Friday the 13th Horror at CSULB

Listen into the first of four interviews conducted with the anonymous eye-witness where she described her claimed paranormal events at the CSULB campus on February 13, 2009.

Mystery of the Ashes

*Haunted Mansion picture provided: here
Rumors have swirled around about the paranormal presence of ghostly figures in many places such as hotels, restaurants, abandoned buildings, but theme parks? Sure, people die on rides, the most recent being the decapitation of a 17-year-old South Carolina teen who visited a Six Flags Theme park in Georgia back in July of 2008. However, what very few people know is that many incidents have occurred over the years at the Disneyland of Anaheim Theme park that make some question whether it really is the happiest place on earth. After incidents such as these, rumors arise about the way the deaths occurred and whether the ride is indeed haunted.

To look at some background websites , click here: geocites, List of Disneyland deaths, and unexplainable.net.


Although the place of death is where many believe for ghosts to remain imprinted into the earth, the recent ash-dumping incidents at the Disneyland "Pirates of the Caribbean" and "Haunted Mansion" rides pose a topic for controversy. In October of 2007, a woman was caught on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and dumped what she claimed to be baby powder, but once the powder-like substance was examined it tested positive to be ashes. The ride had to be closed down and no one was allowed back into the building until the remaining ashes had been fully recovered. One of the more popular rumors about the Haunted Mansion ride is that a lady once spread her son's ashes around the entire attraction and it is now believed that his ghost sits at the exit of the ride crying out to leave.

Though this allegation has never been confirmed, some Disneyland personnel fully deny it. "Let me assure you, if anything related to ashes had been dumped in the Pirates of the Caribbean ride or even any other ride around here, we would call in the biohazard team to clean it up and empty out the water," claimed one Disneyland employee who chose to remain anonymous. " But as far as the rides being haunted goes, that's nobody's business."

In actuality, the ashes incident with the Haunted Mansion ride had indeed been confirmed and even reported on several websites and local news channels.

Although the Disneyland employees chose to remain silent about the claimed hauntings or ash incidents, one California Adventure employee admitted that these occurrences are not as infrequent as they appear. "To be honest, I haven't heard about the lady throwing her son's ashes inside the Haunted Mansion ride, but not that long ago outside of Pirates of the Caribbean, we found an older woman's ashes scattered around inside the planters and a plaque with her name and date of death on it," said John Dobby. "Its one of the several things I've heard about that ride in particular."

For reasons unkown, people have chosen to keep the memory of their dead loved ones alive on popular tourist attractions, at what is known as, "The happiest place on earth," but the reasons for these choices or even the claimed paranormal incidences remain a mystery.