Haunted Santa Cruz, California

"Though generally a peaceful coastal city, the dark stains from Santa Cruzs past still linger. A former Spanish Mission, Holy Cross Catholic Church harbors a dark history of a brutal revolt of native Ohlone Indians that killed the cruel Father Andres Quintana. Frequented by mobsters and celebrities in its heyday, the famous Brookdale Lodges most talked-about guest is the ghost of a little girl who died nearby in 1892 after nearly drowning. Terrorized by three different serial killers during the 1970s, the city earned the nickname of 'the Murder Capital of the World.' Local resident Alfred Hitchcock derived inspiration for his iconic film Psycho from the haunted mid-nineteenth-century Hotel McCray" -- https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Santa-Cruz-California-America/dp/14671360