- On the corner of Riverside Avenue and Second Street there is a historic cornerstone of the Rialto community -- the First Christian Church of Rialto.
"It was built in 1906-07."
The original handcrafted pews line the chapel and the same stained glass windows shed light on some spooky stories.
"You're being watched."
Floating around…
"You could see objects behind her, they said, and no feet."
Parapsychologist Tom Hagman believes the kitchen of the church is the portal for the ghosts, where they come and go."
"I feel about three entities are here right now -- one man, two women."
Neighbors have had their own encounters.
"There's a girl with her hair down to her shoulder."
Perhaps the most popular reported paranormal sighting is the one about Kristina Hendrickson.
"We've had three séances to try to get her released."
Kristina's father bought the church so it wouldn't be torn down. In 1967 at age 12 Kristina died of Leukemia. The building is named after her.
"He brought her ashes here, displayed case in her memory."
Decades after her death, there have been reported sightings of a girl ghost fitting Kristina's description.
"A young girl about 11 or 12."
There is a photo of a staircase inside the church, next to Kristina's belongings.
"There was an image, some kind of ghostly shape or something on that picture that wasn't there when I took it."
A group of children touring the church saw something on the same stairs.
"Couple little girls started screaming and said they had seen a ghost."
But the kids had never seen the photo before the tour.
Those who visit the church religiously say Kristina's spirit hasn't been seen since her father passed. But some believe the church's eerie elegance will always attract ghostly gatherings.
"There is a long time energetic environment that has been built here from the years and years and years of people praying; people praying for souls. So they find their way here."
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