Historic haunted places in Riverside, 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 during posted daytime hours (free); no night access.
Founded in the 1870s, this cemetery holds more than 27,000 graves, including a Civil War soldiers' lot and many victims of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic. Ghost hunters credit those fl…
Most of the stories focus on a C-141 Starlifter on outdoor display that once flew wounded troops home from Vietnam; the curator has told NBC Los Angeles that voices have been recor…
Night hikers on Riverside's landmark peak describe tall, robed shadow figures standing along the ridgeline that keep their distance and vanish when approached, which some compare t…
Open for ticketed events; starting point for a downtown ghost walk.
Built in 1928 as a memorial to men killed in World War I, the auditorium is said by tour guides to have a soldier in period uniform keeping watch near the entrance. Guides also tal…
Open to the public (hotel; paid historic and museum tours).
The best-known story concerns an older guest, alone on an upper floor during construction, who thanked staff the next morning for the lovely singing from the room next door, which …
Open to the public (university library; some collections restricted).
Campus lore, reported by the student paper, says a staffer remembered as Carmen used to slip into a service area by the elevator shaft to drink, then died in a car crash after leav…