9. Winchester Mystery House -
San Jose, CA
I visited this historic mansion
back in 2017 and was amazed by the sheer size and complexity of how it was
built. Sarah Winchester spent most of her life in this mansion and after her
husband died, she was the rightful owner of the Winchester Rifle Company. She
claimed to have been haunted by the spirits of victims who were killed by
Winchester Rifles. She performed seances in her home and the spirits told her
to keep building on to this house until the day she died. And she did. She had
workers create hallways that led to walls, tiny staircases, fake doors, and
even doors that led to nowhere.
I was on the mansion's usual tour for guests showing around the entire mansion and on the grounds. Everything seemed to be calm and not uneasy, but as soon as we got to one of the main dining rooms where Sarah allegedly performed her seances, the chandelier above the table started shaking uncontrollably. There was no wind, no earthquake, and no logical explanation for the chandelier to move on its own.
8. Linda Vista Hospital - Los
Angeles, CA
Linda Vista hospital operated
as a medical and mental hospital from 1905 to 1991. It is now currently a
retirement home. Most of the property houses residents, while one building is
left virtually abandoned. This hospital is notoriously known for it's hauntings
and known for many people seeing shadow figures.
I visited this location back in
2018 and unfortunately, it had already been turned into a fully functioning
retirement home, so I wasn't allowed on the private property. It was about 9:00
PM and I had just decided I would park across the street and just watch the
windows and make my way around the perimeter of the property. It wasn't long
before I saw multiple shadow figures in the only area of the old hospital that
no resident lives in. I got especially uneasy when I saw a figure walk into a
window and just stand there for at least a minute before it vanished into thin
air.
7. Royer Mansion - Orange, CA
The Royer Mansion was first a
family home, then eventually turned into a morgue and funeral home for many
years in Orange, CA. It is currently used for small offices for attorneys. The
main building on the property was the main living quarters and where bodies
were showed for funerals. The side building was used as the morgue where the
bodies were stored and prepared for viewing and funerals.
One night this summer, my
friend and I were hanging out and out of nowhere he told me he had a strange
feeling that we were being called to the Royer Mansion just a few minutes away
from his house. I believed him and his intuition because we are both empaths
and operate on similar wavelengths. We hopped in the car and drove over. Right
as I stepped foot out of the car, I could feel it. The air was heavy, and
that's when I knew why we felt like we should be here. I spoke aloud and asked
if anyone was there and why we felt like we needed to be here. Keep in mind, it
is about 10:00 PM on a Thursday, so nobody would be on the property still at
work. I then heard someone knocking from the inside of the side house. I paused
and waited for it again, just to make sure it wasn't wind or an animal. I asked
if someone could do that again, and right on cue - another knock from the same
door. I froze and then peeked my head in the window if anybody living was in
there. There wasn't.
6. Rutabergorz - Tustin, CA
Rutabergorz is a restaurant in
old town Tustin, CA. For years it was a family home, which was then converted
into an elementary school. Allegedly, children have died on the property for
unknown reasons, which makes this even more eerie.
My friend and I decided to get
dinner from here this past summer. We knew going in that it was haunted, but we
hadn't heard what stories and why. Workers at Rutabergorz take pride in having
ghosts at their establishment and advertise it throughout the restaurant. We
thought that was interesting. We sat down, started eating and then I had to
excuse myself to go to the restroom. I was waiting for the person in front of
me to be finished, and as I was standing there, I felt a little tug on my coat
and then the sound of small feet running away from me along with a very faint
giggle. A chill went up my spine. I tried to debunk it as a breeze and maybe a
child is in the bathroom with their parent. When I saw the person before me
walk out of the bathroom, it was just a single woman.
5. Los Rios Street - San Juan
Capistrano, CA
Los Rios street is a historic
part of San Juan Capistrano's history dating back to the 1800's. It's lined
with old adobes all along the street and many of them are allegedly
haunted.
I frequent Los Rios Street
quite a bit and have ever since I was a kid. There is a legend about a woman
who was hung from a pepper tree on the street and one day I went to go find it
for myself. The problem was, I did not realize that there were numerous pepper
trees on the street. After walking Los Rios and scouring for the one tree,
which I still didn't know what it looked like, and after a little bit I decided
to take a break and sit down. I had started to become curious and violate my
one rule of paranormal investigating - I decided to dig deeper into my research
to find out what specific tree it was. After enough searching, I finally found
a picture of the tree. It was the exact one I was sitting under.
4. Black Star Canyon -
Silverado, CA
This is considered one of
Southern California's most haunted spots. It's infamous for a slaughter of
almost the entire Tongva-Gabrielino tribe by Spanish settlers. After this
massacre, it's said the remaining few from the tribe cursed this land. And
that's not the only thing that makes Black Star creepy. For decades, it's
allegedly been a prime meeting spot for Satanists for performing their rituals,
meeting places for the Ku Klux Klan, and covens practicing witchcraft, so
there's undoubtedly an overwhelming amount of energy surrounding this trail.
People claim to see hooded figures, shadow people, hearing what sounds like
chanting, and just an overall feeling of being watched.
I have hiked Black Star a
handful of times, and only once in the dark. I thought maybe going in the
daytime would make it less creepy. It didn't. I was about halfway through the
first part of the hike and I just had a strange feeling that my friend and I
were being watched. I shrugged it off as maybe there's more people hiking here
today than I thought and I can feel living peoples' energies. I heard rustling
in the bushes, but I played it off as wildlife. But then not long after, that's
when I heard something I could not explain. Chanting. It was unbelievably eerie
because it continued for maybe forty five seconds. I looked around to see if
there was anyone playing jokes on us, but no one was there.
3. The Viper Room - Los
Angeles, CA
The Viper Room is the infamous
location of where beloved actor River Phoenix died of a drug overdose. But
there's so much more scandal that comes with this location. People have seen
glasses and bottles being thrown, musical equipment being moved, and people are
even being touched and pushed down the stairs.
After a long day of filming in
L.A., I had some time to kill and I decided to pay a visit to the Viper Room
since I was in the area. I knew a little bit more going in to the location
since Phoenix's death was heavily-publicized. I ordered a drink and asked the
bartender if I was allowed to walk around since there were only a few guests
inside and the live music wasn't there yet. I walked around and felt lots of
hyper energy, probably from all the years of partying this bar has seen. I used
one of the couple restrooms and I couldn't help but wonder if this was the same
bathroom were Phoenix took his lethal amount of drugs, and that made me really
uneasy. I made my way back over to the bar and had a seat on a barstool until
the band came on. I decided to research some stuff on my phone to see if I had
missed some information about paranormal activity here. As I read through
article after article, most of them had mentioned the same thing. People
feeling like they're being touched and having their barstool move from under
them. And it wasn't just any barstool, it was the exact one I was sitting in.
Third stool from the left at the main bar. Out of all the empty seats in the
bar, I chose that one. The coincidence was overwhelming.
2. The Queen Mary - Long Beach,
CA
This ship is dubbed as one of
the most haunted ships and locations in the world. With it's history of being
used as a vessel in World War II, it saw countless deaths. And war was not the
only form of tragedy it has seen. A young worker named John Pedder got caught
and crushed to death in water tight door #13 in the engine room and his ghost
is said to haunt and roam the ship. Another infamous death was that of a little
girl named Jackie who drowned in the second class swimming pool. While there
are a handful of other spirits seen aboard, these are the two most infamous.
There is also a room on board called B340 that is so haunted, it had to be
locked and closed from the public and is the only hotel room on the ship not
used.
I work in the haunt industry
and I am all too familiar with the Queen Mary as it is home to one of SoCal's
biggest haunted attractions, Dark Harbor. One night I had stayed on the ship at
the hotel after I had visited Dark Harbor. I was lucky enough to be less than
ten doors down from Room B340. I took it upon myself to walk the halls of the ship
around 2:00 AM. On almost every floor I saw shadow figures out of the corner of
my eye and footsteps all around me, even though me and my boyfriend were the
only ones up and about. I stopped by B340 and even though the door was locked,
that didn't stop me from hanging out in the closed entryway with my ear to the
door. I heard footsteps, whispering, and a faucet turn on. All of which I got
recorded on my special paranormal voice recorder that I take on investigations.
Once I made my rounds and got settled into bed, I heard and saw our bathroom
door in our room slowly creak open. I'm not going to lie, I didn't sleep for
the rest of the night. It's one thing to go into an area temporarily that is
presumed to be haunted, but it's a whole other situation when something has
followed you into your own space. On a separate occasion, I had joined a
paranormal tour on the ship and we did some investigating mainly in the engine
and boiler rooms of the ship. Towards the end of the night, we used a REM pod
and a special teddy bear that lights up when something touches it (also known
as a "trigger object") to try to communicate with Jackie in the
second class pool room. We all gathered in the women's locker/wash room and
took turns talking to Jackie and any other spirits. I had never seen a trigger
object light up so much before. And not only that. I got a once in a lifetime
photo of what I believe is a silhouette of a shadow figure in the back corner
of the pool room.
1. The Whaley House - San
Diego, CA
The Whaley House is said to be
one of the most haunted locations in California. It first started out as a
courthouse and execution grounds and was the site of only one execution of a
man named Yankee Jim who was sentenced to be hung for the attempted stealing of
a fishing rowboat. (A little harsh of a punishment if you ask me.) Yankee Jim
wasn't the only death on the property. The Whaley House was soon turned into a
family home/mansion for Thomas Whaley and his family. Every one of his
immediate family members died on the grounds.
I visited the Whaley House for
the first time about 5 years ago and I was fortunate enough to join a ghost
tour of the mansion. I had watched the "Ghost Adventures" episode
where they investigated the location but I didn't know much of the history
itself. In the back kitchen I felt something brush up against my lower leg,
later to find out that a ghost dog likes so roam around for scraps and sniffing
peoples' feet. Nearing the end of the tour the guides told us to hangout in the
small theatre/entertainment room while we waited for another guide. I sat in
the very back left corner so I could get a good view of the entire room just in
case I saw or heard something. After sitting for a couple minutes, I heard what
sounded like someone clearing their throat close to my ear, and then I smelled
cigar smoke. Not a minute later the guides resume the tour and explain how this
was Mr. Whaley's preferred hangout spot in the house and that guests frequently
smell the aroma of cigar smoke. I approached a guide and told her what I
experienced and I showed her where I was sitting. To the left right of me was a
door to Mr. Whaley's private "smoking lounge". And to make things
creepier, I took my friend to the Whaley House a year ago who is also a sensitive
to the paranormal and I told her that I had a very profound experience here and
I wanted to see if she could pick up the room I was thinking about. I didn't
tell her any further details. I was shocked when we were towards then end of
the tour, and in the theatre room, she paused, and walked to sit down in the
same exact chair I sat in when I had my experience. I was completely shocked.
After the tour she said to me "It was the theatre room where you had your
experience, wasn't it?" That was absolute validation of our abilities and
how we can pick up on each other's energies, emotions, and experiences so
deeply.
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