of this three-story pink mansion is thought to be inhabited by the ghost of a 9-year-old girl named Alice. She has been spotted on more than one occasion and guests of the inn have heard the girl laughing, according to Ghosts of the Haunted Coast, by Richard L.
In his book, Senate said that a psychic was taken to the inn, not knowing of the rumored ghost, and spotted her as she walked up the staircase. She said the girl had pigtails and was wearing a long dress with a small apron. Apparently the ghost likes cats.. The owners told the psychic later that they had discovered a number of cats sleeping near the window in the tower. Some say she died of pneumonia, others say that she died of allergies to bee stings, because when they tore down a wall in one of the bedrooms there was a bee hive covering the whole wall. One eyewitness and Neighbor to the Inn for the last 20 years said she saw birds vortexing into the chimney.
They say Alice is friendly and loved cats, they often find cats rest in the windowsill of the Nursery.
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Artesia - The Red House - a couple that where to be wed had a fight and the bride was pushed down the stairs to her death. It is said that if you walk past her grave you will se her floating around. One particular craft, an old B, is said to be haunted by a former crewmember who died when a bomb exploded in the aircraft while on a mission.
He's said to turn the landing lights on and off and is known to make the propellers turn, though they are locked into place. Don't worry, he's friendly. Azusa - Railroad Overpass Bridge - Haunted by a transient and his dog seen walking the tracks at night. It is also said that an exorcism took place in her room, which was about the middle of the corridor to the east. The hospital was owned by a local company that sold the building, which is located in Reforma Avenue in downtown Mexicali, and it is now a hotel.
The floor where it's supposed to have taken place the possessed case is often colder tan the actual weather and the spot near the door of the room is darker than others places. But the local church and the companies involved denied the case. Bakersfield - Bakersfield Californian Newspaper Building - This old building is haunted by a few ghosts. A German Shepard Dog who can be seen, waiting patiently for his master to come and pick him up. An old security guard who can sometimes be seen in the lunchroom.
Finally, the former editor of the Californian can be seen walking through the hallways of the building. Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School - Reports of apparitions of a young couple, they look to be 16 to 18 years old. The girl is wearing a prom dress and the guy is wearing a football jacket with "BHS" embroidered on the back. The area has a strange chill to it, and a feeling of being watched. Where they are seen is up near the top of the bleachers. Bakersfield - Bakersfield High School - Harvey Auditorium - Supposedly, while they were building Harvey Auditorium, a worker fell from the rafters all the way into the basement.
They say that the Auditorium is haunted by his ghost, as well as some others. There used to be a hospital on the grounds of BHS and they would bury body parts from the operations in the area of the quad. Bakersfield - Central Park - A lady with the flowing robe seen wafting along the canal at dawn. A lifelong resident of this city was told the ghost belongs to a woman believed murdered. Her bones were found buried in the old foundry across from the park. The bones, discovered when the foundry's floor was torn up, had bullet holes in them.
Bakersfield - Club Paradise - Reports of apparitions, locked employees in the storeroom from the inside, pushed people in the bar room hallway, grabbed, groped customers, objects move. Bakersfield - East Bakersfield High School auditorium - it is believed that years ago a janitor stayed after hours to fix some lights up on the ceiling, he fell of the ladder and broke his neck.
Bakersfield - Garces Circle - People have reported that right before a major car accident at the circle there's been quite a few people can either see the hands of the statue moving or they hear him muttering in prayer for them. Bakersfield - Highland High school Theater - Westley Anderson Hall - There is a spirit of an older man that likes to play tricks on people. He will turn the stage lights off when people are on the stage but never during a performance where he just sits and observes. He also likes to whispers in peoples ears and rummage through the costumes in the costume loft. Three spirits are said to be in residence.
One young man seen hammering is believed to be a young man who fell to his death during construction. The second is an elderly woman who stands and watches. The third is a man always described as "angry". He is believed to be one of the former owners. Lights are switched on and off, doors and windows open or close by themselves.
Doorknobs rattle, voices can be heard, and the sounds of footsteps on the staircase occur quite often. The present owners of the property, who operate the real estate company, say they have never felt afraid or in danger, and are now quite used to the "other agents" and their nightly actions. Bakersfield - Melodrama Musical Theatre - The theatre is located at the northern most end of the city in an area called Oildale, a community grown out of the oil industry. The building was constructed in the early 's, originally as a toy store. The owner went bankrupt around , and having lost everything he owned trying to keep his business afloat in this impoverished area, closed the doors for a final time.
He has been felt passing people in the stairwell. He has been seen breaking mirrors. His apparition seen crossing the stage during performances. Also, the women's dressing room seems to have strange occurrences: Bakersfield - Norris School built in - now Kern County Museum - Witnesses report hearing the tapping of chalk on the chalkboard, but saw nothing. Bakersfield - The Padre Hotel - one of the city's landmark buildings is so haunted you can feel it the moment you walk thru the foyer doors.
You should contact the owner for specific details. It has been turned into office buildings and condos. Bakersfield - Pioneer Village - Reportedly, someone witnessed a ghostly birthday party in the Weill house. Others have seen children in front of the Norris School Building. Bakersfield - Standard Middle School - a man has been seen hanging from the top of the auditorium Baldwin Park - Baldwin Park High - Early in the morning strange sounds can be heard in the basketball gym.
Also footsteps and thumping noises can be heard behind the stage. It is said to be the ghost of Gary Cooper. Banning - Payless Shoe Source - There are reports of a little boy that appears in the break room at the back of the store. Legend says that the little boy came into the store with his mother and wanted a pair of shoes really bad. His mother didn't buy it for him and he was quite upset. Ran out the store and was hit by a car. This store has not kept employees for long because each time a new employee sees the apparition, they just quit without telling anyone. It is said that the boy appears right before the store opens and right before it closes at night.
Banta Tracy - The Banta Inn - Haunted by the former owner who died of a heart attack behind the bar in He likes to knock things off walls, stack the coins inside the cash register, open and close doors. He told officers that a kid was hanging from the basketball hoop. He said he saw it from the top right corner on the bleachers. Officers say that the kids name was Ryan that hung himself in when the school was once a high school Pacifica high. Beaumont - Sunnyslope Cemetery - There are various types of encounters. Some are cold spots, noises, and eerie feelings, also sometimes you can feel a hand touch you.
The cemetery is not visited heavily and sometimes when alone you can see a groundskeeper walking around. However when you try to approach him, he walks into one of the sheds and disappears. When you approach the shed, the door is open and you can knock or call out and you get no response. On one occasion 2 witnesses to this stepped inside to find nobody there. Also, if going at night be sure to go in groups, the residents see to be more forward then.
The cemetery is located at the south end of Pennsylvania street, past the railroad tracks. Bell Gardens - Bell Gardens Park - In their was a men with a little girl at 12 at night and the guy kill her and took her head out and he dig a hole by the baseball field and he put it their. She actually described the location were the bodies were to be found and mentioned that there was something wrong with one of the victims left foot, after locating the bodies in a shallow grave it was found that one of the boys feet had been partially eaten by coyotes.
Apparently, they had gone night fishing at the pond that was located in the park and were murdered by someone who was never caught.
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They were found in the morning by the pond with their throats slashed. It was told by word of mouth and in the newspapers that is was a grisly scene straight out of hell. It could be the ghosts of the two boys that haunt the park. A Police officer in Bell Gardens reports the boys bodies were recovered with the help of a local psychic; the bodies were recovered in the Whittier Narrows area not at the park and a suspect was arrested, tried and convicted of the crime. The real story here is that there were no leads at all until the psychic was contacted as a last resort by one of the detectives.
Bell Gardens - Suva Elementary School - People have reported there names being called in one of the bathrooms, also they say you can see a little girl riding on one swing always the same one once a person got thrown off the swing and crashed in the fence behind him. Bell Gardens - Suva Intermediate - A janitor committed suicide on the third floor of the big building he has been see roaming the school and mostly the top floor.
Bellflower - Bellflower High School - Its reported that back in the '60's in room B-1 on the West side of the campus, a Female student named Kaytlin killed a skinny boy in the class after he called her "Chicken Head". She made him drink a soda filled with rat poison. After he passed out she tied him to a desk and started to cut up his body so she could stuff him in a cabinet in the room. At that time the room was used for storage and his body rotted in there over the long hot summer break.
When the next school year started his body was found by a custodian that was cleaning the room. The hauntings that have been reported include the overwhelming smell of rotting flesh and blood stains appearing and disappearing on the floor. Some of the Teachers that have used this room, that is now a classroom, have reported seeing body parts in the cabinets, that also disappear. Bellflower - Bellflower High School - Theater - A girl killed herself because her boyfriend broke up with her and she didn't make the play she tried out for.
She hung herself over the stage. A prop phone would ring when unplugged.
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When students are rehearsing spotlights would flicker on and off. When the radio would be unplugged it would turn on, but the station would be changed. Bellflower - Kmart - A woman has been seen on several occasions in the stockroom areas. She always appears to be working. As of this date she has not been identified. John Bosco High School - A boy named Tyler was a student in the 's, and he was kicked out of Bosco for personal reasons. He later then died of a drug overdose. It is said that he roams the campus mainly the senior square searching for a senior whom he can borrow a lighter from. Belmont - Waterdog Lake - One day a little boy was walking up on Waterdog, alone, unprotected.
He never returned home. People say the ghost of Waterdog killed him, others say the ghost is bogus. The story posted in the newspapers is a 12 year old boy was killed by a man that was convicted of the act and his body was dumped here. When they go on Waterdog to prove it Benicia - Captain Blythers - This is a very old home now a restaurant. The former owners have had picture jump off of the walls and alarms go off. The town's police have even experienced this happening. Benicia - The Union Hotel - During the '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 is haunted by a ghost of an elderly man. Beverly Hills - Doheny Mansion - Night-shift groundskeepers will not stay employed, due to sounds, and screams inside the house.
There are some sections that are gated and padlocked that have not been kept up in the home due to this. Beverly Hills - Pickfair Mansion - According to the previous owners, there were at least two other ghosts who haunted the place as well. In the beautiful entry way was often seen a ghost who was thought to be Douglas Fairbanks. Also that Janitors would get pushed down stairs Unexpectedly. The story behind this is that a Drama Teacher working alone supposedly fell into the pit area and died a mere 5 feet drop.
Police said it was accidental. But her wrist's were broken, indicated she'd been pushed. The Auditorium is now dedicated to that Drama Teacher. Bloomington - Green Acres Cemetery- Its been reported that on Halloween every year there is said to be blood on the table found between the three marble chairs in the southeast part of the cemetery.
Bodie - Bodie State Park - Reports of walking up and down stairs in any building there. Curse on Bodie if anyone takes anything as a souvenir. Bodega Bay - - Reports of a Vortex here, strange unexplainable things happen to people as well as animals. Boulder Creek - Brookdale Lodge - A girl in a formal dress runs across the lobby, then disappears into thin air. In an empty Mermaid Room, voices and music are softly heard. Hidden rooms and secret passages are mysterious vestiges of Brookdale Lodge's rich past.
Brea - Breas Best - Employees have reported that during late hours, frozen food would get launched across the kitchen. After about 15 minutes, a loud laughter would come about scaring the employees. One night, the refrigerator door flew open and someone or something threw out all the food on to the floor and also weird shadows were seen on the walls. Brea - Brea Olinda High School - Performing Arts Center - one student had been sweeping under the seats and by the time she had finished a row the two end seats would be down, and this happened in every row.
Also one student said when she had been there late one night with only 3 other students that there had been a figure of a man standing on the stage staring at them.
Many strange noises come about also during the later parts of the night, especially after a rehearsal or performance. You can see two crosses next to each other, if you go further there is another cross, and as you continue you see a tombstone. The 3 crosses were of people that died there from car accidents because it's so dark and the tombstone. It is said that at night you can see hikers trying to get a ride.
When you look back they are gone. Another freaky thing is that there are many cars that have been on the side for who knows how long. They appeared to have been broken down there for a while. And if you stop by the crosses there is a spine tingling feeling that makes you want to scream. Doors open by themselves. With a whole English class present, the poem "the Living Hand" was being read. During the poem, the door open and then slammed. The teacher checked and no one was there. The doors are designed so that you have to turn the knob to open them and they are difficult to slam.
Brentwood - Mount Saint Mary's - Carondelet dormitory - there are nuns seen walking and doors open mysteriously. 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. 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. In the early 80's, a young man, distraught over a recent heart break, Jumped to his death from the top of the parachute ride. The ride is since gone, but the structure still stands. On several occasions, employees have had the experience of some thing large slamming into the ground, "as if someone were to drop a sack of potatoes from high above on the structure" only to find nothing.
Buena Park - Knott's Berry Farm - Virginia's Gift Shop - While up on the 2nd floor employee break Room ,noises, cold air and breezes, and closet doors opening up by themselves. Burbank - Woodbury University - This previous monastery is now a college. Mother Cabrini now haunts the campus. She was once one of the nuns that resided here. Her face is even sculpted into one of the buildings. The bell in the bell tower has been known to ring late in the night. Burney - Black Ranch Road. Bartle House - roof glows green at night check with the local fire department, they have responded to numerous calls of the house being on fire , cabinet doors open by themselves, lights and heaters turn on, figure of Mr.
Bartle is seen in the hallway. Byron - Hot Springs Hotel - This hotel is located on the right hand side of the road about a quarter of a mile back down a long drive way. There is an old orange hotel from the late '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. Dark shadows were seen from a distance and then disappeared after seen.
You could tell this wasn't a happy house. Cabazon - Morongo Indian Reservation - there's a road where you can park your car at the bottom and it rolls uphill steadily. Calavares County - Murphys - Murphys Historical Hotel - Instant feeling of something different there as soon as you walk in. It is said that a bookkeeper was shot and thrown over the balcony.
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Feelings of being watched, and feeling a presence. Calico - Calico mines - Behind the actual "ghost town" the pitted landscape of tunnels and pits, there is a small road that ends at an open area. First a slowly moving bear crosses the length of the open area, to seemingly clear the stage for the others to come.
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Calico - School House - Apparition of an old school teacher has been encountered. Calexico - Calexico High School - At night there are noises heard, and things seen. People have reported to see a girl walk around at different hours of the night. A group of teachers reported to have seen her at a pep rally in the 80's at the football field.
Another claim was made by construction workers who were building the new gym, they saw a girl walking to the football field early in the morning, when they called out to her it was as if she didn't hear them. Other encounters are doors slamming, windows shutting, lights flickering and turning off. The story is of a girl who was killed in a car accident coming back from an away football game, she was a cheerleader and now apparently it is said that it is her that haunts the school. Calexico - El Charro - Old burned down restaurant.
Ghostly apparitions have been sighted. Camarillo - Old Camarillo State Hospital - now Channel Islands University This large enclave of buildings in Camarillo is now a university, but were originally built in the s 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. 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.
Scary Dairy is tagged by gangsters, and it is rumored to have had murders taken place in the area. We are unsure if the Scary Dairy was a slaughterhouse or a dairy, but there are a lot of rooms in the building. Most of the walls are fallen down, and there seems to be lot of dumping in the area. Scary Dairy gives of a very bad vibe, and you can almost feel the ghostly activity. Scary Dairy is a cool place to check in the day, but when night falls it is probably the scariest place to be, considering the amount of rooms and gang activity Cameron Park - Bass Lake Road - girl in white gown near the reservoir at the bend where the water sometimes over flows onto the road.
At the actual lake by a bench it was dedicated to an old man he can be seen sitting on the bench smiling at you. Camp Pendleton - 41 Area - Second story room in one of the barracks is haunted by the ghost of a Marine. The ghost moves furniture, hums the song to "Jeopardy", and has struck another Marine sleeping in the room. People in the room feel the ghost is there watching them.
Campbell - Securitas Security - Feeling of not being alone in the building after hours. Out of the corner of your eyes at night, you see something run down the hall and around the corner. Sometimes in the hallway where you see the figure, you get major chills and your hair stands on end. Also you can hear doors slamming in different areas of the first floor after it been closed. Canoga Park - A Jack in The Box on Topanga Cyn, - Numerous sightings of a man standing at the drive through window, wearing all red, the milkshake machines turning on for no reason, and furniture in the dinning area moving by themselves at night and the frozen food on the floor.
In the warehouse late at night you could hear the ghost of a woman screaming as it passed you from the back to the front. Reports of seeing the apparition and greeting them as a person and realizing no one was there have happened. One account was a repairman working on the water heating system he was at work after hours and his tool chest was on his left side, as he was working the tool chest was slammed down on his right side hard enough to startle him and send him running out of the building.
Additionally, the ghost was said to live in the attic area of the walk in refrigerator.
Every day before work started, the door to the room would be open even if it was locked the night before Take Caution. The building is locked and it is doubtful that the present occupants will allow access. Also when in the shower, sometimes the shower curtain would open up. Capitola - The Capitola Theater - Reports of hearing voices and all kinds of racket going on in the theater as if there were a theater-going crowd. Capitola - Soquel Drive - This old house marked "20" on the entrance is extremely haunted. There are lots of active orbs and sounds being heard inside of the house while venturing around the exterior of.
Upon getting inside of the house things had been moved after going from room to room and noises heard in down below quarters of the house. On the balcony there is a ghost of an old man who stands on the balcony and guards the home from the 3rd story. The only way into this place was to climb. Carmel - Blue Sky Lodge - The upper suites, very cold at night and feeling very uneasy in the master bedroom of the two bedrooms.
Carlsbad - Plaza Cinema 4 - In theater 3 a female usher was scared out by a rolling trashcan rolling up the hall way while cleaning. The girl also heard a name being whispered in the theater. She then started crying and then quit the next day. In theater 4 the big theater an usher was cleaning the theater when a large piece of ceiling almost hit him and fell a couple feet from him. It has been rumored that when the Dominguez Ranch house was used as a Stage Coach stop over after the Civil War, the man was beaten and killed on that area where those streets connect. Carson - Carson High School - at the track field at midnight you can see a boy running around the track and if you get close to it, it'll disappear..
Carson - Del Amo Blvd. It's also been told that he's dressed in the style of the 19th century. This house was one time used as a stop over for people coming to the San Pedro seaport to Los Angeles back in the late 's. The site of the house is also know as "the battle of Rancho Dominguez" of the Mexican-American War back in the 's. Rumor has is that you can see "orbs" or flashes of small lights moving very quickly around the park site late at night where the house sits.
Also rumor has it that a man was beaten and robbed and left to die just about yards from where this historical and supposedly "haunted" site is located. The ghost of the man is rumored to be a "guest" that stayed at the house when it was used as a stop over for travelers.
Carson - NW corner of Pacific St. Castro Valley - Chabot Theater - Employees have heard a mans laughing and have seen shadows moving up and down the isle late at night Castro Valley - Redwood Rd. In the early s, a man, with a knife, killed all the kids at the preschool. The building no longer remains. All that remains is a swing set and the foundation of the building.
From time to time, you can hear the children playing or running around and you can see the swings actually moving by themselves Catalina Island - Two Harbors - The Banning Inn - A specter dubbed the "White Lady" has been seen here as well as the smell of tobacco and fish from the spirit of a fisherman. Rumors of Natalie Wood's ghost have also been talked about in the area where she drowned.
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. Cerritos - Cerritos High School - Many janitors have heard strange banging noises in the Girls locker room. Also, it has been said that at night you can see a group of kids near the track, but as you move closer they disappear. Cherokee - Cherokee Cemetery - It is history that the town sweetheart was murdered in the and her murderer burned alive in his home across the street from the cemetery.
If you visit the cemetery during the evening hours, you can hear stomping in this extremely deserted area. Also there grave of a child that passed the same day as his father. If you place flowers on that tombstone, locals say he will visit you that evening and thank you. Chico - California State University Chico - Laxson Auditorium - supposedly the spirit of an older woman has been seen by performers on stage, sitting in one of the balcony seats.
She always sits in the same seat but of course is gone when anyone goes to investigate. Chino - Chino Hills - Story is a man who escaped prison stalked a family killing the mother, father and sister and just cut the boy's ears. They say if you go to the house you will see blood prints and the ghosts of the family.
You can read it here http: Chowchilla - Chowchilla library - bowling alley - A few years back the Bowling Alley of Chowchilla caught on fire. It started in the kitchen, and spread through out the building. Unfortunately the cook never made it out in time. He was burned to death, and soon after it was turned into the Chowchilla library. 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.
There have been reports of the students who have passed away still roaming the halls, at the lockers, in the gym, the cafeteria, and in the classrooms. You always get the feeling that someone is watching you in the classrooms. Some students have said that a girl with long blonde hair will ask them what time it is then disappear, and some say the girl goes by "Michelle".
Chowchilla - Minturn Cemetery - Reports of ghostly apparitions chasing cars down the dirt road, A woman screaming, children crying or laughing, and a man ghost picking up trash around the graves. Chowchilla - Save-Mart Supermarkets - Staff of Save Mart Supermarkets in Chowchilla California have reported A woman who used to work the Graveyard shift for janitorial stated that on the nights that she was alone with the night stockers that she would feel a presence through out the aisles, or in the upstairs break room.
One young man who used to work there stated that he had the same feeling, but he worked the swing shift and only felt the presence in the break room. The young man said that every Saturday was when no one worked the grave yard shift and the store is totally empty Some people have said they would see someone walking around the store on Saturday nights, around 2: They would also see shadows from a distance as if there is someone walking around inside.
Chualar - The End Of Chualar Road - Many times a night when you drive home you can see a woman walking on the side of the road. When you pass her she disappears. When I hit the ground I passed out and when I woke up I saw a black hair woman above me staring at me. I blinked and she was gone. I am almost positive it was the lady on the side of the road.
Allegedly A sailor Came home from seas crazy and killed his wife, son, and daughter. When near the property you feel chills and a sense of dread. The house burnt down a few years back but the haunting is still there. All you can see now is the chimney standing in the middle of the fenced in yard. 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. Claremont - Botanical Garden Girl - there is said to be a small girl, maybe five to six years of age, who sits by a pond and watches the fish while crying. She is said to be wearing Native American clothing, most likely she is a Cauhillan, pronounced Kaheeya , a tribe of Native Americans who once lived on that land.
Incidences include, cold spots, sudden strong gusts of wind, and crying sounds. There is a name burned into the floor of the gym, students believe it is the name of the ghosts. Claremont - Griswold's old school house - there are several ghosts that haunt this old school house, several people have heard children's voices when no one is around and others have seen a white mist walking around. Doors fly open by themselves. Also there is always a feeling of being watched.
Claremont - Thompson Creek Trail east path - while walking this path in the late evening hours, strange noises that sound like scratching and footsteps coming from bushes on the sides of the trail have been heard. Also there have been reports of cloud formations forming skull-like shapes. Also, when no one is around you, sometimes shadowy figures can be seen walking behind you, sometimes hiding behind bushes. The crackling sounds from the power lines overhead don't help the experience too much, adding a deeper eeriness to this location. Claremont - Thompson Creek Woods - reports of, "levitating boulders, invisible walls, short hideous visions of violence, and flying people that follow you until you leave.
Clayton - Contra Costa - Pioneer Inn - The Pioneer Inn has been around since the 's and is known to be haunted by the ghost of the past. The Pioneer Inn has Gone thru a lot over the years from having the second floor collapsing then having it rebuilt and having it burn down. The Ghost have been know to carry things around and touch occupants on there shoulders and hands.
Things have been know to move about, cold spots, glasses moving, and the lights to go on and off on there own. Clayton - Keller Mansion - The Keller house is a house built in the early 's and was one of California oldest cattle ranches up to the s the house was built on a old Indian Grave yard.
It is said that the ghost of the Indians still haunt the old house and tend to move things around. The story goes is that during the day a miner from the black diamond mine area of Somersville was in Clayton and got into a argument in the old Eagle Saloon across the street. The argument turned into a shoot out and one of the bullets went thru the window and stuck a little girl on the street. The people on the street brought the little girl in to the restaurant where she died. In a pool of blood on the floor. Everything they do to remove it does not work and the stain returns to this day it is still there under the carpet.
Clayton - Morgan Territory Rd - Morgan Territory Rd is a old logging road that was built back in the 's to bring wood from Santa Cruz to the Eastern Contra Costa County, the road cut thru between Livermore and Clayton, since this is a very isolated road there has been a lot that has happen on this road.
Due to the darkens of the road and being tired. Clear Lake - Modoc County - Fiddler's Green - A pioneer woman who was said to have lived there was killed by thieves while her husband was away. They threw her body down the well that is still there. At night you can see her apparition walking along the shore of the lake with a lantern. Also, you can hear her playing her fiddle faintly in the night wind.
Clovis - Andleberry Estate - This was a mansion with an adjacent asylum for woman in the 's. Many horrible experiments were performed on the patients, so the ghosts are frightened and angry, you'll get feelings of fear and dread if you venture near the house. The mansion is on Clovis Avenue, almost across the street from Sierra Vista Mall, the asylum is in the back. At Halloween, the owner runs a Haunted House attraction; this is an opportune time to visit. Coachella Valley - Coachella Valley High School - The backstage of the auditorium is known for its strange noises of pages being flipped and books being knocked down which are stared behind the stage so reported from drama students.
Coloma - Bell's General Store - Built in , 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. 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. 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, 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. 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 at age 2, Charles Schieffer died at age 42 and May Schieffer died at age 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 s cemetery. Perhaps that's the reason the cemetery is so active. Coloma - Sierra Nevada House - A mischievous spirit inhabits this hotel which was established in 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. The house was built some time in the late s, 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 syphilis, 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 intriguing 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! 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. 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..
They rebuilt it into replica of the old one. Now there has been many reports of noises, voices, overwhelming stench of smoke, in one room you can smell whiskey, and in room 9 and 13 a female ghost is seen quite often. In the theater lights go on and off, and shadows of people are seen. Commerce - Veterans Park - Place is known to be haunted by a man name Martin who once worked as janitor at this park. People have claimed to talked to a Martin when they have called the park office before it has even opened. Lights go off and on for no reason doors will open and close and the radio will change on its own to a local Spanish station.
Concord - Brendan Theaters 14 - in theater 12 you can her little kids talking and laughing in the middle of a movie. Concord - Clayton Valley High School - B hall - A few years ago four students met in a freshman English class and they all shared a love for music and formed a band. In their senior year the band was going to tour southern California. Heading south on I-5 the driver fell asleep and veered off road which resulted in the death of all band members. The band can now be heard on the first day of school at night where they met when they were freshman.
The band plays on. Concord - Mount Diablo High School - Reports of the apparition of a male teenager hanging by a noose from the roof, over a balcony from the second floor part of the English Building. Supposedly a depressed student who committed suicide there a long time ago. Also cold spots and voices and noises at night near the balcony and staircase where the student committed suicide.
Corona - Gravity Hill - A girl got dumped by her boyfriend and was driving real fast. There is a big bump in the street and she hit it and crashed into a tree and died. Handprints can be seen if your car is dirty. Gravity hill is an optical illusion. Bring a carpenter's balance: The reason you feel like you're going uphill is because of the angle of the slopes on each side of the road. 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. Extremely cold breezes flow past you at certain points. 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. 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 arou nd an old noose!!! 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. Corona - Marie Callender's - There are many stories, one night in the kitchen area a few of the workers were doing side work and a few others were in the bar after closing and a big metal pie cutter flew off a shelf onto the counter on the opposite side of the room a few feet away.
There were now many witnesses who believed that strange things were occurring at our store. Servers reported trays flying at their heads in the dishwasher's area and salt and peppershakers once empty were full. The spookiest always happened to the vendors who cleaned the restaurant. The carpets would be cleaned on a monthly basis and they would always come in pairs. Something would always happen, strange sounds, floating balloons, TV's being turned on, etc.
All of these things could be explained by scientific methods: Whatever was going on in that building after the emplo yees 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.