Haunted Places in Los Angeles, California



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    Los Angeles City Hall

    Los Angeles, California

    0.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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 ...


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    Pico House

    Los Angeles, California

    0.4 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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.


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    King Eddy Saloon

    Los Angeles, California

    0.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Hotel Alexandria

    Los Angeles, California

    0.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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). (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    La Golondrina Cafe

    Los Angeles, California

    0.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Avila Adobe

    Los Angeles, California

    0.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Millennium Biltmore Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    0.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. (Submitted by Chris)


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    One-Eyed Gypsy

    Los Angeles, California

    0.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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 ...


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    Hilton Checkers Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California

    0.7 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Stay on Main Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    0.7 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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 ...


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    Plum Tree Inn

    Los Angeles, California

    0.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    One former owner was murdered here Halloween night of 1974 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. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Figueroa Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    1.3 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Haunted, or merely bad wiring? Elevators that stop on random floors, lights that flicker and TVs that come on of their own accord, most of the reports of hauntings seem to involve the electric grid. No way of knowing unless you go and check it out for yourself. ...


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    Dodger Stadium

    Los Angeles, California

    1.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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)


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    Linda Vista Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, California

    1.8 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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.A., and Day of the Dead 2: ...


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    Lincoln Heights Jail - Bilingual Foundation of the Arts

    Los Angeles, California

    2.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts occupies a building that was once the Lincoln Heights Jail. In 1951, 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. Among them, "L.A. Confidential" (whose ...


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    Elysian Park

    Los Angeles, California

    2.2 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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 ...


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    Casa de Mexicano

    Los Angeles, California

    2.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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.


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    Bullocks Wilshire Building

    Los Angeles, California

    2.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Bullocks Wilshire Building is an Art Deco building that was built in 1929 as a department store. Many famous folks shopped here in its day, including Walt Disney, Mae West, John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich, Alfred Hitchcock, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable. The ending of 1984's hit film "Ghostbusters" was shot ...


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    Corralitas Red Car Trail

    Los Angeles, California

    3.4 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    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. Submitted by Chris Berglund


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    John F Kennedy Memorial Library

    Los Angeles, California

    4.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A story is told about some people experimenting with drugs in the third-floor bathroom, then going crazy and bludgeoning people to death there. Now, witnesses say faucets turn on and off, locked doors pop open, cold spots are felt and eerie laughter is sometimes heard.


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    Paramount Studios

    Los Angeles, California

    4.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Hollywood Memorial cemetery is right behind this building and closest to the stages between 29 and 32. People are seen walking around in 1930's to 1940's attire, usually through walls. Electrical equipment for sound and lights are commonly tampered with by unseen forces. Doors are also heard slamming and footsteps ...


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    John Sowden House

    Los Angeles, California

    4.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    The John Sowden House was the site of the murder of Black Dahlia, aka Elizabeth Short, found surgically cut in half and dumped on a lot. Suspect Dr. George Hill Hodel fled the country. Subsequent residents of the home have heard voices, footsteps, and the sound of heavy chains dragging, ...


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    Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Los Angeles, California

    5.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    The burial site of many big name stars, Hollywood Forever is also reported to have some activity. Apparitions come up in photographs, but most notably are the claims of Rudolph Valentino wandering the streets of the city and usually stopping when he reaches his grave site. (Submitted by Chris)


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    Gershwin Apartments

    Los Angeles, California

    5.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA


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    Kmart #7625

    Los Angeles, California

    5.2 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Many employee rumors surround this Kmart. Among them are a double murder/suicide that took place within a love triangle in a stockroom. All three spirits are said to haunt the store. A fourth apparition of an unknown man is said to walk in a stockroom.


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    Templo De La Santa Muerte

    Huntington Park, California

    5.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    This place is a church for La Santa Muerte. My mother worked here for a year and we lived in the apartment upstairs of it. We moved out a year ago because my mother got a new job, i was 12 years old and i had cats and we had ...


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    Nickelodeon on Sunset

    Los Angeles, California

    5.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    In the late 60's it was call the Hullabaloo. It was a concert theater for many of the upcoming bands of that era. Chicago,the Doors, The Mandala and many other bands performed there. I was in a band that worked there and we would lock the place up after rehearsal ...


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    Create Nightclub

    Los Angeles, California

    5.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Employees have claim to see black apparitions in the kitchen, lounge & dance floor. Many known cases are seeing moving objects in the corner of one's eye. Maybe the Museum of Death is responsible for these sightings since it's right next door to the venue. (Submitted by Abraham S)


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    Off Vine Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    5.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A lovely turn-of-the-century craftsman-style bungalow, built in 1908, it was surrounded by fruit trees and orange groves, off a newly formed country road called Vine Street. Since then it has survived through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depressions, Hollywood's Silent and Golden Eras, numerous earthquakes, ambitious land-owners and most ...


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    Occidental College

    Los Angeles, California

    5.7 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Two spots at Occidental College are rumored to be haunted. Erdman Hall is said to be haunted by two spirits: a young person who plays tricks like turning water faucets or lights on and off or writes messages on the walls, and a dark entity that inhabits a closet. Newcomb ...


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    Pantages Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    5.8 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Pantages Theater, named after Alexander Pantages, was once owned by Howard Hughes--and Hughes is thought to remain here in spirit to this day. According to theater legend, a 1990 break-in by vandals spurred the hauntings on the second floor where Hughes had his office. Witnesses have felt a presence, an ...


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    Hollywood Tower

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    One of the more notable "guests" is a man in his 30's who appears and disappears. Other spirits are said to reside there as well. This location has inspired the Disneyland ride "The Hollywood Tower of Terror". (Submitted by Chris)


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    Avalon Hollywood

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Avalon Hollywood, a former theater built in 1927, has also been called the Hollywood Playhouse and the Palace Theater over the years. It once featured Fanny Brice's radio show, the Baby Snooks Radio Show and Ken Murray's Blackouts Theater Revue, then became one of the earliest TV studios housing the ...


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    Knickerbocker Hotel - Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Many Hollywood stars resided in this hotel, one woman, a costume designer named Irene Lentz, having jumped to her death here; another face in the area was D.W. Griffith who also died here, in the lobby. Seances held by Harry Houdini, as well as firsthand experiences around the hotel have ...


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    Franks Liquor

    East Los Angeles, California

    6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Frank's Liquor in East Los Angeles is haunted by the ghost of a gang member that was killed during a robbery attempt at the store in the 70's. It is said the ghost walks up and down the beer aisle late at night. (Submitted by TB)


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    Hollywood Pacific Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    The 1927 Hollywood Pacific Theatre, aka Warner Pacific Theater, is the largest theater in Hollywood and is believed to be haunted by one of the Warner Brothers. Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner were responsible for the construction of the theater, as well as the first talkie film, The Jazz ...


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    Charlie Chaplin Mansion

    Los Angeles, California

    6.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    The Charlie Chaplin Mansion was once owned by the silent movie actor. After Chaplin sold it, another family bought it, and the father killed his mother, his wife and his children. An apparition of the murderer's mother and the sounds of children screaming have been reported here, as well as ...


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    Hudson Apartments

    Los Angeles, California

    6.1 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A former home for actors during the silent film era, a young man supposedly shows up around the area. (Submitted by Chris)


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    The Old L.A. Zoo

    Los Angeles, California

    6.2 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A man is reported to descend the staircase by the carousel. Psychics have also picked up on animals still trapped inside of their cages, believed to have been kept in terrible condition when they were once living. Submitted by Chris Berglund


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    Vogue Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    6.3 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    It's been reported that more than 4,000 people have had paranormal experiences at this historic theater. Entire audiences of more than 600 were said to have witnessed a ghostly little girl skipping up and down the aisles, and at least seven different entities have been identified here. A ghost named ...


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    Hollywood Wax Museum

    Los Angeles, California

    6.4 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Seances have revealed that souls still wander among the wax figures. Some people actually witness the apparitions running around or are lucky enough to catch them on camera. (Submitted by Chris)


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    El Capitan Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    6.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    El Capitan Theater, on Hollywood Blvd., opened in 1926 and is known for its 1920s Hollywood glamour. It was beautifully restored by the Walt Disney Company and Pacific Theaters in 1989 and now hosts grand premieres of Disney films. The theater is said to be visited by apparitions in the ...


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    Charlie Chaplin Studios - Jim Henson Studio

    Los Angeles, California

    6.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Featured in an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, the motion-picture studios built in 1917 by Charlie Chaplin (now Jim Henson Studio) is rumored to be haunted. An apparition has been seen on the roof wearing a top had and coat, and a woman's form was seen walking through a door. ...


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    Griffith Park

    Los Angeles, California

    6.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Supposedly cursed by Doña Petrenilla, niece of the person in charge of the land, she was enraged having been left out of the will. The following people who owned the land would later fall victim to the supposed curse, including Griffith J. Griffith, whom the park is named after (Griffith ...


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    Graumann's Chinese Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    6.5 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A man named Victor was murdered nearby here, but is still reported here. A little girl nicknamed Annabell also can found here tugging on people clothing and appearing to people backstage. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    6.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Although no famous actor died in the hotel, the place is rife with celebrity "hauntings". If they are, they are of the residual sort, as many claim to see Marilyn Monroe peering at them from a mirror she once favored when she stayed there, or Carol Lombard seen in ...


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    Madame Tussauds Hollywood

    Los Angeles, California

    6.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is said to be haunted by moving figures, a sign that turns on and off by itself, and unexplained music after closing time. Museum staff says the eyes move on the wax figure of Bette Davis, too. There's been speculation that the museum is haunted by ...


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    Antonio's Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    6.6 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Lights turn on and off, objects move, and the owner has even stated that someone tugged on his shirt before. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Haunted Table 29 at Griffith Park

    Los Angeles, California

    6.7 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    A couple was crushed to death by a falling tree and had their ashes scattered here. A tree trimmer reportedly was chased out of here and then saw the phrase "Next you die" on his windshield. Another worker died of a heart attack; he could have been saved, but a ...


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    Yamashiro

    Los Angeles, California

    6.7 miles from the center of Los Angeles, CA

    Multiple spirits can be found here including the former owner, someone who smashes dishes, and the voice of a woman crying. (Submitted by Chris)


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