Haunted Places in Gardena, California



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    Zamperini Stadium

    Torrance, California

    4.6 miles from Gardena, CA

    Locals tell of a young woman and her children who were murdered while walking home from a football game. Now, witnesses say they have heard children laughing and a woman crying and seen the apparitions throughout the neighborhood.


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    Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

    Compton, California

    5.5 miles from Gardena, CA

    At the historic Rancho Dominguez Adobe Ranch House museum, witnesses have seen orbs and flashes of light move around late at night. The hauntings are believed to stem from a man who was staying at the place when it was a hotel. He was beaten, robbed and left to die ...


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    Los Angeles Airport Marriott

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from Gardena, CA

    Apparitions are alleged to appear on the 18th floor. People claim to feel "a presence".


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    Inglewood Park Cemetery

    Inglewood, California

    6 miles from Gardena, CA

    Apparitions and unexplained noises have been seen and heard throughout the cemetery, including a woman who appeared to be lost. When staff members approached her trying to help, she vanished.


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    DeForest Park

    Long Beach, California

    6.9 miles from Gardena, CA

    People have seen shadows floating and running about. It's common to feel like someone is following you, hear disembodied voices, or feel sudden cold gusts. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Kmart #7625

    Los Angeles, California

    6.9 miles from Gardena, 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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    Rancho Los Cerritos

    Long Beach, California

    7.3 miles from Gardena, CA

    Some 50 Native American graves were uncovered here when the golf course was being laid out. Immediately afterward, guests and employees had the feeling that they were being watched or followed, objects would move by themselves, a rocking chair started rocking back and forth for no reason, some even reported ...


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    Templo De La Santa Muerte

    Huntington Park, California

    7.7 miles from Gardena, 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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    Drum Barracks

    Los Angeles, California

    7.8 miles from Gardena, CA

    The Drum Barracks served as a base during the Civil War; after the war, the area became a hospital, and not too long after that, the land was auctioned off. Around 100 years later, the Drum Barracks finally became the museum it is today, but it also includes the ghost ...


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    Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

    Culver City, California

    8.4 miles from Gardena, CA

    While vacationing in Los Angeles (Friday, January 28, 2005), I went out to Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Culver City to take some pics of some celebrity graves. I got pictures of the graves of Sharon Tate, Bing Crosby, Bela Lugosi, Rita Hayworth, Rosalind Russell and wanted to get pictures ...


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    Hollydale Insane Asylum

    Downey, California

    8.8 miles from Gardena, CA

    Abandoned decades ago, the Hollydale Mental Hospital was originally a facility for TB and polio patients. Many rumors surround the place, such as one that tells of a mental patient who slashed the throat of a priest in the building. According to witnesses, there are many unhappy spirits here, and ...


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    Rancho Los Amigos Hospital

    Downey, California

    9.1 miles from Gardena, CA

    The Southern Campus here is abandoned, but was once a recovery center for people with the Spanish Flu. Victims were buried in a nearby field and said to still be as well as victims of polio, the 1933 Long Beach earthquake, a flood in the 1930's, and a secretary who ...


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    Sunnyside Cemetery

    Signal Hill, California

    9.4 miles from Gardena, CA

    A woman named Bessie M. Baxter was struck by an oncoming car and thought to be laid to rest here (though it was discovered that she was buried at an adjacent Sunnyside Cemetery). Still, people claim to have seen her in a white wedding dress wandering among the graves. (Submitted by ...


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    Vanderlip Mansion

    Rancho Palos Verdes, California

    10.1 miles from Gardena, CA

    Vanderlip Mansion, in a private, gated community, is rumored to be haunted. One legend says it is haunted by a former resident, Mr. Vanderlip's daughter, who committed suicide after being prohibited from marrying her African-American lover. Mr. Vanderlip was said to have built an insane asylum and locked his daughter ...


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    Culver Studios

    Culver City, California

    10.5 miles from Gardena, CA

    Odd, unexplainable noises are heard and EVP's are picked up. Thomas Ince, a screenwriter from the silent era, is said to be here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Wayfarers Chapel

    Rancho Palos Verdes, California

    10.8 miles from Gardena, CA

    The Wayfarers Chapel, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Jr., is said to be home to wispy apparitions at night and a phantom giant white owl. Eerie voices are said to call visitors by name, and the apparition of an elderly Native American man has been seen tending to a ghostly ...


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    Long Beach Marriott

    Long Beach, California

    11.1 miles from Gardena, CA

    Only a single report of this spot being haunted can be found on the internet so it's best to treat it as dubious, at best. Supposedly however room 217 is haunted with a ghost that prefers the television on and its guests not be bed hogs as it's prone ...


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    Figueroa Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    11.2 miles from Gardena, 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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    Stay on Main Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    11.3 miles from Gardena, 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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    Kmart

    Bellflower, California

    11.4 miles from Gardena, CA

    The apparition of a woman is said to appear in the Kmart stockroom, working. Her identity is unknown.


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    King Eddy Saloon

    Los Angeles, California

    11.5 miles from Gardena, 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

    11.5 miles from Gardena, 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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    Hilton Checkers Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California

    11.6 miles from Gardena, 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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    Millennium Biltmore Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    11.6 miles from Gardena, 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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    RMS Queen Mary

    Long Beach, California

    11.6 miles from Gardena, CA

    This retired ocean liner that once sailed for the Cunard Line is now a permanently docked museum ship. Inside are a hotel, several restaurants, and the ship museum. Her maiden voyage was in 1936, and she sailed until 1967. The historic attraction has hosted haunted houses for Halloween, complete with ...


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    Del Monte Speakeasy

    Los Angeles, California

    11.6 miles from Gardena, CA

    Once a speakeasy during the Prohibition, former owner Frank Bennett is believed to believed to reside there even after his death. (Submitted by Chris)


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    Linda Vista Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, California

    11.6 miles from Gardena, 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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    Casa de Mexicano

    Los Angeles, California

    11.7 miles from Gardena, 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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    One-Eyed Gypsy

    Los Angeles, California

    11.9 miles from Gardena, 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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    Veterans Memorial Park

    Commerce, California

    12 miles from Gardena, CA

    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 ...


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    Bullocks Wilshire Building

    Los Angeles, California

    12 miles from Gardena, 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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    Los Angeles City Hall

    Los Angeles, California

    12 miles from Gardena, 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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    Fort MacArthur

    Los Angeles, California

    12.1 miles from Gardena, CA

    It is said that Fort MacArthur is inhabited by the spirits of soldiers who perished in accidents here.


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    Pico House

    Los Angeles, California

    12.3 miles from Gardena, 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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    La Golondrina Cafe

    Los Angeles, California

    12.4 miles from Gardena, 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

    12.4 miles from Gardena, 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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    Love's Pit Barbecue Site

    Los Angeles, California

    12.6 miles from Gardena, CA

    While it was still a restaurant, several people died inside of this premise. The bar was the most active area, where a murdered woman and an elderly couple were known to hang out. A former manager who died only days before a paranormal investigation was also reported to have an ...


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    Plum Tree Inn

    Los Angeles, California

    12.8 miles from Gardena, 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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    Dodger Stadium

    Los Angeles, California

    13.4 miles from Gardena, 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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    Franks Liquor

    East Los Angeles, California

    13.4 miles from Gardena, 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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    Paramount Studios

    Los Angeles, California

    13.5 miles from Gardena, 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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    Antonio's Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    13.7 miles from Gardena, 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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    Silent Movie Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    13.7 miles from Gardena, CA

    The original owner developed cancer as a result of working with toxic chemicals in an effort to preserve film. The next owner was shot and killed inside of the theater. Both of them are seen in different spots of the theater long after closing hours. (Submitted by Chris)


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    The Georgian Hotel

    Santa Monica, California

    13.8 miles from Gardena, CA

    The hotel's restaurant is apparently extremely haunted as guests and staff report a variety of activity including disembodied voices and the sound of running footsteps. People have also claimed to see ghostly apparitions that appear at times.


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    Lincoln Heights Jail - Bilingual Foundation of the Arts

    Los Angeles, California

    13.9 miles from Gardena, 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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    Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Los Angeles, California

    14 miles from Gardena, 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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    Elysian Park

    Los Angeles, California

    14.1 miles from Gardena, 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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    Off Vine Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    14.5 miles from Gardena, 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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    Nickelodeon on Sunset

    Los Angeles, California

    14.5 miles from Gardena, 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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    Barney's Beanery

    West Hollywood, California

    14.5 miles from Gardena, CA

    Employees say the restaurant is haunted, and report having seen apparitions here.


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