California offers haunted restaurants, hotels and other paranormal hotspots year-round to offer visitors a thrilling road trip! Check out these ghostly destinations to make for a thrilling journey!
From Hotel del Coronado to Mojave Desert ghost towns, California’s haunted places will give you an unforgettable chill. From world-famous Hotel del Coronado to abandoned towns in Mojave Desert – California offers haunted spots sure to terrify.
Oak Park Cemetery
California may bring to mind sunshine and golden beaches; however, the Golden State also boasts some of the country’s most haunted locations.
The Winchester Mystery House may be best known as California’s premier haunted location, but that doesn’t make it the only haunted destination! Both RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach and Los Coches Adobe in San Juan Capistrano have also been reported as haunted.
Oak Park Cemetery has long had a disquieting reputation. Established in 1930 and originally reserved exclusively for African Houstonians, visitors have reported hearing children laughing and footsteps, smelling cigar smoke and witnessing shadowy figures – as well as several paranormal reality TV shows featuring it! Needless to say, Oak Park Cemetery should not be visited alone at night!
Eat 8 Mile Road
Eat 8 Mile Road has earned the reputation as one of the scariest locations in Texas. Long-haul truck drivers report witnessing a witch-like figure clad in white walking down the center of the road while wearing an elaborate white dress, and when they turn their trucks around for a better view she appears sitting back there!
No California ghost tour would be complete without visiting America’s most haunted prison, Alcatraz. Once used as a military fortress turned prison, its dark past still resonates today – night tours can take those brave enough into this haunted property where guests have reported hearing gunshots, screaming voices, and muffled conversations while exploring it!
Hotel del Coronado
Hotel del Coronado is well known for its stunning beachfront architecture, yet there is also a darker side. Legend has it that in 1892 a woman by the name of Kate Morgan checked into the hotel but never left; many believe she took her own life after being dumped by either her spouse or lover and haunts Room 3312. Kate is said to haunt Room 3312.
This world-famous hotel was constructed during a land boom and designed by architects Elisha Babcock Jr. and Hampton L. Story during California’s Southern Coast Land Boom of 1929-30. Babcock and Story wanted to construct an impressive hotel as part of their vision to revitalize California.
The Del has long been associated with Hollywood and has played host to celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis. Additionally, its location has been used as the setting for movies like Baywatch and Antiques Roadshow.
Julian Cemetery
California may be best known as a hot spot for Hollywood celebrities, but it also harbors ancient ghosts and unexplained phenomena ranging from timeless ghosts to hair-raising apparitions that appear everywhere from hotels to caverns. No matter your pursuit level or interest in ghost hunting, California offers haunted hotspots sure to send shivers down your spine!
Wonder Valley, once an abandoned mining town at the turn of the 20th century, remains in Mojave Desert today as a ghost town, where visitors often report hearing strange sounds or witnessing strange forms. Some visitors claim hearing sounds such as bell chiming.
The Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena is a picturesque and relaxing spot, but its haunted past earned it the name “suicide bridge.” Many suicide attempts took place here during California’s Gold Rush era; and this bridge became their jumping off point.
Adobe Mission
This imposing castle looks straight out of a horror film. Once used as a reform school for misbehaving children, its sinister history includes corporal punishment and toxic dunking baths. Visitors can either take an informal morning tour through its halls, or opt for more frightening nighttime paranormal investigation tours.
The iconic hotel is said to be haunted by numerous ghostly spirits, such as Montgomery Clift practicing his trumpet in Room 928 and Marilyn Monroe gazing upon herself in the mirror in the ballroom. Additionally, visitors have reported hearing ghostly footsteps in hallways of the hotel.
An eerie location makes for the ideal road trip adventure. If you dare, explore Eat 8 Mile Road where many truck drivers have reported seeing witches.
