by Yvette Betancourt
Tis the season for a spook...or at least at this well-known LA landmarks. I'm not talking about the Queen Mary but according to la.curbed.com article, there is 18! Ekk!
Here is the list and ghost story:
1) Grauman's Chinese Theatre: Actor Victor Kilian is said to haunt the forecourt. Story goes, he lived close by and was beaten to death in his home in 1979.
2) The Silent Movie Theatre: the first two owners are known to haunt theatre. John Hampton, who haunts the upstairs lounge, dedicated his life to preserving silent film that he died from cancer from the toxic chemicals he used. Lawrence Austin, he haunts the lobby, was fatally shot in the lobby in a plot connected by his lover/projectionist.
3) Pantages Theatre: A singing women who said to have died in the mezzanine in 1932 and Howard Hughes who is known to be roaming the offices on the second floor. Employees have said to have seen his apparition there.
4) Knickerbocker Hotel: Rudolph Valentino haunt the bar. Marilyn Monroe hangs out in the ladies's room. Harry Houdini's is also known to be hanging around the hotel. His widow Bess attempts to contact him every year for ten years with a seance on the roof of the Knickerbocker.
5) The Comedy Store: Several hit men haunt the once hot mob hangout in the 40s and 50s. Also, women who performed illegal abortions in the downstairs lounge and died are "walking around."
6) Pico House: Workers have reported to footsteps and shadows.
7) Hollywood Sign: Peg Entwistle jumped from the Hollywood Sign's "H" to her death in September 1932. People have reported seeing a woman near the sign and dressed in period clothes. Some people say they've seen a female figure actually making the jump.
8) Queen Mary (of course): "Door 13" have crushed a couple of people to death. The first class swimming pool is known for women dressed in 1930s bathing suits wandering the decks, the young girl with a teddy bear, the little girl who drowned in the second class swimming pool, a young woman in a evening dress at the Queen's Salon, and a baby crying is heard from time to time.
9) Griffith Park: The land is supposedly haunted by Don Antonio Feliz, Dona Petronilla, Griffith J. Griffith, a young girl, and several others, as well as some kind of humanoid beast.
10) Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: Marilyn Monroe (sounds like she was around) is known to appear in a full-length mirror from Suite 1200. Montogomery Clift hangs out in Room 928. One psychic says he's also detected Humphrey Bogart, Carmen Miranda, and Betty Grable
11) Ghostbusters House: Dan Aykroyd lived here and got his idea for "Ghostbusters" and was inspired by the house's extreme hauntedness. Some say that it is Natalie Wood.
12) Alexandria Hotel: Dancers from the 1920s haunt the second-floor ballroom and Rudolph Valentino apparently leaves the Knickerbocker occasionally and visits his old twelfth-floor suite.
13) Colorado Street Bridge: Several ghosts supposedly haunt the bridge, including possibly a worker who fell into the concrete during construction.
14) Bullocks Wilshire: Haunted by a little girl who was killed in an elevator shaft.
15) Los Angeles City Hall: Ghosts have known to disrupt City Council meetings and bother officials in the bathrooms. hmmm. Note to self: avoid bathrooms at City Hall.
16) Dodger Stadium: There is one or two ghost who might or might not be Dodger Blue fans. Also, the stadium is known for spooky mist.
17) Millennium Biltmore Hotel: Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahila haunts the lobby.
18) Culver Studios: Filmmaker Thomas Ince is known to haunt his old studio. he died in 1924 aboard Williams Randolph Hearst's yacht. Hearst shot Ince thinking he was Charlie Chaplin, whom Hearst thought was having an affair with his mistress Marion Davies.
Interesting. Give it to Los Angeles to have famous ghost roaming among us.
Source: la.curbed.com
Here is the list and ghost story:
1) Grauman's Chinese Theatre: Actor Victor Kilian is said to haunt the forecourt. Story goes, he lived close by and was beaten to death in his home in 1979.
2) The Silent Movie Theatre: the first two owners are known to haunt theatre. John Hampton, who haunts the upstairs lounge, dedicated his life to preserving silent film that he died from cancer from the toxic chemicals he used. Lawrence Austin, he haunts the lobby, was fatally shot in the lobby in a plot connected by his lover/projectionist.
3) Pantages Theatre: A singing women who said to have died in the mezzanine in 1932 and Howard Hughes who is known to be roaming the offices on the second floor. Employees have said to have seen his apparition there.
4) Knickerbocker Hotel: Rudolph Valentino haunt the bar. Marilyn Monroe hangs out in the ladies's room. Harry Houdini's is also known to be hanging around the hotel. His widow Bess attempts to contact him every year for ten years with a seance on the roof of the Knickerbocker.
5) The Comedy Store: Several hit men haunt the once hot mob hangout in the 40s and 50s. Also, women who performed illegal abortions in the downstairs lounge and died are "walking around."
6) Pico House: Workers have reported to footsteps and shadows.
7) Hollywood Sign: Peg Entwistle jumped from the Hollywood Sign's "H" to her death in September 1932. People have reported seeing a woman near the sign and dressed in period clothes. Some people say they've seen a female figure actually making the jump.
8) Queen Mary (of course): "Door 13" have crushed a couple of people to death. The first class swimming pool is known for women dressed in 1930s bathing suits wandering the decks, the young girl with a teddy bear, the little girl who drowned in the second class swimming pool, a young woman in a evening dress at the Queen's Salon, and a baby crying is heard from time to time.
9) Griffith Park: The land is supposedly haunted by Don Antonio Feliz, Dona Petronilla, Griffith J. Griffith, a young girl, and several others, as well as some kind of humanoid beast.
10) Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel: Marilyn Monroe (sounds like she was around) is known to appear in a full-length mirror from Suite 1200. Montogomery Clift hangs out in Room 928. One psychic says he's also detected Humphrey Bogart, Carmen Miranda, and Betty Grable
11) Ghostbusters House: Dan Aykroyd lived here and got his idea for "Ghostbusters" and was inspired by the house's extreme hauntedness. Some say that it is Natalie Wood.
12) Alexandria Hotel: Dancers from the 1920s haunt the second-floor ballroom and Rudolph Valentino apparently leaves the Knickerbocker occasionally and visits his old twelfth-floor suite.
13) Colorado Street Bridge: Several ghosts supposedly haunt the bridge, including possibly a worker who fell into the concrete during construction.
14) Bullocks Wilshire: Haunted by a little girl who was killed in an elevator shaft.
15) Los Angeles City Hall: Ghosts have known to disrupt City Council meetings and bother officials in the bathrooms. hmmm. Note to self: avoid bathrooms at City Hall.
16) Dodger Stadium: There is one or two ghost who might or might not be Dodger Blue fans. Also, the stadium is known for spooky mist.
17) Millennium Biltmore Hotel: Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahila haunts the lobby.
18) Culver Studios: Filmmaker Thomas Ince is known to haunt his old studio. he died in 1924 aboard Williams Randolph Hearst's yacht. Hearst shot Ince thinking he was Charlie Chaplin, whom Hearst thought was having an affair with his mistress Marion Davies.
Interesting. Give it to Los Angeles to have famous ghost roaming among us.
Source: la.curbed.com
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