About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. Late one night, a delivery driver pulled up outside MemorialCare Medical Group on East Spring Street. As he opened the van door, a strange humming sound filled the air—like an old record player playing in slow motion. The driver shrugged it off as just another oddity of Long Beach but couldn’t help glancing back at the building, where a faint glow seemed to pulse through the windows. Finally, curiosity got the better of him, and he peeked inside. To his surprise, an elderly volunteer was diligently sorting through boxes of donated toys for kids. ‘Oh,’ she said without looking up, ‘just helping out with our annual toy drive.’ The driver blinked, then laughed, realizing the glowing windows were actually Christmas lights. Back home that night, he told his wife jokingly, ‘Guess I’ll never be delivering packages there again—it’s too quiet!’
2. One morning, a little girl walking her dog down East Spring Street noticed something odd: every time they passed the MemorialCare Medical Group building, her usually excitable poodle would freeze in its tracks and stare intently at an empty corner of the parking lot. Curious, she followed his gaze and saw nothing but a patch of shadowy grass. Over time, whenever someone mentioned the place, their pets would do the same—even a delivery driver’s cat started staring blankly into thin air near that spot. One day, while standing there puzzled, an elderly neighbor approached with a twinkle in her eye. ‘That’s where the ghost vet used to see patients,’ she whispered mysteriously. The little girl laughed, realizing it was just another quirky Long Beach tale.
3. One day, a neighbor’s cat began disappearing for hours after sunset. No one knew why until late one night, when a delivery driver pulling up outside MemorialCare Medical Group spotted the feline staring intently at the building's neon sign. Curious, the driver approached and noticed the neon sign read ‘Closed After Hours.’ The cat seemed relieved as it trotted away into the night. It turned out that every evening, the staff forgot to turn off the sign, attracting local wildlife like moths to a lamp. Since then, the clinic has adopted the nickname ‘Cat Magnet Clinic’ among residents.
4. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up outside MemorialCare Medical Group on East Spring Street. As he stepped out of his truck, he heard a faint voice whispering from inside the building: ‘Please don’t forget your mask.’ Curious, the driver peered through the window and saw only an empty waiting room. Shrugging it off as a prank, he left but couldn’t help noticing that someone had indeed placed a small paper mask on his dashboard. Smiling, he thought, 'Maybe they’re just extra cautious around here.'