#10California State Library
Reported legend
Library staff report knocking, rattling and cold drafts among the stacks, and a rumor ties the building to a judge named Elijah Carson Hart, though one account says he died at a hospital.
Sacramento
Ten Sacramento ghost legends, counted down from #10 to #1, from a state library to a riverboat hotel. Start in library stacks said to echo with knocking and cold drafts. End on the old riverfront, where the ghost lore is tied to the gunfights and the cholera of 1850.
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#9California Governor's Mansion
Reported legend
The white Victorian at 1526 H Street is said to be haunted, with sightings reported during its restoration.
#8Sacramento Theatre Company
Reported legend
A ghost nicknamed Pinky, named for the pinkish glow around it, is said to haunt the stage and dressing rooms.
#7The Citizen Hotel
Reported legend
Staff and guests say ghosts wander the narrow, dim hallways of this 1926 hotel, with shadows and footsteps in empty halls. The spirits reportedly never try to communicate.
#6Eagle Theatre
Reported legend
An unseen former director is said to tidy the stage and flip the light switches after the theater closes.
#5Leland Stanford Mansion
Reported legend
Legend says the ghost of Leland Stanford Jr., who died young of typhoid fever, lingers in the house and appeared to his father to ask him to found a school.
#4Sacramento History Museum
Reported legend
The museum stands where the original city jail and waterworks stood. The museum says the building has been said to be haunted by former inmates since at least 1913.
#3Sacramento Historic City Cemetery
Reported legend
Visitors say the spirit of 12-year-old May Woolsey lingers at her grave.
#2Delta King
Reported legend
The riverboat hotel is said to be haunted by a girl of about eight to ten in a cotton dress, and by a man in a light button-up shirt and dark pants seen in the early morning.
#1Old Sacramento
Reported legend
The riverfront district's ghost lore is tied to its deadly history, including the 1850 gunfights and the cholera epidemic called the Blue Death.
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Research links
- www.hauntedrooms.com hauntedrooms.com/california/sacramento/haunted-places
- www.capradio.org capradio.org/
- ohp.parks.ca.gov ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/823
- www.sacramentolifeandliving.com sacramentolifeandliving.com/
- sacrag.com sacrag.com/2006/10/18/haunted/
- www.capradio.org capradio.org/35267
- verylocal.com verylocal.com/?p=23800
- statehornet.com statehornet.com/2016/10/get-your-spooky-on-at-these-13-haunted-sites-around-town
- www.parks.ca.gov parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/595
- usghostadventures.com usghostadventures.com/
- www.scavengerhunt.com scavengerhunt.com/
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford_Mansion
- www.parks.ca.gov parks.ca.gov/pages/489/files/LelandStanfordPDF2008.pdf
- sachistorymuseum.org sachistorymuseum.org/old-sac-paranormal-investigations
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_History_Museum
- www.calexplornia.com calexplornia.com/may-hollister-woolsey-sacramentos-endearing-urban-legend/
- www.calexplornia.com calexplornia.com/may-hollister-woolsey-sacramentos-endearing-urban-legend/?amp=1
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento_Historic_City_Cemetery
- www.calexplornia.com calexplornia.com/top-10-haunted-cemeteries-in-california
- cemeterytravel.com cemeterytravel.com/2016/10/05/deaths-garden-dancing-on-mays-grave/
- comstocksmag.com comstocksmag.com/article/sacramentos-waterfront-beckons-paranormal-tourists
- en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_King
- sites.libsyn.com sites.libsyn.com/58064/ep-544-haunted-old-sacramento
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