Disney's Death Day (Day #3 of 13)

Note: This event is part of the "13 Days of Christmas." There will be more events for each day leading up to Christmas, itself. (info @ creepyxmas.com)

Date: December 15 (the day Disney died in 1966)
Location: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
1712 S. Glendale Avenue (map)
Time: 3:00pm

Warning: Despite this the number of celebrities that are interred here (more than any other cemetery) and their normally tourist-friendly attitude, the management strongly discourages "star gawking," so please keep a low profile, be respectful, follow all their rules, and do not ask about Disney's grave. (below is a map to his plot.)

We will be meeting at the site (map)
of Walt Disney's ...grave? ...marker? ...empty tomb? ...place where everyone claims his remains are kept (despite the popular urban legend that says his deceased body, or maybe just his head, is frozen and locked in a secret chamber under "The Pirates of the Caribbean" attraction). Then, we will informally explore the grounds of what has been lovingly referred to as the "Disneyland of Death" (even back in Disney's time). Like Disneyland, Forest Lawn is divided in to "lands," has story-book architecture, actors portraying historical figures, music from speakers hidden behind bushes, and a steady flow of tourists. Plus, like the real Disneyland, it has many ghosts (according to the numerous EVP's obtained by local ghost hunters.)

In 1912, Hubert Lewright Eaton began working (selling plots) at a dreary grave-yard in the new town of Tropico (now called Glendale). When he came up with the revolutionary idea of selling "before needed" plots (as in buying your own grave while you're still living), he made so much money on his commissions, he was able to buy the place, and become the boss. Which is what he did, because this man had big ideas for this little cemetery. For instance he wanted to remove the sad stigma associated with such monuments of death, so he eliminated the tombstones, recreated famous churches from around the world, installed exact replicas of masterpieces of art, displayed historical artifacts, built auditoriums for shows, and created a souvenir shop. Lastly, he removed the dreaded "c word" (cemetery), and changed the name of this final resting place to the more tourist-friendly "Memorial Park."

Evelyn Waugh's book, "The Loved One" (which later spawned a cult film also called "The Loved One"), lampooned the "death industry" with a fictional cemetery theme park with statues wired for sound, a gift shop with grave-yard post cards, and an actor portraying Abraham Lincoln wandering the grounds (obviously based on Forest Lawn). When the book came out, Eaton was not amused. His "memorial" empire was serious business. So, use this opportunity to come out and visit one of the weirdest (haunted) tourist attractions in Los Angeles (which is really saying something).

P.S. Currently there is an exhibit in their museum featuring the art of Marc Davis, one of Disney's "nine old men," whose concept art was instrumental in the creation of the actual Disneyland.

Holiday Movies @ Haunted Theater (Day #2 of 13)

THE DATE: Tuesday (Dec.14)

THE TIME: 7:30
THE PLACE: The New Beverly Cinema
(7165 W. Beverly Blvd.) map
THE ADMISSION PRICE: $7.00 (for the double feature)

THE MOVIES:
Black Christmas (1974) Trailer
Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974) Trailer

To all those who plan to attend this event: If you have a (square) G.H.O.U.L.A. button, please wear it so others can find you.

Note: This event is part of the "13 Days of Christmas." There will be more events for each day leading up to Christmas, itself. (info @ creepyxmas.com)

The New Beverly Cinema is said to be the home of a phantom projectionist, and an audience member apparition... (read more)

December's SPIRITS with SPIRITS (Day #1 of 13)

BOO! BOO! BOOOOOOOO-OWLING!

GHOULA meets for cocktails in haunted places on the 13th of each month. “SPIRITS with SPIRITS” is a casual gathering of regional ghost hunters and those that just like ghost stories. Open to all, from the curious skeptic to the passionate phantom pursuer. Make friends, and toast a ghost! Let's put the “Boo!” back into “booze.”

All those who attend will receive a free (square) G.H.O.U.L.A. button. If you already have one, please wear it so others can find you.

THE DATE: December 13th, 2010 (Monday)
THE PLACE: Where: Pickwick Bowl

1001 Riverside Drive, Burbank (map)
THE TIME: 8:00pm to 11:00pm

Note: This event is the first event in the "13 Days of Christmas." There will be more events for each day (henceforth) leading up to Christmas, itself. (info at creepyxmas.com)

THE GHOST(S):

The recreation center known today as The Pickwick Bowl, in the 1940's, was just a trailer park with a community swimming pool. Despite the innocuous slogan "For 'fun in the sun' meet me at the Pickwick Pool," this small body of water had more than its share of scandal and urban legends. Not only did a "squeaky clean" teen-age celebrity reputedly get caught exposing himself to the other swimmers (leading to his firing at Disney Studios, and essentially the end of his career), but for some strange reason the pool area seemed to attract fatal injuries as children died from drownings and diving board accidents. Safety concerns were most likely the reason the pool was eventually filled in with dirt (creating the Pickwick Gardens). In 1958, construction began on the bowling alleys and adjacent ice rink. However, they may have built over the old "death magnet" at that site, but apparently they didn't get rid out it. Employees have told GHOULA confidentially that the management doesn't want it known (and denies) that many people have died (accidentally) on the ice rink. Strangely, all the death that seems to swarm around the premises has nothing to do with Pickwick's ghost story. The employees claim (and the management denies) that the ghost of a former manager haunts the upstairs office. Papers and other objects have been seen sliding forcefully across the desk for no apparent reason, as well as the door to that office seems to close by itself.
That said, this recreation center has another claim to fame in the local ghost culture. Pickwick Bowl was the inspiration for one of the audio-animatronic "happy haunts" from Disneyland's Haunted Mansion. There used to be a sign in front of this leisure complex that featured a caricature of "Pickwick," the Dickens character (and this establishment's mascot). It seems that Imagineers that would commute to work at WED enterprises (now Walt Disney Imagineering) just a few blocks away decided to pay tribute to the cheerful fellow on the sign they past everyday. Thus, in the ballroom scene of Disneyland's Haunted Mansion, a ghost hanging from a chandelier (also known by the name "Pickwick") was created to match the one at Pickwick Bowl.

(to see last month's location...)

Real Ghosts with Reel Ghosts!

THE DATE: Sunday and Monday (Nov 28,29)

THE TIME: 9:20
THE PLACE: The New Beverly Cinema
(7165 W. Beverly Blvd.) map
THE MOVIE: The Haunted Palace (1963)
plus second feature Tales of Terror (1962)
THE ADMISSION PRICE: $7.00

Your chance to see this movie about ghosts in an actual haunted theater! (Note: this event is not hosted by GHOULA, and is just an event our members should know about.)

The New Beverly Cinema is said to be the home of a phantom projectionist, and an audience member apparition... (read more)

Highlights from Nov's SWS!

An intimate crowd of 20 descended upon the oceanic-themed watering hole, Duke's in Malibu. Was the smaller turn-out due to the remote location of this event? Was it because of the holiday weekend? Was it just post Halloween fatigue? Or, could it have been all of the above. Regardless, as the moon floated above the crashing waves, ghost stories were told, drinks were consumed, and "Hula Pies" were served. Thank you all who attended. Additionally, a manager told our group that one of the theories surrounding the female phantom is that she was a woman who was killed years ago trying to cross the dangerous highway in front of the establishment (before the installation of the traffic light at that location).

(to read more about the ghosts of Duke's in Malibu...)
(to read about the event in the MALIBU TIMES...)

November's SPIRITS with SPIRITS!

GHOULA meets for cocktails in haunted places on the 13th of each month. “SPIRITS with SPIRITS” is a casual gathering of regional ghost hunters and those that just like ghost stories. Open to all, from the curious skeptic to the passionate phantom pursuer. Make friends, and toast a ghost! Let's put the “Boo!” back into “booze.”

All those who attend will receive a free G.H.O.U.L.A. button. If you already have one, please wear it so others can find you.

THE DATE: November 13th, 2010 (Saturday)
THE PLACE: Barefoot Bar (@ Duke's)
(21150 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu) Map
THE TIME: 8:00pm to 10:30pm

THE GHOST(S):

The stretch of coastal land in between Topanga Canyon and Malibu Canyon was once dotted with Native American villages and burial grounds. Local legend claims that these communities died out when the "Indian" women began to kill their babies in fear that the would eventually become enslaved by the early Spanish settlers. It seems that their blood may have stained this otherwise beautiful area of our county forever. As if cursed, this section of the Pacific Coast Highway has seen more than its share of floods, fires, landslides, and fatal car accidents. Even the former owners of this land have been met with tragedy (like the famous "Los Feliz Curse" of Griffith Park). One such former owner, Rhoda May Rindge, lost her family fortune trying to prevent the government from taking her land to build a highway across her property. Although she eventually lost the battle, for many years PCH (previously the Roosevelt Highway) used to end abruptly at Los Flores Canyon, where a small inn (built in 1915) and a hamburger stand catered to the adventurous motorists that ventured out to this remote dead-end.

Over the years, that roadside attraction evolved into a larger curiosity, the Sea Lion Restaurant, so named because of the giant tank in the parking lot filled with playful sea lions. Additionally, this eatery had two more claims to fame. First, it had the "longest ocean view dinning room in the world" (320 feet long), and secondly it served slices of chocolate cake that where bigger than a phone book. Today, the tavern's name has been changed, the sea lions are gone, the massive cakes are gone, but it still has the "longest ocean view dinning room in the world," as well as it's own unique dessert (Duke's famous "Hula Pie" with a secret message printed on the plate for those that can finish it), and most importantly it still has retained the ghosts from those earlier times.

The staff claims that a full-bodied apparition of a woman has been seen strolling along the walkway that runs parallel to the restaurant's 300 ft. window looking out to the ocean. The ladies room (which is along that walkway) is also said to be haunted by this female form. One of the bartenders told GHOULA, that after the restaurant closed one night, he stuck his head into that restroom to make sure that no one was there before locking up, and "invisible hands" forcefully pushed him back out through the door. Now, he avoids that room.

Additionally, the spirit of a man (affectionately referred to as "The Captain") lingers in the bar area. Bartenders have not only seen him (out of the corner of their eyes), but have heard his apparently distinctive cough as if it were next to them when the room is empty. Chris "The Captain" Polos, bought the Los Flores Inn in 1944, turned it into the Sea Lion Restaurant (as an attempt to save the mammals that were injured on the rocks below), and worked there everyday of his life until he died at 99 in 1986. Two years previous to his death, he sold the restaurant, but continued to live upstairs, and continued to still inspect the food, employees, and the restaurant's business (despite having no real official authority). It seems even in death, he continues.

http://www.dukesmalibu.com/

(to see last month's location...)

The Nov.7th Screening

A group of 40 brave people assembled for a rare screening of "House on Haunted Hill" (1999), featuring a fictional Los Angeles based haunted hospital closed because of patient neglect, at an actual Los Angeles based haunted hospital that was closed because of patient neglect. After Sarah Troop (of the Boyle Heights Paranormal Project) gave an amazing lecture of the sorted dark history and ghost lore of this historic structure, a suggestion was made to the audience to look above the screen ever now and then, and scan the dark windows of this foreboding building to see if perhaps you could catch a glimpse of one of the ghosts routinely seen by residents of the neighborhood as the walk past or look out their own windows. At the end of the screening, a couple of movie-goers confessed that they had indeed seen strange activity in a couple of the windows of this locked and empty building. Also on hand, in the event anyone came close to death from fright were the good doctors and nurses from "The Art of Bleeding" with their vintage ambulance parked nearby in case of an emergency.

It's Baaaaaaaack! The Make-Up Screening

Date: November 7th (Sunday)
Time: 8:00pm
Movie: "House on Haunted Hill" (1999)
Location: The Haunted Linda Vista Hospital
610 South Saint Louis Street, Los Angeles (map)

Come out for our last free outdoor-screening of the "Haunted Films at Haunted Places" film series presented by GHOULA and the EPFC Filmmobile, and see "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) at this real haunted hospital (like the one in the movie). Also, hear about this local landmark's dark history (and ghost stories) with special guests, Sarah Troop of The Boyle Heights Paranormal Project and the Art of Bleeding.

When this hospital (originally built for Santa Fe Railroad employees) opened in 1904, it may have had a simple design on the outside, but it was all state-of-the-art on the inside. Among the many (then) high-tech gadgets found here were automatic elevators (push-button), automatic fire escapes (using body weight to lower slowly), and automatic wheelchairs (???). Some of the revolutionary design elements used in the construction (and now commonplace) were individually heated/cooled rooms, park lands surrounding the hospital, large interconnected halls on each floor so beds and bath tubs could be rolled easily from any room to any other room. The Hospital also featured tiled surgical rooms so cleaning could be done simply with a water hose. These features made it the most sanitary and best equipped hospital on the Pacific Coast, and one of the largest hospitals in the country at that time.

Unfortunately, these improvements (as with any hospital) are never enough to keep patients from dying within their walls. In over a hundred years, there has been a lot of death and sadness at this site. So, it is no wonder that just about any kind of paranormal experience that one can imagine has happened within these buildings.

This Sunday's movie, "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) is an odd (but fun) remake of the 1959 classic. In addition to adding more blood in the scenes, the producers inexplicably set the story in a hospital on a hill (as opposed to a "house" like the title suggests). Geoffrey Rush (who must reprise the role created by the great Vincent Prince) delivers his own great scenery-chewing performance that surely would make Vincent Price's corpse smile. It is also interesting to note, that this time around the main character designs theme park attractions for a living. Is this a nod to the influence William Castle (the creator of the original "House on Haunted Hill) had on the development of Disneyland (for more info...)

Strangest Ghost Promo of 2010!

Oct. 31st Screening

Thank you all who came out for this special screening of the strangely prescient silent Houdini film about reincarnation. There was a discussion of the local ghosts and dark history of the intersection of Laurel Canyon Blvd. and Lookout Mountain, as well as a brief history of the legends surrounding the "Houdini Mansion" with a recreation of the last official seance to be held to contact Houdini's spirit. At that last seance, a trumpet was set on a table, and the master of ceremonies begged Houdini to sound the horn. At that precise moment a car horn sounded in the distance. Despite this odd coincidence, it was determined that Houdini's spirit was not present, and his wife, Bess, gave up the hunt. After the film, the gathered folks (about 40 people) headed across the street to explore the ruins of the 2 bedroom house where Bess Houdini conducted her many seance's to communicate with here dead husband. Although she tried for ten years, Houdini's secret coded message (agreed upon before his death) never materialized. Likewise, this Halloween night, Houdini's elusive ghost also did not materialize at our screening... although there were many cars that honked as they past. Could it have been him?

Sunday's Secret Location | The Ruins of the Bess Houdini Estate

Haunted Films in Haunted Places | Houdini Silent Short Films @ 7:30pm (Halloween!)

For the daring film viewer only! Join GHOULA and Echo Park Film Center as we brave the haunted ruins of the Bess Houdini estate in Laurel Canyon for a screening of Houdini short films on the anniversary of his death.

You will face mildly daunting parking scenarios... winding roads uncharted by gps...you may encounter uncomfortable seating... you may feel a chill creep across your delicate cheeks as you shiver...and wait... and watch. This film screening is not for everyone....but it is FOR YOU.

Here's a map to the intersection of Laurel Canyon and Willow Glen Road, just one block up from Laurel Canyon and Lookout Mountain. Look for parking on Willow Glen Road (Watch out for the phantom carriage!).

WARNING: The little "A" that appears on the google map is not our exact location....just come to the intersection at Willow Glen and look for us!

WARNING: Do not go to the house that claims to be the Houdini Mansion, we won't be there! We'll be on the ruins of the estate where his beloved wife lived for many years.

Don't forget a chair and/or blankets! See you there...

Haunted Films at Haunted Places!

Date: October 31 (Sunday, Halloween)
Time: 7:30
Movie: "Haunted Silent Shorts"

GHOULA is working with the EPFC's Filmmobile to present a series of free outdoor screenings every Sunday in October at a different haunted site. Each evening will consist of a "haunted" movie, guest speaker, a discussion of the location's ghost(s), and maybe some other activities. (Don't forget to bring a chair.)

(Note: GHOULA and the EPFC Filmmobile will only disclose the actual location 24 hours before showtime. So, check out their facebook page for the exact directions to this screening, or just check out the GHOULA site the day before.)

This Sunday's bill will feature selected shorts from the silent era pulled from the EPFC's own collection of films.

Oct. 24th's Screening

It takes more than a little rain to keep these Phantom film fans from our screenings. After being shut down because of last week's rain, this determined group (about 40 people) wasn't going to let it happen again. After a brief presentation about the Griffith Park Curse by author Michael Imlay, and a discussion of the park's many ghosts, the movie played (outdoors) amidst the trees as the the rain drizzled, and the coyotes circled the group. Cheap thrills were then had, in the climax of the film, when a skeleton (plastic) appeared next to the screen. Luckily the evening festivities ended just as the rain started to pour.

The ghosts said to haunt this city park are numerous. From men on horseback to women dressed in white. It is said that these are the oldest ghost stories in Los Angeles with sighting dating back to the 1800's. And even today, it is said that there are so many sightings still, that the ranger's office has a special form just for ghostly encounters.


GHOULA's youngest sinister cinephile.

Sunday's Secret Screening Location!

Location: The entrance to Griffith Park

@ Los Feliz Blvd. & Fern Dell Dr. (map)

(also where an ancient burial ground is said to be)

Come out for our fourth (really the third) free outdoor screening tomorrow (Sun, 0ct 24, @7:30pm) and see "House on Haunted Hill" (the 1959 original) at the base of the actual haunted hill of the title. Also, hear about this local landmark's dark history (and ghost stories) from Michael Imlay, author of the upcoming book "The Feliz Curse: An Early Los Angeles Tale of Ghosts, Greed and Griffith Park."

Note: There is no parking on Los Feliz Blvd or Fern Dell Dr, so try the other neighborhood streets in the area.

Haunted Films at Haunted Places

Date: October 24 (Sunday)
Time: 7:30
Movie: "House on Haunted Hill" (1959)
Location: The original Haunted Hill

GHOULA is working with the EPFC's Filmmobile to present a series of free outdoor screenings every Sunday in October at a different haunted site. Each evening will consist of a "haunted" movie, guest speaker, a discussion of the location's ghost(s), and maybe some other activities. (Don't forget to bring a chair.)

(Note: GHOULA and the EPFC Filmmobile will only disclose the actual location 24 hours before showtime. So, check out their facebook page for the exact directions to this screening, or just check out the GHOULA site the day before.)

This Sunday's movie, "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) is the first of William Castle's Horror "gimmick films." When it was originally screened, a plastic skeleton (sometimes an inflatable skeleton) was hoisted over the audience in effort to scare the patrons. Most of the time, people just threw popcorn at it (but had fun all the same). This trick would later be employed at Disneyland's Haunted Mansion (it's debatable whether it works any better there).

Check this site 24 hours before this event to get directions to the haunted location of this screening.

The last "Haunted Films at Haunted Places" will feature....

October 31th, "Haunted Silent Shorts" @ a haunted 1920's hotel.

Sunday Screening Canceled

Tonight's screening of "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) at the haunted Linda Vista Hospital has been canceled due to the weather. We may have a make-up screening of this film at this haunted location in November. Come join us next week for the original "House on Haunted Hill" (1959) on the original haunted hill (weather permitting). Further details to be announced.

Gambling with Ghosts!

(NOTE: This is not a GHOULA event. This event is organized by our friends at GHOST STUDY LOS ANGELES. GHOULA is just passing the information along to those local ghost enthusiasts, who may be interested in such an event.)

Date: Saturday, October 23

Time: 6:30am - 11:00pm
Location: Buffalo Bill's (& Whiskey Pete's)

Pick-up location: Parking behind Hooters and the Mariposa,

West Covina, off of Garvey on the 10 fwy.
Admission: $30 a person

(includes transportation, soft drinks, beer, and snacks)

21 AND OVER ONLY

It will be one big celebration all the way to Buffalo Bill's & Whiskey Pete's (a well known haunted casino). "Whiskey Pete" used to own a filling station in this remote desert outside of Las Vegas. As a side business, Pete sold moonshine, earning him his nickname. He was a cantankerous old miner who died in 1933…though his spirit seems to live on. His body was buried in a secret, unmarked location in the desert sands, until it was accidentally dug up during the construction of the monorail that connects the two casinos. His remains were then relocated to a cave (the one where he made his hooch) in a nearby hill. Ever since then, his ghost watches (while smoking a pipe) over those who gamble in his casino. Many people have also reported finding their cars’ empty gas tanks filled up overnight in the parking lot! Also, the Bonnie and Clyde bullet-riddled "Deathmobile" is on display in the casino. Some folks also believe that the famed bank-robber, Clyde Barrow, haunts this building (especially the area near the gruesome display) as well.

After boarding the bus it takes three to four hours of continuous party, we arrive at casino or shops and stay for at least 7 hours, we board bus to come back by 7:00pm. By the time we come back everyone is usually pooped out so we watch dvd movies, or we can continue the party. We should arrive back home between 11:00 and midnight, totally exhausted, but Happy.

Please make out checks to Bobby Garcia or Yvonne Martinez, or give payment to one of the GSLA members, also you can contact Yvonne or Bobby at,
yvonne@ghoststudylosangeles.com
bobby@ghoststudylosangeles.com
or just email us here on facebook.
number to contact: Yvonne 626-374-0331

This is one party you don't want to miss...See you there...

Sunday's Secret Screening Location!

Location: Linda Vista Hospital
610 South Saint Louis Street, Los Angeles (map)

Come out for our third free outdoor screening tomorrow (Sun, 0ct 17, @7:30pm) and see "House on Haunted Hill" at this real haunted hospital (like the one in the movie). Also, hear about this local landmark's dark history (and ghost stories) from Sarah Troop of the BHPP (Boyle Heights Paranormal Project).

When this hospital (originally built for Santa Fe Railroad employees) opened in 1904, it may have had a simple design on the outside, but it was all state-of-the-art on the inside. Among the many (then) high-tech gadgets found here were automatic elevators (push-button), automatic fire escapes (using body weight to lower slowly), and automatic wheelchairs (???). Some of the revolutionary design elements used in the construction (and now commonplace) were individually heated/cooled rooms, park lands surrounding the hospital, large interconnected halls on each floor and passages to each building (which created one overall structure), so beds and bath tubs could be rolled easily from any room to any other room. Also, within this maze, the walls were curved at each intersection (to make turning easier for wheel chairs). The Hospital also featured tiled surgical rooms so cleaning could be done simply with a water hose. These features made it the most sanitary and best equipped hospital on the Pacific Coast, and one of the largest hospitals in the country at that time.

Unfortunately, these improvements (as with any hospital) are never enough to keep patients from dying within their walls. In over a hundred years, there has been a lot of death and sadness at this site. So, it is no wonder that just about any kind of paranormal experience that one can imagine has happened within these buildings.

Highlights from Oct's SWS

A ghoul time was had by all. It seems when we do these events in hotels, it's hard to gauge how many people attend, since most people want to explore the haunted hotel. One member said that they were part of a small group that sneaked into the basement. When they heard others coming down a corridor, they hid, until they realized the other group also had GHOULA buttons, and had also sneaked down there as well.

A security guard told us a story that he was once walking down a hall on the 11th floor, when he saw an elderly lady slowly walking toward him. Just as they past each other, he decided to see if see needed help, but when he turned around to talk to her, she was gone. The hall was empty. It is also interesting to note, that a young woman just recently fell to her death from the 11th floor.

One of the waitresses also told us that there is a stairway near the pool, where many employees have heard foot steps when no one was there. Thank you all, who came out to the Biltmore, and we'll see you again next 13th.

(to read more about the ghosts of the Biltmore...)

The Great Million Dollar Ghost Hunt!

A special event hosted by GHOULA (Ghost Hunters of Urban Los Angeles) and LAVA Visionary Nick Matonak immediately following the monthly Sunday Salon at Clifton's Cafeteria. To reserve, click this link (reservations are good for one person only-- each person in a group must sign up individually).

Calling all ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, psychics, sensitives, and those interested in getting a glimpse of the "other side." Whether you are acting alone, or in a team, GHOULA wants you! Whether you are a seasoned pro or this is your first ghost hunt, GHOULA wants you!

If you are up for the challenge, come be a part of the biggest "ecto-experiment" ever attempted in Los Angeles (and possibly the world).

On Halloween (Oct. 31st) @ 2:30pm, the doors to the historic, haunted Million Dollar Theater will open, and everyone will have exactly two and a half hours (til 5:00pm), to document anything "out of the ordinary." From electro-magnetic anomalies to shivers down your spine, if you feel it, witness it, or record it, we want to hear about it, and we want to know exactly where it happened. So bring your EMF meters, your EVP recorders, your cameras, or just yourself.

Each participant will receive their own individual map, which will be used to record the location of any "activity." Please keep your info confidential until after the experiment, to discourage copy-cat contamination.The maps will then be returned at the end of the event to GHOULA.



Based on everyone's data, "hot spots" will be determined and posted online. Then, the actual stories associated with this theater's ghost(s) will be revealed, and compared to the collected data. Those that have devices that need time to be reviewed (i.e. digital recorders, infra-red video, etc.) will have one week (til Nov. 7) to report any additional "places of interest" to be included before our big reveal at GHOULA's monthly "Spirits with Spirits" mixer. The results will be posted the next day @ http://www.ghoula.org/.

For this once in a lifetime opportunity to explore this haunted landmark with others from the paranormal community, a $5.00 donation is requested that will go to help preserve Los Angeles' amazing theaters for future generations to enjoy.

This event will also be limited to the first 100 people interested, and the online guest list will be closed at 11am on Sunday, October 31. To reserve, click this link (reservations are good for one person only-- each person in a group must sign up individually). Good luck.