Haunted Home in Hollywood Hills
Many thanks to my friend, Adrienne Foster, who sent me this link a week or so ago regarding a house that sounds very haunted in the Hollywood Hills!
Haunted by Rumors in the Hollywood Hills
A couple of months back, I saw something on television about a home in the Hollywood Hills that’s haunted. It was similarly situated clutching the hill, but it was occupied so should not be the same home as this one in the article, since it does not yet have an occupancy certificate. If you know anything about that house, please let me know. I can’t find it anywhere!
Also in Hollywood, according to seeingstars.com, the ghost of Harry Houdini is said to haunt his old digs on Laurel Canyon Road. Click on the link or Google haunted Hollywood and you’ll find many more spots!
Slideshow of Spooky Ghost Towns
A friend sent me a link to this online slideshow of haunted places in the US. Hope you like it!
Saratoga’s “Golden Triangle” Houses More Than Expensive Homes: A Ghost Who Lingers On
Forgive the rumor-mongering, but emails about a ghost in the prime Golden Triangle neighborhood of Saratoga, California, are finding their way to my inbox.
The word is that an owner passed away many months ago and the home is being fixed up (or remodeled) for sale. (When done it will be worth somewhere between 1.4 and 2 million dollars is my best guess.)
According to a neighbor:
“Contractors have been in there and report unanimously that a ghost lives upstairs. It looks exactly like the elderly person who lived and died there.”
No, I won’t give you the address. And no, the house is not yet on the market. But buyers beware, the owner of this home died quite awhile ago, and if it goes past 3 years, the sellers will not have to volunteer that a death occured on the property. But if you ask, they’ll have to answer truthfully.
It wouldn’t hurt to knock on the neighbors’ doors and ask about the home before deciding to purchase it. A lot of buyers do that for any home.
Art to Soothe the Angry Ghost?
Got an email this week and am sharing this info (used by permission, of course). It is unverified.
“I’m writing to you in the hope that my family’s experience with spirits/lost souls may help some of your clients regain a peaceful home or be able to purchase a home that has unwanted paranormal activity. We moved into a home in 2010 that was haunted (noisily and nightly) by several spirits. Through the use of a painting, we were able to quieten their activity and, we believe, provide a ‘path’ for those spirits to move on. We wish to freely help others who may have similar disturbances in their homes. Any comment or feedback would be greatly appreciated. Our story is on the following website www.peteroosia.webs.com“
What’s the law on disclosing haunts in a real estate sale?
Great blog post which includes info on various states’ laws on the disclosure obligation when selling a haunted house.
Buying and Selling Haunted Houses
Haunted College Campuses
Fun post on Huffington with a list of some of the haunted college campuses in the US. It’s not exhaustive, though, as it does not include the “Lone Mountain” part of the University of San Francisco, which is notoriously spooked.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/29/13-haunted-campuses_n_775428.html
The haunted plantation of St. Francisville, Louisiana
A friend of mine sent over a link to this article on the Mental Floss website about a haunted plantation in St. Francisville, LA, & I thought it was worth sharing. I have been to this town (back in 1984) and there are a lot of gorgeous plantations there. The one we saw was in an area called “Oak Alley” but I don’t recall if we viewed this particular property or not.
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/37992
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, this is a great area of the country to visit.
Haunted Snowball Mansion in Knights Landing Sells
My Sacramento Realtor blogger friend, Gena Riede, recently helped some buyers to purchase a home known as Snowball Mansion in Knights Landing that was reputed to be haunted. (Knights Landing is about 40 minutes by car from Sacramento.) Her clients have now moved in and are experiencing some telltale signs that they may not be alone. They hear noises – things like drawers opening and closing. Or the doorbell ringing but no one (apparently) there.
Gena tracks the sale through several posts on her blog, Sacramento Real Estate Voice.Her most recent entry is this one: Are There Ghosts at Snowball Mansion? Here she details her clients’ experience since moving in and tells readers about the paranormal team that investigates it. If you’d like to read her series in order, here are the earlier posts:
- Los Gatos Victorian House, “The Lavender Lady”, said to be haunted
- Humorous article: 4 Tips for Fixing Up Your New Home (That’s Clearly Haunted)
- TV’s leading haunted house is a disclosure nightmare – by Broderick Perkins
- Ghostwatching’s YouTube Channel – worth a visit!
- Want to hear some real ghost stories? Here’s what you need to do….
- How can you learn the history of your haunted property?
- Haunted rental home in Indiana
- Haunted Real Estate Questions for Mary Pope-Handy
- Article on Haunted College Campus Buildings
- Ghosts, San Francisco, and Mobile Gaming: Oh My!
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