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Anecdotal reports in California

California keeps 23 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

23 dossiers0 counties covered91% open to visitorsHollywood Roosevelt Hotel — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other California shelves:local folklore44 documented legends33 media-reported hauntings6 investigation claims5 internet rumors5 disputed files4

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel

Los Angeles, California

1927 film-colony hotel haunted—per lore—by Marilyn Monroe and Montgomery Clift.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Cerro Gordo

Keeler, California

1865 silver camp on a 8,500-ft Inyo ridge—now a private ghost town with overnight stays.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Sutro Baths ruins

San Francisco, California

1896 glass-topped saltwater baths—burned 1966, ruins on the cliff.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Winchester Mystery House

San Jose, California

Unusual mansion with an extensive modern ghost tradition.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Camarillo State Hospital site

Camarillo, California

1936 psychiatric hospital—its bell tower became a CSU campus landmark.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Linda Vista Community Hospital

Los Angeles, California

1905 railroad hospital abandoned in 1991, reborn as a horror-film set.

High confidence

Bodie

Bodie, California

Historic settlement and ghost-town heritage.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Alcatraz Island

San Francisco, California

The Rock—federal penitentiary 1934–63, island prison since the 1850s.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Millennium Biltmore Hotel

Los Angeles, California

LA’s 1923 palace—the Black Dahlia’s last-seen hotel and the early Oscars.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Palace Theatre (Los Angeles)

Los Angeles, California

Broadway’s oldest LA theater—the vaudeville house with a dark double-balcony legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Salton Sea

Mecca, California

The accidental sea—1905 flood, now dying.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Salvation Mountain

Niland, California

Leonard Knight’s painted hill—"God Is Love" in adobe and paint.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Manzanar

Lone Pine, California

The Owens Valley camp—11,000 interned under the Sierras.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Point

San Francisco, California

The 1861 fort under the bridge—where the cannon face the Golden Gate.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fort Humboldt

Eureka, California

The 1853 fort—where Grant served his lonely tour.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Brother Jonathan

Crescent City, California

July 30, 1865—the gold ship on the California rocks.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Pasadena Playhouse

Pasadena, California

The 1925 playhouse where founder Gilmor Brown kept an office.

2 claims · 1 legend→

DeWitt State Hospital

Auburn, California

The WWII-era hospital where hundreds of patients were sterilized—and where the truth was hidden.

Historic District

Old Sacramento & the Underground

Sacramento, California

Gold Rush district raised one story in the 1860s—its hollowed-out first floors remain below.

Needles

Needles, California

The hottest town on the route—the Colorado River gateway.

Slab City

Niland, California

The last free place—the Marine base turned squatter camp.

East Jesus

Niland, California

The art garden in the desert—Slab City’s installation.

Tule Lake

Newell, California

The segregation center—where the resisters were held.

Full California record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive