Top Haunted Spots
Updated: March 12, 2009
Who you gonna call? Even skeptics can enjoy these local haunted haunts, where visitors have a hard time explaining icy patches of air, floating figures and mysterious noises.
Spooky Spaces
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Moss Beach Distillery Rstrnt
Read Reviews140 Beach Way, Moss Beach, CA 94038 (map)
This restaurant and former speakeasy may play up its haunted reputation, but the bloody lady in blue is supposedly genuine.
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Queen Anne Hotel
Read Reviews1590 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109 (map)
Teacher Mary Lake is said to permanently haunt room 410 at this former school for girls.
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Curran Theatre
Read Reviews445 Geary St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)
In the '30s, a ticket-taker was killed in a botched robbery. Ever since, patrons report seeing his reflection in the large entry mirror.
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Alcatraz Island
Read ReviewsGolden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA 94123 (map)
Legend has it that spirits of former inmates still occupy this famous jail.
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Empire Plush Room
Read Reviews940 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109 (map)
Piano player Lester tickled the ivories during the Roaring '20s; since then, staff has reported hearing piano tunes in the empty lounge.
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Hotel Union Square
Read Reviews114 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)
Famed playwright Lillian Hellman is allegedly the mischievous ghost who haunts room 207.
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San Remo Hotel
Read Reviews2237 Mason St, San Francisco, CA 94133 (map)
Legend has it that this historic, elegant hotel was once a brothel, and the Madame still holds court in Room 33.
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Safeway
Write a review2300 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 (map)
The apparitions of baseball players wander the aisles of this supermarket, located on the site of the old Seals Stadium.
