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Hollywood isn’t the only hotbed of story-telling in California. Throughout the state, there are rumors of ghosts, strange events, urban legends regarding real life drama and all other sorts of crazy things.
Ghost of Stow Lake
San Francisco features some colorful characters, but none is more curious than the Ghost of Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park. Legend has it that long ago, two women were chatting on a bench and didn’t notice when one of their baby buggies rolled away. Once she did notice, the mother began looking everywhere for her baby, including in the lake, where she eventually disappeared. Now, if you happen to visit the area at night, she may ask you, “Have you seen my baby,”—and haunt or kill you, depending on the answer she receives.
Gravity Hills
Basic laws of gravity state that what goes up, must come down. There are spots that are rumored to defy this basic truth. If you park at the base of a hill in specified locations and release your parking brake, your car will roll up hill. These spots are hard to find but are often accompanied by a legend of a school bus that broke down and the kids jumped out to push it up the hill, but lost control and the bus ran over them, killing them all. Now they push cars up hills as ghosts.
Lost Ship of the Desert
Given that ships don’t usually travel by sand but by sea, this legend is pretty loose. Basically, it revolves around a series of supposed sightings of a viking ship in the desert. Rumor has it that thanks to a series of former river ways, the ship could be sunk somewhere in the Salton Sea. However, there’s not a lot of history to back up the Vikings exploring North America’s West Coast or an exact route as to how the ship could have found its way into the desert, even back when the sea and rivers had water flowing.
Alcatraz Demon
San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island has plenty of ghosts and disturbing rumors about its former inmates. One of which is the Alcatraz Demon. The story is that a prisoner was ranting and raving about a demon in his cell. The guards ignored the cries, knowing that many of the prisoners were mentally and ill and prone to seeing things. The next morning, the prisoner was found strangled in his cell, with no apparent evidence or means that someone else had been in and out of the space.
Dark Watchers
Around dusk and dawn, Dark Watchers can be seen gazing out to sea wearing hats and carrying walking sticks. Some stories have the mysterious Dark Watchers dating back to Chumash times and stories of the beings have appeared in fiction for decades. The creatures vanish as soon as human eyes see them, so details on them are pretty murky.
It happened at Turnbull
Located near LA between Whittier and City of Industry, Turnbull is a 49,000-acre smorgasbord of nightmare fuel set amid the the scenic hills. The natives called it “Hutukngna,” or the place of the Devil, where the ghosts of people who reportedly used the place to sacrifice children, whose spirits now walk the canyon and dangle from trees. They’re joined by the ghosts of 21 kids who perished in a plane crash back in ’52... allegedly, as there’s no existing record of it. Then there’s the remains of the old insane asylum that came back to life to kill a teen in the ‘60s via a long-dormant electrical wire. There are cults, alien encounters, gravity hills... It goes on and on. Basically, if it’s something that gets under your skin, there’s a story about it happening in this seemingly cursed canyon.
The place’s evil vibes date back centuries, though it wasn’t until the site was established as a fur-trapping site in 1845 that things started getting really intense, with word of the site’s terrors traveling far and wide and making it a place visited as much for its beauty as morbid curiosity.
Hollywood sign ghost
One of the more well-known urban legends of Los Angeles has to do with the famous Hollywood sign. Back in 1932, a stage actress named Peg Entwistle committed suicide by jumping off of the sign's "H" after failing in her attempt at film stardom. In her purse was a note that read, "I am afraid, I am a coward. I am sorry for everything. If I had done this a long time ago, it would have saved a lot of pain. P.E."
Multiple people have since reported seeing Entwistle's ghost in the area surrounding the sign: A couple walking their dog saw a woman in 1930s clothing appear and then disappear in the road, a jogger claimed she saw the same figure accompanied by the smell of gardenias, and a park ranger reported an apparition as well.
According to legend, a letter arrived at Entwistle's home a few days after her death. The note was from the Hollywood Playhouse, offering her a role in a play as a woman who commits suicide.
The Colorado Street "Suicide" Bridge.
If you've ever driven over to Pasadena from LA, you've probably seen this bridge. The architecture is beautiful, but some claim it holds dark secrets.According to legend, a construction worker fell while the bridge was being built, and his body was encased in concrete and never found. Because of this, many think that the bridge is cursed or haunted by that man's spirit, leading to the many suicides and suicide attempts that have happened there.
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on 7000 Hollywood Blvd, in Los Angeles has had many reports of ghosts from guests over the years. The most popular report is that the ghost of Marilyn Monroe was spotted in a full-length mirror on the property which used to be in Monroe's poolside suite (#1200). Others include reports of the sound of a trumpet playing at night, even when there are no musicians staying at the hotel. Those sightings are attributed to the ghost of Montgomery Clift, who stayed at the hotel while filming From Here To Eternity. Some have even said they've heard his ghost reciting his lines in the hallways.To add to the fears of paranormal activity, there is supposedly a "cold spot" in the Blossom Ballroom — a circle about three feet wide that feels 10 degrees colder than the rest of the room.
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