{"id":9531,"date":"2019-10-26T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000003574"},"modified":"2019-10-28T07:53:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:53:33","slug":"haunted-long-beach-explore-the-citys-most-legendary-ghosts-and-scariest-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/haunted-long-beach-explore-the-citys-most-legendary-ghosts-and-scariest-places","title":{"rendered":"Haunted Long Beach: Explore the city’s most legendary ghosts and scariest places"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Long Beach Post explored the city\u2019s most haunted places, from Sunnyside Cemetery to the Queen Mary, in a series of videos leading up to Halloween on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Our newest video takes a peek inside the former Long Beach Station 12 in North Long Beach, which landed on a list<\/a> of the nation\u2019s 10 most haunted firehouses.<\/p>\n

The former station on Gundry Avenue\u2014now used as a City Council field office\u2014has been haunted for years by the ghost of John Makemson, a firefighter who died of natural causes in 1988.<\/p>\n

Firefighters have reported numerous paranormal experiences over the years, including waking up unable to speak or move, or to the sound of screaming or a voice talking to them.<\/p>\n

Known as \u201cSmokey,\u201d Makemson lived across the street from the station\u2014and is believed to have never left.<\/p>\n

We spoke with firefighter Brian Fisk, who worked at the station in the late 1990s and early 2000s, along with his 15-year-old daughter Savannah, whose earliest memory is encountering John at age 3.<\/p>\n

The memory still lingers with her; while at the station this month, Savannah heard Makemson whisper, \u201cYou\u2019re back<\/i> … \u201c<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to Halloween, we\u2019ll feature a collection of our past Haunted Long Beach videos:<\/p>\n