Weird California - The Terrible Curse of Griffith Park. 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California 90027 Griffith J Griffith raised ostriches on the cursed land of Don Antonio Feliz At 4,210 acres, Griffith Park in Los Angeles is not only the second largest park in California but also one of the nation's largest parks. Located within the park is the Griffith Observatory, the Greek Amphitheatre, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Museum of the American West, the Travel Town train museum, two golf courses, a merry-go-around, countless hiking and horse trails, the Haunted Hollywood Sign, a few ghosts, and an old 1863 curse. Don Antonio F Coronel What? A curse, you say? Dona Petranilla was, to say the least, obviously not pleased. Now where did this story come from? Griffith J Griffith Frank Burkett attempted to kill Griffith J Griffith outside the Old Calvary Cemetery on October 28th, 1891. Calvary Cemetery was during its time LA's primary cemetery, following the Plaza Churchyard.
In the location, the corner of North. So which is it? Comments: Weird California - Hollywood Sign. The Hollywood Sign has a dark secret of suicide. Hollywood has had a lot of people try and make it there. Sadly, more fail than succeed. One such failed actress who discovered fame in death was Peg Entwistle. Born in Wales in 1908, Lillian Millicent "Peg" Entwistle came to the United States in 1922.
The Original Hollywood Sign - Picture Public Domain Quite possibly one of the most iconic and famous attractions in the Los Angeles area, the Hollywood sign has stood in the hills above Hollywood since 1923. The Sign in poor condition just before the renovations in 1978. After consuming some alcohol on the night of September 16th, 1932, Peg walked up Mount Lee to the Hollywood sign. The Entrance to Griffith Park Now the trails of Griffith Park near the Hollywood sign and the surrounding neighborhood of what use to be the Hollywoodland housing development are haunted.
Is Peg still wandering around the area of the Hollywood sign? Comments: SK of IL on 2013-05-29 said: I thought the same thing. DEATH CLAIMS G.J. GRIFFITH. Haunted places: the national ... Top LA Legends #11: Griffith Park is Cursed (and haunted) Does the curse of Dona Petronilla Feliz still linger? The year was 1863 when wealthy landowner Antonio Feliz died a horrible death from smallpox, leaving his vast estate to Don Antonio Coronel in a deathbed will written while Feliz was delirious.
This didn’t please Antonio’s favorite niece, Dona Petronilla, who’d expected to inherit the property, and responded by placing a curse on the land known then as Rancho Los Feliz. She shouted out vexatiously that the cattle and fields would become diseased and die; and that no one will ever profit from this land. (from Historic Adobes of Los Angeles County, John R. Kielbasa) Don Antonio ended up outliving most of his family, leaving the land to his widow, who ended up remarrying, only to have the land swiped from her when her new husband divorced her – he didn’t get the land, but the lawyers on both sides ended up taking the land as compensation for their legal fees.
As for being haunted, the rumors are too plentiful to ignore. Related posts: Welcome to Griffith Park. Weird California. Soledad. When Feliz lay delirious with smallpox that year, Dona Petranilla was sent away so that she wouldn’t contract the fatal disease. Don Feliz was soon visited by a neighbor, Don Antonio Colonel, and his lawyer, Don Innocante. (No, they weren’t all named “Don;” it was a title people used when they wanted people to think they were important, or in rare cases, if they actually were.) Don Feliz was said to agree to the final draft, but another version of events had him nod in agreement because someone had fastened a stick to the back of his delirious or unconscious head. To no one’s surprise, Don Colonel got the ranch, Soledad made out with a few sticks of furniture, and Dona Petranilla got squat. The fact that she was also blind probably made her a trifle bitter. Don Coronel outlasted his family, watching while they died of disease or misfortune.
Not-so-Lucky Baldwin sold the land to Griffith J. Weird California.