By Karen Phan, Opinion Editor
Illustrations by Junanna Chen
Halloween is the spookiest holiday of the year. Don’t miss out on your chance to experience some paranormal activity at these haunted locations in Orange County!
Plummer Auditorium
201 E. Chapman Ave., Fullerton, CA 92832
The Plummer Auditorium of Fullerton High School is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of former school superintendent Louis E. Plummer. Some claim his paranormal activities include malfunctioning lighting, warped fixtures and even a spinning head. The auditorium is also an access point to underground tunnels that are home to ghosts.
El Adobe de Capistrano
31891 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Located in San Juan Capistrano, California’s most haunted city, El Adobe de Capistrano is a restaurant said to be haunted by several spirits. The basement of El Adobe used to be a jail and courthouse. According to local folklore, a woman’s spirit haunts the restaurant as she looks for her son who died in jail. A headless monk yielding an ax also walks in front of the restaurant and the White Lady of Rios Street watches visitors from the windows of the restaurant.
The GEM Theater
12851 Main Street, Garden Grove, CA 92840
The GEM Theater is a 1930s-era movie theater that is home to ghosts. They sit in the front row during rehearsals and plays, and some parts of the theater are unusually cold.
Orange County paranormal investigator Diana Pioch told Parenting OC that she had a spooky experience when she visited the GEM Theater with other investigators. Pioch reported that a fire had broken out in the costume room on May 29, 2011, and when they were at the theater on the fifth anniversary of the fire, they smelled and saw smoke. The investigators believe the fire has been repeating itself every year.
For more haunted hotspots of Orange County, read our articles from 2017 and 2018.
