Paranormal Archives
Historical paranormal events, hauntings, and mysterious occurrences across Los Angeles.
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The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: Where Old Hollywood's Ghosts Still Linger
Opened in 1927 and home to the very first Academy Awards ceremony, the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel is considered one of the most haunted locations in Lo...
The Cecil Hotel: Downtown LA's House of Death
Built in 1924 in downtown Los Angeles, the Cecil Hotel has been the site of at least a dozen suicides, multiple murders, and one of the most baffling ...
The Colorado Street Bridge: Pasadena's Suicide Bridge and the Ghosts of the Arroyo Seco
Built in 1913 across Pasadena's Arroyo Seco canyon, the Colorado Street Bridge — known citywide as 'Suicide Bridge' — has seen over 150 documented dea...
The Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871: The Largest Mass Lynching in American History
On the night of October 24, 1871, a mob of approximately 500 people — ten percent of the entire population of Los Angeles — descended on the city's Ch...
Griffith Park: The Cursed Heart of Los Angeles
At over 4,300 acres, Griffith Park is the largest urban park in the United States with mountain terrain. Its grounds carry a documented history of tra...
Turnbull Canyon: The Place of the Devil — Whittier's Canyon of Cursed Ground
Turnbull Canyon in Whittier, LA County, was named 'Hutukngna' — The Place of the Devil — by the indigenous Tongva people. Over centuries it accumulate...
La Llorona: The Weeping Woman of the Los Angeles River
La Llorona — the Weeping Woman — is one of the oldest and most widespread legends in Latin American culture, with origins traceable to 1550s Mexico Ci...