Haunted Places in Kern County, California



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    Kern County Kids Shelter - Sinaloa Mexican

    Bakersfield, California

    Once the Kern County Kids Shelter, the Mexican restaurant Sinaloa's 100-plue-year-old building is said to be a hotspot for paranormal activity. The feelings experienced here are generally good ones, reports say.

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    The Padre Hotel

    Bakersfield, California

    Believed to be haunted by people who died in a fire there decades ago, floor 7 is supposedly the hot spot of activity. Allegedly workers who were involved in a 2008 renovation reported numerous poltergeist/haunted activity including being touched, pushed and other sorts of mischief.

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    Gaslight Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall

    Bakersfield, California

    This former theater is said to be haunted by the former owner of a toy shop that this building once housed. The owner committed suicide here. Although haunting incidents don't occur as often now, in the 1980s props and stage settings were known to move by themselves and many witnesses ...

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    Bakersfield Californian Building

    Bakersfield, California

    The old newspaper building is said to be haunted by a phantom German shepherd, a former security guard, and the paper's former editor.

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    Garces Memorial Circle

    Bakersfield, California

    There is a statue in the circle, and locals say its hands move or it can be heard muttering prayers right before a major car accident takes place here.

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    Central Park

    Bakersfield, California

    The apparition of a woman in a flowing gown has been seen along the canal near dawn, believed to be the spirit of a woman who was murdered nearby. Her bones were discovered in the foundry across from the park with bullet holes in them.

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    Club Paradise

    Bakersfield, California

    At this former night club, folks say they have seen apparitions and objects that move on their own, and some reports say something unseen has locked employees in the storeroom from the outside. Customers inside also have been groped or pushed by something unseen.

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    Kern County Museum

    Bakersfield, California

    Formerly the 1882 Norris School and now Kern County Museum, the place is said to be haunted. Witnesses have heard the mysterious tapping of chalk on the blackboard.

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    National Chavez Center

    Keene, California

    This location used to be a hospital for people suffering from TB. Before it was renovated, curious visitors would be scared off by the sounds of children laughing, EVPs also being common. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    The Green Hotel

    Shafter, California

    The 1913 hotel is haunted by two spirits, believed to be linked with the past of the historic town. The first is a female ghost, perhaps the apparition of Marion Hitchcock, who has been observed parting the upstairs curtains and peering into the street. The second is a man ...