Through its long history, Long Beach has seen it all — from the days of Navy ships crowding the harbor and roaring speakeasies along Pine Avenue, to real human remains used as props. The streets and buildings have carried the their footsteps echo in forgotten halls, and the Queen Mary looms like a ghost of her former self.

This Halloween, we’re diving deep into the seven most haunted spots in Long Beach — from sacred land to seaside terror. History, myth, and mystery

If you think you’re brave enough, grab your flashlight and keep scrolling… but don’t say we didn’t warn you.

7. Villa Riviera — The Phantom of Ocean Boulevard

📍 800 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802

The Villa Riviera has watched over Long Beach since 1929 — all French Gothic glamour and gargoyles staring out to sea. But locals say it watches back.

Tenants whisper of phantom footsteps in the corridors, cold spots in the elevators, and pale faces in high-floor windows long after midnight. Some blame it on the spirits of sailors who never returned from WWII. Others think the building itself… is alive.

Dare Level: Medium — Stand on the corner at midnight and look up, you may find yourself being watched.

6. Puvungna — The Sacred Whisper Beneath CSULB

📍 West edge of CSULB Campus, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840

Long before the campus existed, this land was Puvungna — a sacred Tongva village and burial site. Elders say it’s the birthplace of the prophet Chingishnish, a place of prayer and power.

When developers disturbed the soil, strange things began: chanting in the wind, lights flickering without power, and workers refusing to return after nightfall. The land remembers — and it protects itself.

Dare Level: Spiritual — Visit respectfully. Never touch or take anything from the site

5. Rancho Los Alamitos — The Woman by the Well

📍 6400 E Bixby Hill Rd, Long Beach, CA 90815

At first glance, Rancho Los Alamitos is all sunshine and school tours — but as dusk falls, the Lady by the Well returns.

Her legend dates back to the 1800s: a Spanish woman seen walking to fetch water at twilight, shawl wrapped tight, eyes downcast. Every evening she walks… but never returns.

Staff have heard soft footsteps by the barn and seen mist rising in human shape near the old well. She’s peaceful, they say — unless you follow.

Dare Level: Medium — Visit near closing; listen for the sound of water splashing where no water runs.

4. Rancho Los Cerritos — The Restless Hacienda

📍 4600 Virginia Rd, Long Beach, CA 90807

Built in 1844, Rancho Los Cerritos still carries whispers of the old Californio era — and a few of its ghosts.

Docents report rocking chairs swaying without wind, doors unlatching themselves, and the feeling of being watched in the courtyard. Some say it’s Don Juan Temple, the original owner, unwilling to leave his adobe behind. Others think it’s the souls of the workers who built it — tired, but not gone.

Dare Level: High — Stay after a tour. The temperature drops fast when the spirits clock in.

3. Sunnyside Cemetery — The Bride Who Never Made It Home

📍 1095 E Willow St, Long Beach, CA 90806

Long Beach’s oldest resting ground, Sunnyside Cemetery, is haunted by one story more tragic than all the rest: the ghost of Bessie Baxter.

In 1918, the young bride-to-be was struck and killed before her wedding day. They buried her in her gown — and that’s how she walks still, gliding between tombstones under the moonlight.

Some have caught her on film: a faint white shimmer among the graves, hands reaching toward the living.

Dare Level: High — Locals say if you whisper her name three times by the north fence, she’ll whisper yours back.

2. The Pike — Carnival of the Dead

📍 95 S Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802

Before it became the shiny Pike Outlets, this was ground zero for Long Beach’s dark carnival — The Pike Amusement Zone.

Rollercoasters, sailors, sideshows, and… a corpse in disguise. In 1976, a film crew shooting The Six Million Dollar Man discovered that a “mannequin” in the funhouse was actually the mummified body of outlaw Elmer McCurdy.

Since then, people report laughter echoing through the parking structure, carousel music from nowhere, and shadows darting under the pier.

Dare Level: High — Walk alone at 3 AM. You might hear someone asking for one more ride.

1. The Queen Mary — The Ship of a Thousand Souls

📍 1126 Queens Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90802

The Queen Mary is Long Beach’s crown jewel of the undead. Once a luxury liner, later a WWII troopship, she’s carried over a million people — and, some say, hundreds who never left.

Guests hear children laughing near the dry pool deck, footsteps pacing outside locked staterooms, and the cries of an engineer crushed by a watertight door. Then there’s Room B340, where guests have fled in the night, claiming invisible hands tore off their covers.

Paranormal teams from Ghost Adventures to BuzzFeed Unsolved have investigated here. The ship doesn’t just have ghosts — it breathes them.

Dare Level: Legendary — Book Room B340 if you dare. Just don’t expect to sleep.

From sacred land to seaside legend, Long Beach holds more than just nightlife and great food — it holds echoes.

So this Halloween, go explore the real haunted houses. Respect the spirits, tread lightly, and remember — ghosts love good company.

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