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0Kofman Auditorium
Alameda, California
Witnesses at Kofman Auditorium have reported unexplained noises and the apparition of a woman who walks around in the backstage area.
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Swell Bar
Alameda, California
The local establishment is haunted by the original bar owner. Reports from patrons and staff indicate that lights turn on and off by themselves, doors open and close of their own accord and pool balls roll across the table without being touched. Submitted by Callum Swift
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The Bordello
Oakland, California
Old house built in 1887, former saloon and brothel with very active paranormal activity. Everything from chairs being moved to figures of men and women sighted around the house. Not too bothersome but definitely present. History records suggest a bar fight leading to a stabbing in the saloon in the ...
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1400 Bar and Grill
Alameda, California
A man dressed in period uniform has been seen here, accompanied by cold spots. Footsteps and other unexplained noises are also heard here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0USS Hornet
Alameda, California
This retired aircraft carrier, historic landmark, and museum is said to be the most haunted warship in the world. It has been used as a setting on many movies and has been featured on several TV shows, including MTV's Fear, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Adventures and Scariest Places on Earth.
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Pinehurst and Redwood Road
Oakland, California
6 miles from Alameda, CA
My girlfriend and I went out late at night on this road, as we tend to go on late night drives. However this night there were many cold spots, strange noises from outside of the car, an odd light caught on film followed by thumping against my car (which we ...
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Claremont Hotel Club and Spa
Berkeley, California
6.5 miles from Alameda, CA
In the late 1800s, this site contained a castle-like home, but in 1901 it burned to the ground. The Claremont Hotel opened in 1915, and to this day, folks say they can smell smoke in their smoke-free rooms. On the fourth floor, said to be the most haunted, witnesses report ...
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The Faculty Club at UC Berkeley
Berkeley, California
7.4 miles from Alameda, CA
The Faculty Club has been around since 1902, and offers meeting facilities and lodging for University staff, alumni and prospective students/family. It is said that room 219 is haunted by the ghost of a long dead man, but there aren't any further details currently available. If you know ...
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Vintage Court Hotel
San Francisco, California
9.3 miles from Alameda, CA
I arrived very late at night, around 3am from my flight and had a really scary experience where I fell asleep for about 30 min to be woken up to noises in the bathroom. Now there was no window in the bathroom, so I was a bit puzzled and ...
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Cameron House
San Francisco, California
9.3 miles from Alameda, CA
Lady Cameron's former house contained a basement that was a refuge for Chinese immigrants rescued from prostitution and slavery. But angry townspeople got wind of what she was doing and set fire to her house, killing the immigrants. The restored Cameron House, now a church, has its basement doors marked ...
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Hotel Rex
San Francisco, California
9.3 miles from Alameda, CA
The housekeepers always said that they saw the apparition of a Chinese man with a clever particularly on the 4th floor. They also reported that many guests also heard the sound of horseshoes in the alley behind the hotel when there was nothing there. The building once housed Chinese ...
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Market Street Cinema
San Francisco, California
9.4 miles from Alameda, CA
Market Street Cinema is reported to be haunted by ghosts of homeless folks who stay in the theater at night. Legend has it that a former employee named James used to rent space out to the homeless in the basement overnight. After they all died, including James, their spirits kept ...
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Nob Hill Inn
San Francisco, California
9.5 miles from Alameda, CA
The fancy 1907 Nob Hill Inn is said to be home to at least 22 happy spirits with a sense of humor. Although they are said to be friendly and not harmful, they like to play pranks with electricity, appliances or doors, and hide people's personal objects from time to ...
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0San Remo Hotel
San Francisco, California
9.8 miles from Alameda, CA
Room 33 and room 42 are apparently the rooms to get if you want a haunted room. The former is believed to be haunted by the former brothel owner who stayed there and the latter is apparently plagued by the ghost of a young girl who is repeatedly seen ...
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St James Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, California
9.8 miles from Alameda, CA
St. James Presbyterian Church is said to be haunted, as evidenced by footsteps heard walking up the stairs and doors that shut by themselves and are sometimes impossible to open again. The same doors will be found open later.
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CineLux Chabot Cinema
Castro Valley, California
9.9 miles from Alameda, CA
According to employees, the disembodied laughter of a man has been heard here, and shadows have been seen going up and down the aisles late at night.
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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California
9.9 miles from Alameda, CA
This was built over the site of a cememtery and people have reported seeing a gray figure in the bathroom. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Manrow House Site
San Francisco, California
10.2 miles from Alameda, CA
J.P. Manrow built his dream house where these apartments now stand; his dream soon became a nightmare when he realized his house was haunted. Manrow, his family, and servants were all assaulted by an invisible known for having a very violent temper and throwing chairs at guests and residents. People ...
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0Queen Anne Hotel
San Francisco, California
10.2 miles from Alameda, CA
Alleged to be haunted by Mary Lake, the headmistress of the girls school that originally occupied the location. She is predominately felt in the room that bears her name, room 410. People claim to feel her presence and hear tapping and other noises associated with her haunting.
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Mansions Hotel
San Francisco, California
10.4 miles from Alameda, CA
No longer operating as a hotel, this building was said to have been split into two private homes, and neither family has noted any supernatural activity, reports say. The old hotel was said to be home to Claudia, the ghost of the original owner's daughter, and some say the lights ...
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Haskell House
San Francisco, California
10.5 miles from Alameda, CA
This is the location where senator David Broderick was shot and killed in a duel back in 1857. Broderick is said to have not moved on and is known for pacing back and forth or reported as a shadow. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Alcatraz
San Francisco, California
10.8 miles from Alameda, CA
The former maximum-security prison set on an island is now a musuem and tourist attraction. Visitors and tour guides alike have reported unexplained screams, slamming cell doors, banjo music and footsteps. The site has been investigated by both Ghost Hunters and Ghost Labs.
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Hayward Plunge
Hayward, California
11.4 miles from Alameda, CA
According to reports, in the late 1960s a swimming coach led his students to the creek and later murdered them. Now, witnesses say they have felt cold spots and seen eerie shadows, and those who stop in a clearing will see children's footsteps all around them and hear laughter, running, ...
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The Neptune Society San Francisco Columbarium
San Francisco, California
11.8 miles from Alameda, CA
Once part of the Odd Fellows Cemetery, the Columbarium has been the site of some eerie happenings. A visitor once felt the sensation of a hand on her back, but no one was there. Afterward, a white handprint remained on her blouse.
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0The Lafayette Park Hotel
Lafayette, California
11.9 miles from Alameda, CA
People claim to hear the ghost of a little girl calling for her mother as well as doors slamming shut and pictures falling off the walls. People also claim to feel cold spots.
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Presidio Officers Club
San Francisco, California
12.1 miles from Alameda, CA
Ghost hunters have said they saw, and captured on film, the apparition of an aristocratic woman in a flowing black dress gliding across the dance floor. The ghost was spotted during the daytime.
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Lone Tree Cemetery
Hayward, California
12.2 miles from Alameda, CA
At this haunted cemetery, witnesses have reported faces that appear in the bushes, unexplained noises, objects that move on their own, flashes of light and chiming bells. Some folks have seen orbs, others have had them show up later in photographs.
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Angel Island
Belvedere Tiburon, California
12.3 miles from Alameda, CA
Angel Island is referred to as the "Ellis Island" of the west; immigrants wanting to head into the mainland were detained here until they were cleared to go through. Unfortunately, that process was devastating to some. Some people were shamed, humiliated, starved, and the horrific encounters would be documented (being ...
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0Stow Lake Ghost
San Francisco, California
12.6 miles from Alameda, CA
This story has been around for over a century. In Golden Gate park, a lady was walking her baby in a stroller. As she sat on a bench to rest, she didn't notice that the stroller had rolled into the lake. She asked everyone she saw if they had seen ...
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Safeway
San Francisco, California
12.8 miles from Alameda, CA
The ghost of a young boy has been seen in the halls leading to the storage room around closing time, or sitting beside crates with his head down and his arms around his knees. Some say the building was a motel in the mid 1900s but local gang members burned ...
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Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
13.4 miles from Alameda, CA
A ghost cop is said to haunt Golden Gate Park, even giving people speeding tickets. When they go to pay the ticket, the court will say it doesn't exist. Reports say once you are outside the park grounds, the ghost cop disappears.
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Lullaby Lane Baby Store - Baby World
San Bruno, California
13.4 miles from Alameda, CA
The former Lullaby Lane Baby Store (now Baby World) has been in operation since the 1950s, and is believed to be haunted by a former employee named Jean Brown, who retired from the store in 1977 and died of lung cancer in 1980. Witnesses report unexplained noises, footsteps, moving chairs, ...
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The Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California
13.5 miles from Alameda, CA
This is the number one suicide location in the United States, with an average of 25 deaths per year (more than a thousand since construction). While the ghostly jumpers might still be there, another lessen known entity has been spotted in this vincinity. In 1853, the SS Tennessee sank in ...
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Vic Stewart's Steakhouse
Walnut Creek, California
13.6 miles from Alameda, CA
This vintage steakhouse is housed inside an 1893 railroad depot, and is furnished with antiques and train memorabilia to imitate the inside of a elegant train carriage. Diners at this location have reported smelling smoke emanating from no apparent source, while others have reported hearing the sound of a ...
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Boccardo John / Sally Stanford’s Valhalla Inn
Sausalito, California
14.2 miles from Alameda, CA
Before it became Boccardo John, Sally Stanford's Valhalla Inn was made famous by an appearance in Orson Welles' The Lady from Shanghai. It's said that Sally Stanford is seen outside of her former inn, as well as several other women (dressed out of date). (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Bronco Billy's Pizza
Union City, California
14.6 miles from Alameda, CA
The building this branch of the local pizza restaurant is housed in is one of the oldest in town, and dates back to before the city was established. The back room of the place is supposedly where most of the supernatural activity is confined to. Submitted by Callum Swift
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HI Marin Headlands Hostel / Marin Headlands
Sausalito, California
15.9 miles from Alameda, CA
The land here was originally that of the Miwoks; however, by 1907, the land belonged to the U.S. military seeing as the grounds were a perfect point to thwart a surprise attack. Now a hostel for visitors, some of the spots here are said to be pure evil. One man ...
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Lyford House
Belvedere Tiburon, California
16.5 miles from Alameda, CA
John Thomas Reed, who founded the Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, had a mistress named Rosie Verrall. Guests have awoken to her or seen her in passing long after her death in 1964. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Fireside Motel
Mill Valley, California
17.1 miles from Alameda, CA
Once a speakeasy, the Fireside has had a long history of strange activity, leading to a seance. It is believed that all disturbances within the motel are attributed to Miwok Indians that were buried underneath the site and have been disturbed. Unaccountable sounds have been reported since the mid-1950's when ...
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Water Dog Lake
Belmont, California
18.1 miles from Alameda, CA
The ghost of the water dog is a local legend. Some say the water dog killed a boy who was walking around the lake alone. Others don't believe it, and they say, according to a newspaper story, the boy was killed by a murderer who dumped the body at the ...
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Mc Ewen Rd
Port Costa, California
18.9 miles from Alameda, CA
Many deaths have occurred on this stretch of road. One of the deaths is said to be that of a lady who wears red. Some have reported her as a woman in a red hoodie, others as a reddish shadow, but usually, she is seen in the same span of ...
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The Burlington Hotel
Port Costa, California
19.7 miles from Alameda, CA
The Burlington has a reputation of being the oldest operating hotel in California, which could explain the invisible figure who taps guests on the shoulder. In its heyday, the building was known for the parties that were thrown on its grounds and is said to have been used as a ...
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Captain Blythers - Sailor Jack's
Benicia, California
19.9 miles from Alameda, CA
Sailor Jack's, formerly Captain Blythers, was a private home that was turned into a restaurant. Witnesses say pictures have "jumped" off the walls and alarms have gone off for no apparent reason.
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0Union Hotel
Benicia, California
20 miles from Alameda, CA
There is one sole ghost reported being at this location: a woman who reportedly hanged herself in the 1800's and apparently appears to modern-day visitors peering through the windows of allegedly-vacant rooms.
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Benicia Old Town Theatre
Benicia, California
20.4 miles from Alameda, CA
At Benicia Old Town Theater / Portuguese Hall, witnesses have seen the apparition of an elderly woman, floating orbs and flashing lights. They also have heard footsteps and felt cold spots.
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Niles Canyon Road
Fremont, California
20.5 miles from Alameda, CA
A woman in a white dress was ran over sometime in the 1920's. Some people have seen a woman in a bloddy white gown walking along this road and hikers using the secret sidewalk have supposedly gone missing trying to aid this woman. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Pioneer Inn
Clayton, California
20.7 miles from Alameda, CA
This building was a hotel from the 1860s to the 1990s, when it was turned into offices for a church. As of 2013, it was sold to the city of Clayton. Here the ghosts may be seen carrying objects around, and visitors have been touched by the spirits on their ...
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Clayton Club Saloon
Clayton, California
20.7 miles from Alameda, CA
Once the Eagle Saloon (now the Clayton Club), this building was brought upriver from San Francisco in the 1860s. Thought to be haunted by ghosts from its old saloon days, the club has been the site of mysteriously moving objects, lights that turn on or off by themselves, and cold ...
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La Croquet Restaurant - Moresi's Chophouse
Clayton, California
20.7 miles from Alameda, CA
The former La Croquet Restaurant, now Moresi's Chophouse, is housed in an 1857 building, is the centerpiece of a local legend that started in the 1800s. Rowdy miners were said to have gotten into a shootout, and the bullets went into a window, hitting a little girl in the street. ...
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Pleasanton Hotel
Pleasanton, California
21.2 miles from Alameda, CA
This former hotel is now a restaurant with tenants living on top. It is not a functioning hotel. Reportedly haunted by a prostitute who was murdered there in the late 1800's.
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