Haunted Places in Lawndale, California



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    Los Angeles Airport Marriott

    Los Angeles, California

    4.5 miles from Lawndale, CA

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


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    Zamperini Stadium

    Torrance, California

    4.8 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Inglewood Park Cemetery

    Inglewood, California

    5.8 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery

    Culver City, California

    7.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Kmart #7625

    Los Angeles, California

    7.8 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

    Compton, California

    7.9 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Drum Barracks

    Los Angeles, California

    8.9 miles from Lawndale, 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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    DeForest Park

    Long Beach, California

    9.3 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Vanderlip Mansion

    Rancho Palos Verdes, California

    9.4 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Templo De La Santa Muerte

    Huntington Park, California

    9.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Rancho Los Cerritos

    Long Beach, California

    9.6 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Culver Studios

    Culver City, California

    9.7 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Del Monte Speakeasy

    Los Angeles, California

    9.7 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Wayfarers Chapel

    Rancho Palos Verdes, California

    10 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Hollydale Insane Asylum

    Downey, California

    11.2 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Sunnyside Cemetery

    Signal Hill, California

    11.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Rancho Los Amigos Hospital

    Downey, California

    11.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Love's Pit Barbecue Site

    Los Angeles, California

    11.9 miles from Lawndale, 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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    The Georgian Hotel

    Santa Monica, California

    12.1 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Figueroa Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    12.1 miles from Lawndale, 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

    12.3 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Hotel Alexandria

    Los Angeles, California

    12.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    King Eddy Saloon

    Los Angeles, California

    12.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Hilton Checkers Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, California

    12.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Fort MacArthur

    Los Angeles, California

    12.5 miles from Lawndale, CA

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


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    Millennium Biltmore Hotel

    Los Angeles, California

    12.6 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Bullocks Wilshire Building

    Los Angeles, California

    12.6 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Linda Vista Community Hospital

    Los Angeles, California

    13 miles from Lawndale, 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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    One-Eyed Gypsy

    Los Angeles, California

    13.1 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Los Angeles City Hall

    Los Angeles, California

    13.1 miles from Lawndale, 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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    RMS Queen Mary

    Long Beach, California

    13.2 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Casa de Mexicano

    Los Angeles, California

    13.2 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Pico House

    Los Angeles, California

    13.3 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Long Beach Marriott

    Long Beach, California

    13.4 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Silent Movie Theater

    Los Angeles, California

    13.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    La Golondrina Cafe

    Los Angeles, California

    13.5 miles from Lawndale, 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

    13.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Antonio's Restaurant

    Los Angeles, California

    13.6 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Paramount Studios

    Los Angeles, California

    13.7 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Kmart

    Bellflower, California

    13.9 miles from Lawndale, CA

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


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    The Beverly Hills Hotel

    Beverly Hills, California

    13.9 miles from Lawndale, CA

    Peter Finch died outside of this hotel 1977. While it's possible he's still here, it is believed that Harpo Marx and composer Sergei Rachmaninoff haunt here, still making music after their deaths. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)


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    Plum Tree Inn

    Los Angeles, California

    13.9 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Barney's Beanery

    West Hollywood, California

    14.1 miles from Lawndale, CA

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


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    Hollywood Forever Cemetery

    Los Angeles, California

    14.2 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Veterans Memorial Park

    Commerce, California

    14.2 miles from Lawndale, 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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    Dodger Stadium

    Los Angeles, California

    14.4 miles from Lawndale, 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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    The Comedy Store

    West Hollywood, California

    14.4 miles from Lawndale, CA

    Witnesses have reported that, appropriately enough, a prankster ghost haunts this building. Employees have stacked roomfuls of chairs away only to find that, seconds later, they were all set up again. A dark entity also is said to reside in the basement. Comedians Blake Clark and Joey Gaynor have reportedly ...


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    Joan Crawford House

    Los Angeles, California

    14.4 miles from Lawndale, CA

    Christina Crawford, Joan Crawford's adopted daughter, said that when she was a child, she used to see many frightening figures here. When she talked to a later owner of the house, she learned that the paranormal activity was still continuing and was thought to house many negative spirits. The owners ...


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    Doheny Mansion - Greystone Mansion

    Beverly Hills, California

    14.4 miles from Lawndale, CA

    On February 16, 1929, Ned Doheny died in his bedroom. Reports say he had a murder-suicide pact with his secretary Hugh Plunket. Now, witnesses say screams and other noises can be heard inside the house at night. Another point of interest: In 2007, a part of the film "There Will ...


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    Charlie Chaplin Studios - Jim Henson Studio

    Los Angeles, California

    14.5 miles from Lawndale, 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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