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0National Chavez Center
Keene, California
57.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
This location used to be a hospital for people suffering from TB. Before it was renovated, curious visitors would be scared off by the sounds of children laughing, EVPs also being common. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Fort Irwin National Training Center
Fort Irwin, California
60.6 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Families living in the base housing have reported objects moving and disappearing, hearing the sounds of stomping and footsteps, locked doors unlocking themselves, seeing shadowy figures, and sometimes there are reports of ghostly animals. It's said that there have been many suicides within the base which could account for some ...
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Barstow Harvey House
Barstow, California
61.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
While the building does not use the word "haunted" to describe itself, it hosts ghost tours and tells visitors to expect rapid temperature changes, disembodied voices, and shadows and apparitions walking throughout. Photography and EVP recording are highly encouraged with the chance of picking up a woman who is reported ...
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Skidoo
Ridgecrest, California
63.4 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Skidoo is just like Bodie or Calico in terms of its reputation as a classic American ghost town, and just like the others, it too has a reputation for the dead lurking around. A barkeeper named Joe "Hooch" Simpson was responsible for the murder of the town banker. Joe met ...
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Belshaw House - Cerro Gordo Ghost Town
Ridgecrest, California
63.6 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Built in 1868 and once the home of Mortimer Belshaw, one of California's Bullion Kings, the small house within the Cerro Gordo Ghost Town is believed to be haunted. The area is closed to visitors at this time.
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0Calico Ghost town
Barstow, California
65.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Allegedly the ghost is haunted with residual type hauntings. People claim to feel "presences" and cold spots throughout the town.
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0Lancaster Hotel - Western Hotel Museum
Lancaster, California
69.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Once the Lancaster Hotel, the Western Hotel Museum is the city's oldest building and the home of several spirits. The sound of footsteps and old records can be heard at random times, and the smell of vanilla and old flowers also has been reported.
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Rosamond Insane Asylum Ruins
Lancaster, California
70 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Once the "Rosamond Insane Asylum" stood here, but it was demolished years and years ago. Now only some ruins remain, but locals swear that the souls of those who died here also linger. Extreme temperature differences and eerie feelings abound. Some claim to have found evidence of ...
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Best Western Plus Frontier Motel
Lone Pine, California
70.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The bizarre apparition of a vanishing man in a cowboy hat has been seen in several rooms of the hotel in the early hours of morning. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Furnace Creek Inn and Resort
DEATH VALLEY, California
73 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The kitchen and dining room are reportedly haunted by a ghost that makes random banging sounds.
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Sequoia Dawn - Old TB Sanitarium
Springville, California
73.2 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Formerly an old TB Sanitarium, Sequoia Dawn Apartments are said to be haunted. At the nearby cemetery, a witness says something unseen pulled his hat off his head and disembodied voices were heard. Inside the apartments, folks have reported strange voices, cold spots, and the apparition of a woman in ...
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0The Springville Inn
Springville, California
73.2 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Four ghosts are believed to haunt the original structure around which the Springville Inn's modern amenities were built. Employees have cleverly named these ghosts "Little Girl", "Old Man". "Young Man" and "The Woman". It's a complete set! You are less likely to see the Old Man as ...
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George Air Force Base
Victorville, California
73.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Once an air force base from World War II to the early 1990's, the area has since been abandoned. Curious investigators should wear masks considering this place contains many toxic materials around, but many EVPs are captured here as well as strange figures on video and camera. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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El Evado Road
Victorville, California
76.6 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Along this stretch of road, dozens of people have lost their lives. One of the most famous cases along this road involves a little girl who is seen walking around. Other cases involve people walking or standing around who immediately vanish. One team of investigators picked up an EVP of ...
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Central Park
Bakersfield, California
77.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The apparition of a woman in a flowing gown has been seen along the canal near dawn, believed to be the spirit of a woman who was murdered nearby. Her bones were discovered in the foundry across from the park with bullet holes in them.
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0Kern County Kids Shelter - Sinaloa Mexican
Bakersfield, California
77.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Once the Kern County Kids Shelter, the Mexican restaurant Sinaloa's 100-plue-year-old building is said to be a hotspot for paranormal activity. The feelings experienced here are generally good ones, reports say.
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Club Paradise
Bakersfield, California
77.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
At this former night club, folks say they have seen apparitions and objects that move on their own, and some reports say something unseen has locked employees in the storeroom from the outside. Customers inside also have been groped or pushed by something unseen.
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Kern County Museum
Bakersfield, California
77.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Formerly the 1882 Norris School and now Kern County Museum, the place is said to be haunted. Witnesses have heard the mysterious tapping of chalk on the blackboard.
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Garces Memorial Circle
Bakersfield, California
77.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
There is a statue in the circle, and locals say its hands move or it can be heard muttering prayers right before a major car accident takes place here.
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Bakersfield Californian Building
Bakersfield, California
77.8 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The old newspaper building is said to be haunted by a phantom German shepherd, a former security guard, and the paper's former editor.
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0The Padre Hotel
Bakersfield, California
77.9 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Believed to be haunted by people who died in a fire there decades ago, floor 7 is supposedly the hot spot of activity. Allegedly workers who were involved in a 2008 renovation reported numerous poltergeist/haunted activity including being touched, pushed and other sorts of mischief.
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Elizabeth Lake
Elizabeth Lake, California
78.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Elizabeth Lake is famous for its creature that is said to live in its depths and come out at night to feast on local livestock and crops. The legend comes from as far back as the Spaniards' first settlement here. Witnesses describe a sulfurous smell and eerie feelings when they ...
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Jicarilla Road
Apple Valley, California
81.6 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Some say the shape of a man can be running across Jicarilla Road very quickly. It may start chasing witnesses, and then suddenly vanish.
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Gaslight Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall
Bakersfield, California
84.4 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
This former theater is said to be haunted by the former owner of a toy shop that this building once housed. The owner committed suicide here. Although haunting incidents don't occur as often now, in the 1980s props and stage settings were known to move by themselves and many witnesses ...
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0Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
Death Valley, California
84.4 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
If you wish to visit the haunted opera house you should be aware that it is apparently only open for very brief periods of time and there are no operating tours. Apparently it is rarely open except during performances done by the 70+ year old ballet dancer who owns ...
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St. Francis Dam Site
Santa Clarita, California
88.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
William Mulholland oversaw what would be his last major project be completed in 1926. His career ended 3 years later when the dam collapsed and kill somewhere between 200 and 500 people. A cemetery located somewhere nearby wound up being the burial site for many of the victims; some of ...
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South Mount Hawkins
Azusa, California
90.9 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Occultists started a fire on this mountain back in 2002. Animals that were sacrificed are said to be seen here, but evil spirits from another realm could have also been brought here through ritual. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Ruiz Family Cemetery
Santa Clarita, California
92.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The Ruiz family, as well as others who were victim to the St. Francis Dam, are said to be seen here. The cemetery itself is located on the hill behind the houses. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Sand Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, California
95 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The legend told about Sand Canyon Road involves some teens who crashed their car in the mid-1980s near the intersection of Warm Springs Road and Sand Canyon Road on their prom night. A female ghost teen has been seen, trying to rustle up assistance for her injured friends.
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Six Flags Magic Mountain
Ridgecrest, California
98 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The apparition of a child in a striped shirt has been seen at night running underneath Colossus. Cold spots and an eerie presences have been felt here as well, as well as the sounds of rides and machinery working when the park is closed. Rumor has it that a roller ...
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Haunted Southern California: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Golden State
Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
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Devore Gravity Hill
San Bernardino, California
98.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
To get to this gravity hill, follow Glen Helen Road until you pass two consecutive railroad tracks. When you pass a third set, go past the stop sign that's about 100 hundred feet ahead and stop on the line. If you put the car in neutral, it should roll uphill, ...
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Egg Plantation
Santa Clarita, California
98.7 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Egg Plantation has a ghost locals call "menacing." It manifests as a movement from the corner of one's eye, seen by patrons seated at the bar. When they look directly at the spot from where the movement comes, nothing is there.
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Saddleback Inn
Lake Arrowhead, California
98.8 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
An 8 year-old girl named Hanna died here and is said to be found in Room 33. She plays with electrical obejcts (lights, TV, etc.), flush toilets, and move objects around. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Hart Ranch and Museum
Santa Clarita, California
98.8 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Silent film actor William S. Hart, who died in 1946, once owned Hart Mansion, and he, his sister and several of his dogs are said to live on here in spirit. Witnesses also have smelled fresh coffee brewing in the home. Rumor has it that Hart will only appear to ...
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Scotty's Castle
Ridgecrest, California
99.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
This historic mansion was built for actor Walter Scott back in 1922, and when he passes away in 1954, he and his beloved dog were buried in the foothills behind the building. Workers claim to hear disembodied footsteps walking across the driveway at night, and claim to hear the barks ...
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Los Angeles National Forest - Gravity Hill
Ridgecrest, California
99.2 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
A tragic accident happened near the Glen Memorial Park cemetery back in the 1990s. A bus driver lost control of the bus tipping it down the Gravity Hill killing all the students onboard. Legend has said that not only if you place your car out of gear it would move ...
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Bracken Fern Manor
Lake Arrowhead, California
99.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Bugsy Siegel used to stay here back when the building was still relatively new. Along with him were many prostitutes, gamblers, and other people with crime connections. It's said that some of those people still remain and can be found upstairs or in the tunnel connecting it to the Tudor ...
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0Witch of Cobb Mountain
Altadena, California
101.4 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The spirit of Crystal Calhoon, called the Wicked Witch of the West by locals, is said to haunt the area with her small dog. She has been seen vacuuming feverishly, and witnesses often note that after an encounter with her, they are missing something shiny that they had on their ...
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Loma Alta Street - Gravity Hill
Altadena, California
101.6 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Face downhill in your car and place the car in neutral, and you travel upthe hill backwards. Some say fingerprints will be found on your car afterward, belonging to the ghost of a teen who took her parents' car and lost control of it on this hill, killing herself and ...
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Zane Grey Estate
Altadena, California
102.5 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
At the Zane Grey Mansion, cold spots have been detected near the fireplaces as well as in the library, kitchen and pantry. The kitchen clock has been known to stop when certain people walk into the room, and footsteps have been heard walking across the butler's pantry floor toward the ...
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Rockhaven
Glendale, California
102.7 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Rockhaven Sanitarium is a refreshing take to the "haunted asylum" location. Unlike other plces where abuse and malpractice was common, Rockhaven was a calm location. The patients here were never viewed as being insane; they were all female, treated with respect, and allowed to recover at their own pace. Likewise, ...
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Bennett Home
Glendora, California
103 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The Bennett Home was purchased by the DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) in 1982. Rumor has it that the apparition of a woman appeared at the DAR's first monthly tea in the house. The ghost was determined to be a former resident who lived in the home around 1910.
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Thompson Creek Trail
Claremont, California
103.2 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Thompson Creek Trail is said to be haunted. Visitors say they have seen shadowy figures following them and heard the crackling of branches, footsteps, and scratching noises. It is also reported that the clouds above seem to form the shapes of skulls. Some witnesses have seen bizarre visions that include ...
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Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse
San Dimas, California
103.7 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The ghost who reaides at this eatery is said to be a little girl, possibly Native American, who grabs servers' trays and knocks over glasses and other objects.
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The Old Spaghetti Factory
Duarte, California
104.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Reports (and an emblem on the building's front) say that this strucure housed a high school in the early 1900s, and employees say they have heard the ghostly sounds of children playing in the basement and in the restrooms. Dishes also have been known to fall on the floor for ...
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The Derby
Arcadia, California
104.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Famous jockey George Woolf, aka "The Iceman," bought the Derby Restaurant in 1938 but died 8 years later when he was thrown off a horse. Employees say they feel Woolf's presence and hear his footsteps heading up the stairs to his living quarters above the restaurant.
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Woodbury University
Burbank, California
104.8 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
Woodbury University was a former monastery and is said to be haunted by Mother Cabrini, a nun who once lived here and whose likeness is sculpted into a building. She is said to ring the bell in the bell tower late at night.
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Taco Lita
Arcadia, California
105.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
At Taco Lita, witnesses have seen the apparition of an elderly man in a yellow sweater walk in the men's restroom door. No one inside the restroom has seen him, as he seems to vanish after walking in.
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Captain's Anchorage
Big Bear Lake, California
105.1 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The ghost of a man named George has been seen here; it is said he was an embezzler who either killed himself or was murdered. Other than George, three other ghosts are said to be here. The activity includes full-bodied apparitions, beer bottles being thrown, lights flickering, footsteps, and other ...
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Brand Park
Glendale, California
105.3 miles from Ridgecrest, CA
The park was once the Brand Family's estate, complete with mansion (now the park's Library & Art Center) and family cemetery. Folks say the cemetery is reached via a trail behind the house, and that spooky "occult" things have occurred near Mr. Brand's pyramid-shaped tomb.
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