Showing all posts in

San Francisco Hauntings

Pat Montandon's Cursed Apartment

The House is Cursed/The House is Society

The Severed Head of Joaquin Murrieta

Before Madame Tussaud’s there were...traveling pickled heads

January 6th, 1914

The end of San Francisco's cemeteries

Alma Spreckels and Her Special Crypt

A fun story about a vanity tomb

Who's Buried in Lick's Tomb?

At one point James Lick was the richest man in California

December 10th, 1852

On this day in 1852, San Francisco held its first (legal) execution

Adolph Sutro always comes out on top

City Cemetery Landmark Designation - Help Wanted!

You can be a part of history! Spooky history!

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 7: Epilogue

Our story concludes

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 6: Ghost

All that remains

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 5: Voodoo Queen

The tide begins to turn, and a smear campaign gains footing

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 4: Black Wall Street

"I wrote back to him on his own paper that my name was Mrs. Mary E. Pleasant. I wouldn't waste any of my paper on him."

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 3: Freedom Fighter

"I'd rather be a corpse than a coward."

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 2: Argonaut

In which a foundation of investments are laid

Mary Ellen Pleasant Pt 1: The Origin Story

Our enigmatic capitalist to be gets her start

Introducing Mary Ellen Pleasant

The mother of CA civil rights

The Ghost of Senator Broderick

Brand new statehood, same old racism

The Plague Comes to San Francisco

The history of a pandemic that feels familiar now

Stay the fuck out of that garage!

Buena Vista Park, San Francisco

Let's go for a jog with the dead!

The White Lady of Stow Lake

La Llorona of Golden Gate Park

Connect with Us