Oct 26 2011
Top 10 Most Haunted Cities in the U.S. – San Francisco, California
Top 10 Most Haunted Cities in the U.S.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California is famous for a lot of things, but what you might not know about The City by the Bay is that it is also one of the most haunted cities in America. With one of the most notorious prisons in the whole world, how could it not be? That’s right, San Francisco is the home of Alcatraz, which was operated between 1933 and 1962. Before the prisoners died of old age or got murdered there, they spent their lives in a cycle of abuse and punishment that has left a stain on the island. Stories are told of the ghosts of three prisoners who were killed during an escape attempt. In the utility corridor where they died, it’s been said that you can hear clanging sounds from inside.
Another ghostly section of Alcatraz is Cell 14D, which was one of “the holes.” In the 1940s, a prisoner locked into the cell allegedly screamed the entire night that a creature with glowing eyes was attacking him. He was found strangled to death the next day. The man has been reported to visit the cell every now and then, giving visitors and employees chills. One of Alcatraz’s most famous former inmates has been experienced in the form of a lively banjo tune. Al Capone, the legendary mobster, spent his last years there learning to play the banjo to avoid the “yard,” and visitors have claimed to hear him playing in the shower room. Other reports from Alcatraz include hearing the sounds of crying and moaning, which isn’t hard to believe considering the horrible living conditions that inmates face.
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Another haunted location in San Francisco is the aircraft carrier USS Hornet. The Hornet was active during World War II and had the highest suicide rate of any of the ships in the Navy. Glass pots have been thrown across the mess hall and shattered, pots and pans will slam, and many experience the sensation of something touching you. Objects have been reported to move on their own, and in the sick bay some report feeling like there where needles being stuck into their arms.
Some places give you an option of whether or not you want to experience a haunting, such as the Mansions Hotel. When you check in, the desk clerk will specifically ask you if you want a “Non-Haunting Room.” There is a gallery in the lobby of the old mansion with the accounts of ghosts, photographs, and transcripts of séances that were captured at this hotel. The reports of guests leaving before their stay is over, horrified and shaken, is a common occurrence.
The stories told about Moss Beach Distillery have left many people shaken as well. The restaurant was an old speakeasy during Prohibition, and it is now the home to a woman in a blue dress that is soaked in blood. Legend says that she was stabbed to death by her piano player boyfriend in front of the restaurant in the 1930s. Employees have reported seeing her bloody image and stools being tossed around the room. Supposedly she has been seen at least once every year for half a century. The owner said she even changed the settings of all the thermostats in the entire building at the same time, and that he has the only key.
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