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Back in the day, the speakeasy kept the hooch flowing via underground tunnels, which are now used as utility corridors. Some say former proprietor Frank Bennett, who owned the bar from 1972 until his passing in 2003, still haunts his favorite corner booth, across from the bar. “Venice was a real crazy place historically, in terms of alcohol and bars, especially during Prohibition,” Carradine says of the area. “This bar is a weird anomaly, it’s one of the oldest bars in L.A. With one of the newest ghosts,” he says about Bennett, who still watches over his beloved underground watering hole.
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People who pull up to the Haunted House of Hamburgers will be treated to outdoor decor like jack-o'-lanterns, sculptures of Frankenstein and his bride, tombstones with humorous texts, and more. Download a copy of the Inspiration Guide for inspiration and more information to plan your perfect getaway. Desner encouraged everyone to wear costumes to the Haunted House of Hamburgers. For fans of the old Friendly's who miss the restaurant chain's ice cream sundaes, the cold treats will be a core part of the Haunted House of Hamburger's dessert menu. Other offerings include pie, make-your-own S'Mores, milkshakes and more.
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Most infamously, the naked body of tourist Elisa Lam was found in a rooftop water tank; surveillance video showed Lam acting oddly in the elevator. It was enough to inspire an entire season of American Horror Story and a true crime documentary series, but apparently not enough to shut down the hotel; it was rebranded to Stay on Main and has since become an affordable housing complex. Before this popular Sunset Strip comedy club appeared on the scene in 1972, it was Ciro’s restaurant, one of Hollywood’s hippest clubs during the 1940s and ’50s.
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She started life as a luxury liner, setting forth on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, in 1937, and hosting everyone from Bob Hope to Winston Churchill. But when WWII began, the Queen Mary was drafted into service as a ferry ship, carrying thousands of troops into battle areas. According to the late psychic and ghost hunter, Peter James, who led tours around the Queen Mary, almost all areas of the ship including the second class pool deck and engine room 13 are known to be haunted.
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The Silent Movie Theatre (formerly home to Cinefamily, now Brain Dead Studios) has a complicated history worthy of a blockbuster drama. The original owner, John Hampton, started the theater in 1942, showing his personal film collection at a time when most studios were destroying old silent prints. Hampton used toxic chemicals in his bathtub above the theater to preserve his films—unwittingly exposing himself to toxins that hastened his demise in 1990 from cancer. Hampton’s mentee Lawrence Austin took over the theater. But one night in 1997, while visitors were watching a film, Austin was shot to death in the lobby by a hitman.
The whole thing turned out to be a murder-for-hire conspiracy hatched by Austin’s lover and theater projectionist James Van Sickle, who later claimed that Austin signed the theater over to him in a hand-written will. Van Sickle and the hitman are currently serving life in jail. “We had a woman come to our Spirits with Spirits event who was actually there that night when the shooting happened,” says Carradine. “She saw his body lying there and hasn’t been back since.” Austin’s ghost is said to still haunt the lobby; and Hampton’s ghost can be heard roaming the second floor, where he once lived. The Queen Mary certainly has a past that’s ripe for modern-day hauntings.
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"If this was another time of year, I wouldn’t be rushing," Desner said. "But I’m rushing because of Halloween. We killed ourselves. I think I lost 10 years off my life." And, what gives us the creeps the least is their Haunted Happy Hour, which features great food and drink deals Monday through Thursday from 3 p.m. The restaurant opened in the fall of last year in a shuttered Farmingdale Friendly’s, according to the Long Island Press, and they’re Long Island’s only Halloween-themed restaurant.
Pantages Theatre
Visitors to the area say they still see the actress haunting the sign, and sometimes pick up the scent of her gardenia perfume. Back when it was the Hollywoodland sign, this icon to celluloid fantasy also served as a beacon to suicidal Angelenos—most notably Broadway stage actress Peg Entwistle. Raised by her actor father, she lost both her mother and stepmother early in life and had a series of broken personal relationships. As an actress, Entwistle enjoyed critical reviews, and even shared the stage with Humphrey Bogart, but she was forever cast in the role of comedic ingénue and could only snag small film roles. Here’s your handy guide to the 13 most haunted places in L.A., including a Hollywood theater, a notorious Downtown hotel and a Long Beach oceanliner where ghosts of the past still rattle a few chains.
The Silent Movie Theatre
Here at Haunted House of Hamburgers we love Halloween and Hamburgers, So why not have them both everyday? We are proud to serve delicous hambugers, mouth watering appetizers, fresh green salads, hot soups and so much more.Please feel free to stop by dressed in a costume and check out Long Island's Only Halloween Themed Restaurant. Rest in peace under a ceiling that lights up to Halloween music as you dig into a selection of dishes including delicious hamburgers (of course), mouth watering appetizers, fresh green salads, hot soups, and so much more. Call us old-fashioned, but we like our haunted places in L.A.
The breakfast menu will feature pancakes, waffles, French toast, crepes, chicken and waffles, build-your-own ominous omelets and more. Owner Jordan Desner, 48, wants the interior of the tricked-out eatery to be a surprise to diners, but they will be greeted with the dark and spooky atmosphere befitting a place designed for Halloween. He said the design of his business came out "better than expected" after "endless" labor, as he wanted to open in time for the season. Avid hikers will recognize this spot as the Sam Merrill trailhead, “a quiet refuge from people and wild life forever”—so reads the dedication on the cobblestone gate of the Cobb Estate.
If burgers and the boogeyman sound like the perfect combination to you, allow us to introduce to you the Haunted House of Hamburgers, where they love Halloween, they love hamburgers, and it’s spooky season year-round. The Pantages is also host to a female presence who died during a show in 1932. “During a cast recording once, microphones were set up in the theater and they heard someone singing in the mic when no one was on stage.” Some say the woman who died was an aspiring singer who’s living out her unrealized dreams of performing at the Pantages. On September 18, 1932, a hiker found the blond, blue-eyed actress’ crumpled body in a ravine below the Hollywoodland sign. Police surmised that she climbed a workman’s ladder to the top of the 45-foot letter “H” and jumped to her death.
Some say Ince’s ghost still shows up for work at his beloved former studio, and can be seen and heard walking through walls and criticizing management. This gorgeous Japanese restaurant at the top of Sycamore Avenue in Hollywood features sweeping views of the L.A. Cityscape—the perfect vantage point for resting souls. Pull up a barstool next to the phantom of a former bartender who has been spotted around the bar. The restaurant also serves as the perfect backdrop for events and weddings, if you don’t mind a little company in the bridal suite. “There have been sounds of a crying bride; and a woman in white has been seen up there,” Carradine says.
The studio complex where such legendary Tinseltown films as Gone with the Wind and Raging Bull were filmed was built in 1918 by silent movie pioneer Thomas Ince. Ince died in 1924, after falling ill on newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst’s yacht during a star-studded cruise and dinner, celebrating Ince’s 42nd birthday. While the official cause of death was listed as heart failure, legend has it that Ince was actually shot and killed by a jealous Hearst, who was supposedly aiming at (and missed) Charlie Chaplin, who had eyes for Hearst’s mistress Marion Davies.
Legend has it that the ashes of former property owner, Thomas O. Glover, are buried in the inner garden courtyard and that he still watches over his property. Rumors abound about silhouettes of a man and woman seen strolling the family-owned property and the unexplainable sounds of crashing plates (and you thought that was just a clumsy waiter). Legend has it that the ghost of Marilyn Monroe still haunts her old stomping grounds. On the ninth floor, you can hear the late actor Montgomery Clift—who lived in suite 928 for three months while filming From Here to Eternity—practicing on his trumpet. “Guests have asked the hotel staff to tell the person in the next room to stop playing in the middle of the night,” Carradine says. Lights and faucets are known to turn on and off on their own and the switchboard gets calls from vacant rooms.
For those who don't want a burger, there are also chicken sandwiches, flatbread RIPizzas, hot dogs, eerie entrees, soups, salads, appetizers and more. Haunted House of Hamburgers is Long Island's only Halloween-themed restaurant, covered head to toe in creepy Halloween decor and serving up spooky but scrumptious bites. Today, you’re more likely to find curious teens at night wandering around what’s left of the house’s foundation; though ghost sightings are non-specific, many report ghostly noises on the surviving staircase and the feeling that they’re being watched in the dimly lit forest. When charmed businessman Howard Hughes owned the infamous Pantages Theatre, he built a door that connected his office directly to one of the theater balconies, where he would go to think in the dark. Hughes’s ghost is a notorious workaholic, and is said to be seen in his former office on the second floor. Once or twice a month, the restaurant will host its Horror-Q nights, where it will offer a full barbeque menu complete with ribs, brisket, chicken, pulled pork, a burger and more.
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