SoCal's Most Haunted: 10 Places To Visit During The 2023 Spooky Season

LOS ANGELES, CA — What image comes together in your mind when you think of Southern California? Perhaps sunny beach days, striking mountain ranges and glittering Hollywood celebrities. Think again — the region has quite the dark side, with cities riddled with historical haunts and eerie tales of spectral sightings.

If you're planning on taking a trip to see one of the many specter-friendly haunts around California, you may want to consider the Beverly Hills' Greystone Mansion, where the ghosts of murder-suicide victims Ned Doheny and Hugh Plunket still reportedly roam the halls.

Or if you're planning on taking your spooky trip on the road, the Bay Area also has many historical haunts. You may want to pay a visit to the USS Hornet, docked in Alameda. It's been said that the decommissioned Navy aircraft carrier holds a record for onboard suicides, keeping spectral sailors toiling below deck endlessly.

Whether you decide to stay local or travel around different counties on your spooky quest, it's safe to say that a haunted landmark won't be hard to find.

Here are 10 Southern California haunts to visit this spooky season:

1. The Haunted History Behind The Hollywood Roosevelt
The spirit of Marilyn Monroe is said to haunt the hallways at one of Hollywood's most notable hotels.

2. San Diego's Haunted Whaley House
Many descendants of the Whaley family died in this home — and in peculiar ways. But some believe it was haunted before construction ever began as it was the site where horse thief Yankee Jim Robinson was publicly executed.

3. The Historic Georgian Hotel In Santa Monica Hotel
The Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica opened in 1933 and some say that certain guests have never left.

4. The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow In Santee
Forget the map — even Google can't help you find Sleepy Hollow in Santee. But longtime residents know its lore.

5. The Ghostly Past Of Riverside's Mission Inn & Spa

The Mission Inn is supposedly haunted by Frank and Alice Miller, the son nd daughter of the original owner of the inn, C.C. Miller. Many claim to have seen them wandering the hallways and rooms of the old inn, which was built in 1879.

6. The Haunted History of the Greystone Mansion

A number of well-known films have been filmed at the eerie Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills. Inside, there are 50 bedrooms within the massive 46,054 square foot home. A murder-suicide case in 1929 is what continues to spur rumors that the old home is haunted. Decide for yourself with a visit to the site, which is now a state park.

7. The Mystery Of Orange County's Black Star Canyon

Located deep in the heart of the Santa Ana Mountains, Black Star Canyon has been called one of the strangest paranormal locations in Orange County, with hikers certain they are being watched.

8. The Apparitions Of Long Beach's Queen Mary Ship

Long have locals claimed that ghostly guests still reside aboard the Queen Mary, a luxury liner that sales its maiden voyage in 1936 from Southampton in England to Cherbourg in France to New York in the United States of America.

9. Pasadena's Colorado Street Bridge Has A Dark Past

This beautiful bridge in Pasadena has been associated with an unusually high number of suicides. Built in 1913, the bridge claimed its first death in 1919. Some claim to have seen a spectral woman crossing the bridge — causing drivers to swerve around her.

10. Is Orange County's Disneyland Haunted?

The happiest place on Earth could be haunted, according to some accounts. Workers have told the tales of animatronics moving after they've been shut off. There have also been some who swear to have seen the apparition of Walt Disney himself toiling his former apartment above the Fire Station on Main Street.