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0Water Dog Lake
Belmont, California
3.7 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Bronco Billy's Pizza
Union City, California
10.2 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Zaballa House
Half Moon Bay, California
10.9 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
People claim that room 6 is haunted with strange noises and alarms going off. Guests on review websites claim the walls are thin which could explain the "haunting" reports.
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Lullaby Lane Baby Store - Baby World
San Bruno, California
11 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Rengstorff House
Mountain View, California
11.2 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
Rengstorff House was originally built by German immigrant Henry Rengstorff on Stierlin Road in the 1860s, but was moved to its current location to be restored and turned into a museum. The 16-room mansion with beautiful period furnishings, a widow's walk and a garden was occupied by the Rengstorff family ...
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Hayward Plunge
Hayward, California
13.2 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Quality Inn and Suites at NASA Ames
Mountain View, California
13.3 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
1.) During a trip in 2014, while almost asleep, something jumped on my bed. After rapidly turning on a light, no-one or anything was there. 2.) A colleague was staying at the same hotel (same year). While sitting on his room bed, he said he felt as if at least three ...
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CineLux Chabot Cinema
Castro Valley, California
14.4 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0Moss Beach Distillery
Moss Beach, California
14.5 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
This restaurant on a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean was originally built in 1927 as a speakeasy, but turned into a restaurant in 1933. It is said to be haunted by the Blue Lady, who folks say died near the restaurant. The story has been seen on TV's Unsolved Mysteries. ...
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Lone Tree Cemetery
Hayward, California
14.8 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Quality Inn and Suites Sunnyvale
Sunnyvale, California
15.2 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
The full body apparition of a man is reportedly seen throughout the hotel.
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St James Presbyterian Church
San Francisco, California
15.3 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Kofman Auditorium
Alameda, California
16.1 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
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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0Sunnyvalle Toys 'R Us
Sunnyvale, California
16.4 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
This retail store is said to be haunted by a ghost of a man named Johnson, John, or Johann. Psychics who have investigated say he was an 1880s ranch hand and preacher who died of axe wounds while working in an orchard. Employees report that objects jump off the shelves ...
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1400 Bar and Grill
Alameda, California
16.6 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
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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Swell Bar
Alameda, California
16.8 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
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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0USS Hornet
Alameda, California
16.9 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
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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Ohlone Burial Grounds
Fremont, California
17.1 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
Reports say these grounds just down the road from Mission San Jose are fenced off, but a plaque designates the site as an Ohlone burial ground. Here, witnesses say they have photographed orbs, believed to be spirits of Ohlone Indians who died at the mission and were buried here.
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Niles Canyon Road
Fremont, California
17.5 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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California's Great America
Santa Clara, California
17.6 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
At California's Great America, aka Paramount's Great America, a ghost of a boy who was killed on a ride is said to haunt the area where the ride once stood. Many other spots at this amusement park are also said to be haunted as well. For example, a man's ghost ...
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The Bordello
Oakland, California
17.8 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
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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0Mission San José
Fremont, California
18 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
Mission San Jose was founded in 1797, and although it is now a museum and sightseeing site, it once suffered an earthquake. Witnesses have described various incidences of paranormal activity including unexplained sounds, cold spots, eerie feelings, and even apparitions of Native Americans.
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Lord Bradley's Inn
Fremont, California
18 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
People claim to have seen apparitions in old-fashioned clothing throughout the building and hear footsteps and odd noises late at night.
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Agnews Insane Asylum Site
Santa Clara, California
18.5 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
In the Great Earthquake of 1906, over 100 patients were killed and buried on this site. The hospital itself was said to be a place full of negative residual energy from shock treatment leaving the patients catatonic. Guests have been shoved and report the feeling of being watched. Objects have ...
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Safeway
San Francisco, California
19.1 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Pinehurst and Redwood Road
Oakland, California
19.3 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Market Street Cinema
San Francisco, California
19.4 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Hotel Rex
San Francisco, California
19.9 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Vintage Court Hotel
San Francisco, California
19.9 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Nob Hill Inn
San Francisco, California
20 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Cameron House
San Francisco, California
20.1 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0Queen Anne Hotel
San Francisco, California
20.2 miles from Redwood Shores, 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
20.5 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0Stow Lake Ghost
San Francisco, California
20.5 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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The Neptune Society San Francisco Columbarium
San Francisco, California
20.6 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0San Remo Hotel
San Francisco, California
20.9 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California
20.9 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, California
21 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Manrow House Site
San Francisco, California
21 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Haskell House
San Francisco, California
21.4 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Presidio Officers Club
San Francisco, California
21.7 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0Winchester Mystery House
San Jose, California
22 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
The eccentric Sarah Winchester, builder of the Winchester Mystery House, is said to have built the rambling mansion to protect her from the ghosts of all the people who were were killed by her late husband's famous Winchester line of rifles. In a strange turn of events, is she who ...
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Prim Boutique
Pleasanton, California
22.3 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
Hi, my name is Sara White. I currently work at Prim Boutique in downtown Pleasanton. This past weekend we had a ghost walk (people walk around downtown and visit the shops/restaurants that are haunted & receive history on the ghost/ghost's story). Prim Boutique participated in the ghost walk because ...
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Blue Agave Club and Restaurant
Pleasanton, California
22.3 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
This Mexican restaurant is housed in one of the oldest residence's in town, and is rumoured to be haunted by a variety of spirits. The building use to house offices, and workers would report desk chairs rolling around of their own accord and papers mysteriously going missing. A ...
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0The Rose Hotel
Pleasanton, California
22.4 miles from Redwood Shores, CA
Lights turning on and off, a full body apparition of a male ghost, heavy items being moved without explanation and other ghostly happenings make up the main features of this California haunted hotspot.
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Pleasanton Hotel
Pleasanton, California
22.4 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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0Alcatraz
San Francisco, California
22.5 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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Claremont Hotel Club and Spa
Berkeley, California
22.6 miles from Redwood Shores, 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
23.5 miles from Redwood Shores, 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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