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Driving Through One of LA’s Most Haunted Roads!

This drive takes you through Santa Susana Pass, a scenic mountain route in Los Angeles that feels calm on the surface but carries one of the darkest and most layered histories in Southern California. I live just south of the pass, on a narrow road that disappears into the hills, and nowhere I’ve lived has ever felt as heavy, unsettled, or haunted as this place. Long before modern roads, the Santa Susana Mountains were home to Native American tribes including the Fernandeño Tataviam, Gabrieleño, Kizh Nation, and Chumash peoples. Their ancient footpaths still run through these hills, and protected pictographs remain hidden in caves near Burro Flats — locations kept secret to protect what remains of their culture and history. Walking these mountains, you can still feel that presence. The first Europeans crossed this pass in 1770 with the Spanish Portolà expedition, later followed by rancheros and stagecoaches navigating the brutal canyon routes that once connected the San Fernando Valley to Simi Valley. Parts of the original stagecoach road still exist today, and imagining wagons and horses clinging to these cliffs gives the drive an entirely different weight. Modern roads and the 118 Freeway replaced those routes in 1968, but the past never really left. Just off this drive sits the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, a former rocket and nuclear testing facility that played a major role in the U.S. space program — and also in one of the worst nuclear accidents in American history. In 1959, a partial nuclear meltdown released radioactive contamination across Simi Valley, the western San Fernando Valley, Bell Canyon, and surrounding areas. Decades of nuclear reactor testing and chemical experiments left the site heavily contaminated, and cleanup efforts continue to this day. Many locals believe long-term exposure contributed to elevated cancer rates, a story that remains largely unknown outside Southern California. The darkness doesn’t stop there. Nearby Spahn Ranch, just off Santa Susana Pass Road, was occupied by Charles Manson and his followers in the late 1960s. It was here that he formed his “Helter Skelter” ideology. The area around the so-called Manson family cave still feels unnerving, with reports of strange sounds, electronic voice phenomena, and an energy that many describe as threatening. Box Canyon, a nearby road ominously named after a coffin, saw cult activity in the 1950s, including the “Fountain of the World” cult, which ended in tragedy when former members bombed the site, killing eight people. In 1949, a Standard Airlines C-46 crashed into these mountains, killing 35 passengers — wreckage from the crash still embedded in the dirt today. As you drive through Santa Susana Pass, you’re not just passing through a beautiful mountain road — you’re moving through layers of history, trauma, tragedy, and survival. The landscape is stunning, but the atmosphere is heavy. You feel watched. You feel like an outsider. The land remembers. This video is part of CruiseLA, a cinematic driving channel exploring Los Angeles beyond the tourist map — blending scenic drives, overhead camera footage, and the real stories hidden beneath the surface. Sit back, turn up the volume, and experience one of the most haunting drives in Los Angeles.