Haunted Places in Glendale, California



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    The Old L.A. Zoo

    Los Angeles, California

    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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    Griffith Park

    Los Angeles, California

    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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    Occidental College

    Los Angeles, California

    2.7 miles from Glendale, 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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    Corralitas Red Car Trail

    Los Angeles, California

    2.8 miles from Glendale, 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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    Haunted Table 29 at Griffith Park

    Los Angeles, California

    2.8 miles from Glendale, 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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    Brand Park

    Glendale, California

    The park was once the Brand Family's estate, complete with mansion (now the park's Library & Art Center) and family cemetery. Folks say the cemetery is reached via a trail behind the house, and that spooky "occult" things have occurred near Mr. Brand's pyramid-shaped tomb.


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    John Sowden House

    Los Angeles, California

    3.7 miles from Glendale, 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 Sign

    Los Angeles, California

    3.9 miles from Glendale, CA

    Near the famous sign you may catch a glimpse of the ghost of actress Peg Entwistle. She committed suicide by jumping off the famed landmark.


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    Elysian Park

    Los Angeles, California

    4.1 miles from Glendale, 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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    Gershwin Apartments

    Los Angeles, California

    4.2 miles from Glendale, CA


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    Charlie Chaplin Mansion

    Los Angeles, California

    4.4 miles from Glendale, 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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    Create Nightclub

    Los Angeles, California

    4.7 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hollywood Tower

    Los Angeles, California

    4.7 miles from Glendale, 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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    Lincoln Heights Jail - Bilingual Foundation of the Arts

    Los Angeles, California

    4.8 miles from Glendale, 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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    Rockhaven

    Glendale, California

    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. Likewise, ...


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    Dodger Stadium

    Los Angeles, California

    4.9 miles from Glendale, 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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    Pantages Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    4.9 miles from Glendale, 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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    Avalon Hollywood

    Los Angeles, California

    5 miles from Glendale, 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 miles from Glendale, 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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    Nickelodeon on Sunset

    Los Angeles, California

    5.1 miles from Glendale, 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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    Off Vine Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    5.1 miles from Glendale, 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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    Suicide Bridge - Colorado Street Bridge

    Pasadena, California

    5.1 miles from Glendale, CA

    Colorado Street Bridge, constructed over the Arroyo Seco River in 1912, is also known as Suicide Bridge. The nickname was acquired because of the around 100 folks said to have committed suicide by jumping from it, starting in 1919. Reports say that almost 50 of the jumpers died during the ...


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    Hollywood Pacific Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    5.2 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Los Angeles, California

    5.2 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hudson Apartments

    Los Angeles, California

    5.2 miles from Glendale, 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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    Vogue Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    5.4 miles from Glendale, 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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    Paramount Studios

    Los Angeles, California

    5.5 miles from Glendale, 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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    Plum Tree Inn

    Los Angeles, California

    5.5 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hollywood Wax Museum

    Los Angeles, California

    5.5 miles from Glendale, 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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    Yamashiro

    Los Angeles, California

    5.6 miles from Glendale, 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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    El Capitan Theatre

    Los Angeles, California

    5.6 miles from Glendale, 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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    Graumann's Chinese Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    5.7 miles from Glendale, 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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    Madame Tussauds Hollywood

    Los Angeles, California

    5.7 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    5.8 miles from Glendale, 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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    Universal Studios - Stage 28

    Universal City, California

    5.9 miles from Glendale, CA

    Stage 28, where many silent horror classics is said to be a spot where Lon Chaney's ghost can be found. Workers report seeing a man in a black cape and continue to maintain that it is Chaney's phantom. Demolished, September 2014. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Bullocks Wilshire Building

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from Glendale, 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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    La Golondrina Cafe

    Los Angeles, California

    5.9 miles from Glendale, 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

    5.9 miles from Glendale, 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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    Charlie Chaplin Studios - Jim Henson Studio

    Los Angeles, California

    6 miles from Glendale, 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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    Green Street Hotel

    Pasadena, California

    6 miles from Glendale, CA

    This building is apartments now, but it used to be a hotel with a live-in ghost. It is unclear whether she now still lives in the apartments, but reports say she would roam the top floor of the hotel wearing her white nightgown.


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    Nelson House

    Los Angeles, California

    6 miles from Glendale, CA

    The Nelson House was used as a model for the stage sets on the 1950s-1960s TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Ozzie Nelson's ghost has been seen several times inside the home in many different locations. Owners also have noted doors that open and close by themselves, disembodied ...


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    Pico House

    Los Angeles, California

    6 miles from Glendale, 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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    Los Angeles City Hall

    Los Angeles, California

    6.2 miles from Glendale, 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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    Rialto Theatre

    South Pasadena, California

    6.3 miles from Glendale, CA

    Urban legends are told about a girl who committed suicide by slitting her wrists in the bathroom and then going up to the balcony to bleed to death. Another legend tells of a man who went mad in the projector booth. Witnesses say bathroom stall doors shake and apparitions have ...


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    El Compadre Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    6.4 miles from Glendale, CA

    At least three ghosts are believed to call El Compadre Restaurant home, two of whom are former patrons who like to linger around the piano during nighttime. The third ghost shows up in a mirror.


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    Millennium Biltmore Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    6.4 miles from Glendale, 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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    'Ghostbusters' House

    Los Angeles, California

    6.4 miles from Glendale, CA

    Dan Aykroyd was living here at one point when he noticed unusual activity such as objects moving by themselves and doors opening and closing. It would eventually inspire him to write the script for Ghost Busters. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Hilton Checkers Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California

    6.4 miles from Glendale, 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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    Hotel Alexandria

    Los Angeles, California

    6.6 miles from Glendale, 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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    One-Eyed Gypsy

    Los Angeles, California

    6.6 miles from Glendale, 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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