Closed Anaheim Kmart with Ghost Girl Lore
10870 Katella Ave W, Anaheim, CA 92804
Age
All Ages
Cost
Free
No admission — building now redeveloped into multi-tenant retail center
Access
Wheelchair OK
Paved parking lot
Equipment
Photos OK
The Anaheim Kmart at 10870 Katella Ave W (at S Euclid St) was part of the Kmart chain's Orange County presence for several decades. KTLA reported in 2016 that Kmart would close four California stores, including the Anaheim location, with the closure and liquidation sale beginning in January of that year.
The property was acquired by Red Mountain Group for redevelopment. Current occupants include Smart & Final Extra, Gold's Gym, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Walgreens, AutoZone, and other retailers, according to the developer's website. The former Kmart space itself is no longer a single-tenant big-box store.
The location's coordinates in the source file (33.6554974, -117.9168839) match the Anaheim area, consistent with the city/state listed.
Sources
OC Weekly, in a survey of Orange County haunted locations, listed the Kmart on Euclid among sites with reported paranormal activity. According to employee accounts documented in that survey, items would fall from shelves after the store closed, and workers claimed to see a ghost girl — variously described as named Isa or Isabel — moving through the store.
Unexplainable.net referenced similar accounts of a ghostly girl named Isabella responsible for objects falling, with some workers claiming to have caught brief sightings of her.
No historical incident explaining the apparition's identity has been located through news archive searches or local historical records. The ghost's name, Isa or Isabel, is consistent across multiple secondhand accounts, suggesting a persistent and specific piece of workplace folklore, but the origin of that name and the identity of the figure remain undocumented. The store has been closed since 2016 and the building redeveloped, making the reports historical.
Notable Entities
The former Kmart at Katella and Euclid closed in early 2016 and was redeveloped into a multi-tenant retail center. The building is not accessible for paranormal exploration; current tenants include Smart & Final Extra and Gold's Gym.
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