Historic haunted places in Fresno, 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.
Open to the public (museum tours; park entry fee).
Inside the mansion, stories describe Kearney himself walking his unfinished estate and a housemaid known as Nora S. moving through dark halls. The better-known legend sits outside:…
Open to the public (house museum; admission charged).
Staff at this 1889 Victorian say they hear children laughing on the upper floors when the rooms are empty, usually in the afternoon. A doll on display is tied to a playful spirit i…
Hotel rooms available; exterior on downtown ghost tours.
This old hotel housed Basque sheepherders and other travelers, some of whom spent their final years here. Ghost-tour accounts describe shadowy figures on the upper floors, whispers…
Open to the public (active cathedral; respect Mass times).
Sister M. Irenita, who taught at the academy beside the cathedral, died in 1931, and boarding students later described a nun walking the halls at night. Folklore says around 1936 h…
Open for events (Legion of Valor Museum inside is free).
Ghost tours tell of a stagehand killed in an accident in the fly space above the 1936 stage, and crews say props and rigging turn up out of place. Custodians hear footsteps on the …
Lore at this 1928 movie palace centers on an unnamed former projectionist who is said to linger in the booth. Staff and patrons also report shadow figures crossing the aisles and b…