Ghost stories from California, United States: Page 6

32 Years Of Fear... Is It Me Or The Land Of The Home? by amy4ta

So let me start by just saying this... I have ALWAYS been afraid of the dark! As far back as I can remember being at my parents' house scared the heck out of me. To this day I can't walk through a room in their house... The house I grew up in... Without turning on a light. I feel like there is someo...

Terrified To Be Home by chu_chu

My story takes place in 1999. I was 12 years old at the time. My father was going through the early stages of a divorce from my step mother of eight years. He decided that we would find a place to rent until the divorce was over. We came across a house for rent right around the block from the house ...

I Hear Dead People by SoulSeeker

In the year 2010 in La Mesa Village, Monterey, CA many more strange occurrences spawned around the house. Walking from the computer room towards the living room, then around the corner on my left into the hall to go to my room I walked through a chilly spot in the air. It made my hair rise and tickl...

You're Not Alone by SoulSeeker

It was the year 2009 in La Mesa Village, Monterey, CA and I had just gotten back home from my college classes. It was about 3 PM so my mom was out down the street picking up my two little sisters from school and my dad wouldn't be back from work for another 2 hours. After parking my car I used my sp...

Spirit Of A Sexual Predator by CalamityB

The following is a story I have never told anyone... Until now. Growing up in the 80's in the San Fernando Valley, my family lived in a cookie cutter suburban neighborhood built in 1961. From the time we moved into this house, at the tender age of two, I felt a presence watching me from my bedroom w...

Bless My House, Bless My Life by nichola

This is my very first time writing on this site, but have been reading some of the entries and I am hoping to get some direction and guidance. I have a few real to my heart experiences to share with you all but before I do that let me tell you why I am writing this. I just turned 40 and the last f...

The Imposing Man by DeviousAngel

My fiance and I decided a few days ago to spend some time apart while we deal with our individual personal issues. In spite of our separation we still see each other occasionally, and since we were best friends before we were a couple we still get along very well. On this past Friday afternoon he wa...

Shadow People And The Witches by danigrl8484

My story is neither long or frightening or terribly exciting; it's more the type of story that gives you a few goosebumps and makes you wonder if you really saw what you thought. Only once in my life have I seen what I believe to be a shadow person, however it's not a typical shadow person based ...

My Visit To Alcatraz by zzsgranny

I'm on vacation this week, and my husband and I took a short trip to San Francisco for the sole purpose of touring Alcatraz Island. Just getting there was an adventure in itself, but I won't bore you with the particulars of that leg of the journey. I never realized the close proximity between the ...

Haunted House And Pool by muzikgirl819

I can't believe I'm writing this but I need to get this story out! It has bothered me for years and only close family and friends know of what I'm ready to share publicly. When I was about 12 years old my Mom began searching for our first home, we lived in west Los Angeles area and she decided she r...

My Creepy Apartment by ParanoidGirl

So it was around 11:00 pm. I was sick and was watching Cake Boss. My dad was asleep on the floor and I was on the couch wrapped on my blanket. Then I stared at my bedroom door. I swear I saw something! Anyway about a half hour later I really had to go to the bathroom. When I got up and was walking I...

Occupied by No_Peeking

My boyfriend and I were looking for an apartment because the one we were in was too close to the highway and therefore very loud. We decided to check out an open house in a neighborhood we wanted to live in. The apartment was everything we wanted. While my boyfriend talked to the landlord, I walk...

Shadow People In My House by DDenton

For several years, I have been aware of shadows that appear and move throughout our house. I usually see them move in an adjacent room out of the corner of my eye but they disappear as soon as I look at them straight on. Recently other people have been seeing them too. My 22 year old college stu...

Barking Dog, Siren And A Plea For Help by Anbre

So, I have been reading a lot on this site but have never submitted my own story and why I believe paranormal things can be real. This might be long but I want to get it all out now. My first experience happened about 13 years ago. I was 11ish at the time. I used to live in Southern California an...

The Black Lady Figure by Sami2x4

Let me start again with some more info. I do live in the same place as mentioned in my previous story. For those of you who haven't read "Little Girl: Jane" I'll let you know that I can and very often do see spirits. This story starts off 2 days before I actually see the Black Figure. One night,...

Strangeness by owlette

These are things that happened to me in my current home. I don't know how old my house is but I've been living here for 4 years now. It's a small duplex with a garage. One evening I was taking a nap alone at home. I think it was around 5 or 6pm. My mom was at church because we're Catholic but I'...

Face In The Curtains by Abshers

My family and I are Spiritual people that attend church weekly and try to live a good and honorable life. I consider myself somewhat of a skeptic on ghosts. That doesn't mean I don't believe in them, though. I've had an experience with something that defies explanation. It's taken me nearly 30 years...

Queen Mary Ghost Jackie? by MichaelAngela

My husband and I visited the Queen Mary August, 2011 for our 15th wedding anniversary. On the night of the 11th we decided to take the paranormal evening tour just for fun. It started late and I was kind of frustrated, but when the guide arrived he was very informative. I must say I was just expecti...

Crying With Ouija Boards by Rynodeltoro

So about three years ago me and some friends got really interested in playing with the Ouija board. Must have done it about 30 times throughout 6 months. We experienced a lot of creepy things but one particular session stuck out from the rest, this would also be our last time playing with it. It w...

Coffee Pot Turned On by VikingMan

Before I go to bed I always prepare the pot for coffee in the morning. The machine is basically plugged in and ready to go. Two weeks ago, I was lying on my sofa and my little cat was standing on my chest like she regularly does. Normally, she continually looks at me. This one night, she's standin...

Dogs On Alert by ecsv

I am new at this, and I have never posted on this site before. I keep having something really odd and creepy happening to me and my boyfriend, so I figured this would be the place to ask a few questions. Here is the situation: Ghosts, spirits and other unknown beings have never really frightened ...

Grandpa Comes To Visit by rosy722

My maternal grandfather passed away in August of 1998 after suffering from Diabetes and Renal failure for a long time. He was always happy even on the day he died. He died in Mexico, on the day he died we had just come to see him because we had been told that he was very ill. He greeted us with a wa...

Petey And Him by Skytop1234

Throughout my life I been fascinated with the paranormal and other odd phenomena, but when it gets to me I hate it. These experiences I have still happen to me to this day and are they effect me enough to where I dislike to do certain things in dark places because of the fear. Anyways Petey is my te...

A Mother's True Love by Halo123

TRUTH is TRUTH - Love is always and forever. Growing up I was very close to my mom. I was the youngest of six children. My mother and I had a great relationship so it was a shock when my mom passed away due to an unexpected massive heart attack at the age of 59. The odd thing is that we both had...

Scary Black Mass by Michiko_Da_Dante-Owner

This happened a few summers ago, and I am still very scared about seeing it. My mom told my brother and I that it was our turn to take the trash out. Normally, I'm not very afraid of the dark, especially since my brother was going to be with me, but for some reason I had a very bad feeling. To...

There Is Something In My House by alone_in_this_world

I just moved into this house about six months ago. Before then my family moved a lot and we have had encounters with the paranormal in other homes. I had lived in the same neighborhood for the last 9 years. Anyways on moving day my mom and I went to check out our new place. When we got there the sun...

New Apartment by justmenoname

I am writing this because I found this site to be quite helpful from many people, and I'm quite thankful. First off, we moved here for 6 months now. We were actually living in another apartment in the same building, but our neighbors downstairs kept complaining about our 2 year old, saying he run...

The Unusual Sound by Azu-Meow123

It was around 12:00 or 1:00 in the morning. I wasn't tired at all like always, so I decided to listen to some music. So as I layed on my bed one of my favorite songs was playing, it's called catalyst. So I grabbed my cellphone and began to record it. As the song played all of a sudden from the radio...

More Occurances - Paranormal Or Just Abnormal? by DeviousAngel

I have had a few recent experiences that I would like to share. I have not been able to find rational explanations for them myself. I would also like to note that I am not seeking help or a resolution to my experiences, I would simply like to discuss them and see what others think. Most of these...

Paranoia Or Was This Really My Uncle's Spirit? by supernatural_princess

My story starts of at my uncle's house who recently passed away. Me and my family went of a day after he passed away... Everything was normal nothing much happened except talking about good memories of my uncle. Now fast forwarding to the time I was about to use the bathroom, which is kind of in the...

My Friends House Is Haunted by JRAD113

It happened in 09, it was two of my friends and myself. My friends parents were gone for two weeks. We were sitting in his living room and kept hearing noises in the attic. We didn't think anything of it until the next night. The next night it was my friend, my brother and me. We heard the same ...

Black Shadows In The Yellow House by Kristy_Glick

When I was about eleven years old in the late eighties, my parents, younger sister and I moved into a big, yellow house in Quartz Hill, Ca. The house was brand-new. We moved in before it was finished; all that was left to do was hang a few interior doors and window blinds. I was excited about mov...

Can Anybody Help Me Figure Out What's Haunting Me? by curious123

My name is Lina and I've been having strange, frightening experiences for years now. I moved into a four house apartment complex when I was about five. When I would lay in my bed at night, I would hear footsteps walk around my bed. At first I would lay there and pretend to be asleep thinking it migh...

A Trapped Soul? by WorldClass

These experiences happened years ago in my old house. Now to give you a little background story: we moved into this house because it was a minutes walk to my grandma's house which we were living in at the time, so we moved into this "new" house. Now these experiences started probably around 2004, wh...

My Niece's Nightmares by watermoon

This story about my niece Nadja who for the last three years has been sleepwalking and having nightmares. When she sleepwalks it hard to wake her up she cries and runs around the houses and says things. Almost two weeks ago Nadja was sleepwalking and crying for her mom who was out that night. She wo...

Making Contact by ShadowDancer

In January, with all the strange things going on at my house, I asked a friend what he thought could be in my house. After a long discussion he said that he wasn't sure on what it could be, I'm pretty sure he thought I had an over active imagination. But I was persistent on getting help, so after mu...

Black Shadows by twisted_individual

I did not experience this but my friend, Dessa did. On Monday after I received a call from Dessa. She said, "Hey I have a favour to ask you. Is it ok if I stayed over at your place until Thursday?" I said, "Why? Are you ok? What's wrong?" Dessa, "well on Friday night something happened. It was so ...

White Figure Growling by Tillywinks

I have had a history of experiences but the most recent chain of events recently has me questioning if I have a hyperactive imagination or if I am going insane. These are the most recent events and please forgive any grammatical errors: Monday morning- I heard a very loud set of knocks on my be...

My Experiences Since I Was A Teenager by BeachBunny

I have been reading this site for quite a while; the paranormal has always fascinated me. I have had several minor experiences, but nothing to really brag about. I think I became more aware of odd things (maybe it's just me! Once I became a teenager, and it has continued into present day, at 26 year...

A House Not A Home by GypsysHeart

In my last post I told you about my experiences living in a house that is across town from where I live now. This house is also haunted though with a different kind of spirit. My husband and I haven't been able to figure out what it wants or get rid of it. It's our biggest challenge yet. Keep in min...

My Night Time Visitor by Jemiance

I grew up in an apartment with my 2 brothers, mom, and dad. We all use to experience weird stuff but I was the one who always saw it all. I use to share a bunk bed with my older brother, and we always use to scare each other. My mom would always come in and make sure we were okay. One particular ...

The House On White River Drive by GypsysHeart

My husband and I moved about a year ago from a house that I have no doubt was haunted. There were several instances where I had a paranormal experience. My mother did as well. I'll try to keep this as chronologically correct as I possibly can. The first event was before I'd met my husband and I w...

The Night The Pope Died by Wraith

I was working a graveyard shift that night, unfortunately I was working alone. By that time, the world had received news of the Pope's passing. I went outside for some fresh air, the sky was clear, I could even see stars. I turned in an NE direction and there in the sky, I saw a cloud in the shape o...

Childhood Nightmare Or Something Else by GypsysHeart

I was talking to my mother recently and we were looking through old family photos and my old drawings from when I was really young. The drawings brought up an interesting conversation. Apparently when I was very young I would wake my mother up screaming. She would come in and I'd be sitting up i...

My Aunt's Poodle by GypsysHeart

I've been able to see and speak with ghosts since I was very little. I've had a lot of paranormal experiences throughout my life and I'd love to share a few of them but I think it's best to start with my first one. I was about 8 years old and I'd fallen asleep pretty easily that night but I wok...

Demon In My Cell Phone by mlbenson

This incident took place in Los Angeles, CA. I had purchased a new cell phone in late 2007, and I'd say a few months afterwards, in the beginning of 2008 was when I believe a demon briefly took up residence in it. I had just returned home from running a few errands, and I set my phone down on my ...

My Daughter And My Great-grandmother by nicole_scaredmother

My name is Nicole and I live in California with my husband, John, and my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Meagan. What I am about to tell you happened to my daughter every day for a week, according to her and then it stopped (the last time was Friday night, the 20th). She hasn't had any other experi...

Choked In Bed by TaniaG00l

Three years ago I lived in a small studio apartment in Fullerton, CA. The apartment complex used to be a Hotel. My studio was on the second floor. I had lived there almost a year without anything paranormal happening. Until one night I woke up to a scary experience. A feeling of being choked made...

My True Paranormal Experiences by henrymena

I'm 25 years old I have experienced paranormal things since I was young. My first experience is when I was maybe somewhere between 4 or 5 years of age, my parents were missionaries and we were back in the United States we were staying at my grandparents' house. It was night time and I was sleeping a...

Lights, Vibes, And Shadows by SmokeyKnight

As most of you know, I live in Southern California. I've been noticing over the last few years that I keep seeing strange things at night. At first I figured these things were reflections from my glasses or from other cars, even my truck windows. But I don't think that's what I've been seeing. On...