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Historical paranormal events, hauntings, and mysterious occurrences across Los Angeles.

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1970's
The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Who Terrorized Los Angeles Under a Badge (1977–1978)
Horrific Events October 18, 1977
The Hillside Stranglers: Cousins Who Terrorized Los Angeles Under a Badge (1977–1978)

Between October 1977 and February 1978, cousins Kenneth Bianchi and Angelo Buono Jr. raped, tortured, and murdered ten women across Los Angeles, dumpi...

Multiple Hillside Locations — Los Angeles *
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1960's
The Manson Family Murders: The Night That Ended the 1960s (1969)
Horrific Events August 09, 1969
The Manson Family Murders: The Night That Ended the 1960s (1969)

Over two nights in August 1969, members of Charles Manson's cult — known as the Family — murdered seven people in two separate Los Angeles locations: ...

10050 Cielo Drive, Benedict Canyon (Tate) and 3301 Waverly Drive, Los Feliz (LaBianca) *
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1940's
The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short That Haunts Los Angeles Forever (1947)
Horrific Events January 15, 1947
The Black Dahlia: The Murder of Elizabeth Short That Haunts Los Angeles Forever (1947)

On January 15, 1947, the nude, bisected body of 22-year-old Elizabeth Short was found in a Leimert Park vacant lot — drained of blood, severed with su...

3825 Norton Avenue, Leimert Park
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1920's
The Greystone Mansion Murder Mystery: Two Men Dead, No Answers (1929)
Horrific Events February 16, 1929
The Greystone Mansion Murder Mystery: Two Men Dead, No Answers (1929)

On February 16, 1929, oil heir Edward 'Ned' Doheny Jr. and his personal secretary Hugh Plunkett were found dead in a guest bedroom of Greystone Mansio...

Greystone Mansion (Doheny Estate)
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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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