HAUNTED: The San Pedro Haunting - One of America's Most Violent Paranormal Cases (Part 2)
Leaving San Pedro should have ended Jackie Hernandez’s nightmare. But when she relocated to Weldon, California, the haunting came with her — and soon began targeting not only Jackie, but the very investigators who tried to help her.
As the phenomena spread, the case took on a darker edge. Attacks followed the team beyond Jackie’s home, and a real-life murder mystery in San Pedro raised unsettling questions about whether the haunting was tied to something far more sinister.
In Part 2 of this series, we follow the story as it moves beyond San Pedro, blurring the line between paranormal terror and true crime — and cementing its place as one of the most disturbing cases in American haunting history.
Episode Source Material
Articles
Abrams, Garry. “For 3 Years, Jackie Hernandez Says She Was Followed by a Pair of Puzzling—and Persistent—Ghosts.” Los Angeles Times, March 23, 1993. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-03-23-vw-14352-story.html.
McGroarty, Dennis. “The Haunting of Jackie Hernandez.” Haunted Los Angeles, September 12, 2013. http://hauntedlosangeles.blogspot.com/2013/09/the-haunting-of-jackie-hernandez.html.
Radford, Benjamin. “San Pedro Haunting: Poltergeist or Hoax?” Skeptical Inquirer, January/February 2003. https://skepticalinquirer.org/2003/01/san-pedro-haunting/.
“The San Pedro Haunting: One of the Most Terrifying Hauntings in America.” Historic Mysteries, March 25, 2021. https://www.historicmysteries.com/san-pedro-haunting/.
Books
Conrad, Barry T., and Jeff Wheatcraft. An Unknown Encounter: A True Account of the San Pedro Haunting. Los Angeles: Independently Published, 1993.
Documentaries
Conrad, Barry T. An Unknown Encounter: The San Pedro Haunting. Documentary. Los Angeles: Eye on the Paranormal Productions, 1997.
Podcasts
Astonishing Legends. “The San Pedro Haunting.” Episodes 38 & 39. Podcast audio. 2016. https://www.astonishinglegends.com/al-podcasts/the-san-pedro-haunting.
GITN: A Paranormal and True Crime Podcast. “The San Pedro Haunting: Blood, Bruises, and a Ghost That Followed.” Episode 276. July 28, 2025. Podcast audio. https://podcasts.apple.com/co/podcast/the-san-pedro-haunting-blood-bruises-and-a/id1436227475?i=1000719486528&l=en-GB.
Hillbilly Horror Stories. “Episode 16: The San Pedro Haunting.” July 2016. Podcast audio. https://www.hillbillyhorrorstories.com/episodes/ep-16-the-san-pedro-haunting.
Horror Story: True Paranormal Mysteries and Hauntings. “The Haunting in San Pedro.” January 6, 2024. Podcast audio. https://horrorstory.com/episode/the-haunting-in-san-pedro.
Lights Out. “A Paranormal Haunting So Violent It Nearly Killed Someone.” Episode 219. October 18, 2024. Podcast audio. https://audioboom.com/posts/8591456-a-paranormal-haunting-so-violent-it-nearly-killed-someone.
Mysterious Circumstances. “The San Pedro Haunting.” October 2018. Podcast audio. https://www.spreaker.com/user/mysteriouscircumstances/the-san-pedro-haunting.
The Spectral Voyager (QAA Podcast). “The Haunting of Jackie Hernandez.” September 14, 2023. Podcast audio. https://soundcloud.com/qanonanonymous/the-spectral-voyager-episode-5-the-haunting-of-jackie-hernandez-sample.
Two Girls One Ghost. “The San Pedro Haunting.” Episode 385. Podcast audio. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m1zvgipaxOFWBfkBDlhNx.
Videos
An Unknown Encounter: The True Account of the San Pedro Haunting. YouTube video, 1:37:16. Posted by Paranormal Documentaries, May 14, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3pH5_1-lrY.
“An Unknown Encounter: The San Pedro Haunting of Jackie Hernandez.” YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcsbPvtEaPo.
“A Paranormal Haunting So Violent It Nearly Killed Someone.” Lights Out Podcast. YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChjnTM5EBw.
“The Poltergeist of San Pedro | San Pedro, CA.” YouTube video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V91JDNKEIrk.
Websites
“Creepy Mysteries: The San Pedro Haunting.” House of Geekery, January 6, 2023. https://houseofgeekery.com/2023/01/06/creepy-mysteries-the-san-pedro-haunting/.
Paris, Melina. “Scary Stories, San Pedro Knows Them Well.” Random Lengths News, October 28, 2021. https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/archives/2021/10/28/scary-stories-san-pedro-knows-them-well/36465.
“The Ghost in Jackie’s Rental Attic (The San Pedro Haunting).” ArtStation Project. https://argonaut-greywolf.artstation.com/projects/lxWr2z.
“The San Pedro Poltergeist Case; or, the Haunting of Jackie Hernandez – Extended Footage.” ScarePop. https://scarepop.com/tag/an-unknown-encounter/.
