Some of San Diego's Possible Haunted Locations

[PPI Tim]

I got this off a site called Dark Haunts. It was a list of all reported haunted locations in the US.
If you want to checkout the site for yourself, here is the web address.
http://darkhaunts.com/CaliforniaGhostStoryIndex.html
Here are some locations around San Diego.
Proctor Valley Road (Eastlake)
Balls of Light (El Cajon)
Santa Margarita Bridge (Fallbrook)
The Enterprise Newspaper Press Room (Fallbrook)
Jack in the Box (Fallbrook)
Fallbrook High School (Fallbrook)
Masonic Cemetery (Fallbrook)
Silvergate Retirement Center (Fallbrook)
Jamul Indian Village (Jamul)
Train Tracks (Jamul)
Muirlands Middle School (La Jolla)
El Camino High School (Oceanside)
Hunter Steakhouse (Oceanside)
Whaley House (San Diego)
Bonita Road (San Diego)
Bonita Vista High School (San Diego)
Brooklyn Elementary School (San Diego)
El Cajon Mobile Home  (San Diego)
Rios Canyon (San Diego)
El Fandango Restaurant (San Diego)
Horton Grand Hotel (San Diego)
Hotel Del Coronado (San Diego)
Lake Morena Campground (San Diego)
McDonalds On Miramar (San Diego)
Mission Valley Taco Bell (San Diego)
Montgomery High School (San Diego)
Muirlans Middle School (San Diego)
NAS Miramar (San Diego)
Nijiya Market (San Diego)
El Campo Santo Cemetery       (San Diego)
Point Loma National Cemetery (San Diego)
Presidio Hill (San Diego)
Presidio Park (San Diego)
Ramona High School (San Diego)
Screaming Tree (San Diego)
The Whaely House (San Diego)
U.S. Grant Hotel (San Diego)
Vagabond Motel  (San Diego)
Villa Montezuma  (San Diego)

[PPI Tracy]

VERY cool, Tim!  So this is the site you were telling us about.  Wow.  I likey!

[PPI Brian]

Wow, very interesting find, Tim. I'm surprised they still have the Hunter Restaurant on that list. One of PPI's earliest investigations was held there, and the DVR footage clearly showed rats climbing around making the sounds that were attributed to "ghosts".  

Too bad they don't have links or information about these places.

[PPI Tim]

Some of these locations I've never heard of, (Balls of Light in El Cajon where in the hell is that?)
Anyway, we might be able to add to the list.

[PPI Brian]

Here's some of the back story regarding these locations courtesy of The Shadowlands website.  

I have always wanted to do a research assignment based on some of these old stories, because they didn't do any fact checking when they posted this list. It would probably take a while, but it would be interesting. There are other additions to this list posted by city names, so we can add them when we find them.

San Diego - Bonita
Bonita Road - Reports of an older man appears in the backseat of the witnesses' cars. He is said to be the ghost of a man that was run over here.

San Diego - Bonita
Bonita Vista High School - In the boys locker room, showers sometimes turn off and on by themselves. The boy's bathroom in the gym's front room has been reported to have loud whispering coming from it when no one is inside, and a malevolent force is often felt in the bathroom. In the gym, cold spots are often felt on the bleachers, and at times you can feel a hand grab your ankle or shoulder, even if you are alone.

San Diego - Brooklyn Elementary School
Janitors claim to see children running throw the hallways at night. and When the Janitors try to go home after there shift is over the doors wont open they say it
feels like someone is on the other side pushing the door. They also say there's cold spots and hear children crying.

San Diego - Chula Vista - Procter Valley
Park in dirt parking next to fence you'll see a lady in white floating across the field and glowing you'll often here somebody throwing rocks at you too.

San Diego - Downtown - Solar Turbines
Harbor Drive near San Diego Airport and Kearny Mesa on Ruffin Rd: Global power company built in the 1880's. Apparitions have been seen in the engineering factory areas. These apparitions are said to be devoted workers who have long since passed on but will never "retire." Office areas have been reported to have unintelligible whispers, elevators moving with no one pushing a call button, sounds of doors opening/closing, etc. NOTE: This is a secure industrial facility. Access is restricted.

San Diego - El Cajon
In one of the Mobil home spaces there is said to be an old man that appears occasionally in the house where 2 old people live; a women and a man. Once when the man who lived there was saying a prayer the ghost would get really mad and start throwing stuff off the shelf. Then when the man was out of the house the woman thought that he was back and she
heard the doorknob starting to twist but not open so she went to look and no one was there. Another time was when the man was fixing up his car he saw the ghost and said hi because he thought that it was a person who lived in there park. He put his screwdriver down looked back at it and it wasn't there he looked down the street and up the street
and the ghost was nowhere in sight. Still to this day they see the ghost he is very pale and you can only see his upper body.

San Diego - El Cajon - Rios Canyon
The ghosts of two cowboys can be seen at the back end of the canyon on the old dirt road. Some say "they're looking for the lost gold".

San Diego - El Fandango Restaurant
a woman in white appears at a dark table in the corner.

San Diego - Horton Grand Hotel
Located in downtown San Diego has 1 or more haunted rooms. Temperature changes and sightings

San Diego - The Hotel Del Coronado
Kate Morgan reportedly killed herself. Her body was found on the steps leading to the beach. It was also thought it may have been murder. She is seen not only in her room, (which is now room 3312) but other areas of the hotel and grounds as well.

San Diego - Lake Morena Campground
Across from one of the campsites, in a wooded area, there appears the ghost of a young woman in a long white dress. There is a cold and eerie presence near the boulders that lie beneath the trees, and her apparition has been seen on two occasions by two different men. The first sighting occurred on a warm July night around 9:00 p.m. A group was setting up camp when one of the men ventured over to the dark area and found the young lady looking at him. He was startled and turned away. When he turned back, she had vanished but he could still feel her presence. The second sighting occurred around 3:00 a.m., a couple of days later. Another man from the same group of campers got out of his tent after being awakened from a deep sleep by an unknown presence. He looked over his tent and saw the lady pacing. She stopped, looked right at his face, then continued to pace as if she were waiting for someone. The man went to wake up his friends, but by the time he woke anyone she had vanished. Not being able to sleep after the sighting, he decided to stay awake
with another camper and start a campfire. In the distance, they could hear the voice of a woman laughing and singing. There seemed to be no explanation for it at that time of the morning. On other occasions the same campers have heard heavy footsteps around their tents during the night that do not fade as if someone were walking away, but simply lift
and disappear. In a photo taken of one of the campers in this area, there appears a large orb floating right next to him.

San Diego - McDonalds on Miramar Rd.
Strange things would happen during the dead of night while McDonald workers would be closing and preparing for the next day. Tubs of Mustard, straws, etc. would be thrown across and scattered the next morning. In one of the bathroom stalls, there would be a picture of the devil created from the wood grains of the stall door. The door has been replaced due to too many visitors wanting to see the "face".

San Diego - Mission Valley - Taco Bell
Employees have reported whispers coming from the bathroom. Trash doors swinging one time at closing there was three closers one manager and two crew one of the crew members was washing dishes he seen some one who he thought was a employee walk behind him and go in the walk-in freezer" so the employee thought he would play a joke on the employee as he held the door tightly the door was moving like there was some one in there when three minutes went by then the employee let go of the door. he went to go see if the manager was coming but he was shocked to see both the manager and the employee was working he was really scared he had goose bumps.

San Diego - Montgomery High School
Floating lights can be seen late at night in the football stadium .Witnesses have heard screaming and then saw balls of floating lights came towards them. chasing them until they got to the front of school near the main office. Reports of voices in the bathrooms as well.

San Diego - Muirlands Middle School
The school was built in the early 50's. There was a girl that once went to the school in the 60's who died by bumping her head during a PE class. Ever since people have said of strange noises from behind them only to see that no one is there.

San Diego - NAS Miramar
Hangar 1 is haunted by the crew of a F-8 Crusader that crashed there in the late 60's.

San Diego - Nijiya Market
In this small Japanese grocery store an elderly customer suffered a heart attack and died in the store. Sometimes objects fall from the shelves on their own and with no explanation; one manager while there in the middle of the night heard strange noises and his name whispered several times.

San Diego - El Campo Santo Cemetery
Formerly posted as "Old Town Cemetery" - This was partially paved over with a road. It is said ghosts appear to be crossing that section of the road at night. - February 2004 Correction: The proper name of the "Old Town Cemetery" in San Diego is "El Campo Santo Cemetery." Among the numerous other spirits sighted at the location (including the paved portions under the adjacent sidewalk and streets), psychics claim that the site is to this day overseen by the spirit of the gravedigger whose own grave is near the cemetery's SE corner.

San Diego - Point Loma National Cemetery
just north of the city of San Diego is a Normandy-sized cemetery that was a favorite place for marines awaiting to leave for westpac ground forces. The marines used to go there on short liberties to lay amongst the grave stones, smoke and get drunk and near midnight witness souls rising from their graves to walk near the one thousand foot cliffs and look out over into the pacific ocean to see if their country was secure and then they would return to their graves. Not to many young marines wanted to talk about this experience back at the old main side of camp Pendleton as the cemetery is the location of thousands of buried marines from the first and fifth marine divisions killed in action during world war two.

San Diego - Presidio Park
A little white dear can be seen running around but then it vanishes when it is spotted.

San Diego - Ramona High School
Students in the band room have reported instruments in cases being ejected out of lockers (locked with combination locks) And their cases being flung open during private
tutoring sessions

San Diego - San Marcos/Elfin Forest ? Questhaven Asylum
Reports of orbs and an apparition of a man with a missing arm standing behind the gates. IF you want to see the video go to Youtube.com and search Questhaven.

San Diego - Screaming Tree
In the suburb of Lakeside, at the end of Willow Road, there is a narrow dirt road, down this road some distance (and after passing a slaughterhouse of some sort) there is a clearing with a tree, supposedly if one blasts one's car horn three times a ghost of a girl will start screaming. Mostly this area is a hangout for dubious characters so it may not be a good idea to go alone.

San Diego - The Whaley House
Haunted by Thomas Whaley & it is believed there are others. This house was once the city's courtroom. The haunting extens beyond Thomas Whaley and to a man hanged just outside the house. He was hung for stealing a boat. One visitor strongly felt the presence of a woman while touring the house, in one of the upstairs bedrooms. It was not frightening...the presence was actually welcoming. There are tours in this place.

San Diego - U.S. Grant Hotel
This hotel was built in 1910, and apparently a man walks the hallways of the hotel, and at times goes into the rooms and makes noises.

San Diego - Vagabond Motel near 5 Freeway & Garnet
Tangible feeling of dread, oppression, and sadness in room 325 and nearby hallway. Occasional glimpses of spirit of "Amanda", a tall blonde or red-haired young woman. Apparently, she was a former beauty queen and model who, depressed over her inability to conquer a drug habit, slit her own throat in that room. Apparently, she wants your prayers praying replaces the air of dread with an air of calm and peace and scent of jasmine, and you can feel her saying "thank you".

San Diego - Villa Montezuma
On K Street, near Barrio Logan. Built in 1887 for a musician named Jesse Shepherd. The house has a very dark, heavy feeling. After Jesse Shepherd's death, the house went through a succession of owner's, all of which claimed bad things happened to them while in possession of the house. Shepherd had once enjoyed wealth and fame, but at the end of his life, he was very poor and emotionally unstable. The house is said to be haunted by Shepherd himself and an elderly widow who previously owned the house. She is seen looking out of the window in one of the towers. Reason for Shepherd?s haunting said to be the fact that Shepherd was known for being able to "channel" famous piano players while playing and was once reported to be playing Mozart with one hand and Chopin with the other. It is believed that while channeling the great composers, he channeled some negative energy into the house. Beautiful stained glass portraying pictures of famous composer, writers, and artists. In some of these, hair seems to be turning gray and beards seem to be growing. Strong presence is felt, and reports of seeing scenes the past (1800s some time). It feels like something was actually looking out the window, through your eyes. It was a very uncomfortable, evil feeling. There are
tours in this place.

[PPI Tracy]

Wow!  Great work, Brian!

Hey Brian - Sorry your post says "Last Edit by PPI Tracy".   I accidentally hit "Modify" instead of "Quote".  Oopsie.

[PPI Brian]

Wow!  Great work, Brian!

LOL! It's just cut and paste. I would like to us pick one of these items and do a little research so we can start our own "Allegedly Haunted Locations" thread. Good project for someone who enjoys doing historical research.

[PPI Tim]

That is why I referred to them as "Possible" Haunted Locations.

[PPI Tracy]

Wow!  Great work, Brian!

LOL! It's just cut and paste. I would like to us pick one of these items and do a little research so we can start our own "Allegedly Haunted Locations" thread. Good project for someone who enjoys doing historical research.

Ummmm.....CHRIS BOWER?  You out there?