Haunted Hollywood: A Ghost Tour of
Los Angeles
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Haunted Hollywood is the term given to hauntings that occur in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles, California and nearby. The term, Haunted Hollywood, most often refers to hauntings by ghosts of celebrities, although It also applies to hauntings in the area by spirits of ordinary people. Most cultures and regions in the world carry legends about ghosts and hauntings. Hollywood is no exception.
Hollywood
Hollywood is home to the U.S. movie and television industry. Because of the glitter and glamour associated with it, it has come to be known as Tinseltown. It is a place where reality and fantasy mix. People come from all over the world to take tours to see where the stars lived and where some died. There are those who believe that their ghosts remain there after death. The places that are most often believed to be haunted are the stars' homes and places they regularly frequented during their life.
Hollywood ghost stories
Ghost stories, like those in Hollywood and the greater Los Angeles area, tend to proliferate in places that have a lot of history, folklore, or strong emotions attached to them. The Los Angeles area certainly possesses all of these traits and can lay claim to many haunted places. Media coverage and ghost tours of Haunted Hollywood are very popular with tourists and locals alike, especially during the Halloween season where they have become a Halloween tradition.
Haunted places
Stars' ghosts are sighted all around the Hollywood and greater Los Angeles area. Some are known to be seen at more than one location.
Culver Studios
* Thomas Ince
Falcon Lair
* Rudolph Valentino
Grauman's Chinese Theatre
* Victor Kilian
Harlow house
* Jean Harlow
* Paul Bern
Hollywood and Vine
* Bela Lugosi
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
* Clifton Webb
* Rudolph Valentino
* Virginia Rappe
Roosevelt Hotel
* Marilyn Monroe
* Montgomery Clift
Hollywood Sign
* Peg Entwistle
Houdini house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Hollywood
* Harry Houdini
Knickerbocker Hotel
* D.W. Griffith
* Frances Farmer
* Irene Gibbons
* Marilyn Monroe
* Rudolph Valentino
* William Frawley
Nelson house on Camino Palmero
* Ozzie Nelson
Paramount Studios
* Rudolph Valentino
Pickfair mansion on Summit Drive in the San Ysidro Canyon near Los Angeles
* Mary Pickford
Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park
* Marilyn Monroe
Reeves house in Beverly Hills
* George Reeves
Todd house on Pacific Coast Highway
* Thelma Todd
Universal Studios
* Lon Chaney
Vogue Theatre
* Seven ghosts have been reported being seen at the theater. They were all connected with the movie industry in life.
Books
* Hollywood Haunted: A Ghostly Tour of Filmland by Laurie Jacobson. (1999). ISBN 978-1883318123
* Weird Hauntings by Joanne Austin, Mark Moran (Foreword), Mark Sceurman (Foreword). (2006). ISBN 978-1402742262
See also
Hal Siemer is a historian, folklorist, religious researcher, writer, and the Editor of Quest Magazine. He has done extensive research on legends, the Knights Templar, Freemasonry, ancient mysteries and Halloween and Christmas customs, traditions, and folklore. He founded and was president of a public policy think tank. He previously has worked as a lobbyist for nonprofit organizations and has been a political consultant.
Hal Siemer frequently is a guest on radio talk shows. His writing has appeared in the Dallas Morning News, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Austin Review, and other newspapers.
Hal Siemer's professional society memberships include the:
* American Anthropological Association
* American Folklore Society
* Medieval Academy of America
* Society for the Anthropology of Religion
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