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5. Curran Theatre, Union Square. In 1933, electrician-turned-bandit Eddie Anderson decided to pull a stunt to score his girlfriend tickets to a hit performance of ‘Show Boat’.
The Ghost Detectives' Guide to Haunted San Francisco. Linden Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61035-007-5. Champion, Jr., Jerry Lewis (26 April 2012). Alcatraz Unchained. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4685-8753-1. Vercillo, Kathryn (15 July 2007). Ghosts of San Francisco. Schiffer Pub Limited. ISBN 978-0-7643-2765-0
The San Francisco Bay Area attraction has been around for 29 years. This year, some places — like Pirates of Emerson Haunted Theme Park — are opting for drive-thru haunted houses.
The Queen Anne Hotel is a hotel in San Francisco, on Sutter Street. The hotel is a historic 1890 Victorian mansion, in the namesake Queen Anne architectural style, and decorated in the painted lady style. It was originally a girl's boarding school. It narrowly survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The Chambers Mansion is a historic house that was built in 1887, and is located at 2220 Sacramento Street in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, California. [1] In 2010, CBS News declared the Chambers Mansion one of the "scariest haunted houses" in the United States, based on stories of its dark history.
The haunted attraction, founded by Russ McKamey in San Diego, CA, has been operation for years, and still has a cult-following of loyal fans.McKamey refers to the experience as a tour, which is ...
In the 1950s and early 1960s, Fugazi Hall was a common venue for poetry reading by members of the beat community. Although many might believe that Club Fugazi is referenced in Allen Ginsberg's "Howl": "Noon in desolate Fugazzi's, listening to the crack...", this actually refers to Fugazzi's in New York City, another Beat hangout (note the two z's in the name in the poem, as well as all the ...
The Niles Canyon ghost is an urban legend within the vanishing hitchhiker archetype, about the ghost of a girl who had died in a car accident. The accident is said to have taken place on February 28, with the year varying, and the ghost is said to walk the road on that day every year, looking to hitch a ride to San Francisco.