THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Hollydale Insane Asylum site has become one of Southern California''s enduring urban legends despite the institution never being completed. Visitors have reported shadow figures, unexplained screams, mysterious lights, and an overwhelming sense of dread around the abandoned property. The legend has inspired decades of paranormal investigations and local ghost stories.
Abandoned decades ago, the Hollydale Mental Hospital was originally a facility for TB and polio patients. Many rumors surround the place, such as one that tells of a mental patient who slashed the throat of a priest in the building. According to witnesses, there are many unhappy spirits here, and lights have been known to turn on and off by themselves inside the closed building. It is reported to be home to many feral cats and sometimes used for police training, and trespassing here is prohibited.