1095 E Willow St
Long Beach, CA

The haunted side of Long Beach goes beyond what you’d expect: not just spooky cemeteries, but historic ranchos as well! How freaky can Long Beach get? Consider that the creepiest thing to ever happen here happened at the present site of an outlet mall. See? You just never know with Long Beach, where fun and fright can happen just about anywhere. For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

6255 De Forest Ave
Long Beach, CA

Locals report sudden, unexplained gusts of wind that are either freezing or bear the tortured groans of those pleading for someone to “Help me! Help me!” At least one visitor says that an otherworldly character, described as landing somewhere between a ghost and a zombie, chased them through the park by running in a sideways, “crab-like” manner. There have been so many eyewitness reports of such detail, mostly in the evening, that the DeForest Park Neighborhood Association invited the Anubis Paranormal Research Organization to come out and investigate. The group found that “Deforest Park does appear to have paranormal activity attached to it,” and that these “paranormal encounters may come and go and may only manifest themselves to certain people who may be ‘sensitive’ to the area.” For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

95 S Pine Ave
Long Beach, CA

In the mid-1970s, while filming an episode of “Six Million Dollar Man” in one of the Pike’s “haunted” attractions, a prop man moved a wax mannequin from a makeshift gallows and, as he did, the mannequin’s arm broke off revealing human bone and muscle tissue. The mannequin was the preserved corpse of Elmer McCurdy, a small-time, Old West thief who met his end when he was shot after robbing a train in 1911. His mummified body had been used to scare folks at sideshows, eventually landing at the Pike. McCurdy’s body was eventually sent to Oklahoma where it was buried. For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

4600 Virginia Rd
Long Beach, CA

One of the city’s true garden spots, the Rancho is a bucolic connection to the past with its swath of native plants and spectacular trees. It’s a popular place for school field trips and wedding receptions, but it may also serve as a connector to some restless souls. When a neighboring golf course was under construction, the graves of more than 50 Native Americans were uncovered and since that time, there have been reports of objects moving on their own, rocking chairs that rock with no one in them and, once again, that unmistakable feeling people have of being watched. And then there are the voices that have been reported around the property, including one identified as belonging to Don Juan Temple, the rancho’s long-gone former owner, who makes it clear that he is not OK with his land being sold to make a golf course. There is another voice that has been identified as simply, frighteningly, “evil.” For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

1095 E Willow St
Long Beach, CA

Just because someone has been laid to rest, doesn’t mean they’re restful, and more than a few restless spirits have been reported sighted on the property over the years, usually inhabiting strange figures or mysterious silhouettes. Most famously, and perhaps sadly, is the specter of Bessie Baxter. In 1918, Bessie, who was deaf, was excited about her upcoming marriage and traveled from Long Beach to Los Angeles via the Pacific Electric train to purchase her wedding dress. Returning to Long Beach, she stepped off the train but, because she was deaf, did not hear an oncoming car that struck and killed her. Four days later, on what would have been her wedding day, she was buried in the white dress she had purchased, her coffin carried by her bridesmaids. Since then, a woman wearing a white wedding dress has been reported wandering through the grounds many times. No one seems to think of her as frightening, just forlorn. For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

121 W 4th St
Long Beach, CA

As of yet, there are no reports of either of these spots being haunted, but scary? Oh, yeah. The 4th Horseman (121 W. 4th St.) is one of Long Beach’s best pizza joints, with scary film-titled pies including Pastrami Dearest – pastrami, sauerkraut and Thousand Islands – and Frailty, arguably the best vegan pizza in the city. That, a whole lot of terrific craft beers are wrapped up in an interior decorated with horrorcore comics and posters, dark lighting and creepy, old-timey movies playing on creepy, old-timey TVs. Perhaps scariest of all? The restroom where you’re watched by dead-eyed doll heads. Yeah. If that isn’t enough (or even if it is), you can head through a door at the back that leads into the Dark Art Emporium, an eclectic mix of fine art, oddities, human skulls and taxidermy. Everything from the surreal to the “So real it’s freaking me out,” Dark Art runs the gamut of scary to slapstick, with everything you can imagine, or fear, in between. For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.

1126 Queens Hwy
Long Beach, CA

We’d be remiss not to include one of Long Beach’s most iconic attractions – which is also its most haunted. In fact, the Queen Mary often ranks as one of the most haunted sites in the U.S. That’s not surprising given that during the ship’s nearly 90 years of service, it has been the scene of deaths both accidental and intended. Guests and staff alike have reported being confronted by spirits all over the ship, spirits such as a young girl named Mary who drowned in the first-class pool in 1949. It’s around the pool where many people have said they’ve encountered Mary, though she has been seen all over the ship. There have also been reports of the tortured cries of John Pedder, an 18-year-old worker crushed by a heavy engine room door in 1966. There’s a “Lady in White” who makes the rounds and the ghostly giggles of children playing in the ship’s nursery. Perhaps most infamously of all is Cabin 340, whose haunting is attributed to a double-murder committed on the ship. B340 had caused such terror that it was made off-limits to guests for 30 years. For more details on some of the most haunted places in Long Beach, tap on the "More Details" link.