California Haunts...

[Fireblade]

Got this off another forum...
California Haunted Places (http://gocalifornia.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Ftheshadowlands.net%2 Fplaces%2Fcalifornia.htm)

I've heard about the Stow Lake legend a few times which is in Golden Gate in SF. Weirdness.

[mr. x]

i live by the Winchester Mystery House

i go to the movie theater Century 21-23 often which is across the street from it

[Chester]

Man...the Winchester Mystery House -- the dumbest tourist trap ever devised. I feel ashamed that it's one of the chief attractions of my home area.

"And now we walk up these stairs...and open this door...to find...<pause>...a brick wall!" Whee.

Insofar as local ghost stories go, my favorite has always been the Sunnyvale Toys R Us (on El Camino) ghost that periodically knocks shit off of shelves.

But, in general, I hate reading ghost stories and don't like talking about them as they freak the shit out of me. After having made the mistake of watching Sixth Sense, I had problems walking around the house at night for like two months. There were times when I literally would hold off on taking a leak until morning because walking out to the bathroom was too scary a proposition.

Yeah, I know...I'm a wuss.

[sOKaLiBoY]

Palos Verdes - Glass Chapel - The city of Palos verdes is surrounded by hills and peaks. The city is somewhat eerie and lots of nearby cities go there for the views and the ghost stories. Glass Chapel is just one of the haunted venues. You must park a mile away walk to get there on a highway because the cops will pull over any car even near the vicinity. The chapel has trails which lead into the hills. The Chapel itself is scary and freaky looking. Funny things happen at the door of the chapel such as pagers and cell phones going crazy. Cars that are parked miles away have problems too such as the engine freezing, remember it is California and it isn't that cold here.


i've been there 2 times and some freaky shit happened both times. have you ever seen a black cat walk straight towards you with no fear? :unsure:

[karizma]

omfg thats so damn creepy i cant believe i read any of it =(..my friends tried getting me to goto an abandoned hospital in frisco or something..HELL FUCKING NO..you KNOW people died in there..gah

[Adaon]

Originally posted by karizma@May 20 2003, 07:49 PM
omfg thats so damn creepy i cant believe i read any of it =(..my friends tried getting me to goto an abandoned hospital in frisco or something..HELL FUCKING NO..you KNOW people died in there..gah
pfft that place was so balogna.....the stow lake is a real trip tho.....the haunted hospital has NOTHING on the lake....granted walking around in the hospital was pretty bad...esp after hearing the dogs and not seeing them...and hearing footsteps start running around when we weren't running yet and not seeing/hearing anyone... :unsure: :ph34r:

[Fireblade]

Yea... the thing is a couple of ppl have actually said they've seen the thing at Stow Lake. I have yet the balls or the insanity to go see it though. I may talk big shit about scary movies, but if it's like REAL ghosts, I'd probably pee in my pants.

[sandra]

Originally posted by Chester@May 19 2003, 05:27 PM
Man...the Winchester Mystery House -- the dumbest tourist trap ever devised. I feel ashamed that it's one of the chief attractions of my home area.

"And now we walk up these stairs...and open this door...to find...<pause>...a brick wall!" Whee.
well, it's interesting b/c the house was built that way in case his creditors ever came after him, right?

Lafayette - Lafayette Park Hotel - Guests complain about a little girl calling for her mommy and jumps on the beds. Apparitions, Pictures fall of the walls vending machines dispense soda on their own, cold spots & doors slam.

well, gee, the hotel's right next to a cemetery.

[Chester]

Originally posted by kasia@May 21 2003, 08:54 AM
Originally posted by Chester@May 19 2003, 05:27 PM
Man...the Winchester Mystery House -- the dumbest tourist trap ever devised. I feel ashamed that it's one of the chief attractions of my home area.

"And now we walk up these stairs...and open this door...to find...<pause>...a brick wall!" Whee.
well, it's interesting b/c the house was built that way in case his creditors ever came after him, right?
The orthodox explanation, I believe, is that Sarah Winchester was told by a mystic that she needed to build continually, lest she fall prey to the curse that claimed the lives of her husband and two children (a curse brought on by all the deaths that her husband's rifle contributed to).

So the haphazardness of the floor plan is in large part due to the fact that the prime directive was constant construction. And then there is the idea that she built the house in a convoluted manner in order to confuse vengeful spirits that might come to haunt the house.

Nothing to do with creditors. I think she was fully solvent up to the time of her death, though she supposedly didn't leave much behind except for a silly tourist attraction.

[applehead]

how come no one took me to these
fun places when i was there?
all i got to see was universal studios.

[Fireblade]

Originally posted by applehead@May 21 2003, 11:07 AM
how come no one took me to these
fun places when i was there?
all i got to see was universal studios.
because they were afraid.
afraid that you'd take some ghosts back home with you, and sic them on yw members on the board. :D

[amietron]

what about the caroline mansion in hillsborough? have any of you heard of that?

[Emperor_Mike]

I've been a few ghost hunts here in England and back in British Columbia. Our selections in BC were limited to say the least, but choices are more plentiful in the UK. The people in these "Hunts" usually scare themselves silly rather than have an entity do it for them. :D But on several occasions we ran into a few unexplained events and caught a few "things" on film.

No was has been chased by the dead...yet. :)

[mr. x]

Originally posted by applehead@May 21 2003, 10:07 AM
how come no one took me to these
fun places when i was there?
all i got to see was universal studios.
im sure you didnt miss much, u live in new york, you people have seen everything

"bah ghosts, whateva"

[22drunk]

how come no one took me to these
fun places when i was there?
all i got to see was universal studios.


hey, universal studios is haunted too. so is disneyland.
here's another list of haunted places in cali


hauntings (http://releaseme.net/california.html)