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Introduction               Sacramento               is               a               city               built               on               broken               dreams,               a               small               metropolis               spawned               from               a               slew               of               crudely-pitched               tents               and               decrepit               wooden               shacks               that               sprang               up               along               the               banks               of               the               Sacramento               and               American               rivers.

A               city               that               in               some               respects,               was               never               meant               to               be               a               permanent               settlement               at               all.

The               watershed               event               that               arguably               established               the               state               of               California               ironically               proved               the               ruination               of               the               three               men               responsible               for               the               phenomenon               that               brought               hundreds               of               thousands               to               seek               their               fortunes               in               the               stream               beds,               hills               and               fields               of               the               Sacramento               Valley               and               beyond.

John               Sutter,               the               Swiss-German               immigrant               who               was               looking               forward               to               decades               of               prosperity               on               his               land               grant               from               the               Mexican               government,               finally               lost               the               battle               to               keep               the               hordes               of               fortune-seekers               from               overrunning               and               plundering               his               estate.

Towards               the               end               of               his               life,               a               despondent               Sutter               noted               in               his               autobiography,               "Without               the               discovery               of               gold,               I               would               now               be               the               richest               man               on               the               shores               of               the               Pacific.

(Gudde:               231)."               James               Marshall,               the               carpenter               who               noticed               the               first               few               chunks               of               a               shiny               yellow               metal               at               Sutter's               sawmill               in               Coloma               in               1848,               also               died               destitute.

For               the               remainder               of               his               days,               he               was               frequently               hounded               by               greedy               individuals               who               were               certain               that               he               still               had               a               nose               for               sniffing               out               a               fortune.

Merchant               Sam               Brannan               saw               a               golden               opportunity,               and               marched               up               and               down               San               Francisco's               Market               Street               with               a               bottle               of               water               swirling               with               yellow               flakes.

"Gold!

Gold!

Gold               from               the               American               River!"               he               proclaimed.

A               shrewd               if               not               scrupulous               businessman,               Brannan               began               selling               shovels               and               similar               accoutrements               to               would-be               prospectors,               at               ten               to               15               times               the               normal               value               of               the               items.

Although               he               did               strike               it               rich               peddling               to               panhandlers,               in               the               end               a               bitter               divorce               and               numerous               other               ill-fated               legal               proceedings               left               him               penniless,               as               well.
               As               for               the               throngs               who               came               from               across               the               country               and               the               entire               world,               very               few               prospered.

For               every               one               who               did,               there               were               hundreds               more               who               succumbed               to               poverty               and               vagrancy.

Many               did               not               survive               the               perilous               journey               across               the               vast               wilderness,               or               the               arduous,               four-month               sea               voyage               around               South               America's               Cape               Horn.

Those               who               arrived               at               their               destination               had               often               spent               every               cent               that               they               had               getting               there,               and               when               their               dreams               did               not               pan               out,               had               no               means               of               returning               home.

Some               adapted,               finding               other               vocations               and               pursuing               different               goals.

Others               starved,               or               took               ill               and               died,               and               a               great               many               took               their               own               lives.

Crowded,               unsanitary               and               lawless               conditions               accounted               for               a               whole               host               of               social               ills               and               natural               disasters               that               claimed               countless               more               lives.

Within               a               decade               of               the               Gold               Rush               boom,               most               mining               operations               had               been               taken               over               by               large,               commercial               interests,               and               the               days               of               the               plucky               prospector               with               his               pan,               pick               and               shovel               faded               into               history.
               But               not               all               of               history               is               so               easily               put               to               bed.

So               many               met               vile,               violent,               unsettling               ends               that               Sacramento               is               thought               to               be               "alive               with               ghosts."               Much               of               this               activity               centers               on               Old               City,               the               original               spot               at               the               confluence               of               the               Sacramento               and               American               rivers               where               dauntless               gold               seekers               descended               and               intrepid               entrepreneurs               first               set               up               shop.

Restless               spirits               silently               stalk               their               old               haunts,               some               locked               forever               in               their               familiar               routines.

Others               seek               vengeance               on               those               responsible               for               their               unhappy               conditions,               oblivious               to               the               fact               that               the               perpetrators               are               far               beyond               mortal               retribution.

There               are               those               who               seem               lost,               wandering               without               purpose               and               having               forgotten               what               they               were               originally               seeking.

A               few               actually               appear               to               be               happy,               remembering               all               that               was               good               and               blissfully               forgetting               the               unpleasantries               that               led               up               to               their               present               circumstances.
               The               remaining               tunnels               underneath               Old               City               -those               still               tangible               remnants               of               the               original               street               level-               are               gradually               disappearing.

Willful               obliteration               and               accidental               collapses               have               filled               in               much               of               the               subterranean               network.

Spirits               both               ancient               and               modern               reputedly               lurk               in               the               dark               crevices               of               yesteryear,               and               even               in               the               modern               edifices               that               have               grown               on               top               of               them               and               spread               out               across               a               hundred               square               miles               of               city.

As               the               years               pass               and               more               and               more               of               what               was               crumbles               into               oblivion,               an               occasional               flickering               light,               dancing               shadow               or               unexplained               noise               may               be               the               only               remaining               connection               to               the               rich               history               that               gave               rise               to               a               state's               capital.

But               in               the               end,               all               we               really               have               are               stories.
               Jeff               Raymond's               ghost               story
               At               five-foot               six,               225               pounds,               Jeff               Raymond               is               built               like               a               pit               bull               terrier,               and               about               as               easily               intimidated.

But               a               cold               terror               seized               him               one               night               in               April               of               2003               when               he               awoke               to               the               sensation               of               hands               clamped               around               his               throat.

Bolting               out               of               bed,               Jeff               looked               around               for               his               attacker,               but               found               that               he               was               alone.

The               only               other               person               in               the               house               was               his               seven               year-old               son,               Jason,               who               was               sound               asleep               in               the               bedroom               down               the               hallway.
               The               40-year               old               ranch               house,               located               in               Sacramento's               College               Greens               section,               had               seemed               like               a               good               purchase               to               Jeff               when               he               made               settlement               about               two               months               earlier.

When               Jason               told               him               one               night               "There's               a               man               in               my               bed,"               Jeff               dismissed               it               as               a               child's               overactive               imagination.

Then               Jeff               himself               saw               things               -weird               silhouettes               dancing               across               the               walls               and               the               nearly-transparent               figure               of               a               man               passing               in               the               hallway.

This               was               too               much               of               a               coincidence.

Jeff               put               his               house               up               for               sale.
               During               the               nine               months               that               Jeff's               house               sat               on               the               market,               several               potential               buyers               made               offers,               only               to               suddenly               rescind               them.

A               Middle               Eastern               family               saw               the               house               three               times,               and               Jeff               was               sure               that               he               had               a               sale.

When               they               departed               somewhat               hastily               after               their               final               visit,               Jeff               followed               them               outside               and               asked               if               there               was               a               problem.

"You               have               spirits,"               the               father               replied               tersely.

That               was               the               last               that               Jeff               saw               of               them.
               When               Jeff               originally               looked               at               the               house               during               what               realtors               call               a               "walk-through,"               he               specifically               asked               the               agent               if               anyone               had               died               there.

No,               he               was               told.

This               was               not               true.
               Conversations               with               a               neighbor               who               has               lived               next               door               since               1968               revealed               some               disturbing               information               about               the               home's               former               occupant,               a               retired               army               colonel               who               had               purchased               the               property               in               1966,               and               resided               there               until               his               death               in               1999.

The               colonel               and               his               wife               had               been               awarded               custody               of               their               grandchildren               after               the               parents               had               been               deemed               unfit.

An               irascible,               mean-spirited               man,               the               colonel               flew               into               a               rage               one               day               and               tried               to               strangle               his               eight               year-old               grandson.

After               hearing               this,               Jeff               had               a               good               idea               about               the               identity               of               his               phantom               assailant.
               Jeff's               girlfriend,               Tammy,               recalls               her               first               encounter               with               the               late               colonel.

She               was               in               the               den,               talking               to               Jeff,               who               was               in               the               sitting               room               downstairs.

Behind               Jeff,               she               saw               a               flash               of               light               move               from               one               side               of               the               room               to               the               other.

Seeing               the               shocked               look               on               Tammy's               face,               Jeff               asked               her               what               was               wrong.
               "Nothing,"               she               barely               managed               to               whisper.

Later,               however,               she               confessed.
               On               another               occasion,               she               and               Jeff               were               both               in               the               sitting               room               when               Jeff               suddenly               felt               a               chill               course               through               his               body,               and               the               hair               on               his               arms               literally               stood               up.

The               time               was               late               August,               the               weather               was               hot,               and               all               of               the               windows               were               closed.
               Though               nearly               being               strangled               in               bed               was               admittedly               a               harrowing               experience               for               Jeff,               he               is               no               longer               afraid               of               "Al,"               whom               he               maintains               has               lost               a               lot               of               his               power,               and               all               of               his               scare.

The               manifestations               are               limited               to               occasional               flashes               of               light               and               maybe               a               fleeting               shadow,               but               never               anything               as               terrifying               as               the               initial               encounter.

He               has               a               theory               about               this.
               "Spirits               are               only               as               strong               as               you               let               them               be,"               he               explained.

"They               only               have               as               much               power               as               you               give               them."               And               Jeff               is               determined               not               to               give               Al               any               power.

The               last               paranormal               occurrence               was               in               January               of               2005.

While               they               were               sitting               in               the               den,               Jeff,               Tammy               and               Jason               noticed               that               the               dog's               wicker               bed               was               rocking               back               and               forth,               as               if               someone               were               kicking               it.
               Tammy               has               also               heard               -and               seen-               a               second               visitor,               though               no               one               has               a               clue               to               the               identity.

Tammy               has               been               awakened               by               the               sound               of               a               woman               singing,               a               sound               which               seems               to               come               from               behind               the               house.

Because               there               is               a               grocery               store               in               back               of               the               house,               she               first               attributed               the               disturbance               to               a               group               of               revelers               in               the               store's               parking               lot.

But               when               she               looked,               the               lot               was               empty.
               The               first               appearance               of               the               mysterious               lady               came               when               Tammy               was               standing               in               front               of               a               mirror,               a               few               feet               away               from               an               open               door.

A               woman               entirely               dressed               in               black,               who               looked               remarkably               like               Tammy,               paused               in               the               doorway,               casting               her               reflection               next               to               Tammy's               in               the               mirror.
               "She               didn't               look               like               a               ghost,"               Tammy               recalled.

"She               looked               exactly               like               a               flesh-and-blood               person.

But               when               I               turned               around,               there               was               no               one               there."
               According               to               an               old               superstition,               a               doppelganger               ("double-goer"               in               German)               is               the               ghostly               duplicate               of               a               living               person.

Seeing               one's               doppelganger               is               supposedly               a               harbinger               of               impending               death.

But               while               Tammy               is               open               to               the               possibility               of               ghosts,               she               doesn't               place               much               stock               in               doppelgangers.
               86               year-old               Stan               Rose,               who               lives               next               door,               remembers               Al               as               a               less-than-ideal               neighbor.

But               he               doesn't               believe               for               one               second               that               Al's               essence               still               lingers               in               the               house,               and               he               shrugs               off               reports               of               the               dark               lady.

Maybe               that's               because               so               far,               Al               and               his               distaff               counterpart               have               kept               to               their               own               haunts.
               Johna               DeRosier's               ghost               story
               Old               habits               die               hard,               and               with               some               individuals,               those               habits               never               seem               to               die               at               all.

Most               ghosts               are               steadfast               in               their               hauntings               -usually               attaching               themselves               to               a               specific               location,               object               or               person               with               whom               they               had               a               strong               connection               in               life.

But               a               few               are               fickle               phantoms,               like               the               one               that               social               worker               Johna               DeRosier               first               encountered               in               1997.
               Johna               thought               that               her               roommate               was               crazy               when               she               brought               in               her               minister               to               bless               their               house               on               Charlaura               Court               in               southern               Sacramento.

The               roommate               swore               that               there               were               strange               sounds,               inanimate               objects               seemingly               moving               of               their               own               volition,               and               vaguely-human               shapes               that               materialized               out               of               thin               air,               then               just               as               quickly               vanished.

One               night,               the               roommate               woke               up               in               a               panic,               swearing               that               someone               had               been               shaking               her               bed.

When               she               moved               out               two               months               later               without               paying               her               share               of               the               rent,               Johna               was               convinced               that               she               had               simply               concocted               a               poltergeist               story.
               But               during               the               next               decade,               when               Johna               and               her               three               children               lived               there,               strange               things               indeed               began               happening,               the               most               alarming               occurring               in               1998               when               Johna               walked               out               of               the               bathroom               and               clearly               saw               what               she               described               as               "a               shadowy,               smoky               figure               of               an               old               man               sitting               on               the               bed."               Screaming,               Johna               dashed               back               into               the               bathroom               and               locked               the               door.

When               she               finally               ventured               out,               there               was               no               trace               that               anyone               had               been               there.
               "He               looked               just               like               that               statue               of               The               Thinker,"               a               calmer               Johna               later               recalled.

"The               same               exact               pose."
               Later               manifestations               tended               to               be               more               subtle,               and               eventually,               less               and               less               frightening,               and               Johna               and               her               children               just               accepted               their               mysterious               guest               as               another               resident.

Sometimes               while               sitting               on               her               living               room               couch,               Johna               would               glimpse               in               her               peripheral               vision               a               large,               dark               shadow               darting               down               the               hallway,               as               if               someone               were               running.

The               fireplace               tools               were               occasionally               knocked               over               in               the               dead               of               night,               making               a               loud               clanging.

The               photograph               of               Johna's               oldest               son,               which               hung               in               the               hallway,               was               constantly               falling               off               the               wall.

Occasionally,               Johna's               daughter               Kat               (Kathleen)               would               hear               rattling               in               the               attic,               or               what               sounded               like               someone               running               across               the               roof.

Since               these               noises               were               not               limited               to               Christmas               Eve,               she               couldn't               very               well               blame               Santa               Claus!
               The               most               common               disruption,               like               all               of               the               others,               was               innocuous-               a               strange               tapping               on               Johna's               shoulder               when               she               was               asleep.

First               she               assumed               that               one               of               her               children               was               responsible,               but               soon               knew               better.
               In               January               of               2005,               Johna               met               the               man               who               was               to               become               her               second               husband,               and               the               two               moved               into               their               own               home.

The               night               before               her               wedding,               August               12,               2005,               Johna               stayed               at               the               Elk               Grove               home               of               her               friend,               Cindy               Hicks.

And               someone               else               came               along               with               her.
               In               the               next               few               weeks,               Cindy               began               experiencing               many               of               the               same               phenomena               that               Johna               and               her               children               had.

Cindy's               mother,               Sherry,               who               is               66               and               hard               of               hearing,               was               busily               working               at               her               sewing               machine               one               afternoon               while               Cindy               was               in               the               kitchen.

Later,               Sherry               asked               Cindy               "Why               were               you               shaking               my               chair               when               I               was               sewing?"               Cindy               didn't               have               a               clue               what               her               mother               meant.

On               another               occasion,               Sherry               asked               her               daughter               if               she               had               come               into               her               bedroom               the               previous               night.

Cindy               had               not.
               But               the               wandering               spirit               didn't               limit               his               attentions               to               Sherry.

One               night               when               Cindy               was               in               bed,               she               felt               strong               hands               pushing               down               on               her               hip               and               shoulder,               preventing               her               from               moving.

When               she               was               finally               able               to               get               up,               she               was               alone.
               Apparently,               the               spirit               has               a               lascivious               side,               as               well.
               "Once               after               I               had               gone               to               bed,               I               covered               myself               up,               and               I               felt               someone               rubbing               the               covers               over               the               contours               of               my               body,"               Cindy               recalled.

"I               was               really               tired,               so               I               just               hollered               'Knock               it               off!'               and               it               did."
               Animals               are               perhaps               more               attuned               than               anyone               to               psychic               energy,               and               Sherry's               dog               -a               little               terrier               named               Angel-               was               no               exception.

She               began               erupting               into               fits               of               loud               barking               and               snarling,               apparently               at               no               one.

In               addition,               the               normally               well-behaved               canine               started               chasing               invisible               entities,               and               running               around               in               circles,               nipping               at               her               own               tail.

The               dog's               antics               usually               precede               the               spectral               activity,               Cindy               has               observed.
               For               the               most               part,               the               spirit               likes               to               keep               a               low               profile,               and               as               yet               has               never               shown               himself               to               Cindy               or               Sherry.

The               occasional               groping               and               shaking               aside,               he               seems               to               prefer               rattling               small               objects               late               at               night,               or               turning               lights               on               or               off.
               Johna               admits               that               she               has               no               idea               who               the               inscrutable               spook               is,               or               was,               and               never               made               any               attempt               to               find               out.

But               at               least               for               now,               he               appears               to               be               someone               else's               problem.
               Marcie               Rice's               ghost               story
               Film               and               literature               are               rife               with               examples               of               buildings               that               are               magnets               for               supernatural               activity.

Some               theories               run               that               the               structures               rest               on               sites               marred               by               ancient               violence               or               injustice,               or               were               unknowingly               constructed               on               the               grounds               of               some               long-vanished               necropolis.

Other               explanations               suggest               that               the               very               edifices               themselves               somehow               absorb               psychic               energy               and               the               restless               emotions               of               previous               inhabitants,               taking               on               a               life               of               their               own.

"If               these               walls               could               talk,"               people               muse.

Sometimes,               it               seems               as               if               they               can.
               In               1977,               19               year-old               Marcie               Rice               and               her               husband               Ron               lived               in               a               house               that               her               parents               had               bought               for               them,               next               door               to               one               that               her               grandparents               purchased               for               $4,000               in               1940.

According               to               Marcie,               spirits               seem               to               bounce               back               and               forth               between               the               pair               of               homes,               located               at               3041               and               3043               Marysville               Boulevard,               respectively.

Incidents               over               the               past               three               decades               have               ranged               from               mildly               annoying               to               terrifying,               beginning               late               one               evening               when               newly-weds               Ron               and               Marcie               were               in               bed.
               Air               vents               on               the               wall               directly               behind               the               couple's               bed               amplified               any               noise               coming               from               the               downstairs.

Ron,               a               sound               sleeper,               slumbered               unperturbed.

But               Marcie,               plagued               by               insomnia               that               accompanied               her               first               pregnancy,               lay               wide               awake,               and               clearly               heard               what               sounded               like               someone               racing               up               and               down               the               staircase               at               superhuman               speed.

After               a               few               moments               the               frenzied               footsteps               subsided,               at               which               point               the               doorknob               jiggled               back               and               forth.

This               occurred               a               number               of               times.

Whenever               Marcie               got               out               of               bed               to               check,               the               result               was               always               the               same:               there               was               never               anyone               on               the               other               side.
               Four               years               later,               Ron               and               Marcie               divorced,               and               Marcie               moved               next               door,               to               3041,               with               her               son,               Ronnie,               and               daughter,               Kristen.

Any               suspicion               on               Marcie's               part               that               the               unexplained               noises               at               3043               might               have               been               her               imagination               were               dispelled               one               summer               afternoon               when               she               was               sitting               outside               on               the               front               steps,               waiting               for               her               boyfriend,               John,               to               arrive.

Visiting               Marcie               that               day               were               her               nieces,               Tracey               and               Angie.

All               of               a               sudden,               Tracey               and               Angie               ran               shrieking               out               of               the               house,               followed               closely               by               Ronnie               and               Kristen.

After               a               few               moments,               their               frightened               babbling               gradually               subsided               to               coherent               speech,               and               they               explained               to               Marcie               that               as               they               were               playing               in               Ronnie's               room,               the               white-robed               apparition               of               a               young               woman               with               long               blonde               hair               floated               into               their               midst,               and               hovered               silently               above               the               terrified               children.

Investigating,               Marcie               found               nothing               unusual,               but               all               four               kids               stuck               by               their               story.
               Later,               there               were               other               strange               phenomena.

Frequently,               packs               of               John's               cigarettes               would               be               missing,               invariably               turning               up               under               the               cushions               of               the               living               room               couch.

At               first,               John               suspected               Marcie's               children               of               playing               pranks               on               him,               but               the               kids               vehemently               denied               this.

Often,               Marcie               and               John               would               be               lying               in               bed,               when               inexplicably,               a               cool               gust               of               wind               would               sweep               over               them,               always               when               the               windows               were               closed.

The               mysterious               lady               in               white               never               made               a               second               appearance,               but               on               several               occasions,               neighbors               saw               lights               in               the               house               and               the               figure               of               a               woman               in               the               bedroom               window,               during               times               that               Marcie               was               certain               that               no               one               was               home.
               In               2002,               Ronnie               purchased               the               house               at               3041,               and               moved               in               with               his               fiancée,               Nina,               and               their               daughter,               Angelina.

Marcie               had               moved               back               into               3043               with               her               brother,               Michael,               and               youngest               son,               John.

Marcie               and               her               siblings               had               grown               up               in               that               house,               and               she               had               always               felt               comfortable               and               secure               there.

But               that               changed               one               day               in               the               wee               hours               of               the               morning,               as               Marcie               lay               in               bed               alone.
               Previous               manifestations               were               usually               mischievous               at               worst,               but               this               time,               there               was               a               strong               aura               of               malevolence.

An               evil               presence               seemed               to               settle               over               the               prostrate               Marcie,               and               she               found               herself               unable               to               move.

At               last,               a               low,               deep               voice               growled               some               unintelligible               message               in               her               ear.

Then               slowly,               Marcie               felt               the               presence               gradually               move               away               from               her,               on               its               way               to               Hell               or               wherever.

Relief               flooded               over               Marcie               as               she               realized               that               she               was               alone               once               more.
               For               the               most               part,               the               alleged               spectral               activity               seems               to               be               in               remission,               with               the               exception               of               phantom               feline               footsteps               across               Marcie's               bed               some               nights.

This               she               attributes               to               her               cat,               Princess,               who               died               in               2004,               but               seems               to               have               never               left.
               Phantoms               at               Fulton's
               Standing               across               the               street               from               Fulton's               West               End               Bar               and               Grill               in               Old               Sacramento,               one               might               easily               get               the               impression               that               an               entire               building               is               missing.

But               closer               inspection               reveals               an               opening               in               the               wrought-iron               fence,               leading               to               ancient               brick               stairs               that               descend               surreptitiously               into               a               quaint               courtyard.

The               surrounding               walls               that               form               this               secluded,               outdoor               café               hold               150               years               of               often               turbulent               history,               which               supposedly               manifests               itself               in               occasional               unexplained               occurrences.
               Situated               at               the               confluence               of               two               rivers,               Sacramento               was               plagued               by               repeated               floods,               with               no               less               than               five               during               its               first               12               years.

After               1862,               residents               decided               that               the               existing               levees               were               insufficient,               and               raised               the               level               of               the               entire               city               by               12               feet.

As               a               result,               the               first               floors               of               the               existing               buildings               became               the               basements,               or               were               abandoned               entirely.

The               building               that               houses               Fulton's               predates               the               raising               of               the               city,               and               the               old               brick               retaining               walls               which               were               constructed               are               clearly               visible               in               the               restaurant's               main               dining               area.

Much               of               the               labor               was               done               by               Chinese               immigrants,               who               came               to               California               in               droves               during               the               Gold               Rush.
               Being               the               manager,               Brian               Rodriguez               spends               a               lot               of               time               at               Fulton's               late               at               night,               after               the               customers               and               most               of               the               staff               have               already               gone               home.

He               admits               that               he               doesn't               particularly               like               being               in               the               building               alone.
               "You               get               this               weird               feeling,"               Brian               said.

"It's               like               someone's               watching               you,               someone's               checking               you               out.

You               don't               even               have               to               see               anything."
               He               admits,               however,               to               glimpsing               occasional               shadows,               which               he               tries               to               tell               himself               "must               be               explainable."               The               restaurant's               previous               owner,               who               sold               the               business               in               November,               2004               and               moved               to               Denver,               Colorado,               swore               that               there               was               something               very               strange               about               the               place,               Brian               said.
               Brian               believes               that               Fulton's               may               have               been               the               site               of               an               old               mission.

The               building               later               served               as               the               assessor's               office,               and               at               one               time,               may               even               have               been               used               as               a               jail.
               April               Williams               has               tended               bar               at               Fulton's               for               six               years.

Shortly               after               she               started,               she               found               that               on               some               mornings,               chairs               inside               the               restaurant               had               been               turned               backwards               during               the               previous               evening.

April,               as               well               as               other               employees               and               patrons,               have               also               felt               certain               cold               spots               -a               phenomenon               often               associated               with               spiritual               activity.

As               an               experiment,               a               customer               once               took               home               a               vase               of               dried               flowers               from               one               of               the               "haunted"               dining               booths,               where               patrons               had               sometimes               complained               of               chilly               drafts.

When               she               woke               up               the               following               morning,               the               chairs               at               her               dining               room               table               had               all               been               turned               backwards.

She               promptly               returned               the               flowers.
               April               said               that               the               staff               usually               warns               new               waitresses               not               to               be               alarmed               by               the               occasional               tugging               on               their               skirts               by               unseen               individuals.

In               the               past,               servers               have               been               so               unnerved               that               they               have               quit.

April               has               never               had               a               ghost               tug               on               her               clothing,               but               she               recalls               standing               near               the               back               of               the               restaurant               one               day,               and               feeling               drops               of               liquid               on               her               head.

Looking               up,               she               expected               to               see               wet               paint               or               leaking               water               from               the               rafters,               but               there               was               no               sign               of               either.
               In               1992,               a               waitress               claimed               to               have               seen               the               spectral               figure               of               an               Asian               man               with               a               ponytail.

Although               the               apparition               was               first               spotted               in               the               banquet               room,               he               has               appeared               other               places               since               then.
               In               October,               2005,               a               pair               of               mother               and               daughter               psychics               visited               Fulton's,               and               pointed               out               certain               areas               where               they               said               that               people               had               died.

The               so-called               Mafia               Room               -               a               large,               private               space               with               an               oblong               table               and               paneled,               wood               walls-               gave               off               such               negative               energy               that               the               two               women               refused               to               even               enter.
               Shortly               after               the               two               psychics               departed,               Brian               got               a               lesson               in               humility.

He               was               joking               with               some               of               his               employees               about               their               haunted               workplace               when               a               large,               potted               fern               about               20               feet               from               where               he               was               standing               suddenly               fell               over,               making               a               loud               clang.

The               group               bolted               from               the               room.

Brian               is               a               bit               more               careful               about               what               he               says               now.
               Ghosts               of               the               Delta               King
               Constructed               in               Stockton,               California               between               1924               and               1927               with               its               sister               ship,               Delta               Queen,               the               luxurious,               five-decked               sternwheeler               Delta               King               is               a               repository               of               colorful               anecdotes,               myths               and               memories.

Flagships               of               the               California               Transportation               Company,               the               pair               shuttled               passengers,               freight               and               mail               between               the               capital               and               San               Francisco,               a               dusk-'til-dawn               voyage               that               spanned               125               meandering               miles               along               the               Sacramento               River.

This               proud               legacy               endured               for               13               glorious               years,               but               the               decades               that               followed               saw               the               ships'               gradual               descent               into               disuse               and               disrepair.

In               the               1980's,               the               King               was               raised               from               the               muddy               riverbed               where               it               had               lain               half-sunken               for               18               months.

After               five               years               of               extensive               repairs               and               renovations,               the               King               was               resurrected               as               a               floating               hotel               permanently               docked               in               Old               Sacramento.

Much               of               the               original               ship               has               quietly               disappeared               over               the               years               -               the               engines               long               since               scrapped,               the               paddlewheel               replaced               by               a               perfect               replica,               sections               of               the               hull               sealed               and               re-riveted,               the               88               guest               rooms               consolidated               into               half               as               many.

But               something               lingers               aboard               the               75               year-old               vessel,               something               intangible,               yet               somehow               intransient.
               Some               incidents               by               their               very               nature               sow               the               seeds               of               enduring               ghost               stories.

At               least               two               probable               suicides               have               occurred               on               board               the               King,               and               most               likely               a               number               of               other               deaths,               the               latter               during               the               1940's               when               the               ship               was               used               as               a               troop               transport               and               hospital               ship.
               On               September               6,               1932,               aspiring               actress               Dorothy               Millette               boarded               the               Delta               King,               and               disappeared               the               following               day.

A               week               later,               her               body               washed               ashore,               and               it               was               presumed               that               she               drowned               herself.

The               day               before               Millette               took               her               ill-fated               cruise,               her               former               lover,               film               producer               Paul               Bern,               had               been               murdered               in               the               home               that               he               shared               with               his               new               wife,               actress               Jean               Harlow.

Speculation               arose               that               Millette               shot               her               ex-boyfriend               and               then               took               her               own               life,               but               this               was               never               proven.

The               sighting               by               a               night               watchman               of               a               mysterious               woman               on               one               of               the               decks               some               50               years               later               spawned               one               of               many               ghost               stories               about               the               ship               (Garvey:               47-48).
               The               frequent               appearance               of               a               little               girl               dressed               in               1930's-era               clothing               has               been               observed               by               numerous               employees               and               hotel               guests               alike.

Sometimes,               the               child               is               seen               bouncing               a               ball               along               the               decks               or               the               stairways.

She               is               alternately               playful               and               frolicsome,               or               melancholy               and               morose.

Sales               and               Catering               Manager               Kim               Johnson               thinks               that               the               girl               is               the               daughter               of               a               woman               who               worked               as               a               server               on               the               Delta               King.

While               on               board,               the               child               took               ill               and               died.

Unaware               that               she               has               "crossed               over,"               she               is               looking               for               her               mother.
               Guests               unfamiliar               with               the               rumors               sometimes               complain               that               a               child               is               bouncing               a               ball               outside               their               hotel               rooms               late               at               night.

Obligingly,               the               front               desk               sends               someone               to               investigate.

When               this               invariably               fails               to               find               the               source               of               the               disturbance,               the               staff               generally               asks               the               guest               to               open               the               door               and               see               if               anyone               is               there.
               According               to               Kim,               the               consensus               among               Delta               King               employees               is               that               there               are               three               dominant               spirits               on               board               -               the               little               girl,               a               gentleman,               and               an               elderly               woman.

Granted,               not               all               of               the               staff               is               convinced.


               In               February               of               2005,               Kim               was               standing               in               the               hallway               outside               of               the               Paddlewheel               Saloon,               located               aft               on               the               second               deck,               when               she               noticed               out               of               the               corner               of               her               eye               a               man               dressed               like               a               butler.

"He               was               just               floating               by               the               window,               inside               the               room."               The               sighting               was               in               the               middle               of               the               day,               and               the               saloon               was               closed               and               locked               at               the               time.

Upon               investigating,               Kim               found               no               one               inside.

Later               that               year,               she               observed               the               same               mysterious               man               standing               just               outside               the               saloon.

Just               as               quickly               as               he               had               appeared,               he               faded               from               view.
               Karen               Macais,               who               works               at               the               front               desk               weekdays               from               3:00               'til               11:00               p.m.,               has               heard               on               several               occasions               the               sound               of               a               girl's               crying,               coming               from               the               hallway               behind               her.

Kim               Johnson               apparently               encountered               the               ghost               in               a               lighter               mood.

In               December               of               2004,               Kim               and               one               of               the               bartenders               were               in               the               Delta               Lounge               on               the               fourth               deck,               when               the               drinking               glasses               started               shaking               and               rattling,               and               the               sound               of               high-pitched               laughter               and               a               child's               running               footsteps               filled               the               room.
               Karen               and               other               employees               have               also               seen               a               man               wearing               a               captain's               hat,               a               white               shirt               and               dark               blue               pants.

He               always               appears               in               the               periphery               of               vision,               and               seems               to               approach               the               front               desk               before               suddenly               turning               in               another               direction.

To               no               one's               surprise,               he               strongly               resembles               the               individual               whose               portrait               hangs               in               the               Captain's               Suite               -               the               lavishly-furnished               quarters               on               the               fifth               deck               that               rents               for               $550               per               night.
               Jenny               Johnson               is               not               particularly               unnerved               by               "the               captain,"               but               she               was               shaken               by               the               eerie,               unseen               presence               that               seemed               to               hover               over               her               when               she               worked               as               a               "turn-down"-               making               beds               and               preparing               vacant               rooms               for               future               guests               -in               the               Captain's               Suite.

Concierge               Katerina               Toulopoulos               agrees               that               there               is               some               kind               of               presence.

"There's               no               denying               it,"               she               said.

"Something's               there."
               During               her               second               day               on               the               job,               Katerina               spoke               with               a               hotel               guest               who               swore               that               he               encountered               the               ghostly               little               girl               while               he               was               on               the               way               to               his               room.
               "He               said               that               her               expression               was               really               scary,"               Katerina               recalled.

"She               had               these               deep,               sunken               eyes,               and               he               could               see               right               through               her.

He               was               spooked."
               Pastry               chef               Stephanie               La               Rue               once               brought               a               friend,               Todd,               to               work               with               her.

Claiming               to               be               attuned               to               spiritual               energy,               Todd               said               that               he               sensed               the               presence               of               four               entities               on               board               the               ship,               among               them               a               little               girl               and               a               man               named               Elmer.

Elmer,               Todd               claimed,               used               to               be               in               charge               of               the               Delta               King's               steam               room,               where               the               banquet               kitchen               is               presently               located.

While               walking               around               the               room,               Todd               paused               suddenly               in               one               of               the               corners               where               dry               goods               are               now               kept,               insisting               that               someone               had               died               in               that               particular               spot.

While               Stephanie               was               not               certain               whether               to               believe               him               or               not,               she               acknowledges               a               number               of               strange               occurrences,               notably               finding               a               line               of               spoons,               ladles               and               sundry               kitchen               utensils               arranged               neatly               in               rows               on               the               floor               one               morning               when               she               opened.

Her               co-workers               denied               playing               tricks               on               her.

Other               times,               she               says,               "Elmer"               hides               whisks               or               measuring               cups.
               DeeDe               Griffin               says               that               people               react               differently               to               allegedly               haunted               places.

In               some               cases,               they               are               eager               to               visit               and               investigate               for               themselves,               or               they               are               skeptics               anxious               to               disprove               the               rumors.

Other               guests,               however,               want               nothing               to               do               with               restless               spirits.
               Recently,               a               hotel               guest               and               several               of               her               co-workers               were               flown               into               Sacramento               by               their               employer               for               a               company               conference.

The               woman               did               not               want               to               stay               at               the               Delta               King,               but               was               out-voted               by               her               less               superstitious               colleagues.

Upon               checking               in,               she               emphatically               stated               to               the               front               desk               that               she               wanted               a               suite               that               was               "not               haunted."               They               did               their               best               to               oblige               her.
               Ghosts               in               Mary               Terry               Leathers
               The               majority               of               alleged               hauntings               consist               of               subtle,               unobtrusive               activity.

A               passing               shadow               glimpsed               in               the               corner               of               one's               eye.

The               inexplicable               disappearance               or               displacement               of               certain               objects.

Noises               seemingly               mundane               in               origin,               but               with               no               identifiable               source.

And               the               most               frequent,               the               strong               sensation               that               someone               or               something               is               watching,               lurking.
               In               the               13               years               that               they               have               owned               a               leather               shop               in               the               basement               of               what               was               once               the               Union               Hotel,               Mary               Terry-Pilcher               and               her               husband,               Greg,               have               experienced               all               of               these               phenomena               to               some               degree.

If               the               couple               were               the               only               people               to               have               ever               noticed               anything               unusual               in               the               bowels               of               this               19th-century               structure,               that               would               understandably               detract               from               their               credibility.

But               customers,               cleaning               staff,               and               even               former               tenants               have               been               witness               to               some               truly               strange               events.
               Constructed               circa               1848,               the               Union               Hotel               has               survived               the               glitz               and               glamour               of               the               Gold               Rush,               numerous               fires               and               floods,               an               1890's               blaze               that               nearly               gutted               the               building,               and               several               decades               of               urban               blight.

Mary               and               Greg               share               the               L-shaped,               subterranean               corridor               with               several               other               stores,               including               two               gift               shops               and               a               tattoo               parlor,               the               latter               on               the               opposite               end               of               the               hallway.

A               century               and               a               half               ago,               this               was               the               first               floor               of               the               hotel.

Walking               past               a               vacant               store               space               in               the               east               wing               reveals               one               of               the               old,               red               brick               retaining               walls,               the               first               step               residents               took               in               the               raising               of               the               city               in               the               1860's               and               1870's.
               Customers               have               related               to               both               Mary               and               Greg               that               there               is               a               certain               spot               in               the               hallway,               roughly               the               bend               where               east               meets               west,               where               they               sense               a               strong,               unnatural               presence.

Perhaps               unwisely,               this               was               the               same               spot               that               Mary               and               Greg               chose               to               work               on               a               wooden               frame               for               a               new               sign               for               their               business.

The               frame               was               propped               up               between               a               chair               and               a               table,               in               the               mysterious               corner,               when               it               slid               forward               onto               the               floor.

Noting               what               she               assumed               was               a               minor               inconvenience               at               worst,               Mary               then               secured               the               frame               so               that               it               couldn't               slide               forward,               and               set               to               work.

Instead,               the               frame               slid               off               to               the               side,               again               landing               on               the               floor.

This               occurred               no               less               than               five               times               before               Mary               and               Greg               were               able               to               finish               the               project.

The               incident               reminded               Mary               of               a               story               that               she               heard               from               the               former               tenants,               who               ran               a               small               gift               shop               called               The               Scottish               Castle,               in               what               is               now               Mary               Terry               Leathers.

Merchandise               placed               on               a               certain               shelf               near               the               back               of               the               store               invariably               fell               off.

Testing               the               shelf               with               a               level               found               it               to               be               perfectly               straight.

A               breach               in               the               laws               of               physics               seemed               insufficient               to               explain               the               two               similar               incidents.
               At               one               time,               Mary               and               Greg               had               a               screen               door,               in               addition               to               the               regular               door,               on               their               shop.

This               was               mainly               to               keep               their               cat               from               wandering               into               the               hallway.

One               evening,               as               the               couple               was               sitting               on               a               bench               in               the               hallway,               outside               the               shop,               the               screen               door               opened               and               closed,               seemingly               of               its               own               accord.


               "There               is               no               breeze               in               the               basement,"               Greg               explained.

"and               the               screen               door               was               difficult               to               open               and               close.

You               had               to               literally               lift               it               up               to               keep               it               from               scraping               the               floor."
               Sightings               certainly               add               verisimilitude               to               alleged               hauntings.

One               evening,               during               a               trip               to               the               restroom               down               the               hall,               Mary               was               certain               that               she               saw               someone               walk               in               behind               her.

When               she               turned               around,               she               was               alone.

She               and               Greg               have               both               seen               what               they               describe               as               sudden               flashes               of               light,               with               inscrutably               dark               areas               in               the               background.

Mary               maintains               that               through               one               such               flash,               she               saw               what               looked               like               a               man's               cloak,               leading               the               couple               to               believe               that               their               "friend               in               the               basement"               is               male.
               Greg               and               Mary               often               work               late               hours,               frequently               until               2:00               or               3:00               in               the               morning.

During               one               such               shift               they               both               witnessed               the               strongest               manifestation               to               date.

A               dark,               human-shaped               figure               passed               through               the               closed               door               of               the               tattoo               shop,               floated               several               feet               down               the               corridor,               and               disappeared               through               a               set               of               double               door               in               the               corner.

Turning               to               Mary,               Greg               asked,               "Did               you               see               that?"               He               didn't               need               to               ask               her               twice.
               Ghost               in               the               schoolyard
               That               the               sudden               circumstances               of               their               deaths               has               caused               some               ghosts               to               be               oblivious               to               their               condition               has               been               offered               to               explain               many               supposed               hauntings.

Among               them               is               the               case               of               the               mysterious               little               boy               spotted               in               front               of               the               Old               Schoolhouse               Museum               at               Front               and               L               streets.
               On               a               cool               October               day               in               1850,               the               ship               New               World               crept               into               port               at               Sacramento's               embarcadero,               greeted               by               throngs               of               city               residents               cheering               and               waving               flags.

With               her               she               brought               the               news               that               California               had               officially               become               the               31st               state.

But               along               with               the               joyous               tidings               the               vessel               carried               a               deadly               cargo,               one               that               would               wipe               out               nearly               one-sixth               of               the               city's               population               in               less               than               a               month.

As               the               passengers               disembarked,               one               man,               burning               with               fever,               stumbled               down               the               gangplank               and               collapsed               onto               the               dock.

The               city               had               dealt               with               fires               and               floods,               mob               lynchings               and               murders,               but               never               anything               as               virulent               as               the               strain               of               Asiatic               cholera               which               would               claim               its               first               victim               that               day.

The               onset               of               the               disease               was               characterized               by               sharp               abdominal               pains,               which               were               followed               by               severe               diarrhea               and               death               from               dehydration,               often               within               a               day.

Estimates               put               the               death               toll               at               close               to               1,000.

Hundreds               more               fled,               often               leaving               behind               sick               friends               and               relatives.

Of               the               brave               physicians               who               stayed               to               care               for               the               afflicted,               17               succumbed               to               the               illness.

Two               years               later,               the               Old               City               Cemetery               erected               a               memorial               plaque               to               commemorate               those               who               had               perished               in               Sacramento's               deadliest               plague.
               Cathryn               Chatterton               of               Meadow               Vista,               who               conducted               a               series               of               "Lantern               Tours"               through               the               Old               City               Cemetery               in               October               of               2003,               claims               to               be               able               to               see               and               communicate               with               spirits.

So               later               that               month,               when               Channel               UPN               31               decided               to               do               a               segment               about               the               reputed               ghost               of               the               Old               Schoolhouse               Museum               for               their               Good               Day               Sacramento               program,               they               contacted               her.

Accompanied               by               a               camera               crew               and               her               fiancé,               Ric               Windmiller,               Cathryn               set               off               for               the               schoolhouse,               not               really               expecting               to               see               anything.

Since               the               original               structure               was               not               in               Old               Sacramento,               Cathryn               reasoned               that               the               49'               x               27'               building               -               a               clever               replica               of               an               authentic               schoolhouse               in               an               adjacent               county-               was               not               realistic               enough               to               fool               a               ghost.

Apparently,               she               was               mistaken.
               Neither               Cathryn's               fiancé               nor               the               camera               crew               saw               anything               out               of               the               ordinary               that               fall               morning,               as               Cathryn               and               Ric               stood               in               the               yard               of               the               Schoolhouse               Museum,               where               the               phantom               marbles               player               was               reputed               to               haunt.

This               did               not               surprise               Cathryn,               who               explained               that               most               people               do               not               have               her               gift.

But               Cathryn               saw               him,               quietly               continuing               a               game               that               he               had               perhaps               begun               over               150               years               ago,               peacefully               oblivious               to               the               distractions               of               the               21st               century.
               "He               was               on               one               knee,               and               he               was               playing               marbles,"               Cathryn               recalled.

"He               was               tow-headed,               with               a               boxy               haircut,               brown               pants,               suspenders,               white               shirt,               and               the               little               brown               shoes               that               children               used               to               wear,               shoes               that               looked               like               miniature               work               boots.

He               had               a               leather               bag               with               some               marbles               in               it,               and               I               saw               three               or               four               marbles               in               position               on               the               ground.

My               impression               was               that               he               had               died               suddenly,               and               didn't               even               realize               that               he               was               dead.

He               looked               happy,               and               didn't               seem               to               know               that               we               were               there."The               only               children               whom               curator               Suzanne               Hicklin               has               seen               are               live               ones,               many               of               whom               are               on               class               field               trips.

But               she               agrees               that               the               mysterious               little               boy               has               attached               himself               to               the               place.

"For               whatever               reason,               he               feels               comfortable               here,"               she               said.

The               consensus               is               that               he               is               one               of               the               many               children               who               perished               in               the               1850               cholera               epidemic.
               Ghosts               in               the               Library
               The               tremendous               power               of               suggestion               might               explain               some               of               the               strange               phenomena               in               an               89               year-old               building               that               already               has               a               reputation               for               being               haunted.

The               sensation               of               being               watched               or               followed,               unexplained               noises,               even               flickering               apparitions,               might               plausibly               be               attributed               to               the               imagination.

But               even               the               stoutest               skeptics               are               hard-pressed               to               explain               magnetic               glass               bookshelf               doors               that               suddenly               swing               open,               heavy               objects               moving               by               themselves,               and               items               that               mysteriously               turn               up               in               unfamiliar               locations.
               As               an               institution,               the               Sacramento               Library               was               established               in               1857.

The               New               Central               Library,               a               six-story               edifice               which               adjoins               the               original               one,               was               added               in               1992.

A               $30,000               grant               from               industrialist               Andrew               Carnegie               funded               the               main               building,               which               was               erected               in               1917               and               was               the               first               such               structure               with               an               all-steel               frame.

Located               at               8th               and               I               streets,               the               Old               Central               Library               contains               meeting               rooms,               offices,               and               a               Rare               Book               Room,               in               the               corner               of               which               sits               a               vault               where               hundreds               of               old               books               and               manuscripts               are               stored.

According               to               branch               manager               Clare               Ellis,               this               vault               seems               to               be               the               hub               of               the               supernatural               activity.
               Staff               members               and               volunteers               alike               have               been               frightened               by               thumping               and               rustling               noises,               which               usually               occur               at               night               after               closing.

Even               more               alarming               is               the               counter-inertial               behavior               of               the               aforementioned               glass               bookshelves.

Clare               admits               that               the               perpetrators               seem               more               mischievous               than               malevolent,               and               sometimes               a               verbal               admonition               suffices               to               halt               the               spectral               shenanigans.

Other               times,               she               says,               the               phantom               pranksters               are               more               stubborn,               determined               to               be               rambunctious               despite               repeated               requests.

In               those               cases,               Clare               usually               decides               to               adjourn               until               morning.
               Less               frightening               but               equally               perplexing               are               the               books               that               seem               to               enjoy               playing               hide               and               seek.

One               staff               member               will               look               for               a               certain               title               exactly               where               the               book               should               be,               and               find               nothing.

Several               minutes               later,               when               someone               else               is               searching,               the               book               will               reappear               in               its               proper               location.
               A               custodian               on               duty               at               about               4:00               a.m.

one               morning               was               startled               by               a               loud               crash               after               he               had               turned               off               the               lights               in               one               of               the               administrative               offices               on               the               third               floor.

Flicking               the               switch               back               on,               he               discovered               that               a               typewriter               that               had               been               on               one               of               the               desks               was               now               lying               on               the               floor.

This               was               especially               puzzling               because               the               desk               was               perfectly               level,               and               the               typewriter               had               not               been               sitting               near               the               edge.

The               custodian               put               the               typewriter               back               where               it               belonged,               then               hurried               out               of               the               room.
               Strange               sights               and               sounds               are               not               limited               to               the               old               building.

There               have               been               intermittent               reports               of               a               spectral               woman               on               the               third               floor               of               the               New               Central               Library.

Sometimes               she               is               dressed               in               red.

Although               most               sightings               are               brief               and               indistinct,               an               employee               in               1992               recalls               seeing               a               deceased               co-worker               standing               at               the               end               of               the               check-out               line               in               the               main               lobby.

The               library               had               just               re-opened               after               a               week-long               hiatus               following               the               fatal               shooting               of               two               staff               members               by               a               deranged               patron.

The               co-worker               was               standing               at               the               end               of               the               check-out               line               in               the               main               lobby,               dressed               in               her               familiar               white               pleated               skirt,               and               holding               several               books               under               her               arm.

The               librarian               on               duty               thought               nothing               of               it               at               first,               then               realized               that               something               was               terribly               wrong.

When               she               glanced               again,               the               lady               in               the               white               skirt               was               gone               (Sacramento               Library).
               People               are               not               the               only               ones               who               have               seen               unsettling               things               in               the               Sacramento               Central               Library.

Youth               Services               Librarian               Rebecca               Higgerson               trains               service               dogs               for               an               organization               that               pairs               the               animals               with               disabled               people.

Rebecca               often               brings               the               dogs               to               work               with               her               so               that               they               can               get               used               to               a               variety               of               different               environments.

Her               first               protégé               was               a               playful,               ambitious               Golden               Retriever               and               Yellow               Labrador               mix               named               Tori.
               One               morning               before               the               library               opened,               Rebecca               and               Tori               were               playing               fetch               in               the               Children's               Department.

While               dashing               madly               after               a               tennis               ball               that               Rebecca               had               just               tossed,               Tori               skidded               to               a               halt,               stopping               a               few               feet               from               a               corner               where               the               rest               rooms               are               located.

The               animal               seemed               to               be               staring               at               something,               and               was               unresponsive               when               Rebecca               called               her               name.
               "I               finally               reached               her               and               pulled               her               away,               because               quite               frankly               I               was               a               bit               spooked               by               the               incident,"               Rebecca               recalled.

"I               walked               back               to               my               original               position               with               her               and               tossed               the               ball               again.

She               refused               to               go               after               it.

We               headed               for               her               leash               and               I               took               her               outside               for               a               break.

Immediately               upon               our               return,               I               walked               her               into               the               area               on               leash,               but               she               was               resistant               and               started               to               whimper.

I               gave               up,               now               completely               wigged               out               by               her               reaction."
               The               following               month,               during               another               tennis               ball               session,               Tori               again               stopped               cold               in               the               middle               of               chasing               the               ball,               in               exactly               the               same               spot,               and               stared               once               again               at               the               restroom               corner.

Even               her               favorite               dog               treats               could               not               lure               her               away               this               time.

That               was               the               last               incident               that               Rebecca               had               with               Tori               in               the               library,               but               one               that               Rebecca               will               never               forget.
               Ghost               of               the               Eagle               Theater
               Raymond               Closs,               manager               of               the               Eagle               Theater               at               Front               and               I               streets               in               Old               Sacramento,               has               been               blamed               on               more               than               one               occasion               for               minor               acts               of               mischief               that               he               swears               were               committed               by               former               manager,               Clif               Hagle.

Stage               props               will               be               moved               or               missing,               someone               will               tamper               with               the               stage               equipment,               strange               sounds               will               interrupt               a               rehearsal.

Ray               and               the               other               staff               and               volunteers               merely               shake               their               heads               and               say,               "Clif               is               at               it               again."               But               Clif               has               a               very               good               alibi.

He's               dead.
               At               is               inception               in               1849,               the               Eagle               Theater               catered               to               the               throngs               of               ragtag               fortune               hunters               that               filled               the               squalid               city.

In               addition               to               whiskey               and               women,               the               men               craved               entertainment.

Like               many               structures,               the               original               building               that               stood               on               the               spot               was               hastily-erected               from               the               wood               and               canvas               of               a               dismantled               ship               whose               crew               had               deserted               upon               arrival               in               Sacramento.

On               January               8,               1850               the               Eagle               Theater               washed               away               in               one               of               the               many               floods               that               were               to               strike               the               burgeoning               city.

The               current               building               was               constructed               in               1971               (Tracy).
               "Clif               loved               this               place,"               Ray               said.

"He               would               sometimes               be               here               18               hours               a               day.

It's               no               wonder               that               he               still               hasn't               left."
               When               Clif               died               in               1998               at               the               age               of               61,               he               had               been               at               the               Eagle               Theater               earlier               that               day,               Ray               recalled.
               Elyse               Bagley               has               been               a               volunteer               at               the               theater               since               1997,               which               is               when               she               first               met               Clif,               who               would               dress               up               as               a               19th-century               undertaker               while               giving               a               presentation               to               the               new               docents.

She               thinks               that               her               last               encounter               with               Clif               was               in               2004,               but               she               admits               that               she               didn't               actually               see               him.
               After               appearing               in               one               of               the               theater's               productions,               Elyse               was               walking               down               the               stairs               to               the               dressing               rooms               in               the               basement.
               "The               stairs               are               very               steep,"               she               explained.

"and               they               have               two               turns.

They're               almost               C-shaped.

I               should               have               been               holding               the               banister,               but               I               wasn't.

I               was               wearing               a               large,               hooped               dress,               and               the               heel               of               my               boot               caught               the               hem               of               my               skirt.

I               felt               myself               pitch               forward,               and               I               was               about               to               tumble               headlong               down               the               stairs.

Suddenly,               two               strong               hands               grabbed               my               shoulders               from               behind,               and               guided               me               down               the               steps."
               Usually,               Ray               explained,               Clif               makes               his               presence               known               when               he               feels               that               strangers               are               not               showing               proper               respect               for               his               beloved               theater.

In               2001,               a               high               school               acting               troupe               known               as               the               Lookout               Players               was               putting               on               a               play               called               "Bleacher               Bums."               One               of               the               students,               Joey,               and               his               art               director,               were               sitting               in               the               theater               lobby               during               the               performance.

Suddenly               the               front               door               opened               and               close,               and               a               chilly               breeze               wafted               over               them,               through               the               audience,               and               all               the               way               to               the               end               of               the               stage.
               Shortly               afterwards,               another               production               group,               known               as               Runaway               Stage               Productions,               had               just               finished               setting               up               the               lightning               prior               to               a               show.

When               the               production               started,               all               of               the               22               stage               lights               were               pointing               in               different               directions.

As               usual,               Ray               got               the               blame.
               "Now               how               do               they               suppose               that               I               climbed               up               to               the               ceiling               lights               25               feet               in               the               air?"               Ray               asked.
               Other               times,               according               to               Assistant               Manager               Mel               Picanco,               Clif's               footsteps               can               be               heard               pacing               up               and               down               the               stairs               to               the               dressing               rooms.

Once,               a               crew               filming               a               documentary               wanted               to               use               the               Eagle               Theater               in               a               brief               sequence,               to               simulate               a               meeting               hall.

The               crew               occupied               the               theater               for               several               hours,               backed               trucks               up               to               the               door,               moved               props               and               equipment               around,               and               generally               overstayed               their               welcome.

Apparently,               Clif               was               not               pleased,               as               indicated               once               more               by               the               fitful               footsteps.
               Not               all               of               Clif's               pranks               are               expressions               of               disapproval,               Mel               noted.

During               the               city's               annual               Jazz               Jubilee               parade,               which               is               held               around               Memorial               Day,               Mel's               wife               Dorothy               came               into               the               theater,               dressed               in               period               costume.

She               took               of               the               several               pieces               of               jewelry               that               she               was               wearing,               which               included               a               pair               of               earrings,               and               put               them               into               her               hat.

Then               she               and               Mel               noticed               that               one               of               the               earrings               was               missing.
               "It               was               big,               looped               gold               earring,"               Mel               said.

"We               would               have               easily               seen               it               if               it               had               fallen               on               the               floor.

Finally,               Mel               said,               "Okay,               Clif,               give               it               back."               When               they               turned               around               again,               the               earring               was               lying               on               the               floor.









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