Ghost stories from California, United States: Page 12

My Dog's Sixth Sense by peopleinthemirror

My first story Footsteps into my Room was in 1986, the second story I have was in the summer of 93. I was 12 years old, my dad had divorced and remarried, I moved from my bedroom into the back bedroom that was an addition on to the house. I had to switch rooms because my dad and his new wife had a b...

Transparent Hand by uncanny

About seven years ago, one of my neighbor told me a story of the house that we lived in. And we still live in that house today. She told me that there was an accident that had happened there before. My neighbor had forbidden me to tell anyone about the story that she is going to tell me, and she sai...

A Visit from my Cousin by vickifigueroa

I have another story to share with you. I'll start it off by saying that me and my cousin Paul were very close. He was only a year older than I. We were living close to each other, our parents always had us in the same soccer teams when we were little, as we got older we started going to concerts to...

Last Encounter by BornToBeWiccan

My Grandpa/Father-From-The-Heart/Best friend/Guardian Angel died of colon cancer on august 5th 1998. I had had 2 other experiences with him which were only known to me. This time he came to all of us (my grandma, my cousin, me, and anyone else who was in our house) before he died, he gave to my litt...

Reversal by Athena

There was never a time that I didn't sense beings. I believe everywhere is haunted with some being or energy, but the house at 1727 Verbena Way Reno Nevada, the house of my youth, was one of those places that could psychically sensitize even the most insensitive! There was a male presence felt b...

The Figure Behind the Wheel by KkodakK

Last week, I went to visit my family in southern Wisconsin. My siblings and I are all in our late to mid-twenties and are married... so every chance we get, we gather at my mom's house for the weekend and just catch each other up with life. Usually on the first night of our get-togethers, it starts ...

The Old Lady Watches While We Sleep by WithNoRegrets

A couple years back, I was trying to go to sleep but for one reason or another I opened my eyes and looked at the edge of my bed. I noticed an old lady dressed in white sitting at the edge holding something in her hands (it looked like a small candle) but I was too frighten to analyze the item. I fr...

Our Stay at Brookdale Lodge by RRay

Every September my husband and I go to San Francisco for a quiet get-away. This year September 2007 we cut our time short in the city to stay one night at the Lodge. I heard the stories about the Brookdale Lodge, but wanted to see for myself. Being completely open-minded and wanting to see the "perm...

Ghost Shoe by penny

In about 2003, I was sitting in my room, doing homework, and talking on the phone with my best friend. I heard someone knocking on my door and I looked out, but no one was there. I left my door open and stared at it. A few minutes later, I saw a transparent sneaker. It was really weird and only had ...

Flickering Lights by Pangie

I've already told one ghost story but this is another slightly smaller one. When I was younger and still lived in the US in california, we lived in a town house. Personally I love the small home (except for the bugs) but sometimes it freaks me out. When I was 7 my dad was reading to me in bed som...

Old Grandma by Ariya Yang

My sisters and brother, my parents and I were in the kitchen watching television, it was about 10:30 pm at the time. Just the past week, my grandma had died from "eating ice cream" they said. She had suffered from stomach freeze instead of brain freeze. After the funeral on saturday, my family and I...

Seeing Ghost Only Through Reflections by The_Sweetest_Thing

As a child I had experienced many deaths of people in my family or just people who were close to me. Before they died I always would get a feeling or dreams and images and from that I was always scared of supernatural things or ghosts and spirits and wanted to be ignorant towards it. My mother had d...

Steve by Delaney

It was around 1:00 am and I had this strange feeling, so I turned over in my bed and opened my eyes. There was this white figure, five feet away, it became clearer by the second and soon I was able to make out eyes, nose, friendly smile, and most of the figure. It smiled at me and left. I told my...

Vortex in a Bank by Kris

This ordeal happened two years ago when I was in my freshman year of high school. My mom has always had stressful jobs, but one year right before Thanksgiving she got laid off from her government job because they were downsizing staff. This dealt a heavy blow to her because she was dealing with fals...

Black House by Athena

As in Sirius Black. Reading Harry Potter was amazing, but if you ever wanted to see the fictional Sirius Black Manor jump into reality I know the place for you right here in the capital of California, Sacramento, 2131 H street sits in the heart of downtown, amidst the businesses and wealthy victoria...

Grandpa Checking on Me by Cassandra

When I was 10, I used to sleep where my Great Grandfather's office was. My brother had the extra bedroom my Grandfather would use and my parents had the room that him and my Grandmother would share. My Grandmother is still with us, but my Grandfather passed away when I was 5. I had trouble sleeping ...

Walking on the Roof by akaglowboy

This took place in San Diego about 6 or 7 years ago. I lived in a two story house with with my mother and stepfather. The roof of the house was angled steeply on both sides. To get an image of the house and where I was at, the front door opens right to a small tiled area with the door to my bedroom ...

Invisible Rain by akaglowboy

This took place about 6 years ago when I lived with my mom and stepfather. We stayed in two story house and my bedroom was downstairs while the other bedrooms, living room, and kitchen were all upstairs. The backyard bordered a canyon and there was a lot of trees and brush. When this particular i...

Mommy Dearest by juliya

I'm first going to start off by saying this is not exactly a ghost story. I have have always heard whispers of some kind since I was maybe around 4 or 5. I come from, well, let's just say, a troubled childhood. I have never known my biological mother. I know about her and my father has always told m...

USS Blue by top

While stationed at OXNARD, CA - on the Naval Station there, I had the opportunity to go aboard several ships that were being de-commissioned and taken to sea to be sunk by missile tests. Along with two other swabbies. We all headed over to the area where the Ships were tied. We went aboard the group...

Facing Your Fears by Nikki

I submitted a story called Party gone wrong a while back and this is pretty well a follow to that. I was over at Cassie's house (where I spend most of my time) and her mom asked us to walk to the store, a short distance away, to pick up a few things for her. If we had taken the path by the old house...

The San Francisco Zodiac and a Witch Named Raven by PaulDaleRoberts

Today is a hot crispy day and there is a lot of things going on with H.P.I. (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations) of Northern California this day. Shannon "Ms. Macabre" McCabe - President of HPI and two seasoned investigators Tim Hawkins & Cherie Vincent would take about 30 new HPI investigators o...

Fiance's Visit by davesgirl

I read a story a couple of months ago about a woman who lost her fiance in an accident, but I was too upset over losing dave to respond to her story. I too lost my love in January this year. He was on a motorcycle and drinking and the bike hit a curve and he flipped. He had just dropped me off in Gr...

In Bed, Weird Noise by ohdude

I just came home from a road trip and I was REALLY TIRED. So I went up on my bed and slept, and a few seconds later I heard this buzzer noise. And I tried to go to sleep, but I heard it again. After the third time, I heard a voice, it said "Stop making that noise" and right after that I heard the no...

The Martinez Home Haunting Investigation by PaulDaleRoberts

I think before I talking about our haunting investigation, I want to talk about a few other things to get this article started. First off, before I became HPI's ghost writer, I was merely a freelance writer that wrote about anything under the sun. I wrote travel articles, political articles - especi...

A Visit from Teena by Tammy G.

I have had many experiences with the paranormal. I have lived in houses that had spirits and have been able to see spirits since I was very young. It was only recently that I found out that I am what is called a sensitive. A lot of the experiences I have have not all been very nice ones. But the sto...

Bloody Mary by Nikki

This story is about my friend Cassie, Cassie's step sister, Macie and I after what happened in Party gone wrong we were at my house and were telling ghost stories and reliving our past experience when Cassie decided to try "Bloody Mary". In my bedroom my closet doors are mirrors so it's like having ...

The Questionable CA Case: Demon, Poltergeist or Mental Instability? by PaulDaleRoberts

I have always been a curious creature. I joined the Ordo Rosae Crucis (AMORC) aka the Rosicrucians to better understand secret societies. When I was going to college, I did a book report on cults like the Hare Krishna, Peoples' Temple, Church of Scientology and even the Church of Satan, by actually ...

Party Gone Wrong by Nichole

My best friend, Cassie, and five other friend (including her little brother, Jason) were hanging out at Cassie's house. There is a house that is about a mile down the road from where Cassie lives that everyone says is haunted. We never thought much of it until the night of Cassie's 15th birthday par...

A Flakey Feline Ghost by Tygerwolfe

I've had many experiences with ghosts in my house, but none of them have been human. In fact, they're all feline, and I enjoy their presence greatly. The particular cat ghost that this story is about is named Flake (originally short for "Snowflake", but changed when we realized he was really a pale ...

Knocks, Door Openings and Voices by Jessie

This happened in the years late 1996 to early 2001 in Roseville, California on 113 5th Street. When my twin brother and I were three, almost four, our family moved into a white house with brown shingles. The house had a moderate sized front yard with a wooden fence, a big porch, a large living room,...

A Man in my Hallway Looking Like my Husband by Nadine

When I lived in Guerneville, CA in the late 1990's I saw a man standing in my hallway. It was about 2 a.m. and I was using the bathroom. When I walked out of the bathroom, I saw my husband, Mike, standing at the end of the hall. He was completely dressed in a T-shirt, hooded sweatshirt that zipped u...

The Plants of Jewel Rose by Arnette Brown

My mother died in 1978 and two days before she died, she asked me and my older brother what we would do if she died and my mother being was in what the family thought excellent health, not taking her serious, we jokingly replied what we wanted of her estate. Two days later my mother died of a mas...

Strange Sleeping Experience by sweetheart

My name is Stephanie and I am still a young adult. I was trying to find out what had happened to me last night and this is a site that I had found. But now that I am writing it, I think I'm at the wrong place maybe. Last night I was sleeping and I had just started to drift off when all of a sudden s...

The Jennifer Baca Story: A Haunting Investigation by PaulDaleRoberts

There is a blue moon tonight, so that makes things even more eerie. I think back when I was in the Army. The Army had scouts to check things out, before a unit made their move on an enemy site. H.P.I. (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations) of Northern California has their own scouts. Tonight HPI Pa...

Are Ghosts Following Me? by jarretswifey

This all started happening when I was about 10 years old. I slept over at my grandmother's house once and I slept in the downstairs living room. In the middle of the night, I awoke to the sound of footsteps in the hallway and a sound of a wheelchair being rolled around in the hallway and kitchen. Th...

Child Scare at 2 am by Samuel

This happened last night, and it scared me to death. I'm 17 years old and live in california. I was on my computer being the average teenager, talking to my friends. It was obviously dark outside, but really quite warm in my house. I was bored of listening to nothing but the sounds of the whining co...

Cold Gust of Wind by JoshD

When I was younger, I used to share a bunk bed with my brother. I had the top bunk and he had the bottom bunk. Right next to my bed was a shelf that was attached to the wall. I tied a toy to a piece of yarn and attached it to the shelf so it dangled. I don't know why I did that, probably because it ...

Wall Knockers by JoshD

My girlfriend used to live in Mission Bay by the beach. That's in San Diego, in case you wanted to know. One night I was there, we were watching t.v. We kept hearing knocks on the wall and she thought it was some kids outside. I thought maybe it was a branch from a tree. It kept going on for a while...

Little Boy Ghost Wearing a Cape by Hartzell_grl3

I just moved into my boyfriend's 4 bedroom house 2 months ago. I never felt anything strange, but one day I was cleaning up the kitchen and he was in the living room and I saw something from the corner of my eye run past where he was sitting towards another room. It seemed like it was a child wearin...

Unknown Soldier by winnieharrig

I work at Camp Roberts in California. There is a base there that was built in the 40's used for basic training. The base was built in a matter of weeks and still stands to this day. On this base there used to be a full functioning hospital in the 200-300 block. Nine buildings that still stand from t...

Abnormalities in my House by Johnnyboy

This story is very hard to believe, but you'll just have to go with it. I'm going to say that my house is haunted. You want to know why? Because of these multiple abnormalities. My friend Chris and I were in my house, playing Halo 2, when suddenly out of nowhere a pencil flew across the room and ...

Bad Experiences at Night by sillypinkfly

Since I was 14, I have had dreams with unseen entities in them. My dreams are so real, taking place in houses I lived or live in, or rooms I've slept in. I can never see these "things" but know exactly where they are in my dreams and can hear them. Sometimes they talk, though I can never remember wh...

A Raging Spirit by beankitty

It started in Jan 2006. The first "sign" was a jar of peanut butter, found on the rim of the kitchen sink, on its side with a big glop of peanut butter on the counter, and a dripping pool of melted peanut butter on the floor. I thought it was the kids being messy. That was the beginning of a year of...

My Haunting Experiences by sillypinkfly

I've experienced "hauntings" in two family homes. It started when I was 14 while I was taking shower. A cold breeze hit me and at first I thought nothing of it. I felt it again and a weird feeling came into the pit of my stomach. So I got out, grabbed a towel and my clothes and went into the bedroom...

Taking my Breath Away by serenity14

One day I woke up to go to school at around 7:00am. I walked to the door and opened it. I stepped through and felt like something had just ran through my body. I couldn't breath for a few moments, and I fell to the ground. I looked around and saw nothing, my house was totally silent and nothing was ...

Running Over an Apparition by Deco1082

This is another incident that happen to me when I was 5 years of age. Actually since I was growing up I saw and heard stuff all the time. Yet in this event I wasn't the only one that experienced something weird. My parents planned a camping trip for the whole family. The place was Yosemite national ...

The Brookdale Lodge Haunting Investigation: Santa Cruz Mountains by PaulDaleRoberts

Remember the movie "The Lost Boys" and the camera spans the surroundings of Santa Cruz? While your looking at an odd mixture of Santa Cruzians, the song from the Doors plays... "People are Strange". Well, I will explain why I thought the people of Santa Cruz were strange later on in this article. Bu...

My Old House by Raylene

When I was about in 4th or 5th grade, people used to say that you seem to see ghosts when your young because you're so innocent inside. One day, my cousin tiffany was at work and I was left at home alone, like everyday, and I went to go use the bathroom and when I was done, I pulled up my pants and ...

Man in the Hall Way by Lindsay

I've been avidly reading the stories on this site for several months now and have finally gathered the courage to tell one of my own. It's been two summers since this incident, but it still kind of spooks me. My friend Sarah has a family of 7 and is one of 5 girls. Her oldest sister was graduating f...