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1920's
The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: Where Old Hollywood's Ghosts Still Linger
Ghosts May 15, 1927
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...

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
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The Cecil Hotel: Downtown LA's House of Death
Ghosts January 01, 1924
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 ...

Cecil Hotel (Stay on Main)
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1910's
The Colorado Street Bridge: Pasadena's Suicide Bridge and the Ghosts of the Arroyo Seco
Urban Legends November 01, 1919
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...

Colorado Street Bridge (Suicide Bridge)
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1870's
The Los Angeles Chinese Massacre of 1871: The Largest Mass Lynching in American History
Horrific Events October 24, 1871
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...

Calle de los Negros (now Los Angeles Street near the Plaza) *
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1860's
Griffith Park: The Cursed Heart of Los Angeles
Ghosts July 01, 1863
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...

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1770's
Turnbull Canyon: The Place of the Devil — Whittier's Canyon of Cursed Ground
Urban Legends January 01, 1771
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...

Turnbull Canyon *
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1550's
La Llorona: The Weeping Woman of the Los Angeles River
Urban Legends January 01, 1550
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...

Los Angeles River *
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