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0Rockhaven
Glendale, California
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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Brand Park
Glendale, California
4.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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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Zane Grey Estate
Altadena, California
6.1 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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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Woodbury University
Burbank, California
6.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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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0Witch of Cobb Mountain
Altadena, California
6.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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
6.9 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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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Occidental College
Los Angeles, California
7.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Two spots at Occidental College are rumored to be haunted. Erdman Hall is said to be haunted by two spirits: a young person who plays tricks like turning water faucets or lights on and off or writes messages on the walls, and a dark entity that inhabits a closet. Newcomb ...
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Suicide Bridge - Colorado Street Bridge
Pasadena, California
7.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Colorado Street Bridge, constructed over the Arroyo Seco River in 1912, is also known as Suicide Bridge. The nickname was acquired because of the around 100 folks said to have committed suicide by jumping from it, starting in 1919. Reports say that almost 50 of the jumpers died during the ...
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Griffith Park
Los Angeles, California
7.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Supposedly cursed by Doña Petrenilla, niece of the person in charge of the land, she was enraged having been left out of the will. The following people who owned the land would later fall victim to the supposed curse, including Griffith J. Griffith, whom the park is named after (Griffith ...
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The Old L.A. Zoo
Los Angeles, California
7.5 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A man is reported to descend the staircase by the carousel. Psychics have also picked up on animals still trapped inside of their cages, believed to have been kept in terrible condition when they were once living. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Haunted Table 29 at Griffith Park
Los Angeles, California
7.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A couple was crushed to death by a falling tree and had their ashes scattered here. A tree trimmer reportedly was chased out of here and then saw the phrase "Next you die" on his windshield. Another worker died of a heart attack; he could have been saved, but a ...
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Green Street Hotel
Pasadena, California
7.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
This building is apartments now, but it used to be a hotel with a live-in ghost. It is unclear whether she now still lives in the apartments, but reports say she would roam the top floor of the hotel wearing her white nightgown.
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0Hollywood Sign
Los Angeles, California
8.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Near the famous sign you may catch a glimpse of the ghost of actress Peg Entwistle. She committed suicide by jumping off the famed landmark.
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Corralitas Red Car Trail
Los Angeles, California
9.1 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
It is said that the remains of former railway workers and people who died during the creation of this pathway are buried here. Hikers sometimes catch a glimpse of these spirits while taking this road. Submitted by Chris Berglund
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Universal Studios - Stage 28
Universal City, California
9.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Stage 28, where many silent horror classics is said to be a spot where Lon Chaney's ghost can be found. Workers report seeing a man in a black cape and continue to maintain that it is Chaney's phantom. Demolished, September 2014. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Rialto Theatre
South Pasadena, California
9.5 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Urban legends are told about a girl who committed suicide by slitting her wrists in the bathroom and then going up to the balcony to bleed to death. Another legend tells of a man who went mad in the projector booth. Witnesses say bathroom stall doors shake and apparitions have ...
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John Sowden House
Los Angeles, California
9.5 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The John Sowden House was the site of the murder of Black Dahlia, aka Elizabeth Short, found surgically cut in half and dumped on a lot. Suspect Dr. George Hill Hodel fled the country. Subsequent residents of the home have heard voices, footsteps, and the sound of heavy chains dragging, ...
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Charlie Chaplin Mansion
Los Angeles, California
9.7 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The Charlie Chaplin Mansion was once owned by the silent movie actor. After Chaplin sold it, another family bought it, and the father killed his mother, his wife and his children. An apparition of the murderer's mother and the sounds of children screaming have been reported here, as well as ...
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Los Angeles National Forest - Gravity Hill
La Crescenta-Montrose, California
9.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, 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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Hollywood Tower
Los Angeles, California
10.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
One of the more notable "guests" is a man in his 30's who appears and disappears. Other spirits are said to reside there as well. This location has inspired the Disneyland ride "The Hollywood Tower of Terror". (Submitted by Chris)
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Elysian Park
Los Angeles, California
10.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The White Lady of Elysian Park is said to be the ghost of a woman who drowned her children in the river and now wanders the park crying. In some versions of her tale, headless dogs appear along with her apparition. Some say apparitions also have been seen entering the ...
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Create Nightclub
Los Angeles, California
10.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Employees have claim to see black apparitions in the kitchen, lounge & dance floor. Many known cases are seeing moving objects in the corner of one's eye. Maybe the Museum of Death is responsible for these sightings since it's right next door to the venue. (Submitted by Abraham S)
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Avalon Hollywood
Los Angeles, California
10.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Avalon Hollywood, a former theater built in 1927, has also been called the Hollywood Playhouse and the Palace Theater over the years. It once featured Fanny Brice's radio show, the Baby Snooks Radio Show and Ken Murray's Blackouts Theater Revue, then became one of the earliest TV studios housing the ...
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Pantages Theater
Los Angeles, California
10.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Pantages Theater, named after Alexander Pantages, was once owned by Howard Hughes--and Hughes is thought to remain here in spirit to this day. According to theater legend, a 1990 break-in by vandals spurred the hauntings on the second floor where Hughes had his office. Witnesses have felt a presence, an ...
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Knickerbocker Hotel - Hollywood Knickerbocker Apartments
Los Angeles, California
10.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Many Hollywood stars resided in this hotel, one woman, a costume designer named Irene Lentz, having jumped to her death here; another face in the area was D.W. Griffith who also died here, in the lobby. Seances held by Harry Houdini, as well as firsthand experiences around the hotel have ...
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Hollywood Pacific Theatre
Los Angeles, California
10.5 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The 1927 Hollywood Pacific Theatre, aka Warner Pacific Theater, is the largest theater in Hollywood and is believed to be haunted by one of the Warner Brothers. Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner were responsible for the construction of the theater, as well as the first talkie film, The Jazz ...
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Hudson Apartments
Los Angeles, California
10.6 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A former home for actors during the silent film era, a young man supposedly shows up around the area. (Submitted by Chris)
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0Nickelodeon on Sunset
Los Angeles, California
10.6 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
In the late 60's it was call the Hullabaloo. It was a concert theater for many of the upcoming bands of that era. Chicago,the Doors, The Mandala and many other bands performed there. I was in a band that worked there and we would lock the place up after rehearsal ...
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'Ghostbusters' House
Los Angeles, California
10.6 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Dan Aykroyd was living here at one point when he noticed unusual activity such as objects moving by themselves and doors opening and closing. It would eventually inspire him to write the script for Ghost Busters. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Yamashiro
Los Angeles, California
10.7 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Multiple spirits can be found here including the former owner, someone who smashes dishes, and the voice of a woman crying. (Submitted by Chris)
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Off Vine Restaurant
Los Angeles, California
10.7 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A lovely turn-of-the-century craftsman-style bungalow, built in 1908, it was surrounded by fruit trees and orange groves, off a newly formed country road called Vine Street. Since then it has survived through the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depressions, Hollywood's Silent and Golden Eras, numerous earthquakes, ambitious land-owners and most ...
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0Lincoln Heights Jail - Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
Los Angeles, California
10.7 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The Bilingual Foundation of the Arts occupies a building that was once the Lincoln Heights Jail. In 1951, the unprovoked beating of seven prisoners (known as "Bloody Christmas") occurred here, and the spooky setting has led to its use in many films and music videos. Among them, "L.A. Confidential" (whose ...
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0Vogue Theatre
Los Angeles, California
10.7 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
It's been reported that more than 4,000 people have had paranormal experiences at this historic theater. Entire audiences of more than 600 were said to have witnessed a ghostly little girl skipping up and down the aisles, and at least seven different entities have been identified here. A ghost named ...
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Hollywood Wax Museum
Los Angeles, California
10.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Seances have revealed that souls still wander among the wax figures. Some people actually witness the apparitions running around or are lucky enough to catch them on camera. (Submitted by Chris)
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Graumann's Chinese Theater
Los Angeles, California
10.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A man named Victor was murdered nearby here, but is still reported here. A little girl nicknamed Annabell also can found here tugging on people clothing and appearing to people backstage. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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El Capitan Theatre
Los Angeles, California
10.8 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
El Capitan Theater, on Hollywood Blvd., opened in 1926 and is known for its 1920s Hollywood glamour. It was beautifully restored by the Walt Disney Company and Pacific Theaters in 1989 and now hosts grand premieres of Disney films. The theater is said to be visited by apparitions in the ...
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Madame Tussauds Hollywood
Los Angeles, California
10.9 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Madame Tussauds Wax Museum is said to be haunted by moving figures, a sign that turns on and off by itself, and unexplained music after closing time. Museum staff says the eyes move on the wax figure of Bette Davis, too. There's been speculation that the museum is haunted by ...
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Los Angeles, California
10.9 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The burial site of many big name stars, Hollywood Forever is also reported to have some activity. Apparitions come up in photographs, but most notably are the claims of Rudolph Valentino wandering the streets of the city and usually stopping when he reaches his grave site. (Submitted by Chris)
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0Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Los Angeles, California
10.9 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Although no famous actor died in the hotel, the place is rife with celebrity "hauntings". If they are, they are of the residual sort, as many claim to see Marilyn Monroe peering at them from a mirror she once favored when she stayed there, or Carol Lombard seen in ...
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Dodger Stadium
Los Angeles, California
11 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
A screaming woman dressed in white has been seen by employees. According to legend, it's a mother who killed her children. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Nelson House
Los Angeles, California
11 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The Nelson House was used as a model for the stage sets on the 1950s-1960s TV show The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Ozzie Nelson's ghost has been seen several times inside the home in many different locations. Owners also have noted doors that open and close by themselves, disembodied ...
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Charlie Chaplin Studios - Jim Henson Studio
Los Angeles, California
11.2 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Featured in an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, the motion-picture studios built in 1917 by Charlie Chaplin (now Jim Henson Studio) is rumored to be haunted. An apparition has been seen on the roof wearing a top had and coat, and a woman's form was seen walking through a door. ...
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Houdini Mansion
Los Angeles, California
11.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Being Harry Houdini's former residence if not only for a brief period of time, it has since burned down and been rebuilt. People who explore these premises report seeing the ghost of Houdini himself wandering the grounds. Having also been used as a recording studio, some band members have reported ...
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Ultrazone
Alhambra, California
11.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
At the laser tag facility Ultrazone, employees say they have heard whistling and seen unexplained fog after closing time, when the fog machines have been shut off. And, mysteriously, the light near the back exit has been known to change colors.
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The Mansion
Los Angeles, California
11.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
This place acts as a recording studio for bands like Slipknot, Red Hot Chili Peppers, System of a Down, Linkin Park and several other famous groups. Members of these bands claimed that other forces reside here; they've reported doors opening and closing by themselves, being touched, and electrical problems that ...
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Paramount Studios
Los Angeles, California
11.3 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Hollywood Memorial cemetery is right behind this building and closest to the stages between 29 and 32. People are seen walking around in 1930's to 1940's attire, usually through walls. Electrical equipment for sound and lights are commonly tampered with by unseen forces. Doors are also heard slamming and footsteps ...
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Bessie Love's Cabin
Los Angeles, California
11.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
The Bessie Love Cabin was part of a development of cabins or bungalows built in this area in the early 1900s. It was screen actress Bessie Love's first home. But it was built over a site where, in the mid-1800s, two robbers were caught and killed while trying to steal ...
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Turner and Stevens Mortuary
Alhambra, California
11.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
Employees at the Turner & Stevens Mortuary say it is haunted by the spirits of an elderly woman who is chasing a little boy, and a man who is trying to protect him. Doors slam, books fly across the room, and footsteps are heard all over. The woman's and man's ...
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El Compadre Restaurant
Los Angeles, California
11.4 miles from La Crescenta-Montrose, CA
At least three ghosts are believed to call El Compadre Restaurant home, two of whom are former patrons who like to linger around the piano during nighttime. The third ghost shows up in a mirror.
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