The spirit of actor/director/writer Orson Welles can be seen at this swank Los Angeles restaurant. Known to frequent this spot in life, he comes back in death as if nothing happened.

Mr Welles’ figure can be seen wearing a black cape, smoking cigars and drinking his favorite brandy. Customers as well as waiters can atest to seeing puffs of smoke and smelling the scent of brandy coming from Mr. Welles’ favorite table in the restaurant.

Haunted by none other than the queen of blonde bombshells, Marylin Monroe. Her spirit can’t actually be seen in humanoid form, she only appears as a luminescent cloud above her tomb.

In Universal Studios there is not one, but two spirits that are known to haunt Sound Stage 28. The first is the ghost of the Phantom of the Opera himself, Lon Chaney. Ever since his death in 1930, his ghost has been seen frequently on the lot.

The other is the ghost of an electrician who fell off a catwalk and died in 1925. His spirit has been seen roaming the catwalks of the studio ever since. In the 1980’s, when Poltergeist II was being filmed in the lot, the cast and crew could attest to feeling an “eerie” presence and reported having terrifying nightmares.

The spirit of the first lightkeeper’s wife is believed to roam this structure. She is seen as a tall woman with lengthy, tangled hair and a nice flowing gown. The story with her is that she fell off a cliff near the lighthouse when she was trying to find her way out of the fog. The cause of her return is believed to be the boarding up of the landward side of the lighthouse’s beacon, due to neighbor complaints that the light bothered them.

A malicious entity is known to wander the grounds of this historic casa. Seen as the figure of a large and dark man walking around at night, this spirit can also be heard rummaging through drawers and closets. Once the apparition appeared in the room of the daughters of the latest residents. In the darkness they could see the spirit’s two fearsome eyes beaming at them with a menacing glare.

Thelma Todd, star of such films as Monkey Business and Fascinating Youth is rumored to haunt the house she used to live in, and unexpectedly died in. The actual police report concluded that she died of carbon monoxide poisoning. The story was that she came home late one night, found that she was locked out of the building, so she snuck into the garage, turned on her car to stay warm and fell asleep.

But, the truth is that she was murdered, possibly by the most infamous of mobsters Charles “Lucky” Luciano. Early that fateful morning when her body was found by her maid, it was covered by blood, bruises, and cuts. More than enough evidence that says she didn’t die of accidental causes.

Thelma Todd was introduced to Lucky Luciano by her former husband Pat DiCiccio. After a while, Luciano expressed an interest in turning the third floor of Thelma’s roadhouse into a gambling casino. Thelma refused, she replied to Lucky by telling him he could, over her dead body. So Lucky Luciano could quite possibly have taken that literally.

During the time of Thelma’s murder, she was seeing a director named Roland West. On the night of her death, upon coming back from a party she had a big argument with West, who stayed home that night. He eventually shoved her out of the building and locked the door, leaving Thelma to the elements. It was then that she is believed to have been beaten to death and then stuffed into her car. Whether West was actually involved in the murder by intentionally shoving her out is not known, but later in his life on his death bed, West confessed to having killed her by locking her out.

After the official police report on her death was released her mother demanded further investigation. But, later on she had conceded in believing that Thelma’s death was accidental. Then afterwards, a few witnesses in the case had changed their stories to accomodate the idea that she did die of accidental causes.

The roadhouse has been converted into the headquarters for some filming studio. Workers have claimed hearing sobs and moans coming from out of nowhere and spotting Thelma Todd floating around her old home.

Once a bustling fount of activity in the center of downtown Los Angeles, the Alexandria was later deserted for the more posh hotels that were sprouting up in the west side of the city. Later on, actresses Lisa Mitchell and Nancy Malone, happened upon the hotel and decided to foot the bill to give the Alexandria a more modern look.

During renovations Malone encountered the spirit of a woman dressed completely in black walking down the corridor. The apparition gave off the feeling of immense grief as it seemingly glided past Nancy Malone and through the corridor.

The apparition of one of the actors of the Variety Arts Center can be seen roaming the backstage of the theater. Dressed in sixteenth-century garb, he seems to be preparing for his big entrance.

There is an ancient Hopi Indian Legend that describes a tribe of people called the Lizard People. Although not much is known of them, it is believed that they developed a massive underground tunnel network that connected their subterranean cities together. One of their cities is believed to be located underneath Times Mirror Square. It hasn’t been proven if they actually existed but in recent times construction workers have found networks of tunnels under the square.

The lone spirit of an 18th century aristocrat roams the grounds of City Hall pestering city officials in the restroom as well as causing disturbances during council meetings.