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0National Chavez Center
Keene, California
51.2 miles from Inyokern, 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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Belshaw House - Cerro Gordo Ghost Town
Inyokern, California
61.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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Sequoia Dawn - Old TB Sanitarium
Springville, California
65.4 miles from Inyokern, 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
65.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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Skidoo
Inyokern, California
66 miles from Inyokern, 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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Best Western Plus Frontier Motel
Lone Pine, California
66.8 miles from Inyokern, 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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Barstow Harvey House
Barstow, California
67.9 miles from Inyokern, 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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Rosamond Insane Asylum Ruins
Lancaster, California
68 miles from Inyokern, 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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0Lancaster Hotel - Western Hotel Museum
Lancaster, California
68.1 miles from Inyokern, 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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Fort Irwin National Training Center
Fort Irwin, California
68.6 miles from Inyokern, 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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Central Park
Bakersfield, California
69.8 miles from Inyokern, 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
70 miles from Inyokern, 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
70 miles from Inyokern, 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
70.1 miles from Inyokern, 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
70.2 miles from Inyokern, 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
70.5 miles from Inyokern, 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
70.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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0Calico Ghost town
Barstow, California
72 miles from Inyokern, 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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Elizabeth Lake
Elizabeth Lake, California
75.7 miles from Inyokern, 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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0Furnace Creek Inn and Resort
DEATH VALLEY, California
76.9 miles from Inyokern, CA
The kitchen and dining room are reportedly haunted by a ghost that makes random banging sounds.
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Gaslight Melodrama Theatre and Music Hall
Bakersfield, California
76.9 miles from Inyokern, 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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George Air Force Base
Victorville, California
77.2 miles from Inyokern, 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
80.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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The Green Hotel
Shafter, California
82.8 miles from Inyokern, CA
The 1913 hotel is haunted by two spirits, believed to be linked with the past of the historic town. The first is a female ghost, perhaps the apparition of Marion Hitchcock, who has been observed parting the upstairs curtains and peering into the street. The second is a man ...
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St. Francis Dam Site
Santa Clarita, California
85.8 miles from Inyokern, 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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Jicarilla Road
Apple Valley, California
86.1 miles from Inyokern, 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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Ruiz Family Cemetery
Santa Clarita, California
90 miles from Inyokern, 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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0Amargosa Opera House and Hotel
Death Valley, California
90.3 miles from Inyokern, 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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South Mount Hawkins
Azusa, California
92.3 miles from Inyokern, 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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Sand Canyon Road
Santa Clarita, California
93.3 miles from Inyokern, 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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Haunted Southern California: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Golden State
Charles A. Stansfield Jr.
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Fox Theater
Visalia, California
95.4 miles from Inyokern, CA
The balcony at this historic theatre is supposed to be haunted. Visitors have reported feeling an eerie presence accompanied by a temperature drop, while others have sworn they've seen a figure sitting in the wings after closing hours when the building is empty. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Six Flags Magic Mountain
Inyokern, California
95.4 miles from Inyokern, 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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LJ Williams Community Theater
Visalia, California
95.7 miles from Inyokern, CA
This 1930's theatre is usually used for school productions, and is reportedly haunted by actors and theatre patrons who loved the building so much that they refused to leave. Visitors have seen a pair of ghostly children in various parts of the building and a teenage girl who hanged ...
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Egg Plantation
Santa Clarita, California
96.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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Hart Ranch and Museum
Santa Clarita, California
96.7 miles from Inyokern, 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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Los Angeles National Forest - Gravity Hill
Inyokern, California
97.8 miles from Inyokern, 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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Scotty's Castle
Inyokern, California
99.2 miles from Inyokern, 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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Devore Gravity Hill
San Bernardino, California
101.3 miles from Inyokern, 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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0Witch of Cobb Mountain
Altadena, California
101.3 miles from Inyokern, 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
101.5 miles from Inyokern, 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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Rockhaven
Glendale, California
102.1 miles from Inyokern, 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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Zane Grey Estate
Altadena, California
102.3 miles from Inyokern, 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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Saddleback Inn
Lake Arrowhead, California
102.9 miles from Inyokern, 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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Bracken Fern Manor
Lake Arrowhead, California
103.6 miles from Inyokern, 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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Woodbury University
Burbank, California
103.8 miles from Inyokern, 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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Dunlap Cemetery
Dunlap, California
104 miles from Inyokern, CA
A number of spooky occurrences have been reported at this cemetery: Three tall shadow figures that stand near some oak trees, a chanting voice that seems to say "Leave us alone," cold spots near unmarked graves, and footsteps that seem to follow visitors.
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Brand Park
Glendale, California
104.6 miles from Inyokern, 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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Los Toros Mexican
Los Angeles, California
105.9 miles from Inyokern, CA
Cold drafts are reported, objects have been known to fly around or break by themselves, and a variety of ghostly people, both male and female (around the ages of 40 to 50) have been seen. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Box Canyon
Los Angeles, California
108.3 miles from Inyokern, CA
Krishna Venta was the founder of the Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, Love Fountain of the World, a cult from the mid 1950s. Two former members suspected Venta was engaging in sexual activity with their wives so, using dynamite, launched a suicide attack against the cult's headquarters (located nearby). 10 people were ...
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Sycamore Park
Simi Valley, California
109.7 miles from Inyokern, CA
A white, furry apparition that walks on all fours like a gorilla has been reported here, running, along with a flash of light. Floating apparitions have been seen as well, along with a white man who sits on rocks and glowing spots in the grass that make you appear to ...
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