Haunted Real Estate Blog by Mary Pope-Handy mary@popehandy.com

Haunted San Jose – and nearby

by | Oct 22, 2024 | Haunted Commercial Properties, Haunted Real Estate, Uncategorized

Haunted San Jose and nearby - with cemetery at bottom - cemetery photo by Mary Pope-Handy

Looking for some real San Jose haunts this spooky season? The Haunted San Jose page hosted by that city’s visitor’s bureau provides a list of locally believed to be haunted places around the city. Check out Haunted San Jose on that site!

Their list naturally includes the Winchester Mystery House (I got some crazy photos there many years ago), Grandview Restaurant (on the way to Mt Hamilton in the eastern foothills – amazing views), Quimby Road (in the Evergreen foothills, where a jogger is sometimes seen), and several other areas.

Los Gatos has no shortage of haunts, though. I wrote about 7 spots in my town and you can find them listed in this article, Where are the haunted Places in Los Gatos?

In nearby Saratoga, the restaurant, Bella Saratoga, is also saddled with the haunted reputation.

If San Francisco’s not too far, there are actual ghost tours that you can enjoy. They often include the lovely Queen Anne Hotel, which isn’t just occupied by an unseen spirit, it’s a helpful one!

There are many more places in the South Bay and beyond which are said to have spooky inhabitants. One of the most notorious was the Toys R Us in Sunnyvale. That chain closed down, and that location is now an REI store. I’d love to hear if there are any happenings there now.

Saratoga’s “Golden Triangle” Houses More Than Expensive Homes: A Ghost Who Lingers On

by | Nov 22, 2010 | Mary's Mailbag

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.