S8E2 - Mentryville (Feat. Evan Decker)

The Scarecast

Michael Crutchfield

True Crime, Society & Culture, Books, Arts

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Mentryville is a ghost town in Santa Clarita, California, known for its historical significance and alleged paranormal activity. The town was established in 1876 as the state's first commercially viable oil well and remained prosperous until the 1920s when production began to slow down. By the early 1930s, its residents had started leaving the area. The town is rumored to be "haunted" by the spirits of its past residents, with the most prominent being Charles Alexander Mentry, the man who created the town in the first place. Mentry's spirit is said to be seen wandering the ruins of his estate, known as the "Mentryville House," and the vicinity. Strange noises, cold areas, and even the sightings of a ghostly apparition clothed in period attire have all been recorded by visitors. In the vicinity of the former schoolhouse, visitors have described seeing a ghostly presence of a young girl wearing a white dress. Some visitors have also reported feeling watched or followed while touring the site.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Evan Decker, who spoke out about his experiences while working on repairing, preserving, and restoring many of the aged buildings on the Mentryville site. Evan is the President of Mentryville California Inc and also runs the SCH History Moments instagram page.

Follow Evan Decker: https://www.instagram.com/evan_m_deck/

Follow Mentryville Calfornia Inc: https://www.instagram.com/mentryvillecaliforniainc/

Follow SCV History Moments: https://www.instagram.com/scvhistorymoments/

Special thanks to @whatsupscv for reposting my initial Mentryville reel on Instagram that got the attention of Evan. Please go follow them for anything Santa Clarita related!

https://www.instagram.com/whatsupscv/

If you want to listen to my Mentryville Instagram Reels:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoBoGgSgByq/

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CobEcJhJtBh/

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0:00.0	Mitchellville is a ghost town in Santa Clarita, California known for its historical significance
0:14.2	and alleged paranormal activity.
0:19.7	The town was established in 1876 as the state's first commercially viable oil well and it
0:29.0	remained prosperous until the 1920s when production began to slow down and by the early 1930s
0:39.7	its residents started leaving the area.
0:45.0	The town is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of its past residents but the most prominent
0:51.4	being Charles Alexander Menchery, the man who created the town in the first place, held
0:58.6	the town is named after him, you know, and people have reported strange noises, cold
1:07.0	areas, and even the sightings of a ghostly apparition, clothed in period attire, are recounted
1:14.8	by visitors.
1:18.2	Now in the vicinity of the former schoolhouse, visitors have described seeing a ghostly presence
1:25.1	of a young girl wearing a white dress.
1:30.4	Some visitors have also reported feeling watched or followed while touring the site.
1:36.9	And all of these claims have attracted real life paranormal investigators like Kimberly
1:43.2	Demory of Camarillo who was reported to have had paranormal experiences at Mitchellville
1:51.8	as reported on hometownstation.com.
1:57.8	Kimberly is a member of an all-female ghost hunting team called the Paranormal Housewives
2:04.0	who has participated in three separate investigations at Mitchellville since 2013.
2:11.0	Now they're getting permission to enter the Pico Cottage building within the abandoned
2:16.3	town.
2:17.9	Demory and her group gathered in one of the rooms downstairs in the house and began an
2:23.6	electronic voice phenomenon session.
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