Possibly haunted by the spirit of a man named Roger Whittacker. Killed by his father-in-law, his body was believed to be dumped in the swamp that the hotel was built around. He is constantly seen by guests of the hotel, appearing and vanishing before their eyes.
Built in 1887 by Jesse Shepard, a famous opera singer, Shepard was known to hold seances in a special room at the center of his house. His peculiar hobby got him a one-way ticket to Europe but, it is believed that his presence can be felt in his old seance room.
The first commercial structure in San Diego, it is now the visitor center for the Old Town Park. Built in 1853, it seems the former residents have come back to wander their old home.
The spirits can be seen either in a vaporous form or wearing 1800s era clothing.
A large number of ghosts have been spotted near the brick wall in this historic Catholic cemetery. Created in 1849, it is the final resting place for a large number of San Diego’s earliest residents.
Believed to be the haunting grounds of Portuguese explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, this lighthouse has been the source of unidentifiable footsteps and moaning sounds.
In 1542, Cabrillo claimed this area for Spain but in 1891 it had to be deserted because the heavy cloud cover constantly blocked the view of the lighthouse.
Famous for being the setting for the Marilyn Monroe film, Some Like it Hot, room 3502 of the Hotel Del is the source of some extreme haunting activity.
The spirit is believed to be Kate Morgan, a woman murdered by her cheating husband. She can be spotted wandering the hotel wearing a black dress. This room is so freaky that the hotel doesn’t let anyone use it unless all the other rooms in the hotel are filled. Once it was even sealed off because there was so much poltergiest activity going on in there.
Known to be one of the most haunted houses in the world, The Whaley House plays host to a number of wayward spirits. The first is that of Mr. Thomas Whaley himself. Horribly wronged when his house was ransacked by the citizens of the city over a disagreement, up to his death he has never been reimbursed for all the property damaged and stolen. His spirit, as well as his wife’s and children’s, can be seen climbing the stairs and walking the hallways.
The ghost of Annabelle Washburn one of the neighborhood children, can be spotted in the kitchen.
The unidentified ghost of a woman in the courtroom and a man at the top of the stairs can also been seen.
Another ghost, a man named Yankee Jim who was hanged on the grounds for stealing a boat, is known to traverse the grounds. During his hanging the rope failed to break his neck so he was allowed to dangle there until it strangled him.
The Julian Hotel was built in 1897 by Albert and Margaret Robinson, two former slaves. The spirits of the two have been blamed for rearranged furniture in the upstairs rooms. Occasionally their reflections can be seen in the mirrors, usually relaxing in one of the rooms.
Four spirits are known to haunt this newspaper building. One, the floating spirit of a little girl, the others have only been seen as flying balls of light.
The spirit of a teenage boy haunts a local ranch house in this area. He’s seemingly mad about something, he is known to throw books and kitchenware in a random order.
