THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Colorado Street Bridge, often called Suicide Bridge, is linked to numerous tragic deaths and decades of paranormal reports. Witnesses have described ghostly apparitions, shadow figures, unexplained cries, and eerie sensations while crossing the bridge at night. It is regarded as one of Southern California's most haunted locations.
Colorado Street Bridge, constructed over the Arroyo Seco River in 1912, is also known as Suicide Bridge. The nickname was acquired because of the around 100 folks said to have committed suicide by jumping from it, starting in 1919. Reports say that almost 50 of the jumpers died during the Great Depression, and at least one legend blames the bridge’s troubled past on a worker who fell and landed in wet cement below the bridge and left to die. Ghost stories abound in these parts, of course: The apparitions seen here range from a man in wire-rim glasses to a woman in a flowing robe, who leaps from the top of a parapet.