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Location:
The Bessie Love cabin can be found toward
the top of the rugged Laurel Canyon, built on a lot back away from the
road on Lookout Mountain, which has glorious view of the Los Angeles basin.
History:
Around 1918, the Laurel Canyon
area had a rustic, countryside atmosphere, yet was close to the city.
A development of cabins / bungalows were built on a group of lots, collectively
called Bungalow Land. A series of walkways and gardens tied all the bungalows,
both up and down the hills, and in-between, together as a community, popular
with the well-to-do Hollywood folk.
Description:
The cabin is one story, with
one bedroom, a nice livingroom, a bathroom and a kitchen, all perfect
for a single person. It has heavy, wooden doors.
History of Manifestations:
Back in the mid 1800's,
soon after California became a state, the Laurel Canyon area was the favorite
hideout of the Mexican Robin Hood, Teburcio Vasquez, who liked to steal
from the new landowners who were awarded the land taken from the former
Mexican farmers and ranchers. Vasquez found the hidden caves in the area
great places to hide his loot. Two fortune hunters came, looking for some
of Vasquez's ill-gotten gold. Unfortunately, they were caught by Vasquez,
and killed on the land that the cabin was built on; the same cabin which
screen actress Bessie Love bought as her first home.
Manifestations:
Two ghosts haunt the property
and cabin, still looking for Vasquez's gold.
A) In 1918, when she was
barely 20 years old, Bessie Love was making a great living in Hollywood
in silent movies and she eagerly bought her first home, this lovely cabin
in this beautifully rugged setting. She discovered that she wasn't alone.
1) There were a variety of
odd occurrences that she at first tried to ignore or explain away. She
would hear a low moaning sound, men's voices, experience electrical
problems, doors would open and close by themselves, lights would turn
themselves on and off, and there were definite cold spots felt in the
livingroom, despite what the weather was like outside.
2) One night, when one
of Bessie's friends was sleeping in a makeshift bed in the livingroom,
she awoke to the sound of a man's voice. The living room was fully lit
by the full moon. She at first saw nothing. After hearing a voice once
again, she was frightened when she saw a transparent man walk through
a wall into the livingroom. After adjusting his cowboy hat, he continued
through the livingroom and went into the kitchen, not seeming to notice
the now terrified guest. The scared guest ran into Bessie's bedroom,
where they stayed together for the night.
B) Various people made the
cabin their home until the 1980's. In 1984 or so, remodeling the cabin
had begun but was abandoned for some unknown reason, and the cabin was
vacant for nearly 10 years, until a film electrician moved into the place
in 1993.
1) During the week that he
was moving into the cabin, he and his friend left the big, heavy wooden
front door open, as the weather was hot and still. The ancient door
had a difficult lock on it that had to be turned in just the right manner
to lock or unlock the door. On one occasion, the heavy door slowly closed
and locked itself, temporarily locking out the electrician. In another
instance, during that same week, the door once again slowly closed,
and not only was the door locked again, but the deadbolt lock was also
turned as well!
2) As he continued to live
there, the electrician experienced unexplainable electrical and power
problems in the cabin, which no one else in the community had experienced.
Cold spots could be again felt in the living room. His fully charged
cell phone wouldn't work as long as he was on the property, though in
theory he was supposed to have cell coverage.
Still Haunted?
Yes, as of 1994.
As the ghosts
haunt the land, even if the cabin is torn down, they will continue to
haunt whatever is built in its place, unless some way is found to release
these ghosts to the other side. |
