Top Haunted Spots

by egrossman - 0 Reviews - 210 Lists

Updated: September 17, 2004

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

  1. 1 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Alcatraz Island
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    Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA 94123 (map)

    Legend has it that spirits of former inmates still occupy this famous jail.

  2. 2 2 Star Rating: Below Average Curran Theatre
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    445 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.

  3. 3 5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended Empire Plush Room
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    940 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.

  4. 4 3 Star Rating: Average Hotel Union Square
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    114 Powell St, San Francisco, CA 94102 (map)

    Famed playwright Lillian Hellman is allegedly the mischievous ghost who haunts room 207.

  5. 5 Safeway
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    2300 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.

  6. 6 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended The Queen Anne Hotel
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    1590 Sutter St, San Francisco, CA 94109 (map)

    Teacher Mary Lake is said to permanently haunt room 410 at this former school for girls.

  7. 7 2.5 Star Rating: Below Average Moss Beach Distillery Rstrnt
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    140 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.

  8. 8 4.5 Star Rating: Recommended San Remo Hotel
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    2237 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.