Ghost stories from California, United States: Page 8

Charlie by Eris

I grew up with stories of ghosts, angels, demons, and like my mother and her family, been interested in the paranormal. I can still remember sitting outside in the garden beneath the trees, listening to my aunts and my mother trade stories of their encounters with those of the other side. As a child...

Shadowy Figure Of A Man Wearing All Black by emeraldstone

When I was seven, my family and I would always visit my g-g aunt and uncle out in the country. One night when we got back home I saw a shadowy figure of a man wearing all black sitting at the corner of my bed. Black sweats and a black hooded sweater, but I couldn't see his face. A week later I saw t...

Attacked In My Bed by jetolbe

I was in my bed sleeping on my back when I heard whispering in my room. It was very faint and hard to hear. Soon after I felt something heavy land on my chest and all of a sudden I couldn't breathe or move. I managed to get out the word mom and all of a sudden everything went back to normal. Thi...

Roses For The Dead by R_Bellegrave

My name is Ryan and I am part of a small group of P.I.s called S.C.O.P.E. Yesterday (March 23, 2010) I, along with my partner Clayton, decided that we were going to venture out to Southern California's Rancho Santa Margarita River in Fallbrook to investigate the much- hyped Gale Bridge. Now, for t...

Real Poltergeist Experience In A Bar by Fashionista777

A few years ago, I bartended in a dark, dank, creepy, hole-in-the-wall bar. During that time, I'd witnessed countless "weird things" done by my regular (read: rowdy) customers, enough to fill a book. This story, however, is about the poltergeist activity that I witnessed inside that bar. This "rowdy...

The Other Side Of The Door by 19-V-91

This happened when I was I'm 18 now. I can't recall the exact time but I believe it was midnight. My parents and little brother were already asleep. My sister had slept over our grandmas this particular night. I was alone in our room. My parent's room is on the other side of the house. Our house isn...

Whispering Girl by BonitaMexican408

I personally do believe in paranormal activity and what not. I've had a couple experiences with seeing ghost, or even talking to them. It actually scares me, so I try to block it out, but this past experience is the scariest for me so far. My boyfriend and I we're on our way out early in the morning...

This Has Stuck With Me - Entity Experience by 2Scared

I'm thirty five years old and I'm writing my story to share it with everyone and to find out if anyone has had the same experience as I have had. To start with a bit of a history I grew up in Monterey, CA and moved on to several cities between 1978 to 1981. My family finally decided to settle to...

It Feels Like Someone Is Watching Me by MelodyTone

For the past few weeks now, I haven't been getting much sleep. It all started a few weeks ago. I didn't really think of ghosts or hauntings as a first culprit for things. I usually push it off and say 'It's just your imagination.' I remember someone mentioning though that your instincts are usually ...

Dark Cloaked Being by sterhawk123

This happened a couple months ago... It was with me, my sister, my friend, and my little cousin. My friend was having a sleep over at my house and we all decided to all sleep in my room. We all went to bed around 1:00 A.M. And my sister took my bed and me, my cousin, and my friend were on the floor....

Doppelganger Of My Mother In The Mirror by Fashionista777

When I was 8 years old, I was really into ghost stories, superstitions, basically anything to do with paranormal activity. I devoured ghost stories and horror books like they were going out of style. One of the books I read, I believe it was called, "The Dictionary of Superstitions," said that long ...

My Story And My Given Gift by DevinN

Before my time, sensitivity to the paranormal has run down my father's line of the family, no one on my mothers side even displayed a single bit of sensitivity. In fact they acted as a repellent for paranormal activity almost, just being around my Gramps. Yet again this is on my mother's side of the...

New Apartment In Sherman Oaks by Annalee420

I moved to Los Angeles in 2000. I had a boyfriend here who lived in a small 1 bedroom apt in Studio City that was way over priced and we decided to look for a cheaper, bigger place for the both of us. We went to a cute place over in Sherman Oaks, a 1 bed 1 bath, built in the 20's with cute built in ...

Is A Spirit Trying To Make My Mother A Believer? by shellybelly

First off I'd like to say "Hello" to all the readers on this site. I really enjoy reading all the comments with helpful advice that is given. I'm hoping to get helpful comments on my experiences. I'm not a stranger to the paranormal, as a child I've had plenty of scary experiences to make me a t...

The Unexplained Hauntings by desandnatesmom

It was the year 2005 and was expecting our second child when my fiancé, son and I decided to move closer to my mom in Gustine California. It was an older home out in the middle of the country. We had been living there about a month or so when I started seeing things weird shadows out the corner of ...

The New Years Ghost by CA_NJGirl

The period before the holidays was extremely stressful for my family. My husband had a major surgery during this time and the usual demands of the holidays and our busy lives seemed to stretch us to the limit. Around this time, I began to see glimpses in the corner of my eye of an individual outside...

A Blue Dog? by neu

Now, since the last time I've submitted stories, I've still had episodes of sleep paralysis/hypnagogia. It's gotten a lot better though, I've managed to calm myself down just by taking deep breaths and thinking about how its all been explained by science, and that I'll be perfectly safe. I Hope that...

A Dark Figure & The Unexplainable Whisper by ashkac11_

It was just like any other bland March night. I had just completed an essay for school, and began preparing for bed. The time was around 11:30 -11:40 give or take. I had crawled into my bed which faces the door; my parents had made it a rule to sleep with the door open. Just like any other teenager ...

The Tall Skinny Man by Erte4879

Before I begin I would like to exclaim just how addicting this can become, darn it. The more I think about it the more confused I get about it. I've tried FOR YEARS analyzing it, deconstructing it, putting it back together what I saw but I never seem to get any where. So I guess I'll write it down a...

I Had Real Ghosts In My House by wendydash2

My Name is Wendy, and my story takes place a few years back in 2003 and 2004. Me, my husband and two children were stationed at MCAS (Marine Corps Air Station) Miramar California, My husband was on Deployment overseas and one night while I was sleeping I woke up suddenly because someone was pulling ...

My 1920's Home 4 by kymba

One morning I walked out of my room and was hit by a smell of perfume which lingered for a few seconds. It was a perfume smell I did not recognize as one of mine. I have also got a whiff of a bad burning smell a couple times, gasoline like and on a few other occasions burnt oil smell. The gasoline s...

My 1920's Home 2 by kymba

My 1920's house I am sure make the normal settling sounds and creaks and such, but these sound like a person is moving things around in the cupboards in the kitchen. Bumps and knocks like they are busy. I was in my son's room with him and a couple of our friends and we all heard a strange noise ...

My 1920's Home by kymba

I have been renting this really cool 1920's house for 7 years now. It is a cute little Spanish style two bedroom with one bath, a kitchen nook and an enclosed laundry room. Original hardwood floors and door knobs etc... I have experienced a few things since I have been here but more so this past cou...

Incubus Sex Past Two Nights by Ashleyhills

First and foremost, I'd like to say I was raised going to church and growing up I have witnessed spiritual warfare and demonic attacks. I have been attacked before, having a scaly blue fleshed demon put its hand over my mouth and sit on me so I couldn't breathe, needless to say I don't mess around w...

Theres A Girl In Our Hotel by luv2luvu137

I went on a trip to Disneyland, Anaheim (LA) last year with my boyfriend and his family. I'm sorry that I don't remember which hotel I stayed in and what room number it was. I remember it being on the first floor and it was one of those cheap scary looking hotels (the ones you see in the movies wher...

The Haunted Office by CA_NJGirl

Twenty years ago I worked in a small agri-business in Salinas CA. The greenhouses and office were the first buildings on that site; no other structure had existed prior to its construction. The area had been mainly fields and ranch prior to the business being there. The location was very close to...

The Letter H On The Wall by freud1

My husband and I recently bought a new home and have since moved out of our first home and have found renters. We've spent the last two to three weeks fixing up our rental, painting, dry walling, installing new blinds, and ceiling fans. This past Sunday, we had patched up a hole in the wall that was...

My Daughter's Experiences by CA_NJGirl

My 16 year old daughter has experienced ghosts for some time now. The experiences have been with rather substantial beings, and generally she hasn't been freaked out by them. Most of them have been relatives that have passed. My mom who like my daughter was a dancer. This past summer though, the...

I Awoke To My Body Tingling, Waves Of Energy And Heaviness by onelove

The night before last I went to bed at 12am and had a little trouble falling asleep although I was very tired. I must have completely drifted off because all of a sudden I woke up to (now this sounds odd) a pressure on my face especially lips as if someone is kissing me. Now that I was completely aw...

Phantom Feline by SuperNatural35

I don't have a cat, and have never had a dog but this happened to me just before dawn this morning. Hence, my first post and discovery of this website. It was so real and intense I had to see if anyone else had similar experiences. Very early this morning, I turned over in my bed, rolling from my...

Camarillo Ave by brittny

When I was 7 my parents got a divorce. They decided to share joint custody over myself and my older brother and sister. We'd spend a week at my dad's and a week at my mom's. My mom was the one to move out because she had a day care centre and wanted a bigger house. The house we moved into was a grea...

The Cemetery In Cypress by The6thK

It was a cool but sunny October morning as I pulled my car in front of Chris's house. As I walked to his front door I started to think about what happened a year before and how I thought I would not talk about it again. In October of 1987 my friends Chris and Michael experienced something that ...

3:12 Held Down By Something Or Someone by rockstar84

I was searching online for some similar stories to what happened to me two nights ago. I was sleeping at a friend's house and he had moved out but still had things at the apartment so I told him I would stay there and make sure everything would be ok. I put on a movie and waited for my wife to g...

Jacob's Return Or Something Else Entirely? by Nor_Cal_Girl

Nothing paranormal has happened to me for a good half of a year... Until now, that is. Until I go any farther, I recommend you read my story, "My friend Jacob" because this will all make more sense. For those that did, you will know that Jacob's death was last Fall, early September to be precise. Fo...

The Beginning - Incubus And The Hypocrites Cry To God by morambo85

It was the end of my summer session of college in San Francisco at my Art college. I was staying in the dorms on Van ness and Broadway. I remember being really lonely and depressed and had decided that day to kill myself. I was just so down and alone. I walked around the corner to a wallgreens on Po...

Angel On Nephews Forehead by Kirsten_pax09

I have been debating with myself a very longtime on whether I should talk with others of what I had seen on my nephew's forehead when he was born. Without endangering his identity or privacy I will not give out too much personal information. My Nephew was born on June 6th 1998. I went to the hospita...

Dogs Watching Over Me by PestedForFun

Back when I was 7, I had two dogs. One of them died when I was 8 and the other when I was 9. Since then, we bought three new ones. Things have really gotten weird since then. It all started on 4/10/2005 (My mom kept track of the date in case something weird would happen on this day). It was right...

Ghosts In My Old House by eeyorelloves

When I turned five, my mom, sisters, dad, grandma, and I moved into a new house at the top of a hill in Sherman Oaks. The house was a little too big for us. It had five bedrooms, five bathrooms, library, large kitchen, large playroom, and an attic. Not to long after we moved in, my parents divorc...

Darth Vader by johnsastar

About three years ago I elected to sleep on the recliner couch because my sinus had been bothering me. Exactly 3:10 am I was awaken, (no I was not dreaming). I looked in front of me and there for lack of a better description was an outline of Dart Vader. No visible identifying marks only an outline ...

Eddie by miso_curious

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I knew no one. I ended up meeting my friend Jason (and his roomates) through an acquaintance. It was in his house that I had the following experience. The house was in a neighborhood called Echo Park. It's a bit run down in parts, and not really the kind of pla...

Old Hag Experience by miso_curious

This happened to me when I lived in Los Angeles a couple of years ago. I worked at a club, so I usually got home at around 2:30 in the morning. I was dead to the world until ten or eleven am. I woke up suddenly, not from a dream or anything in particular, to find a haggard old woman floating abo...

Is It A Ghost Or A Doppelganger? by ElinaIoneki822

This happened just recently and it involves me and my really good friend. His name is Dan. A little background on him, he is the friend that can see the ghosts that I mentioned in my previous story. He has had 3 death experiences and is on his 4th life (so-to-speak lol). So he can definitely see spi...

The Old Asylum by xXToDieForXx

I just want to share my experience with the paranormal, and maybe get some help with a problem. Thanks in advance. Well, my grandpa owns this old insane asylum in California, and in April, 2005, I use to go there as a kid to help him fix leaky roofs, broken windowpanes, etc. I was about 13 years ...

I Miss My Grandpa by eveelinaa

One things for sure, I am a huge believer of ghosts and the unexplainable paranormal. I have my share of experiences in my home and it's safe to say that there are ghosts in my home. However, on April 6, 2006 I experienced something so incredible. My grandpa had a stroke and he was in the hospital f...

A Feeling Of Being Watched & Scared In Our New House by EllasMommy

My husband and I recently bought our first home. It was a bank owned home, so we didn't know much of the history of the home. When we bought the house, our neighbor told us that people usually don't stay in this house for a long time for some reason. And that also, 15 years ago a car ran into it and...

The Restroom by Lavenders

I have lived in Illinois in a tiny town almost all of my life since I was a very young girl. My mother and father raised my three brothers and me since we were born in that house. Now in the current day, my parents refuse to move since the house is all paid off and it was their first home as a marri...

Screaming Pressure by cheychey2

I'm 17 years old and about to be a senior in high school, the house I live in was built in 1959. It's not an old house but the land it's built on was once an old walnut grove and was a walnut grove from like 1890 to 1940 or somewhere around there. Almost every night that I lay diagonally on my...

Protected By A Demon by Ghost6R

July 2009 Fort Irwin, California Okay... Usually I'm a skeptic about these sort of things and even now I try and find the most logical explanation for this. However, that being said, after doing a little curious research, I can't help but feel like I may have been visited by a succubus. I'm not ...

A Late Night Visitor? by darsuki89

I am a newcomer to this site, but I have been reading here for quite awhile. I finally was able to get enough courage to share my experiences. Before I begin my first experience, here's some background of me. I have lived in California practically all my life. Never left the U.S., and even more amaz...

We Both Saw It by jackeline

When I lived in Los Angeles I worked the graveyard at a hospital. I had begun a friendship with a security lady who I called C and who always stayed in the lobby. That was her post so every night I worked I would go see my buddy C. I used to love going over on my break because we would talk the ...