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The Scarecast: Scary Stories, Mysteries, and True Crime

Bedtime Story #31: Creepy Encounters at Joint Forces Training Base (Los Alamitos, CA)

The Scarecast: Scary Stories, Mysteries, and True Crime

Michael Crutchfield

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Deep within the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos, California, something sinister lurks in the shadows. This chilling episode features a firsthand account from Tales From The Grid Square, a collection dedicated to paranormal experiences from military personnel across the country.

Growing up on base, one family discovered that certain buildings held dark secrets—an old theater where phantom audiences appeared in photographs, Building Five where contractors unearthed a forgotten morgue during renovations, and abandoned hangars where a woman in white with hollow black eyes terrorizes night patrols. Military police officers share their terrifying encounters: shadow figures charging down hallways, disembodied screams echoing through empty aircraft hangars, and invisible hands choking a lone officer during his rounds.

With decades of military history and countless service members stationed there, the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamitos has become one of Southern California's most haunted military installations. From the eerie lodging above Fiddler's Green to the demolished Building Five where they discovered human remains, this sprawling base harbors numerous locations known for paranormal activity that even the toughest soldiers refuse to patrol alone.

Join us as we explore these spine-tingling military encounters and discover why this training base has earned its reputation as a place where the living and the dead share the same grid square.

Special thanks to Tales From The Grid Square for sharing this terrifying collection of military paranormal experiences.



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A creepy story I received from Tales from the Grid Square, a page dedicated to paranormal

0:05.6

stories from the military.

0:07.9

And this scary story takes place at the Joint Forces Training Base in Los Alamedos, California,

0:14.4

which is where I served during my time in the Army National Guard.

0:17.9

So this spooky story sort of hits home for me. So here it goes. Joint Forces

0:24.3

Training Base. What a spooky place. I grew up going to that base all the time since my

0:31.3

Pops was part of the Aviation Battalion there. Sometimes they would have evening meetings,

0:36.7

and my sister and I would tag along.

0:39.3

We'd stay on the first floor of the old theater building or the building next to it.

0:45.3

And we never dared ventured into the theater alone or go upstairs.

0:50.3

It wasn't that we weren't allowed. It was just that we got these dreadful cold feelings past certain points.

0:59.0

My mom took a picture inside the theater, and I swear there were clearly people in the audience.

1:06.0

The only thing is, no one was sitting in that direction where the photo was taken.

1:11.6

Now it might not sound that scary, but if I would drop in those buildings today, I'd hesitate

1:18.6

to walk in them alone.

1:21.6

Something just isn't right about the place.

1:23.6

My dad would keep talking about it, seeing shadows here and there, and other guys would mention

1:29.2

spots on base known for weird activity.

1:33.7

Lodging just above Fiddler's Green is well known for paranormal happenings.

1:39.7

Apparently there are all sorts of spirits wandering between the rooms. If you ever have to do an overnight in Los

1:46.1

Alamitos, do yourself a favor and get a room at the courtyard down Ketella. It's much nicer,

1:52.4

and there's no paranormal activity. Anyway, we ended up going back a couple of weeks later,

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