Historic haunted places in Berkeley, CA. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Hotel rooms and Morgan's Bar open to the public; club spaces members-only.
Julia Morgan's 1930 'Little Castle' has long, dim, vaulted corridors that overnight guests say make it hard to sleep, with unexplained night sounds and the feeling of company in em…
Active UC Berkeley residence hall; exterior viewable, annual student haunted house at Halloween.
Residents of this 1929 castle-style dorm blame a vengeful spirit of unknown identity for missing belongings and showers that suddenly run cold. The best-known tale says that one su…
Operating resort; official haunted history tours offered in October.
Staff and guests on the hotel's fourth floor describe a child crying or laughing, cigarette smoke in non-smoking rooms, cold spots, a weight settling onto the edge of the bed and e…
Lodging for UC affiliates and their guests; check with the club.
In 1974 a visiting Japanese scholar napping in Room 219 woke to see a well-dressed man sitting in the chair across from him, who stood, moved aside and vanished. Shown photos of fo…
Active university building; atrium generally open during business hours.
A 1942 article in the California Folklore Quarterly recorded students' stories of a soldier's ghost here, with footsteps, voices and moaning at night, though the author found no ma…