Hollywood has a longer roster of celebrity haunted houses than almost any city in America — from the silent era to the modern Beverly Hills paranormal industry.
Inside celebrity haunted houses, dusty libraries with green banker's lamps still appear inhabited. The Sowden House is the textbook Mayan Revival example.
The Spanish Colonial style of celebrity haunted houses is no accident — courtyards, terra-cotta, and arched walkways produce echoes that fuel decades of ghost reports.
Marilyn Monroe's former Roosevelt Hotel mirror — now displayed in the lobby — has dozens of documented apparition sightings inside celebrity haunted houses lore.
Outside celebrity haunted houses, gardens reportedly refuse to bloom on schedule. Pickfair's rose garden was famously documented this way before the 1988 demolition.