From popular Los Angeles promenades whose many restaurants and attractions are shrouded in chilling ghost stories, to stunning Santa Monica piers where local legends tell restless spirits of the past walk amongst the living. Are you sure you're ready to brave our picks for some of the most haunted beaches in California?

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"Hermosa Beach 045" by Martin Stiburek (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...) is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

"Hermosa Beach Pier" by Keith Yahl (https://www.flickr.com/photos/yahl/) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Hermosa Beach, California” by Wicker Paradise (https://www.flickr.com/photos/wicker-...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Welcome to Hermosa Beach, California” by Ken Lund (https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“Santa Monica Pier - Los Angeles” by Giuseppe Milo (https://www.flickr.com/photos/giusepp...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Santa Monica Pier 1” by Tony Hisgett (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Santa Monica”, "Venice Beach, California", "Venice Beach" by Pedro Szekely (https://www.flickr.com/photos/pedrosz/) are licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“Santa Monica beach”, "Venice Beach, California" by Mike McBey (https://www.flickr.com/photos/1586521...) are licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Parasols on the beach, Santa Monica" by Gael Varoquaux (https://www.flickr.com/photos/gaelvar...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Baker Beach” by Susan Kelleher (https://www.flickr.com/photos/susanlk74/) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

“Baker Beach Sand Ladder” by Daniel Ramirez (https://www.flickr.com/photos/danrama...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Sunset at Baker Beach and the Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco” by Katie Haugland Bowen (https://www.flickr.com/photos/7677146...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

“Baker Beach Sunset" by Sonny Abesamis (https://www.flickr.com/photos/enerva/) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Baker beach San Francisco Labor Day weekend 2014" by merri (https://www.flickr.com/photos/shockin...) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Golden Gate Bridge from Baker Beach - San Francisco, California" by Jim Trodel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/trodel/) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Lifeguard off-duty – keep off" by Staffan Cederborg (https://www.flickr.com/photos/1550593...) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Venice Beach Shoreline" by Michael Dorausch (https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropr...) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Venice Beach Buildings" by David Krieger (https://www.flickr.com/photos/aghriva...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Venice Beach Birds" by j_arred (https://www.flickr.com/photos/3039527...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Will Rogers State Beach" by Clotee Pridgen Allochuku (https://www.flickr.com/photos/clotee_...) is licensed under CC BY 2.0

"IMG_9876", "IMG_9880", "IMG_9895" by rufus (https://www.flickr.com/photos/rufusow...) are licensed under CC BY 2.0

"Sunset at the beach 06.18.2010", "Will Rogers State Beach 06.18.2010" by Raymond Shobe (https://www.flickr.com/photos/bossco/) are licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

"Pacific Palisades" by Sergei Gussev (https://www.flickr.com/photos/sergeig...) are licensed under CC BY 2.0