Is Alcatraz haunted? Why did San Francisco evict its cemeteries? Where can you find the real-life locations seen in the scariest horror films? 'Creepy Bay Area' shows you spookiest spots around the Bay.
, home to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, quickly earned a reputation as a place where those cast out of society mingled with spirits left behind in time. The prison was only in operation for 29 years, but in that time it held some of the most famous gangsters of the early 20th century.
Whether born here or adopting the Bay Area as their own, there are many notable names who have made this place theirhome. San Francisco famously relocated most of its cemeteries down south to Colma, making it a necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living. All around the Bay Area, gorgeous cemeteries and mausoleums house the final resting places of the famous and infamous.
Finally, some of the earliest American film studios were located in the Bay Area before Hollywood even existed. But although Tinseltown is now the home of American cinema, the mystique of the Bay Area keeps filmmakers coming. From gorgeous panoramic views to the fog wafting in from over the water, the Bay Area is the perfect spooky setting for some monstrous movie masterpieces.
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