Here Are 10 Famous Celebrities Whose Ghosts Still Haunt Us Today

Here’s perhaps one of the most iconic personalities of the rock era — John Lennon, a singer, songwriter, and co-founder of The Beatles, was tragically murdered in 1980 by prison inmate Mark David Chapman.

Chapman had shot Lennon four times in the back outside his apartment building, The Dakota, located on the corner of Central Park West and 72nd Street. Even without the incident of a murder, the building looks half terrifying, with its high gables, terracotta detailing, and gargoyle carvings.

Ghost sightings had become apparent back in the 1960s, when construction workers saw an apparition with a man’s body and a boy’s face. Residents have also recalled seeing the ghost of a little girl, dressed in clothing from the 1890s, smiling at people.

Most famously, Yoko Ono, Lennon’s widow, has reported seeing Lennon sitting ominously at his piano in their apartment. Many other residents have reported seeing him roam the hallways of the apartment.

Most famous for penning The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, author and humorist Mark Twain lived for one year in a townhouse that was nicknamed “The House of Death.”

Located on a charming block in the West Village of New York City, the building supposedly has been haunted by more than 20 spirits. 14 West 10th Street is a classic brownstone, and was built some time during the 1850s, a little before the Civil War took place. Twain lived here from 1900 to 1901, and residents have reportedly sighted a ghost dressed in a white suit, roaming the first floor staircase.

Apparently, he once said to a resident who was living there in the 1930s, “My name is Clemens, and I has a problem here I gotta settle.”

That same building has solidified a nastily eerie reputation, after former New York criminal defense attorney Joel Steinberg killed his daughter in the second floor apartment.

One of the most well known early pop icons and heartthrobs, Valentino was the “Latin Lover” of Hollywood’s romantic leads. He starred in many silent films, including The Sheik and Blood and Sand.

Tragically, he died at the young age of 31, after suffering from a stomach ulcer. After his death, he became an active ghost. He started to haunt the grounds of his former Hollywood mansion, located on the Falcon Lair estate.

He reportedly roams the hallways, his old bedroom, and the stables. One stable worker even saw the ghost of Valentino petting his favorite horse (he promptly quit his job afterward).

The ghost of Valentino has also been spotted before at the Santa Maria Inn, where he is known to creak on the bed and knock on doors.

Sex symbol and popular culture icon Marilyn Monroe is known to still haunt the grounds of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, where she appears in full-length mirrors.

The ghost of Monroe has also been spotted by her tomb in the Westside Memorial Cemetery in Los Angeles, and in the very house where she reportedly overdosed on sleeping pills in 1962.

Apparently, psychics have deduced that Marilyn’s death was in fact not a suicide, but an accident…

Rushed to the hospital on August 16, 1977, the King of Rock and Roll was pronounced dead on arrival of an apparent heart attack. He was 42.

Over the years, however, visitors to Graceland, Presley’s final home, have claimed to spot him looking out of upstairs windows. People have also spotted his ghost near his grave.

Very famously, on December 20, 1980, at least five different people have claimed to pick up a young Elvis Presley in an army uniform. They gave him a ride to the gates of Graceland.

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Possibly one of the most notorious organized crime bosses of all time, Capone was most famous for bootlegging in Chicago during the prohibition years.

In late 1926, Capone arrived at the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a maximum high-security prison a mile off the coast of San Francisco, CA. While there, he suffered from a series of mental conditions and breakdowns, and was said to be nearly incoherent at the end.

Capone joined the prison band, for which he played the banjo. Because he was too worried about going into the prison yard, he was allowed to practice in the prison showers, and reportedly spent most of his time there. At night, he was constantly kept up by what he believed were the ghosts of his dead rivals. This tormented him and made him paranoid up until the last moments of his life.

Today, you can still hear him play the banjo at night in the prison showers.

Actress, comedienne, and model Lucille Ball was perhaps most famous for her work on the popular U.S. sitcom, I Love Lucy.

Her incredible genius and physical ability made her a huge star with a great fandom. Sadly, on april 26, 1989, Lucille died on the operating table. She was 77 years old, and was living at her home in Beverly Hills, California.

Before her second husband, Gary Morton, sold the house, one of her friends drove past the property one last time. He peered into the wall-less rooms, and could see Lucille’s bedroom from afar. A tall, slim redhead peered through the windows back at him, and looked upset and confused. Then, she turned around and disappeared.

Many others have noted that Lucille’s ghost still haunts the new home that replaced hers. Her ghost is said to be kind and playful, but impulsive at times. She is said to spend a lot of her time rearranging the furniture and the boxes in the attic in the new home.

One more than one occasion, the theme song of I Love Lucy has played softly on repeat in the attic…

American actor and cultural icon James Dean was most celebrated for portraying characters of teenage disillusionment and social alienation. He died on September 30, 1955, after crashing his beloved Porsche Spyder into an oncoming sedan.

In the aftermath, pieces of the Porsche were sold off to bidders. But several eerie incidents involving the car have allowed many to conclude that the turmoil it caused was not quite over.

Since the beginning, the car gave off a “weird feeling of impending doom,” as designer and builder George Barris put it. The leftover parts were used to make two new, separate racing cars, both of which crashed horribly. The tires of the Porsche were also sold, but they suddenly burst and caused another crash.

In the end, the car was brought to a safety exhibit. One night, the exhibit garage that held the car went up in flames. All of the cars were destroyed, except for Dean’s Porsche. Ultimately, it was decided that the Porsche be shipped back to California, but the delivery never showed up. To this day, we can’t be sure of the mystery surrounding its disappearance.

He was a politician, polymath, inventor, author, and freemason. Benjamin Franklin seemed to have played all the possible roles during his lifetime. After helping lay the foundations of the American government, becoming one of the most prominent abolitionist of his day, and accomplishing a host of other works, he died from pleurisy in 1790, at age 84.

His spirit is still known to appear in Philadelphia today. There have been stories dating as far back as 1884, when a cleaning woman in the American Philosophical Society’s library was knocked over by a ghost in the figure of Franklin.

Many people have also reported to have seen his statue come to life in front of the Society’s building, and dance in the street.

Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-American illusionist and stunt performer whose acts involved all sorts of highly daunting props: ropes slung from skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and binding chains.

He died on October 31, 1926. Before he died, he promised his wife, Bess, by saying, “If possible, I will contact you from beyond the grave.” Every Sunday after Houdini’s death, his wife would lock herself in a dark room, sit under a portrait of her husband, and wait for a message to transpire.

Year after year, nothing happened. One year, Bess was finally about to give up. “My last hope is gone,” she said. “I do not believe Houdini can come back to me — or to anyone… It is finished. Good night, Harry!” At that very moment, it is said that a violent thunderstorm rang out, with blasting rains and howling gusts of wind.

Every year on October 31, people all over the world hold séances in honor of Houdini. This year, we can only hope that his spirit will rise again…

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