Sunday's Screening Secret Haunted Location!

Location: Point Fermin Park (Home of the Point Fermin Lighthouse)
807 Paseo Del Mar, San Pedro, CA 90731(map)

Come out for this year's free outdoor screening tomorrow (Sunday, 0ct 28, @7:00pm) and see "Tormented" (1960) with Richard Carlson at a real haunted lighthouse like the one in the movie.
(For more info about the movie... )

Also, hear about this local landmark's history (and ghost stories).
(for more info about the lighthouse's ghost story... )

All are welcome to this family-friendly event. Don't forget to bring chairs and flashlights. Also, this 140 year old haunted lighthouse is now in the middle of a city park, so please follow all posted rules while in the park.

3rd Annual Haunted Films @ Haunted Places

It's that time again...

...for our annual "Haunted Films at Haunted Places."

In a partnership with the Echo Park Film Center Filmmobile, we present free outdoor screenings of horror films at unusual locations that are said to be haunted, and discuss that ghost lore before showing the film.

Time: 7:00pm
Date: October, 28th (Sunday)
Location: TOP SECRET (revealed 24 hours before screening)
(location info:)
Admission: FREE!

This year we will be screening the Allied Artists masterpiece (about a female ghost that was actually shot in the KCET studios which are said to be haunted by a female ghost) starring the late, great actor/director/ author (and Encino resident) Richard Carlson...

TORMENTED (1960)
(The original title: "Tormented by the She-Ghost of Haunted Island")



Check out the trailer for this creepy classic!

Halloween @ The Barn

Our fiendish friends at CREEEPYLA.COM and Hidden LA are hosting this evening celebrating local ghost lore.

Be the first to find out if Hollywood's historic Lasky-Demille Barn is haunted... (learn more about the barn here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasky-DeMille_Barn)

Hear frightening tales of the ghosts of the Magic Castle, Knickerbocker Hotel, and other landmarks! Hang out with the crews of CreepyLA and HiddenLA! The ultimate event of the Halloween season!

There will be two showtimes available.

Tickets and info: http://hauntedbarn.eventbrite.com/

Use code "HAUNTEDBARN" for $10 off tickets!

Speakers include (schedules subject to change):
-Tom Ogden – Author of “Haunted Hollywood” and magician at the Magic Castle
-Sarah Troop – Host of the Cabinet of Curiosities podcast
-Richard Carradine – President/Founder of the GHOULA
-James Bartlett - Author of "Gourmet Ghosts - Los Angeles"
-Evening hosted by Scott Michaels - owner of Dearly Departed Tours.
-And more to be announced!

Other attractions will include:
-Screenings of classic ghost themed short subjects.
-Paranormal investigation "hands on" experience.
-Hollywood Horror Themed Photo Booth
-Spooky selection of food and drinks

October's SPIRITS with SPIRITS

GHOULA meets for cocktails in haunted places on the 13th of each month. “SPIRITS with SPIRITS” is a casual social 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, without asking the staff about our group.

THE DATE: October 13th, 2012 (Saturday)
THE PLACE: Intelligentsia Coffee
55 East Colorado Blvd, Pasadena(Map)
(near METRO Gold Line's Memorial Park Station)
THE TIME: 7:00pm - ?

THE GHOST(S):

Like the other buildings that line Colorado Blvd in Pasadena's Old Town district, the building at 55 East Colorado Blvd, was built in the later part on the 19th century (1885). Because of Pasadena's rapid growth rate, and the large influx of vehicular traffic, in 1929, roughly 13 feet was chopped off of the fronts of the buildings that lined both sides of Colorado, and new facades were created for the remaining portions. Because of this unconventional Public Works project, many basements and tunnels are said to still exist under the asphalt of Pasadena's main drag. This idea has given rise to legends of secret rooms, tunnels, and skeletons (and ghost stories) that are inadvertently discovered during construction/maintenance projects.

One such ghost story involves the above mentioned address, now the home of Intelligentsia Coffee. Employees of this respected coffee house claim that there is a male ghost that haunts their basement, specifically their kitchen/lab and the stairs. Although his appearances may surprise the staff, he is by all accounts harmless. Exact descriptions of him are vague, and generally he appears as a black form. The popular belief is that this poor soul was the victim of a fire in this building's history. It is unclear whether his darkness is from his flesh being burnt black (like Ojai's "Char-man") or whether he is what Native American Folklore refers to as a "dark watcher" (aka a "shadow person").

It's also interesting to note that a few doors down on the same side of the street, there is another historic building with an almost identical ghost story. However, that location's male phantom is said to be the victim of a robbery-gone-wrong that occurred when a bank occupied the ground floor. Pasadena's annual "Old Town Haunt" haunted attraction operates out of that same haunted basement.

Although legends of ghosts connected to Spanish catacombs under Colorado Blvd (as mentioned on the attraction's website) seems a little far-fetched, it is possible. In the 1920's a series of tunnels in the hills around Downtown Los Angeles were discovered and thought to have originally been created by early padres. Then, there are persistent rumors about a secret tunnel that ran under Pasadena, whose opening was covered over when the Pasadena Freeway was built (not to mention the Lizard People who may have dug tunnels as far as Pasadena).

Could these two ghost stories be connected by those lost tunnels? Could these separate stories actually be the same ghost that travels between these two locations by an underground passage that no longer exists? So, if you like your ghosts like you like your coffee (black), come out and experience one of LA's best cups of Joe (or a glass of wine), and perhaps experience one of Pasadena's darkest spirits at the place where he dwells... if you dare!

Note: If anyone is interested in seeing the "Old Town Haunt" haunted attraction, at 10pm, we can put a group together to go over and take advantage of the group discount ($12 instead of $15).

http://www.intelligentsiacoffee.com/location/pasadena-cafe
(to read about last month's haunted location... )
(to see a map of previous SPIRITS with SPIRITS locations... )