Inland Empire Area

WHEN GHOSTS TALK

Inland Empire
Area

This cemetery is located on 14th Street in Riverside. The first time we went to it, it was
in bad disrepair with a single ominous light post in the middle of one section giving off a
weird yellow tint to the area. Now there is lighting and fencing around it and it's been
cleaned up. On the western end is a section where some civil war soldiers are buried.
Veronica has recording a couple of EVPs here including one that seems to be rattling
off some numbers. Possibly a soldier saying his regiment's numerals or something. Next
to this section is a small patch area of infants where I heard audibly the sound of a baby
"coo". I was able to catch it on my hand-held digital recorder as well. I will post it as soon
as I can. As of right now, I am not sure if the cemetery is fenced off with open entry or
not.

This cemetery lies on a hill slope above Central Ave. near the 91 freeway. During the
day time, Olivewood looks very peaceful. But when it gets dark, kinda spooky. I've been
there twice with each time providing a far different feeling. The first night, I swear I was
seeing shadows behind us as we walked all the way to the top. Once there I heard steps
behind us constantly. Almost at that same time, my digital camera decided it wanted to
take pictures on its own. Every few seconds or so it would take a picture and the flash
would go off as I was looking at it to see if I could figure out what was going on. We
ended up with 5 pictures of the night sky. But the weird part was that every one of those
pictures looked like a white and gold lightning display . I caught the event on my digital
recorder but nothing showed up except us talking about the camera going by itself.
After transferring the pictures to my laptop, I could see all the weird shapes the
"lightning" was forming. They actually had a glow to them. But like someof my recordings
and photos I have had, I lost these photos when my last laptop crashed. I lost a lot that
day. A lesson learned though to transfer everything onto a blank CD for safe keeping.

This old western historic park used to be a mining town located off the 15 freeway north
of Barstow and south of Baker. Like many of the western mining towns, Calico was a
rowdy town that had saloons, schools and its share of rowdiness. Aside from the cool
side attractions and sasparilla sodas you can buy, it has a creepy vibe once it gets dark.
Partly because you are a little isolated from the rest of the world and partly because
there are are stories of ghostly sightings near the mine and schoolhouse. They proudly
show off a picture taken by a tourist that shows a mist form in the main mine shaft that
resembles someone with a pick-axe in action. Not sure of its authenticity but it's a good
picture anyway. I was told by a docent there that there have been sightings of people
around the schoolhouse including a man on top the roof working and someone who might
be a teacher. I got nothing in my photos but we weren't there long either. You can
actually camp there in some small cabins located a few yards away from the park
entrance. That might be an interesting night. On a side note, the train ride there is
cool.

Riverside's Evergreen Cemetery

Olivewood Cemetery

Calico Ghost Town