Los Angeles Area Haunts

WHEN GHOSTS TALK

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One of the most active places we have been to. From all I've read, there have been
over 100 people who have jumped off this early 1900's 150-foot high bridge, which
is situated west of Old Town Pasadena. My first time ghost hunting was here.
Caught a voice that said "help me" that freaked me out for a month. At a later
date, Veronica picked up the voice of a kid with a British accent a couple of
times. One mentioning that the water is cold and the other sounds like he is telling
another boy not to cry. What I found out later was that the arroyo was filled with
water back in the day which made sense of the EVPs. Another was a voice of a
woman whispering "I'm sorry" in a sad tone.   Hard to describe the feeling standing
at the base of the bridge looking up at the bridge above as anything but eerie.
There used to be an asylum at the foot of the bridge on the Pasadena side right
above the Army National Guard station. The area is now condos or townhomes.
I bet the new unknowing tenants wonder why their doors keep opening and
shutting all the time. One last thing, there is a video on DVD about this bridge
that came out a few years ago. It was a documentary and it featured famed
paranormal researcher Peter James in it. Looked pretty good.
http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=57

We first visited this place not knowing what to expect. The beginning of the tour
by a docent was through the original building on the grounds that was home to the
Workman family in the 1870s. It's an old white building made of wood and adobe
and not in the best shape structurally. It looked like they were doing some
restoration on it though. One cool feature was the trap doors still visible in the
floors that the family used when there were attacks by surrounding Native
American Indians. We were told the back courtyard of the home had a blacksmith
and general store which made it a focal point in the La Puente area. On the
paranormal side though, we picked up nothing on the recorders we brought and in
the pictures we took with the digital camera. I mention this location on this website
because of its local historical significance and strange events surrounding the
home. The docent told us a story of William Workman who was a very wealthy and
successful rancher, citrus grower and business man. He went into the banking
business with his son-in-law which eventually cost him his home and nearly all of his
land. Distraught over failed banking and financial ventures, he killed himself in his
home office. This small room is located in the front of the house and has a creepy
feeling to it as the rooms upstairs do. Also on the tour is the Casa Nueva which
is more modern home built next door to the adobe in the 1920's after the family
had regained ownership of the properties. There is a lot of history with this
historic landmark which might cause something paranormal to occur here. The
docent mentioned that no paranormal group has ever done an investigation there
which could be something a venturous group might inquire into. There is also a
small family cemetery with a mausoleum containing family members and family friend
Pio Pico, the last governer of Mexican California.   I think it's off-limits at night
though.
http://www.homesteadmuseum.org/whouse.htm

This big mansion home is located in Carson in the middle of a public park. Kind
of weird when you get there and see it and then realize 50 families are bbq'ing
right next to it. Probably not knowing of its past importance to the San
Pedro/Long beach area or its rich history. But those bbq ribs smelled good
anyway! Very old house in good shape and the era furnishings inside are
impressive. The docent knew EVERYTHING related to the house to the point
I thought his last name was Banning too. He mentioned how proud Phineas
Banning was of his home and how much of a central point it was in the South Bay
area of L.A. during the Civil War and in the years after. During the tour, I took a
million pictures but after reviewing them.....nothing. On the way walking back to
the car I held my hand-held digital recorder to my ear and listened to the docent
talk about the home. Retracing our steps when we were in the house in my head as
I listened to the recorder, I remembered as we walked into the front right room of
the home. Then I heard a very loud "exhale" sound that wasn't audible at the time
it was recorded. If it was, it would have been easily remembered because of its
loud tone. It sounded like someone held their breath for 2 minutes and then let all
the air out in one loud burst. I got that EVP twice. Once in that room and once
upstairs. Veronica's recorder corresponded the same EVP at the same time. As
happy as I was to get that EVP at the time, I was doubly sad because I never got
the chance to save it to a CD as my laptop decided on its own that it had lived
long enough and underwent meltdown and died an unsung hero causing me to lose
that audio clip and many others as I will mention later on . So I can only describe
what it sounded like instead of sharing it online. But I do a great impression of it
in person which impresses Veronica to no end. Another sidenote to this location
is that the Drum Barracks are down the street which is purportedly to be haunted
as seen on the TV show Most Haunted when they visited the spot. You know the
show...the one with the British lady that freaks out with every noise she hears.
http://www.banningmuseum.org/museum/invite.htm

~ Workman Homestead Museum & Cemetery~

~ Banning House ~

~ Pasadena's Suicide Bridge ~

-When Ghosts Talk-

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