Anza Borrego State Park (619) 767-5311 Call for park maps and guidebook San Diego County

 

Agua Caliente Springs- Several people have seen a viking ship stuck out of the side of a mountain. It was last seen in 1933 when a devastating earthquake hit the area.

 

 

Los Angeles County Arboretum 301 North Baldwin Av, Arcadia (818) 821-3222

 

This was once the house of Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance who was a writer and an actor. In 1932 a reporter found out that he was a black man pretending to be an Indian. He shot himself in the head in his parlor. His ghost has been seen many times.

 

 

Rose Victorian Inn It is located in Arroyo Grande off of Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo County (805) 481-5566

 

It was built in 18885 and is haunted by a nine year old girl named Alice. She is seen in a window upstairs, in the turret, and on the roof playing with a little boy.

 

 

Californian Newspaper Located on the corner of 17th St and I St in Bakersfield (805) 395-7500

 

The ghost of a German Shepart sits outside the newspaper office. Inside an elderly watchman is seen by the first floor elevator or in the lunchroom. The ghost of Alfred Harrell who was a publisher has been spotted too.

 

 

Pioneer Village 3801 Chester Av, Bakersfield (805) 323-8368 Call for a recorded calendar of events

 

A child's birthday party has been seen. Children playing at recess at the front of Norris School building that was built in 1882.

 

 

Calico Ghost Town in Barstow Calico Ghost Town PO Box 638, Yermo, CA 92398

 

A restored 1880's silver mining town has tours through an underground mine and Iron Horse train rides to the Old Workings to the north. Esmerelda is said to haunt the playhouse. Some say the ghost of Wyatt Earp still strolls the old wooden sidewalkds. Camping and RV hookups are available (619) 254-2122

 

 

Berkeley Faculty Club It is located on the campus of the University of California. (415) 540-5678

 

The people that stay in room 219 have seen an elderly man that sits quietly in a chair. Students walking by his window hear him recite poetry. The ghost is believed to be Professor Henry Stephens who died in 1919. He lived in room 219 for twenty years.

 

 

Berkeley Sather Tower

 

A student jumped off this bell tower in the 1960's. Four years later a student said that she was followed by a ghost as she crossed the lawn below the tower. In the late 1960's a photographer took a picture of a phantom hand reaching out of the same grassy area.

 

 

Benton Hot Springs (619) 873-8405

 

An abandoned group of old buildings that are home to the ghosts of a man and woman dressed in 1890's clothing. Sometimes they are seen carrying a faint lantern at night.

 

 

Barrymore Estate 6 Beverly Grove, Beverly Hills

 

In the late 1970's there were frequent sightings of John, Lionel, and Ethyl Barrymore. When John died his cuckoo clock which was one of his favorite possessions and broken struck at 10:20.

 

 

Bowman Drive Private Residence at 2320 Bowman Drive, Beverly Hills

 

Many people that have lived here have reported events in the upstairs bedrooms. Beds are mesed up, pillows are cut open, and the impression of a body forms on the mattress. This ghost has never been identified.

 

 

Falcon's Lair Private Residence at 1436 Bella Drive, Beverly Hills

 

It's possible to drive by the stables which are at 100051 Cielo Drive The ghost of Rudolph Valentino lingers in his old mansion. He has appeared in darkened corridors, his old bedroom, and in the stables. People passing by the house have seen him looking out over the Los Angeles skyline from his favorite window on the second floor of the mansion.

 

 

Gaynor House Private Residence halfway up Arden Drive between Sunset and Santa Monica Boulevard

 

A ghost dusts the chandeliers. Mitzi and Jack who live there call her Mrs. Walker after a previous owner that died in the house. She often dusts things that other maids have missed. The chandeliers can be heard as the ghost cleans them. Two chandeliers fell from the ceiling for no reason. A maid quit after seeding a stack of pillowcases rise up and fly around the room.

 

 

Gefsky House Private Residence 8560 Pinetree Place, Los Angeles

 

The actor John Hodiak haunts this house. Several houseguests saw him hovering outside a second floor window and walking ten feet off the ground in the backyard. Hal Gefsky has even gotten phone calls from the ghost but he could only say a faint hello.

 

 

Harlow House Private Residence 9820 Easton Drive

 

The ghost of Jean Harlow lingers in the master bedroom, on the second floor of her former residence.

 

 

Hyam House

 

A middle aged man wearing a white shirt and tie was seen. Scientists and well known Hollywood personalities have seen strange events here like Aaron Spelling.

 

Keaton House 1018 Pamela Drive, Beverly Hills

 

This place is haunted by Buster Keaton who once lived there. He likes to unplug phones and turning off lights.

 

Pickfair 1143 Summit Drive, Beverly Hills

 

This used to be the home of silent film star Mary Pickford from 1918 until she died in 1979. Her ghost is dressed in a ruffled white dress and is seen in a den on the first floor.

 

 

Reeves House 1579 Benedict Canyon Drive, Beverly Hills

 

On June 16, 1959 George Reeves who was forty-five went to his upstairs bedroom where he took off his clothes and shot himself in the head. A couple saw him in his Superman costume and then he faded slowly away. He has also been seen on the front yard.

 

 

Stanwyck Private Residence off Sunset Blvd in Beverly Hills

 

Barbara Stanwyck and her long time lover continued to see and talk after his death in 1969.

 

 

Strasbergs House Private Residence in Beverly Hills

 

This house was owned by British actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke and was later bought by Susan Strasberg and her husband Christopher Jones. They all saw the ghost of a woman in the upstairs bedroom.

 

 

Virginia Hill House Private Residence 810 N Linden Dr, Beverly Hills

 

This mansion was owned by Bugsy Siegel's girlfriend Virginia but the armor plated doors were not enough to protect him when he was gunned down in 1947. Sensitives can still feel him panicked and ducking for cover.

 

 

Webb House Private Residence 1005 N Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills

 

Actor Clifton Webb lived here for twenty years and held frequent seances to try to contact his mother Maybelle. If a woman sits in his old armchair it bounces and makes strange noises. Clifton has also been seen standing by his crypt.

 

 

Westwood Memorial Cemetery 1218 Glendon Av, Westwood

 

Marilyn Monroe has been seen by her mausoleum. She appears as a luminescent cloud hovering near her tomb.

 

 

Fernwood Campground in Big Sur (408) 667-2422

 

An Indian ghost wearing a corn mask has been seen by employees and campers. He is seen between two and three in the morning near the cabins. This area was sacred to the Esalen Indians.

 

 

Charlene's Country Treasures Near the Salmon Creek Bridge on Bodega Rd

 

Things started getting strange when Charlene got a 19th century doll made from the death mask of a real child. The hair, eyebrows, and lashes of the child were removed and pasted onto the doll. Customers started seeing a tall man with a beard leaning over the crib with the doll. The ghost was identified as Captain McCuen who was the original owner who had a brain damaged child that had been confined to a crib till her death.

 

 

 Apalatea House Bodfish Located in Kern County

 

Ghosts showed up after the house was moved in the late 1960's. An old rocking chair rocked by itself, and windows opened by themselves. Voices and laughter and the clinking of glasses have been heard coming from the empty house.

 

 

Crawford House 426 N Bristol Av, Brentwood

 

Christina Crawford heard voices of children coming from the inside of the walls when she was a child. She also saw them moving through the halls. After her mother Joan Crawford died the wall behind her bed kept bursting into flames for no reason. Fire department investigators couldn't figure out the cause.

 

 

Garland House Private Residence 129 S Rockingham, Brentwood

 

An unknown ghost haunts Judy Garland's former house. It has been described as a cold moving shadow.

 

 

Allen House in Bridgeport

 

The ghost of the original owner A.P. Allen haunts the house. He committed suicide in a upstairs bedroom. The sounds of footsteps and bedsprings creaking are heard in the house and the bedcovers of people that sleep in the room where he died.

 

 

Green Lake Pack Station

 

An old hermit that lived in a small cabin near here appears to hunters and campers. He asks trespassers What do you want? and What are you doing here?

 

 

Pet Cemetery in Los Angeles

 

This is where many Hollywood stars buried their pets. Rudolph Valentino's great dane is still said to pant and lick people who wander near its grave.

 

 

State Mental Hospital in Camarillo

 

Many strange things have taken place including ectoplasm and poltergeist effects that have been seen by staff and visitors.

 

 

Pioneer Cemetery

 

A lady in burgandy keeps watch over the Schieffer family plot. She is an elderly lady with her hair parted in the middle and pulled back into a bun. She has a long flowing burgandy dress and can be seen from the roads. She beckons to people going by to come up to the grave site to visit with her.

 

 

Nevada House in Sierra

 

This place has a mischievous spirt. He has been named Christopher and he has moved pots and pans, hidden knives and forks, turned off teakettles, and has pulled other harmless pranks.

 

 

Dorrington Hotel

 

The town was named after the Scottish bride of John Garder. Rebecca died in the hotel in 1871. Her cause of death is uncertain since she either fell down the back stairs or froze to death or maybe both. Her cries are heard coming from the second floor. Rebecca has also been seen in an old calico dress in the hallways.

 

 

Saint John's Rectory 2814 Mariposa, Fresno

 

The ghost of Sister Irenita has been seen. She died in 1931 and haunted the school until a special mass was held to put her to rest. Vandals dug up her coffin and the Monsignor reported that she was perfectly preserved although she had been dead for over five years and a tree root had broken into her grave.

 

 

Moss Beach Distillery in Half Moon Bay

 

The ghost of a lady in a blue dress soacked in blood haunts this place. She has been seen standing near the piano, outside the ladies room, or dancing alone in empty rooms. A stool tipped over and did a somersault. Her bloody ghost was seen standing in the middle of Highway 1. Her ghost has been seen once or twice a year for the past fifty years. Some believe the ghost is a young woman that was stabbed to death by a jealous lover on the beach in front of the restaurant.

 

 

Zaballa House 324 Main St, Half Moon Bay

 

Guests that stay in room 6 say that it's haunted. Alarms go off at all hours, keys break and windows rattle.

 

 

Hollywood Memorial Park 6000 Santa Monica Blvd

 

A lady in black has been seen in the Cathedral Mausoleum kneeling in front of crypt 1205. Clifton has been seen several times in the foyer of the Abbey of the Ralms Mausoleum. Sobbing has been heard near Virginia's Rappe's grave.

 

 

Hollywood Roosevelt

 

The reflections of dead guests are seen in the hallway. Marilyn Monroe's reflection is seen in a mirror that she used to own. Montgomery Clift has been spotted pacing the ninth floor hall and sometimes he's heard practicing his trumpet.

 

 

Hollywood Sign

 

The hillside is haunted by a twenty-four year old named Peg Entwistle a starlet who jumped to her death from the top of the H on September 16, 1932. She has been seen walking down Beachwood Drive.

 

 

Paramount Studios 5451 Marathon Av, Hollywood

 

A ghost hangs out on the catwalks above Studio 5. His footsteps echo through the studio. Rudolph Valentino haunts the costume department.

 

 

Universal Studios 3900 Lankersheim Blvd, Universal City

 

Two ghosts haunt Stage 28. Lon Chaney's ghost has been sighted since his death in 1930. An electrician that fell to his death in 1925 haunts the catwalks.

 

 

Ione Hotel 41 Main St, Ione

 

Guests have seen a dark figure passing through the rooms of the second floor. Clouds of etheric vapor have been seen in the living room, where candles have relit themselves. Mary Phelps who lost her baby in a fire in 1884 has been seen and another ghost named George keeps popping up in his old room at the hotel.

 

 

Mission La Purisima Concepcion 2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc

 

Built in 1787 this Francisican mission has been struck with earthquaks, fires, floods, Indian attacks, epidemics, and unsolved murders. The ghosts of kids that died of smallpox that were buried under the church floor were seen by workers.

 

 

Alabama Hills in Lone Pine

 

A ghost that people call Rescue Man roams the hills helping lost and stranded hikers to safety. He is believed to be Indian Jim who was a guide and gold prospector that died in the 1940's.

 

 

Queen Mary Hotel Berthed at Pier J in the Port of Long Beach

 

Many strange things have been reported such as strange rapping noises, moving objects, voices and apparitions. The first class swimming pool is haunted by the ghosts of two women that drowned there. One is dressed in 1960's and the other in 1930's clothes. The ghost of a little boy that fell overboard by the pool has been seen in the passageway. The old first class salon is haunted by the ghost of a beautiful lady in a flowing white dress. Balls of light and a black haired man in a 1930's suit have been seen in the first class suite area. The storage room is haunted by the sounds of children playing.

 

 

Ardmore Residence Private Residence in the 3500 block of Ardmore Bl, Los Angeles

 

This place has been the scene of ghostly parties where someone is murdered. Footsteps and screaming voices that warn them to run for their lives are heard by residents.

 

 

Griffith Park in Los Angeles

 

This park has a curse on it placed by a blind girl. In 1884 during a storm a ghostly figure cursed the property and all who lived there. The property her uncle willed to a close friend leaving her without a home. Soon after the probate judge in the case died and the lawyer that administered the property died in a drunken brawl. The new owners ended up penniless. Griffith gave the land to the city to get rid of it. A few years later he went insane and got sent to San Quentin for trying to kill his wife.

 

 

Wilton Hilton Private Residence 1631 South Wilton Place, LA

 

A red haired woman is seen stabbing a man with a mustache in the living room and then goes to the bathroom to wash off the blood and is humming.

 

 

Red Castle Inn 109 Prospect St, Nevada City

 

Built in 1860 this Gothic mansion is home to a lady in gray. This ghost is so real that guests believe her to be alive until she goes through a door. The lady is thought to have been the governess for the John Williams family who were the original owners.

 

 

Holmes Book Company 274 14th St, Oakland

 

This used bookstore was built in 1894 and has been haunted by a male ghost. He's been seen and his footsteps are heard. People have also seen books fly off the shelves. The owner's feel it's a protective presence.

 

 

Wheeler Office Building 1904 Franklin St, Oakland

 

Strange things like heavy cabinets fall over and pictures for no reason fall. The phones would ring and no one would be there and once hung up they would ring again. The events stopped when a young man that worked there as a typist left. It was believed that he was unconsciously evoking psychokinetic events.

 

 

Camp Comfort County Park

 

A stone vault at the crossroads is said the hold the remains of a vampire. A black phantom dog guards the sarcophagus. A woman on horseback has been seen riding through the park and a headless biker riding a Harley-Davidson. A bride has been seen hitchhiking.

 

 

Bank Building 458 Dorothy Av, Oxnard

 

A nine foot tall person appears before closing in the late afternoon and glides across the lobby or through the upstairs offices. Footsteps and loud thumps are also heard.

 

 

Adelaida Cemetery in Paso Robles

 

A ghost appears every Friday night between ten and midnight. She is wearing a long white nightgown and is thought to be the restless spirit of a Mennonite woman that committed suicide after her kids died in a diptheria epidemic in the late 1800's. She puts invisible flowers on their graves.

 

 

California State University 6000 J St., Sacramento

 

The theater is haunted by a young man that died in an accident while the building was being built. He fell from the second floor and was impaled on the steel girders. His presence is felt near the elevator between the scene shop and costume shop, on the catwalks, and in the light booth.

 

 

The Record 710 K St, Sacramento

 

This used record store is haunted by the ghost of a very old woman that is dressed in a black victorian dress with a white ruffled collar. In 1933 she showed herself to a customer and told him to get out of the store cause he was making too much noise. The owners call her Gertrued. She pops up in the basement sales area which used to be a street level.

 

 

El Fandango Restaurant 2734 Calhoun St, San Diego

 

A woman in white appears in the main dining room. She materializes in the main dining room. She materializes in a dark corner and doesn't like light. She sits at a corner table by the front window when the shade is drawn. It is believed that the Lady in White is one of the Machado women whose house the restaurant was built on.

 

 

Horton Grand Hotel

 

One of the rooms is haunted by the ghost of Rodger Whittacker who was killed in 1843 by the father of his fiancee. He haunts the area by room 309. He was believed to have been dumped in a swamp that used to be on the property.

 

 

Alcatraz in San Fransico

 

Miwok Indians thought evil spirits inhabited the island. The sounds of clanging, screams, and crying can be heard in Cell Block B and the dungeon area by Cell Block A. In Cell Block D four cells are said to be haunted. Strange voices have been heard coming from cells 11, 12, and 13. Cell 14-D is ice cold. The sounds of banjos playing have been heard coming from the deserted shower room.

 

 

Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransico

 

Over a thousand people have committed suicide jumping from this bridge. A two-masted clipper ship named the Tennessee has been seen in dense fog by the bridge where it sank a century ago. It is only seen for less than a minute and no one is on the deck.

 

 

Montandon House Private Residence on Lombard St.

 

Pat was a popular TV personality locally in the 1960's when her home went to hell. The house was sold. Locked windows opened and small fires started. Two close friends that she lived with committed suicide. Pat's secretary Mary died in a fire in the house while Pat was out of town. An autopsy showed that Mary was dead before the fire started. Before she moved out Pat had an exorcism performed and the disturbances ended.

 

 

San Fransico Art Institute 800 Chestnut St

 

It was built over an old cemetery. The monastic tower which is right next to the cemetery site has been considered haunted for fifty plus years. Footsteps are heard climbing the stairs to the observation platform and the lights turn off and on again for no reason and doors open and close by themselves.

 

 

Winchester House 525 South Winchester Blvd, San Jose

 

Sarah started building the house in 1884 and never stopped. She was living in Connecticut when her husband and child died within months of each other. She went to a medium and he contacted her husband who told her to build a house for the spirits of those that were killed by a Winchester riffle. Over the next thirty-eight years she spent six million dollars on the house. It has 700 rooms, 950 doors, 10,000 windows, a room for seances which is called the Blue Room where she got instructions from the spirit world. Every night at midnight, one and two in the morning a large bell in the bell tower rang out to summon spirits. She based construction on the number thirteen. Sarah also slept in different rooms each night. When the earthquake struck in 1906 the upper stories of her mansion were destroyed. 160 rooms remained and she boarded up the room that she'd slept in that night. She treated the spirits like royalty. She set out five-course meals on thirteen sold gold plates and cutlery where she and twelve ghosts were the guests. Sarah died in September 1922 and gave the entire estate to her neice with the instructions that the ghosts continue to be welcome and taken care of. Several have been seen moving balls of light and a gray haired woman floating throught the walls. People have heard organ music, whispering voices, and slamming noises.

 

 

Santa Barbara Community College

 

The ghost of a woman wearing a white shawl near an ocean bluff on the campus is seen. Several have seen her glide over the lawn six inches off the ground. When she reaches the edge of the cliff she disappears in a blue flash of light.

 

 

Aliso Canyon in Santa Paula

 

This is home to the Billiwack Monster. It was first sighted at the abandoned Billiwack Dairy which closed when the owner mysteriously disappeared in 1943. People saw a tall muscular creature covered in gray hair with long claws on its fingertips. An apelike creature that stands upright with ramlike horns that grew out of its head.

 

 

Toys R US in Sunnyvale

 

It was built in 1970 and has been haunted ever since. Strange things happen like faucets turning on after being turned off, invisible hands tapping shoulders or stroking hair, scattered rollerskates and books, and voices. A Johnny Johnson was contacted. He worked on a ranch that was in the same spot. He was mentally impaired and came to be called Crazy Johnny. In 1884 he got hit in the leg with an ax while chopping wood and bled to death by a well on the property. The records showed that a well did exist in the spot indicated by Johnny's ghost.

 

Santa Clara House on Santa Clar St.

 

The ghost of a young woman hung herself in the attic of this house. She has been seen in the upstairs ladies restroom and looking out a round window in the front of the house. In the late nineteenth century a young Italian woman Rosa got pregnant while having an aldulterous affair with a salesman from San Francisco. She peers from the window waitinf for her lover's return.

 

 

Zander Building 400 block of Main St, Ventura

 

The ghost of an unknown man haunts the building. Employees have seen a tall male figure several times. He is usually wearing an unbuttoned gray suit.