Haunted Oakland: Searching for the ghosts of Mills College

Mills College, located in East Oakland, is thought by some people to be one of the most haunted places in Oakland. The campus een includes a small cemetery, where school founders Cyrus and Susan Mills are buried.

Oakland has accumulated many paranormal tales: A ghost at the-now-defunct Holmes Book Company on 14th Street allegedly liked to throw books around, and customers reported feeling uneasy while browsing shelves alone; Ghostly orbs have been said to appear in photographs taken at Preservation Park downtown, particularly at the historic Pardee Home, the house of former California governor George Pardee; One man told Oakland North that he felt an overwhelming sense of “pure evil” while visiting the master bedroom during open house on Mall Court in Oakland.

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