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Anastasia Island
- The Lighthouse - near St. Augustine, many spirits are here; one of
a man who hung himself (when, not known), and one unidentified
spirit in the basement of the keeper's house. During the 1980's,
when the keeper's house was being restored, workers spent the nights
in the place to protect it from vandals. They would wake up in the
middle of the night to see a small girl in old-fashioned clothes
watching them. She would then vanish. The workers would also sense
things during their work and would look up to see an apparition of a
man hanging from a rafter. The spirit in the cellar has never been
seen, but workers at the lighthouse all report an uneasy feeling
when they're down there alone, especially at closing time when the
place is very quiet. There have also been stories of footsteps on
the lighthouse stairs when there's no one around. The guides there
are very open about the ghosts. There are many good reasons for the
lighthouse and keeper's house to be haunted: the man who hung
himself, the little girl who was killed by the train, a light keeper
who fell to his death while painting the former lighthouse (very
close to the newer one), and 13 executed pirates who were buried
behind the lighthouse. Also, there has been some form of a
lighthouse on the site since Ponce De Leon in the 1500's. - Update
about the little girl spirit, it is believed that there are 2, They
were daughters of the lighthouse keeper and of the foreman when the
new lighthouse was being built further up on the island. They used
to play on the train-carts that were used to haul supplies from the
water to the new location of the lighthouse. According to the local
historical society that provides tours of the area, the girls were
playing on a cart with the daughter of the foreman. Apparently, the
brake was loosened, sending the cart hurtling toward the inlet
below. Three of the 4 girls (2 of the keeper's daughters and the
foreman's daughter) were not saved in time and drowned when the cart
flew into the water. Occasionally, you can hear girls giggling in
the vicinity of the lighthouse, and the girl that appeared to the
workers was also one of the daughters that is more active than the
others.
Anna Maria Island
- Bali Hai - Every year, around early August, a shadowy figure walks
the beach of the Bali Hai hotel. You can usually see them out of the
corner of your eye and when you glance in her direction, she will
disappear.
Apalachicola
- Gibson Inn HWY 98 - this place is haunted by a man who died there
on he’s stay with pneumonia. He haunts the rooms there and the bar
and dining room you hear footsteps late at night and no one there
piano has started playing in the bar at night when its closed and no
ones there. He appears to the workers there and guest he pull there
blankets off them at night and moves your shoes and stuff in a neat
place he’s a good ghost doesn’t bother anyone but be careful not
to trash he room 128 or hell destroy your things and hell mess with
you the whole stay. The workers there well tell you the stories and
you always feel someone watching you at night. November
Correction/Update: Room 309 is haunted by the ghost of Captain Wood.
He died of pneumonia after returning from sea in that room. He is a
friendly ghost that moves things in the room such as shoes or tucks
guests into bed. He stays in that room. We also have the ghost of a
woman that roams the second floor. She has been seen wearing a long
gray dress with her hair pulled back in a bun. This is reportedly
Sunshine Gibson, one of the Gibson sisters that owned the hotel in
the 1920's. A worker at the front desk claims one of the ghost has
been calling their phone all night. Sometimes when the phone rings,
the switchboard lights up from rooms that are unoccupied. The only
thing they hear on the receiver is a crackling noise. They’ve
gotten phone calls from the kitchen and the phone in the kitchen is
not working. They also received a phone call from the boss' office
even though he had left 2 hours earlier. The speaker on the phone
has come on by itself a couple of times also.
Apopka
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Orange Blossom Trail - A Native American warrior in loin cloth
crosses the road after prey, looks at you, then disappears.
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The Captain & The Cowboy Restaurant- formerly listed as
Townsend's Plantation - according to a local radio station that did
a bit there lights were seen in the middle of the night, sounds, and
temp. Changes were noticed. - September 2004 additional information:
The radio station was at the Plantation that year because they were
having a haunted house there for Halloween. Workers there report
hearing loud bangs in the attic where no one is allowed to go. And
feeling someone brush up against you when you are alone.
Arcadia
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Old Blue House in neighborhood - It is said to be haunted by a
family of ghost that once lived there. When they were murdered and
the house was burnt down soon afterwards. In the early 1800's.
Spirits have been seen walking around and still living in the house
after being rebuilt in the 1900's, over their graves.
Astor
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Astor Campsites - Gobbler rd. - in Astor has known to have a glowing
white male walking down the road very casual. In a blink of an eye
he will disappear. Footsteps have been reported. This figure has
been seen many times. it usually is spotted around 9:30 to 11:00.
Auburndale
- the Bowling Alley - is supposedly "cursed". The land it
sits on used to be swampland, and people say gangsters used to
dispose of bodies there. No one who has owned the bowling alley
supposedly has been able to make a go of it. Some say the building
is haunted.
- The Good Shepherd Hospice - The building was at one time a
hospital. There are about 10 beds there, with about 2 or 3 people
dying each week (sometimes more). The ghost of Mary Morrow, the wife
of the doctor is sometimes seen by the staff. In 2004 one CNA that
worked there saw a woman wearing a flower pattern dress walked
through a closed door. She told the nurse on duty what she saw, who
described Mary Morrow to her. The description she gave matched. Some
staff in the office areas report feelings of nausea and light
headiness at times, but a source for this has never been found.
Babson Park
- Webber College - Girls Dorm. - Many girls and employees
have seen a dark shadow in the second floor of the dorm building.
Bartow
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Old Courthouse - Construction on the old courthouse was completed in
1909; there is now a newer, much larger courthouse across the street
from the older structure, and the old courthouse now houses the Polk
County Historial Museum and Genealogical Library. Although the 1909
courthouse was the third building to serve as the courthouse in
Polk, it's only the second courthouse to have been built on that
particular plot of land (the one before that was built in 1883). The
boiler room is located in one of the four basements (it's the
basement accessible by elevator only), and many years ago there was
an explosion there, killing one male worker; staff, cleaning crews,
and visitors have reported hearing screams of pain coming from that
basement. The bodies of the Mann brothers, who were lynched by a mob
for murdering Marshall Silas Campbell in the street outside the
courthouse, were brought and displayed for several days in 1886 in
the 1883 courthouse on the second floor the area of the old
courthouse corresponds with the second floor rotunda of the 1909
courthouse - there is a feeling of sadness there, and apparitions
have been seen on the spot where the bodies were laid out. Also,
near the second floor bathrooms and on the third floor, the
apparition of The Lady in White has been observed by many people -
it isn't known who she is, and she could be one of several women who
had strong ties to the building. Strange things have been observed
in a room containing ancient Native American artifacts on the first
floor, from cold spots to malfunctioning lights. In the actual 1909
courtroom, cold spots are felt and sometimes people feel something
"brushing" against them - the exact cause isn't known
because every trial from 1909 until the new courthouse was completed
in 1987 was held there, but it's believed it might be Judge
Chillingsworth, who was murdered along with his wife in West Palm
Beach and whose gangster killers were tried in that courtroom.
Bagdad
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Bagdad Cemetery - Witnesses have heard kids laughing in the daytime,
just outside the cemetery (in the overgrowth of the property. There
were no sign of kids where the noise came from. We also caught a few
orbs on film when we visited there at night. Note of caution, the
county sheriffs department stakes out the road nearby and patrols
the cemetery because of vandals and drug users. A Local legend is
associated with the large round ball tombstone in the SE corner of
the cemetery, near the exit road. On dark moonlit nights, you can
see and hear the granite ball slowly rotating in it's pedestal!!!
Also for some reason, the three adjacent obelisks have always been
refered to as "The Sentinels".
Bellaire
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Belleview Biltmore Resort / Spa - A phone that is disconnected rings
on the 4th floor (which is closed off) Voices are heard and lights
go off and on. Doors to empty rooms open and close. Faces appear in
windows to late night staff.
Black Creek
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Black Creek Cemetery - Had an old church next to the cemetery that
was built in the 1800's. It is said that a young girl and her little
brother were walking home one night in the early 1900's. They
decided to cut across the cemetery. A bear chased them into the
churches' bell tower were they were killed. It was said that you
could go to the church at the stroke of twelve midnight and here the
little children screaming. You can also here the bear with them as
the church bell would ring. Now there is a new church built and the
old bell tower has been relocated.
Blackrock
- Twin Ponds - Twin ponds joined together a large tree resides in
the middle of the joining of the ponds. A glowing sword is seen in
the top of the tree where it was struck by lightning many years ago.
It is said that if you turn your back on the sword you'll die a
horrible death later that year.
Boca Raton
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Florida Atlantic University - Humanities Bldg - has a ghost
that has been spotted by employees on night shifts. She was seen at
the top of the amphitheatre crying, when approached, she vanished.
When locking building up at night, one person started on the third
floor, checking & locking all the classroom doors. When he got
to the second floor, he radioed in that there was someone on the
third floor running through the halls slamming the doors. He and
another unit went to the third floors from opposite ends and found
all the doors locked, nothing out of place, and no one in the
building.
- Boca Raton Inlet - During cold nights warm spots felt though an
area and orbs sometimes appear during cloudy nights. A young lady
was said to be buried in this Park. No body was ever found. Also an
image of a person sometimes seen through out the park. After the
park being searched nobody would be there.
- The Hole - There was a girl raped and killed there in the late
1960's. People have seen her walking around in the parking lot
crying for help. She is wearing a dress.
Bowling Green
- Hardee Correctional Facility - Reports of hearing voices &
feelings of someone walking behind you.
Boynton Beach
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Holiday Inn - The Holiday Inn on Congress Avenue is said to be
haunted by spirits. Many people who have stayed in the hotel, have
said to have seen apparitions of human figures roaming through the
hallways. This Holiday Inn is said to be built on top of an old
Indian Burial Ground.
Bradenton
- Coquina Beach - On Coquina Beach, at the very southern tip of the
island before the Longboat Key bridge, there is a span of public
beach where there once was a hotel but now it is a picnic area. On
the beach, a male figure in black clothing walks from the picnic
area to the shoreline and vanishes. This particular area has a lot
of wandering spirits at night, but this male ghost has been seen in
daylight and looks totally out of place.
Brandon
- Brandon Place - A girl who has been nicknamed Matilda but
whose real name is possibly Susan haunts this place. This place used
to be a funeral home, which explains the hauntings of the young girl
in blue.
Brevard County
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Merritt island - crooked mile road- 18th century haunting of church
in grave yard, hands have been known to come out of graves to those
who have entered the grave yard, and people still maker rituals to
their beloveds. One person actually reported a hallucination but
actually saw somebody their family knew as a mentally ill person who
was after their family for a long time.
Brooksville
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OLD Courthouse building - The old court house building is haunted by
an escaped criminal that ran from the jail on the second floor, as
he ran a bailiff went to scare him with his gun, but he pulled the
trigger on accident. so now you can see a large blood spot on the
wall and floor where he was shot.
- The Brooksville Heritage
Museum - People have seen and heard things unexplained things in
that mansion that is now a museum.
- The Brooksville Nursing Manor - Once when one of the patients were
badly sick and about to die, one of the nurses reported seeing a
woman coming down the hallway going into the patients room but when
they got there the patient had died and there was no sign of the
woman they had seen in the hallway.
- Hernando Heritage Museum - Many things have happened in this
house, including hearing a child cry when no child was around, and
seeing orbs and mists on digital cameras. Lights have also
been seen at night when it is closed and people on tours have felt
cold drafts pass by their bodies.
- Spring Hill Cemetery - The Spring Hill Cemetery, is located off of
Fort Dade Ave. in Brooksville. It is an old black cemetery with the
earliest "known" burial starting in the late 1800's. At
dusk you can see what seems to be a man hanging from a tree limb.
Also, groups of spirits can be seen standing together around the
headstones of family plots. One report states that an infant’s cry
can be heard during certain times of the night.
- The Weeks House - There is a house in Brooksville that has been
featured in the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times, among
others, about this house that is a family home built in the early
part of the 1900s. The story goes that if you drive by late at night
(before the current owners moved in) you would see a candle passing
by the windows on the second floor. Doors being slammed and whispers
are also very common.
Captiva Island
- South Seas Resort - In employee housing, room 51, a baker died
there and still haunts the room. Orb sightings in pictures,
footsteps heard, presence detectable. Also on the North end of the
resort, the King's Crown restaurant is haunted by the former manager
who died on premises. Plays the piano after hours, employees will
hear the piano after closing and come in to find nobody there. If
the silverware is not rolled right, employees will leave the room
for a moment and come back to find the bucket dumped out. He had a
sense of humor... he will arrange all the silverware on the tables
so they form a zig-zag pattern down the rows of tables. The resort
is a former plantation where many slaves were killed and still walk
the ground. small historic cemetery a block away.
Carol City
- Subway Restaurant - Strange vibes of someone's presence about to
run into you (attacking). The doorknob to the back door moves like
someone is trying to open the door. Dust fell from the ceiling as if
someone were walking up there.
Cassadaga
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Cassadaga Hotel - There are several spirits who reside there. Known
to be a mischievous one named Arthur, Gentleman Jack, a cigar
smoking ladies man; 2 little girls named Sarah and Katlin. The hotel
rents rooms out and has resident psychics available daily.
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Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp - Cassadaga Established in 1894, Many
ghost hunters identify Cassadaga as one of the biggest geomagnetic
vortexes in the country. A wonderful place to go visit if you’re
interested in ghost and Psychic Phenomena. Cassadaga has also been
on the unexplained shows due to the natural glow of BLUE the halo's
this area for no apparent reason. Also if you are in the least
sensitive then you can feel the energy that this area posses. For
more info, you can visit
Cedar Key
- the whole island - There are a lot of presences here; just about
every business in town has more than one ghost. Some are from the
Seminole war.
Chief land
- Antioch Cemetery - One of the hauntings is a small boy that likes
to play hide and seek around the headstones. We have named him Josh.
The other haunting is an unknown presence that more or less watches
over the cemetery. One person reported to me that he had dreams of a
tall dark figure and that coyotes surrounded his house that same
night.
Chumuckla
- Formerly posted as being in Jay - Coon Hill Cemetery - if you walk
on the high wide brick wall around the cemetery that before making
it half way you will be pushed off by unseen hands. Many voices can
be heard within the cemetery and several murders have occurred on
that same spot. It is very desolated and far out in the woods. Very
hard to find. Many pictures have floated about locally of ghosts
within the cemetery. Several have proved to be hoaxes while others
(Some very old) seem to prove not to be a hoax. Reports of a thick
fog seeming to cover the ground only inches high and every time a
small child can be heard singing. You go to Chumuckla Highway off
Highway 90. There is a Tom Thumb and Waffle house on that corner.
Take Chumuckla Highway down about 5 - 8 miles, You'll see another
Tom thumb on your left, which is also the road for Chumuckla
Elementary (Highway 182), Take that left. Go to the very end of that
road, you'll come to a stop sign, this road is called, Chumuckla
Spring Road. Take Right. Stay On this road, you'll go over two
narrow bridges. You'll come to another stop sign, take a right.
Follow this road down, you'll see a house which has a fork in the
road, take LEFT fork. The road will be the Second dirt road on your
left. Go to the VERY END, the cemetery is at the end. You can see
the cemetery when you round the last corner of this dirt road. The
wall is NOT very high, and it IS a smaller cemetery. - February 2005
Update: An investigator reports that they are clear cutting the
woods around this graveyard and the dirt road has been closed off
with a gate. You have to stop at the gate and walk another quarter
mile to get to the site. This was an excellent haunt site. Way out
in the woods, old creaking gate that leads into walled graveyard.
Moonlight was bright and there was a gathering fog. They report to
have 2 evps- one alright-the other was GREAT!!! Cameras worked on
test shots by the car. Went into graveyard and everything died. They
always bring replacement batteries, and they were gone too. So no
pictures except for this one that we could directly link to the evp.
That one shot with an orb and the evp of a girl say take a picture
of me was worth the whole three hours I spent in the cold. They
suggest that anyone going to this site- DO NOT go alone- It seems to
draw not so nice types people to it, especially at night.
- January 2007 Update/ Additional Information:
Everyone has to clear
out of the place by 1am. Police do patrol the place often. Many
people [a LOT] have been hurt falling off the wall, tripping over
graves, breaking arms - that kind of thing. There is very little to
no cell phone service out there. Officers take minors back to the
Tom Thumb and/or GrovinNovins and call there folks, wait for them to
arrive to pick them up and go get the other vehicle back at the
cemetery. There are homes in this area. Be respectful on how loud
you are driving the road.
Clearwater
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Eisenhower Elementary School - In 2000 Eisenhower Elementary School
was to undergo massive renovations to its interior. Once the plans
were announced night custodians would hear strange banging’s and
often see a small boy in a baseball uniform run by. The occurrences
became worse and many custodians would not work the night shift. A
tape recorder was left on all one night. The sounds of a recently
deceased teacher talking to a recently deceased student were heard.
This is the boy in the baseball uniform who had died after being hit
by a car in front of the school while on his way home. The image of
the first principal of the school was observed numerous times and
her distinctive perfume could be smelled. Once the renovations
started the strange occurrences ceased once and for all.
- The Royalty Theater - The theater is said to have been
haunted by 3 different spirits. The first was an aged man with a
goatee dressed is a blue coat and a fisherman's hat. The owner
himself reported sightings of "The Captain" as many at the
theater refer to him. The second is a previous manager of the old
theater. It is said that this spirit, Bill, was robbed and killed in
the balcony by drunken tourists because he was believed to be a
homosexual. The third is a young girl, believed to be between the
ages of 9 and 12. She has been described as a friendly spirit who
watches over the theater and all within it. There have been numerous
reports of alarms going off in the middle of the night when no one
had come near the theater at all, chandeliers swinging during and
after performances, and "mists" or "orbs"
showing up in random pictures taken at the theater.
Cocoa Village
- The Cocoa Village Playhouse- The playhouse is haunted buy a former
handyman. He is harmless. He can be heard around the building,
opening and closing doors and footsteps.
Coral Gables
- Biltmore Hotel - Construction worker were fearful during the
renovation of The Biltmore Hotel a historic landmark building in
Miami. It was once a veteran’s hospital and had other previous
uses. Stories of things moving inexplicably and the sort. A
receptionist who works there and lives nearby told of how once she
got into the elevator and didn't press a selection and that the
elevator went to one of the floors that at the time was not being
used. It is known as the Bridal floor as a death occurred in a
honeymooners stay. People report of seeing the bride's ghost at that
floor. The fact is that the elevator was disabled to stop at that
floor. Another account was of a fellow traveler whom stayed often at
the hotel stayed with a colleague for 4 nights on business. The
colleague said she saw people, which the fellow traveler didn't
observe. The two concluded that the place was hunted. This was on a
trip from Miami to NYC. This traveler was a fairly centered
successful business woman who finally said that one should be more
afraid of the living than the dead- which she told her colleague to
subside her fears.
- Biltmore Hotel - 13th Floor - IT has been recorded that the
13th floor of this world- renowned hotel is haunted by the ghosts of
soldiers that were treated there during the WWII era. Unexplained
noises and lights are seen here. Here is a history on that Biltmore
hotel. It was served at a hotel in the early twenties and then they
used it as a hospital during WWII and many people died in that
place. In 1968 they chose to turn it back into a hotel and in 1983
they spent over 55 million to restore the hotel.
- St. Theresa Catholic School - Feelings of not being alone and
footsteps heard.
Coral Springs
- Blockbuster Video - The Blockbuster on Atlantic Blvd. and Coral
Ridge Drive. Haunted by a little boy, employees have seen him in the
backroom. Tapes are often rearranged just after being organized,
after hours.
- Coral Springs Medical Center - A nurse that used to work in the
hospital had a deadly incident and was hospitalized with in the
hospital and later died in it. Now she has been seen in the halls
just in front of the main elevators for visitors and at night she
often opens the doors for people when they are walking towards it
without them pushing the button.
- Coral Square Mall - Around midnight you can hear shouting and
moaning around where Burdines when the lights are all out. Other
employees have reported seeing things move fast in the dark. And
some sightings of a small boy have been seen.
Crestview
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Cobb Cemetery - On a normal basis, this cemetery is haunted by a
ghost that walks among the grave at about 1:24 A.M. AS the story
goes this ghost is a man late 80's ; retired officer looking for his
wife. He appears mostly in Feb. - January 2007 additional
information: The road is between a gas station on highway 90 and a
hairdressing place. Keep going past the church, a ways. This road is
mostly paved. It's on the left hand side on a dirt road - it’s
very narrow (ie, you can't turn around in it till your in the
cemetery) KKK apparitions, ghosts of the lynched and a wondering
man. There seem to be a lot of white flashes, like a sheet running
and then it's gone.
- Jameson Inn - In the year of 2000, a new hotel was built next to
Cracker Barrel off of Interstate 10 in Crestview. Within a year,
strange happenings were going on. An apparition of a man was seen
walking through the hallways of the second floor and frequently
hanging around the elevator. Employees that work there claim that
the man haunts room 208. There have been complaints from guests that
have stayed in the room, about strange smells, Cigars, cigarettes,
and other things are mysteriously left there burning out of nowhere.
Wet/cold spots.
Crystal Beach
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Crystal Beach Pier - some people have reported sightings of a woman
hanging from the tree right in front of the pier.
Davie
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Broward Community College - Central - Two years ago, a guy went
psycho and shot his ex-girlfriend in the back of the head between
classes. He then killed himself. Both died between Building 5 and
another building. Students exiting their night classes report seeing
white figures and strange smells from that corner. Also, a permanent
blood stain still remains on the ground.
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Waffle House - Last year, two employees were shot and killed in the
freezer by a crazed former employee, early in the morning at around
4:00. Since the murders, employees and diners have reported a
"creepy feeling around the place" and employees have
sensed a presence while there without customers, during opening and
closing. Blood stains can still be seen on the floor of the cooler,
although covered with boxes.
Daytona
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Daytona Playhouse - Two people haunt the playhouse. Their names are
unknown but we know it is a man and woman. The man died fighting a
war in Spain and when the woman could wait no longer for him to
return, she committed suicide. She was pregnant. She dove into the
Halifax River killing her and her unborn child.
Daytona / Orlando
- Highway between Daytona-Orlando - Main highway that links Daytona
with Orlando. A phantom car has been spotted, driving erratically
and without lights, along a lonely stretch of this road.
Daytona Beach
- Auditorium Blvd - near Ocean Center & Pinewood Cemetery -
Several pictures have been taken in the area. One is at a house on
Hollywood of a woman. Another is of a man seen standing near a fence
on Auditorium. There used to be houses there until the 1970's, and
his girlfriend murdered a man while she collected his checks.
- Northeast side of the Orange Avenue Bridge - at the bridge
approach. A dark-haired woman in a night robe has been reported.
There have been reports of flying objects such as chairs in the
area, even when there is no wind. There is reputable documentation
of occurrences.
DeFuniak Springs
- Sunbright Manor - Old Victorian boarding house has been reported
haunted for years. Doors open and shut by themselves, and visitors
see odd things. No one owns it for long.
- Emergency Operations Center - Ghost of a small girl wanders the
Emergency Operations Center. The girl (Sally May) keeps E-911
Operators alert on the Midnight shift. Locals say she died a violent
death in the 1920's on the location the building now stands.
Deltona
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Pineridge High school - There is a ghost who sometimes is seen by
the janitors. The reason behind it is that a man was caught in the
gears of the clock tower.- October 2007 Additional information: -
All of the students know about a ghost of a man who died while the
school was being built in 1994. Also the "ghost bell"
randomly a beep can be heard coming through the speakers. The
students can hear it, but some teachers cannot. Also, the clock
tower has an elevator in it. When you walk up to the elevator
entrance upstairs, it's a different vibe that the busy buzz of the
school. You just feel a rush of another feeling. Another interesting
thing is teacher parking lot (the old senior parking lot), Driver's
Ed range, and our Agriculture Barn and fields are built right next
to Osteen Cemetery. At the graveyard, the school can be seen. There
is also talk that the teacher parking lot was built on old unmarked
graves.
Dunnellon
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Tiger Trl./High School Rd. - Reports of seeing 3 kids that had died
at the intersection around 3 in the morning.
East Milton
- HWY 90 - there are a row of white houses off the side of Highway
90 that is haunted. Witnesses have gotten pictures of orbs and
facial images in the background. In The bathroom, after the room was
steamed up from the hot shower, different words written on the
mirror would appear.
Eustis
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Bay Street Theatre - The Bay street Theatre was once the State
theatre of Florida but sadly is now a mere echo of it's former
glory. Theatrical productions still thrive, as do the encounters
with the supernatural. Screams have been heard in the upstairs
costume and prop rooms, orbs have been witnessed, presences felt. A
man was seen hanging by his neck from a whole in the balcony
ceiling. On several occasions during technical rehearsals the switch
board on the same balcony operated unmanned, randomly turning lights
on and once the main spotlight dimmed and pulsed slowly to a
heartbeat rhythm. And was unaffected but peoples attempts to fix it.
The area under the stage known as "the hole" has marked
temperature variations and few people will go down there because of
the sense of a presence. Nearly everyone who has worked there has
some kind of experience, there are simply too many to list.
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S.R. 44 - Cemetery - There has been reported sightings of a female
figure wearing a lace outfit walking down the side street of the
cemetery. No one is quite sure who the spirit is, or what she wants,
but if you do see her, it will be late at night. Many people have
stopped thinking it is a real woman who may need help, but when you
stop, all you hear is crying off in the distance, and they say that
you can see her lying over a tombstone, where she is reportedly
crying!
Everglades City
- Smallwood Store - At the end of a dead end road there lies a
historic trading post and general store that sits on stilts at the
banks of the everglades. This was the site where a rather large
manhunt ended many years ago. A local farmer was shot and killed as
he came ashore at the store one day. He had lived near by, and
operated a farm. He was found to be killing all his migrant workers
at the end of the season, mutilating their bodies and dumping them
in the glades instead of paying them. When word got to shore that he
had left his farm and was heading by boat to the Smallwood store the
sheriffs and local towns folk came to see this notorious killer. He
was shot and killed on the banks and his farm later was burned. You
get a feeling of uneasiness whenever near the store, and that you
should not walk under the store at any cost. (It sits on stilts and
is about 5' off the ground) Store is seasonal. Get permission before
doing any investigating.
Fernandina
- Fort Clinch - Fort Clinch is an old Union Civil War fort that was
never finished due to of lack of funding from the government. During
construction, the fort was ambushed quite a few times by Confederate
troops. Several of the Union men died in the process. One incident
included a man who was shot after promising his wife in a letter
that he would not die until seeing her again. He is said to haunt
the fort today. Re-enactors that volunteer at the fort often see his
ghost in the courtyard along with several of his comrades. Perhaps
he is searching for his wife?
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Wiccademous Grave - The story is told that a young teenage girl was
accused of practicing witch craft and was questioned, but the towns
people did not believe her so she was hung on September 12th in the
1600's....The grave is located On a narrow path right across from
Fernandina Beach High School when you get on the path you walk
straight to a large oak tree the ground shakes and a loud booming
noise is the be heard it is the spirit of Wiccademous telling you to
LEAVE her grave and let her rest in peace...Sometimes if your lucky
she want even let you reach to the grave before she starts acting up
if that happens you are in trouble you may have walked away with a
part of her spirit with you it has been told that you will have
dreams of Wiccademous for 2 nights then you will actually see her at
her grave if you visit after the 2 nights. - May 2004 addition - If
people want to check that out, they may want to be aware that the
police do happen by there every so often. Bewarned, you may get
arrested for trespassing, so you may want to try to get permission
first. The supposed booming noises more than likely come from a
drainage pipe that runs underneath the ground. If you tread hard
enough, the sound hits the pipe and reverberates back.
Floral City
- Cabin Clutter Antiques - Collectibles - For many years, through
multiple ownerships, there have been reports of the ghost of an old
woman who makes her residence on the third floor (the attic) of this
antique and collectible shop. Most appearances have located her in
the attic, but on at least one occasion there was a report of
someone seeing the apparition on the first floor. Most sightings
describe her sitting in an old rocking chair in the attic. The most
recent paranormal experience in this shop took place on December 12,
2003.
Fort Myers
- Fort Myers National Bank / Near Haunted Train Tracks - employee's
have reported to have seen a man running in the upstairs main hall.
During office hours, he moves things from desks.
UPDATE! - THIS BANK NO LONGER EXISTS.
Fort Pierce
- Battered Womens Shelter - STRONG feeling of being watched all the
time,unsetteling feeling when alone. Frequent noises and sounds of
footsteps running up and down stairs almost nightly. Reports of
phantom scratches appearing on residents. Windows opening on their
own, even after they where sealed shut.
- Chinese Buffet - This restaurant was closed down for selling cats
and dogs as a meal. Before so, finding them enclosed in a locked
freezer in the burnt kitchen, which killed three. People have
spotted cats and dogs chasing former employees who lost lives in the
fire, included the cook.
- Old Antique Store - There is an old antique store sitting on a
hill overlooking the St. Lucie River on US1 that is long rumored to
be haunted. In the early 20th century, a man was brutally murdered
by his wife on the staircase of their house which later became an
antique store. When you come upon the second floor, the smell of
cigar smoke seems to follow you around and you never feel completely
comfortable. The stair on which the man was killed makes a horrible
sound whenever it is stepped on and an old man was
"pushed" down the stairwell on that exact stair a few
years ago on Halloween night. The owners boarded it up after Florida
experienced all of the Hurricanes and there is no word on whether or
not it will open again.
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Pace Center For Girls - In 1977,before the small building that is
now Pace Center For Girls was an abortion clinic. Women use to go
there for there abortions but didn’t know that all abortions were
wrongly done. The women use to die a few nights later. Students at
Pace Center For girls reportedly heard women crying in pain,
especially in the bathroom and the small English classroom. No one
has ever seen a ghost but has heard cries. The weird thing is, is
that half the students who enter the small school always tends to
get sick. Who knows maybe the ghosts are trying to make these young
girls feel their pain. Also people in Fort Pierce say that they have
seen lights switching on and off and verticals moving.
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The Boston House - Is rumored to be haunted by a woman looking for
her family that had been missing for years. It is said that she
still looks out of the top window hoping to find her family. It's
now a lawyer's office and papers or personal belongings become
missing or moved around.
- The Hilltop House Restaurant -
Reported loud knocks when alone, chills. Eyes have been seen staring
from the woods. - - November
2003 Update - has been torn down
- Indian River Community College - There have been sightings of a
tall male figure in the theatre. This figure appears pale blue and
has been seen in the broom closet on the left side of the stage. He
has also been seen in the light and sound room. Sometimes the figure
dances and waves, but mostly just watches people silently. Cold
chills have been reported as well as soft gusts of wind.
Fort Walton Beach
- Brooks Bridge - December 2006 - Has been removed.
Fort Lauderdale
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Art Institute - Sunrise Hall Dormitory - A long time ago the dorms
used to be a house of ill repute. There were said to be lots of
murders in that house. Later it burned down to nothing. Time passed
and a hotel was built there and it eventually became the A.I. dorms.
There have been numerous reports from the second floor that the
sound of moans come from the third floor around 1am. The sound of
metal pipes being dropped and rolling across the floor can be heard
in the ceiling. And the sound of high heels walking around the
second floor hallway, if you wait 10 minutes the noise comes back
again but it sounds more like running.
- Las Olas - Riverwalk - Oldest hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, supposedly
been there since the early 1900(s) and was recently made in the last
thirty years a Museum. Been known to be the most active around the
hours of late, between 11:00pm and 3:00am. Countless spirits haunt
the establishment, as most popular apparitions making appearances
seem to be; a man seemingly in his mid-40's wearing a duster pacing
the downstairs area. A younger man, whom is in no terms of the word
'shy' as he will in static motion creepily advance to the front
door, press palm and face against the glass and scare the passerby
if they're caught staring and a little girl with shoulder-length
curly hair, wearing a ruffled dress around the ages of 5-7, looking
sullenly out the window. Several more can be seen upstairs as well
as looming in the hallways, nevertheless, their presence is very
clear and realistic like. Some cold spots and overwhelming energies,
though experiences vary with the person.
Fort Meade
- County Line Rd - Heard Bridge Rd near old Mt. Pisgah - In the
1950s and 60s, ghost lights were seen in this beautiful quiet
country area. Not sure if they are still seen. Some said the lights
were phosphorus from nearby mines, but there were no mines then.
Some have spoke of lights (phosphorus) following them at dusk.
Flagler
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Coast - Palm Coast High School - It is said that the high school is
haunted by a young man by the name of Jonathan Ritchie it is known
that he can be seen by the girls locker room relieving himself
around each class period. He died a few years back leaving the high
school homecoming football with his ex-girlfriend Katie Murray when
they got in a car accident and he passed away. It is said that
around these times a strange odor and misty film is to be coated
around the locker room. Katie was the only survivor of the accident
but mysteriously disappeared.
Frostproof
- Bereha - If you sit at the four way stop sign on Bereha road
a light will float up to your car, it’s called the ghost light.
You have to park and sit for awhile.
Gainesville
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13th street Plaza Theater - orbs. a hobo wrote "Monter
Bad" and an arrow leading to a room. Blood covered walls and
floor.
- 13th Street Steak and Shake - Five people were murdered in the wee
hours of the morning inside the walk-in freezer by a disgruntled
employee. Current employees will not stay in there alone anytime of
day or night. - March 2007 update: this location was closed late
2006 for re-building. The new building is almost finished and
expected to open soon. -
October 2007 Update: The Stake and Shake on
13th St. has been torn down and fully rebuilt for a grand opening of
yet the same steak and shake. It is still under construction but it
should be open sometime this year. No reports to why the owners felt
the need to tear down the place only to rebuild it.
- 13th Street Wal-Mart - A woman has been seen and felt by those of
developed psychic sense. She is harmless and from observations made
she was employed here up until three days before her passing.
Roughly a month after, employees have seen and felt her presence, in
particular, Infants and Girls wear. In other parts of the store,
Jewelry, Crafts and Domestics, conversations and cold spots have
been experienced when no one is around. Best times have been between
the hours of 3:00 AM - 7:00 AM.
- Archer Rd. - Goodys - Sounds of change being counted in cash
office without anyone being in the room. Leaving the store neat at
night and returning with it still neat and turning around and
clothes being half off hangers with no shoppers in the store. Also
alarm has sounded at 3:00am and security cameras shut off at the
same time for no reason.
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The Purple Porpoise - The Purple Porpoise has been a Gainesville
institution for years and is about the close it's doors but the
problem will probably go to the new owners. This is a college town
and in the '60s a female student was brutally attacked and killed in
the upstairs bathroom. To this day her ghost AND the violent ghost
(more like an imprint) of her killer haunt the cramped hallway and
restroom. She emits a feeling of hopelessness and fear while he is
pure evil. Men are usually safe but numerous females have been
attacked.
- The University of Florida - Beatty Towers - A girl committed
suicide here by jumping off Beatty Towers into the street. People
who have lived in the towers have often seen a ghostly figure
walking through the halls and in some of the rooms. Strange noises
have also been heard throughout Beatty Towers, along with things
being moved around in the rooms. This girl's dorm has been around
for years, and it is rumored that she was pregnant at the time of
her suicide. Tom Petty, who is from Gainesville, sings about her in
his song "American Girl."
- The University of Florida - Thomas Hall Dormitory - with its red
brick surface and gothic gargoyles at the entrances, is one of the
oldest buildings on campus, dating back to the early 1900s. The
building used to be used for classrooms and residents have been
known to hear ceaseless banging coming from the radiators/heaters
during the months when they aren't in use. The presence of an old
employee is thought to haunt the building.
- Sweet Water Bed and
Breakfast Inn - There are two parts of this Bed and Breakfast. The
pink house and the blue house. It used to be an old plantation of
the family. Many people claim that the old blue house attic rooms
have a spirit. Many claimed to be sleeping and have a heavy feeling
on their chest. Also, the maids that clean the rooms experienced an
old bureau having its door open and close. There is a scary feeling
in those rooms. Even the owners claim to have seen an image in the
window of the third floor.
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University of Florida - Norman Hall - Norman Hall, now the College
of Education, used to be the P.K. Young School. It is haunted by
children who died in an elevator accident many years ago. People
have heard the children running and laughing on the third floor
during all times but mostly at night. The elevator that they died in
is still there.
- Wayside Antiques - South On I-75 - Employees have reported to hear
a voice from the back of the huge antique store call them by name,
usually when they're opening or closing the store. Also, in one of
the upstairs showrooms (right corner of the building facing I-75) is
a antique dresser. A little girl, in period clothing, has been seen
playing in the room around the dresser. She is usually only seen by
psychics or those with honed psychic senses but others have reported
a coldness or presence in the room. - December 2003 Update: The
store is closing it's doors in the new year, 2004, right after the
holidays. Whether it will open under new owners, remains to be
seen.- March 2007 update: this location was closed late 2006 for
re-building. The new building is almost finished and expected to
open soon. - October 2007 Update: right off I-75 the famous Wayside
antiques that have been closed down for some time have just been
recently opened. looks the same but it is not known if it is the
same owners. The only addition to the old barn like building is a
huge sign above the building that says ANTIQUES, plus a new
billboard advertising the place a few miles before the exit of I-75
to get there.
Graceville
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bridge - on hwy 2 there's an old bridge that you can pull up to an
stop in front of put in park they say that the girl who died there
will drive you across.
Grand Island
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Wedgewood's Golf place - There are several sighting of Ghosts
walking around w/ limbs missing. Their are reports of screams of
"help there’s a gator". I would warn any one not to go
in the lakes looking for their golf balls.
Green Cove Springs
- Little Ruth Church Road Cemetery- across the road from the Feed
Store. At the end of course is a little church and a very small
graveyard. The area in fact is large but very inhabited by dark
apparitions, sucubuses, and a very mysterious dark apparition that
runs around. Witnesses have reported seeing the apparition which is
called "The Runner" that seems to follow you. He follows
visitors while walking on 17 you can hear him, a distinct walk with
slight scuff of his feet on the pavement.
- St. Jon's Landing Apartments - Various apartments are haunted in
this complex. Originally built as military housing back in the
thirties and has a cemetery on site in the middle of the complexes
grounds. When the military base closed in Green Cove Springs, the
housing was sold to a private owner and over the years became slum
until 1997. Then a new owner took over the apartment complex and
began restoring the buildings back to their original glory. There
have been many sightings of apparitions, shadows and electrical
charges in the air. Tenants report voices, doors opening and
closing, and footsteps up stairs and through out the apartments.
Hialeah
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Hialeah High School - The bathroom near the auditorium: A couple of
years ago, a freshmen had gone to the bathroom during her 3rd period
class. A couple of boys raped her and banged her up so bad that she
bled to death in the bath room and no one found out until after
school hours when a janitor was went to clean the bathroom. Now, she
haunts that bathroom and can not leave until the five boys who raped
her die. Students have seen her sitting in the corner of the
bathroom, on top of her own blood, rocking front and back chanting
"when will they die...".
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Hialeah-Miami Lakes Senior High - fourth floor - There has been told
that a few years ago a group of students were in the planetarium on
the fourth floor of the main building. One of the girls that were in
that group of student fell through a big skylight and was killed
instantly, they then shut the 4th floor down. Nobody is allowed up
there, you rarely see any janitor up there either but it is to be
said that the janitors that do go up there have heard many noises
from the 4th floor and believe it is the girl who died there many
years ago.
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Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School - In Hialeah Miami lakes High
school's little theater (place were drama students have class) their
has been sightings of a ghost nick named Fred, some times music can
be heard, and light tend to turn on and off.
Holiday
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Lakeview Rodeo - Ever since the Lakeview rodeo burned down in may of
this year there have been sights of a young man standing in the
middle of the sight.
Hollywood
- Hollybrook Golf and Tennis Condominiums - Hollybrook is a
retirement community. LATE at night on certain nights, as you're
leaving this community, if you're driving over the speed limit
(15mph), as you are approaching a stop sign, an old lady, almost
glowing, appears on the left hand side of the road wearing a flowing
pink night gown and motions you to slow down. As you pass her, she
stares at you in disgust. You can watch her disappear in your rear
view mirror.
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Hollywood Beach Resort Hotel - Many orbs have been photographed on
the 7th floor, noises of voices and more. This hotel opened in 1926
and was a favorite place to Al Capone. The hotel became a hospital,
a bible college and now a hotel again.
Holmes
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Poncedeleon / Euchee Valley - Euchee Valley Presbyterian Cemetery -
A shadowy figure appears and comes after any one in the graveyard at
that time.
Homestead
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South Dade High School - In the auditorium, only if there are just a
couple people lights will start to go on and off. You will also see
a figure of a boy and girl on stage. There is also a faint sound of
music.
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South Dade Sr High School - A small boy would stand just north of
the baseball fields close the green houses. Late at night he would
wonder into the teachers parking lot. On the south side of the
school there is stairs leading up to the roof you can see a Teenager
climbing up there but you never see him on the roof. The Troopers
dogs at the school bark every night at 11:27.
Hudson
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Pasco County - Hudson Hills Manor - In one apartment there was a
little girl who was haunting the place and when we left she
continued haunting the people who moved in. She would open and close
the cabinets and turn on the television sets, and talk to little
kids. - May 2005 update / additional information: the first several
one bedroom apartments are also haunted. Everything from Red Orbs to
black shadow people have been seen in the first few apartments as
you enter the building complex. There is rumored that the property
was once a burial ground and the county took it over to use as a
dumpsite. Much uproar from residents arose when plans to move the
bodies were brought to light.
Inverness
- Old Movie Theater Downtown - Long ago, When the Jail use to be
across from the Old Courthouse, the Prisoners were aloud to be
escorted to the upstairs balcony at the theater to see a movie for
good behavior. The prisoners have haunted the theater ever since
it's closure in the 1980's.
Jacksonville
- Greenbriar Light AKA Ghost Light Road - Traveling slowly down
Greenbriar Road late at night may be hazardous to your mental health
if the Greenbriar Light decides to follow you. Motorists say this
mysterious ball of light appears from out of nowhere and bobs along
behind their cars, sometimes hovering over them, but never passing
on the road. Reports were so numerous that the Sheriff's Department
dispatched scientists to investigate the mysterious luminescence. No
explanation could be found. However, locals connect the light to the
untimely death of a young man on a motorcycle, decapitated when his
bike hit a cable in the road. Supposedly the Greenbriar Light is the
solitary beacon of his motorcycle, searching the road endlessly
for... its missing parts. - June 2005 Update – The light actually
came from the very end of Greenbrier (which at that time was a dirt
road) where SR 210 heads directly towards it and then curves away. A
witness recently reports they have been out there many years ago and
it was a little scary in the middle of the woods on a dirt road
seeing what looked like one headlight coming towards you and then
one brake light going away. They have since changed the way 210 and
Greenbrier intersect and with the change, the Ghost Light went away.
- Homestead Restaurant - ghost of Alpha Paynter is seen by the
fireplace.
- neighborhood - the house is haunted by a little boy. Sometimes
residents would get locked out of house and food/cloths stolen.
Sometimes residents would hear footsteps in attic.
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Orange Park - The Sports Authority - the phone extension in the
Footwear department will ring. This is not an outside phone line.
Other times, the store alarm will sound. The manager on duty and the
police will be called to the store. This happens often and it is
usually due to the motion sensor from over in the Footwear /Team
Sports area. The police will search the store and find all is
secure. Other times, we will leave the store neat and tidy and
return the next morning to find an entire shelf of sport bags from
the Team Sports area all over the floor.
JENSEN BEACH
- F.I.T. Leach Mansion - The old leach mansion on Indian River Drive
in Jensen Beach is haunted. When you enter, you get the strange
feeling and chills, it feels like someone is right behind you. You
can hear strange noises coming from the other floors. When your in
the downstairs bar, it gets very cold, and when you cross through
the double doors, it feels like you are entering into another world.
Jupiter
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old Jupiter elementary - the old building that's not reconstructed
has been heard to turn lights on and off . also the walls and floors
make creeping noises.
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Jupiter Lighthouse - Employees have reported strange noises and cold
spots inside this lighthouse. Visitors claim to feel someone's hands
upon their shoulders, only to find no one there.
UPDATE!- The Lighthouse does not allow
investigations. They want to leave whatever is there alone. They
wish to stress the history of the light house, no firm studies have
been done to prove or disprove any activity. At least as far
as Paranormal Extreme can verify.
Kennedy Space Center
- Apollo 1 Launch Complex 34 - The old abandoned Launch Pad of the
Apollo missions is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of the three
astronauts that lost their lives in a tragic fire. When you are on
the pad you get a weird feeling, then at night when you enter some
of the abandoned buildings, if you're quiet you can hear screams of
panic and distress. NASA, at one time, let visitors tour the
facility, but due to 'strange occurrences' they no longer include
the Apollo Launch Pad on the tour.
Key West
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Artist House B&B - The home of Robert Eugene Otto is haunted by
two spirits one is a malevolent spirit of Eugene’s doll Robert who
was put in the attic by his wife just mainly an evil presence is
felt in the attic. Also Eugene’s wife’s spirit is believed
to be trapped in the Turret room where Robert was kept. The
house is now a hotel or B&B. Robert is displayed at a
museum in Key West
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Cemetery behind St. Paul's Church - Haunted by several. First, by
the ghost of a man who almost single handedly drove the pirates out
of Key West. Very angry spirit. When there is no wind, there is said
to be seen whirlwinds through a tree next to his grave. Also, he has
attacked several visitors to the cemetery. The Ghost Tour does not
bring tours into the cemetery any more because of him. The second
haunting is a group of children who died in a fire across a small
alleyway from the cemetery. The fire was started by the pastor of
the church to kill his wife, who was having an affair with the
deacon. He started the fire while a Sunday school class was taking
place, killing all in there. If you go into the cemetery and sit
quietly in the corner where they are buried, you can faintly hear
the sounds of children playing. Smoking in the cemetery upsets the
children.
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Monroe County - Fort Zachary Taylor - Is haunted by the spirit (seen
by several workers and confirmed during a tour when his relatives
were present and showed a picture) of a man named Wendall who died
in Civil War days of Yellow Fever. Anomalies have been caught on
film.
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Ocean Key House Resort - Third Floor Suite facing Duval Street -
Cold spots during the day. At night, sounds of keys and objects
moved around on dresser, sound of sighing, and feeling of someone
sitting down on the bed while you're in it! Day or night, upon
returning to the room, the lights and curtains are never in the
condition in which you left them.
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The Hemingway House - Many people have witnessed Ernest Hemingway
waving from his studio window. and lights on and sounds of a
typewriter being used after the tours are over and the house is
unoccupied.
Kissimmee
- Big Bamboo Lounge - Ladies
bathroom toilets flush by its self you have a feeling that their is
some one else in the bathroom with you but no one else is there also
the employees could be alone working and thing move by its self
chairs glasses and lights.
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Celebration - Apparition of a man that was shot many years ago has
been reported.
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Dead Man's Oak - There is an oak tree south of Kissimmee where a
headless horseman has been seen on many occasions. The legend behind
the haunting is the horseman was beheaded beneath the tree by
Spaniards, some say for stealing the horse.
- Shingle Creek Cemetery - The ghost of a Confederate soldier has
been seen. A Vietnam veteran-- a fellow soldier-- reported that a
man in grey was walking around the cemetery and at one point
appeared and saluted him. The man in grey admonished him to
"be careful." There is a Confederate soldier
[casualty] buried in the cemetery (d. 1863) and several Confederate
veterans are also buried there. The man in grey doesn't seem
to be malevolent; he actually seems to be patrolling the area on
behalf of the living. The cemetery is family-owned, but it is
accessible to the public. It is on Old Vineland Road, behind
the Shingle Creek United Methodist Church.
Lady Lake
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Rolling Acres Road - Loud roars, yells, and screams in the
surrounding woods throughout the whole road. A very bright, white,
flowing entity walks up and down the road. Said to be a woman by the
name of Julia that was murdered by an unidentified man while waiting
for her soon-to-be husband. A man that was not permitted to see the
woman because her parents despised him.
Lake Wales
- Spook Hill - stop your car at the bottom of the hill and watch as
it goes up the hill ,.... IN NEUTRAL!!!!
Lake Worth
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Lake Worth Playhouse - Lucien Oakley helped build the Lake Worth
Playhouse, he also died there.
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West Palm Beach - Lake Worth 8 Cinemas - cold spots can be felt in
the auditorium, there is sometimes an occasional, brief breeze, and
the temperature of the auditorium is always colder than the rest of
the building, regardless of what the thermostat is set at. There is
also a knocking sound that can occasionally be heard coming from one
of the doors leading from the hallway while movies are playing and
whenever a children's movie is run in that auditorium, the projector
will either stop during the middle of the show several times, or the
film would get jammed in the machine.
Lakeland
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Florida Southern College- Strange noises - cleaning staff reported
feeling things touching them and breathing on them they will now
only clean during the day. It also has tunnels below the school,
some of which they haven't been able to open. Lots of suicides
happened in the freshmen women's dorms
Lantana
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Red Lion Pub - There are three ghosts in this pub: a male, a blonde
female, and a brunette female. The story says that before the pub
was built, the blonde woman lived in that area. The man was in love
with her, but their relationship was ruined by the brunette woman.
Today, bottles and other objects fly towards brunettes and sometimes
they feel a hand hitting their head. Blonde women feel their hair
and face being gently stroked.
Leesburg
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Wal-Mart - Merchandise falling off shelves for no reason. One
witnesses has felt cold spots and heard footsteps behind them but no
one was there and lights in bathrooms turning off when by
themselves.
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Warren W. Willis UM - This is a United Methodist summer camp for
kids from grades 4-12 that was built in the mid 1940's. There are
two cabins know to be haunted on this site. Lodge 5 is said to have
things be moved from one place to another. Suitcases will end up on
the other side of the cabin. Campers will be pushed out of bunks. In
Girls cabin 45A, strange things happen in the bathroom at night.
Lights flicker. One of the toilets will flush during the night. It's
not really a spooky place. Very enjoyable to be there. The ghosts
like to play jokes.
Lehigh Acres
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An old ware house - November 2007 - Private Property - This listing
has been removed by request of the owner. This property is private
and trespassing will not be tolerated. There are dogs present, and a
possiblity of getting shot. Trespassers will be prosecuted.
Long Boat Key
- Old Ritz Carlton - In the early 1920's, John Ringling of circus
fame purchased considerable acreage on the south end of the island.
Ringling constructed a golf course He also began construction of a
luxurious hotel, the Ritz-Carlton on New Pass. The hotel was never
completed. The story goes that a worker brought his young son to the
job site one day and showed him around. the worker got distracted or
called to do something and had to leave his son for a while. some
how the young boy fell down the unfinished elevator shaft and was
killed. the site was abandoned after and the hotel was never
completed. currently a shopping center and a chart house resturant
are on the site. staff at the chart house often report seeing a
small boy playing in the mens room with a ball or in the seating
area after close. often times a faint scream is heard.
Longwood
- The Old Longwood Hotel - Now converted to an office
building but has not been changed due to its an historic place.
Lights go on and off in different offices and footsteps are heard
but no ones there elevator opens and runs by its self. Cold spots
and shuffling sounds were heard on the 3rd floor. 230am the police
responded to check out a possible burglary there and the 1st officer
there saw some one in a window, they set up a perimeter around the
building. They went in and did a room-to-room search and found
nothing. Most of the Veteran officers say its haunted.
Maitland
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Enzian Theatre - While watching films guests have seen a disembodied
head of a woman in the north corner of the room. The head will
appear suddenly and float from one corner to the next screaming
emphatically only to disappear in the next-door restaurant named
Nicole St. Pierre. For reasons unknown, the head is present only on
moonless nights at 1:00AM.
Marianna
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Bellamy Bridge -Is haunted by a woman. There is an old foundation of
a large home near it. The story is that on this girl's wedding day
it was cold so she had a fire in the fireplace in her bedroom. She
walked by it in her gown and the trailer caught fire. The girl
panicked and ran through the house catching fire to the home in her
distress. She ran out of the house across her yard over to the
middle of the bridge and jumped in. According to local legend they
never found her body. Many people say that they have seen a fiery
apparition run to the old bridge and jump in to the river below.
Marion County
- Ocala National Forest - There are many locations in the
"forest" as it is know to locals. There are many secluded
camping sites where the "rainbow people" ( a group of
modern-day traveling gypsy-like people) have told stories of seeing
ghosts of children that giggle with affection. Campsites have been
found destroyed and scattered over miles of rugged terrain. One of
the most famous of paranormal activities that occur in the forest is
that of a man who wanders up and down the country roads. Dressed in
a long hooded black coat (which is worn so you cannot see he face).
Numerous travelers from Daytona Beach to Ocala have called local
rangers and the highway patrol reporting a man laying on the side of
the road, walking, and sitting on the guard rails of bridges late at
night.
Marco Island
- Olde Marco Inn - It is said that there is a ghost that inhabits
the original building, now the lobby & dinning room. The ghost
can be heard at night walking up the stairs and opening and closing
doors. It has even been said it moves chairs.
- Vandys With An Edge - This restaurant is haunted by a spirit
in the kitchen. Late at night after closing the spirit will turn
lights on and off and also the appliances. No one has actually seen
the ghost but plenty have experienced different encounters.
Margate
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Office Building on Banks Road - On 2000 Banks Road (where Banks and
Copans meet) there is a pink office building with a green roof.
Strange smells come if you stand on the roof, and sometimes in the
elevator and the women's bathroom you can hear someone crying. In
the old Health Clinic in the building, there is a shower with
strange spots that look like rust or blood. The West stairwell also
has what looks like bloodstains at the bottom. A man hanged himself
outside the building in the parking lot, and there are some weird
things in the trees. Christmas ornaments, a saw blade, even an old
pink teddy bear is nailed into the tree.
Melbourne
- Miquels Mexican Restaurant - was once Doc Sloan's House. Doc Sloan
was a bootlegger during prohibition and the rich guy in town. He
built a fancy Mediterranean style house on what was then the edge of
town. His three year old daughter caught herself on fire and died on
the second floor of the structure. Since that time people have heard
a child screaming, sometimes a child crying and many times things
move about with no explanation. - November 2003 Update: This
Structure has been torn down and has become a cvs/pharmacy
- The Henegar Center - Rumored to be haunted by
"Jonathan", who makes noises, moves props and can be seen
in the balcony sometimes.
Merritt Island
- Crooked Mile Cemetery - A witness that grew up in a house next to
this cemetery, experienced many strange happenings. When camped out
in the backyard and would be awoken by strange noises, and feeling a
strange presence.
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Old Olan Mills location - An old Indian is sometimes seen by the
employs.
Miami
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Coconut Grove - Field adjacent to LaSalle High School & Mercy
Hospital - LaSalle High School is located at 3601 So Miami Ave in
Coconut Grove. LaSalle High School and Mercy Hospital are adjacent
to one another, the grounds are on the water's edge and you can view
Biscayne Bay from there. The story originates from the 70's or 80's
when supposedly a young girl attending the school (which is an all
female Catholic high school), either committed suicide over a broken
heart or took an accidental drug overdose in this field. In the
suicide version, she was a student athlete, which is why she haunts
the field, and has been seen occasionally during daylight hours at
sporting events and has been mistaken for a participant. However she
is usually seen at night, and even police officers patrolling the
grounds have seen her shape and mistaken her for a security guard
when none are hired to work there. Upon further inspection, no one
is there. Most students who have attended this school are familiar
with the stories about this ghost.
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Deer Run-"Curtis Mansion"- There are reports of lights
going on and off, door opening, and sightings of ghosts of visitors,
children, and a man.
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Hammocks Middle School - It is said that the auditorium of Hammocks
is haunted by 2 ghosts... It is said people have seen 2 shadows
around and the curtains opening and closing and flickering lights.
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Hirschfield Theater - footsteps and other unexplained events are
common here.
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The Jockey Club - People who work and live there complain about
lights turning on and off, hearing footsteps when they know they are
alone, hearing voices, doors locking by themselves. On one occasion
security was called when people heard a fight going on in the
garage. When security got there they could hear the yelling but
could not find anyone there and then suddenly the voices stopped. It
is not certain how many spirits are there but at times they do make
themselves known.
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Krome Insane Asylum - Many people have seen strange figures, heard
many noises. Including screaming, talking and breathing.
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Lee Kornegay Junior High School - There have been reports of
apparitions seen and voices heard in the library.
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Miami Beach - Colony Theater - Footsteps and ghost has been seen
back stage and other unexplained events.
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Miami River Inn - This is a beautiful hotel on the edge of
Miami River in the oldest part of town. Henry Flagler and many U.S.
Presidents stayed there during their visits to the city. It has been
around since the early 1900's and has been restored a few times. In
one of the cabins, there are many noises heard by the concierge and
security guards. Many guests who check into the cabin complain about
the noises and request a room change the next day. The noises that
are heard are part of a series, almost like a night repeating itself
at 11 PM every day. If you stay in the first front room, you can
hear a door opening and shutting very loudly, feet wiping on the
welcome matt and then a brief silence followed by running towards
your room and a fierce shaking of the door knob, which you can even
see move. The shaking gives up and is followed by the crashing and
breaking of antique ornaments right outside of your room, then
running up the front stairs followed by the opening of a door in the
room above yours. The worst is what commences after a minute of
silence in the room upstairs. For an hour, furniture can be heard
moving, scraping and the room can be felt vibrating. Finally, the
sound ceases and there is silence once again, try going to sleep
after that.
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Miami Senior High School - Miami Senior High School is a school made
since the 1800's and many people have been killed by gangs or by
other things, and now the spirits of that people are haunting the
place. One time there was a girl of about 15 years old, she went to
the girl's bathroom. When she entered she saw another girl with
blood in his face and a knife between her right shoulder and her
arm. She was so scared that she had to go to a doctor for
attendance. Another day a security camera captured a men with a
graduation dress walking on the auditorium at 10:43 PM, when the
security went to see if there was somebody there he hear a scream
and he found a black spot on the floor. There are too many things
that makes this place haunted that I would take hours to explain.
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Miami Springs - Curtis Mansion - When Miami was a growing city this
man- Glenn H. Curtis build his mansion on Deer Run. He loved kids so
much, he turned half of the mansion into a daycare, but when he
found out his wife had an abortion he got mad and his wife -as for
revenge- burned the house down with Glenn Curtis inside. There have
been reports of lights going on and off also of ghosts playing
tennis and some screaming at night. - October 2007 Update: The house
was not burned down by Curtiss… it was an act of vandalism. After
Glenn Curtiss's death in the early 1930s, Lena Curtiss married an
old friend and business associate of her husband, H. Sayre Wheeler.
Wheeler served as mayor of Miami Springs from 1942 to 1944 and was
also part owner of the Michaels and Wheeler Insurance Company. The
couple lived in the house until the late 1940s. The estate was sold
in the mid-50's and became the world renowned Miami Springs Villas.
It was sold to Forte Hotels, International, Inc. in the late 1970's
and is currently owned by Manor Care, Inc.
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Southwest Miami High School - Auditorium - Sometimes the TV’s turn
on by themselves, music can be heard, a guy and a girl whispering.
Supposedly a janitor died in there, and an old drama club president
while fixing lights on the catwalk died also and were never found
until the next day.
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Southwest Miami High School - Library - According to the librarians
many who have worked there for several years books are constantly
rearranged after organized and lights flicker.
Micanopy
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The Herlong Mansion - Inez was the oldest of 6 siblings. They fought
for 20 some odd years over the house after their mother passed away.
The day Inez took possession of the house she had a diabetic seizure
and died possibly in her childhood bedroom. That room remains
haunted. The Herlong Mansion is now a bed & breakfast and has
been investigated by professional ghost hunters.
Milligan
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Cobb's Cemetery - When a closed can of beer is placed beside a
certain tombstone in the cemetery and left for about 15 min. It will
be empty and still closed when you return. There are extremely eerie
feelings and noises as soon as you pass through the gates.
Milton
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CRX Railroad (by the Old Spanish Trial) - A strange brown orb has
been seen in the daytime by hikers along the tracks.
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Milton Graveyard - A picture taken picked up a thin shadow image in
the distance.
Montverde
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Magnolia Creek Lane - Magnolia Creek Lane where all kinds of
horrible things happened there in the late 1800's. A train crashed
200 people died. Many ghostly activities and noises occur.
Montverde
- Montverde Academy - DAR, the girl's dorm, built in the 20s or 30s,
has had eerie sounds of footsteps running up stairs and doors
slamming during the months when the school is not in session and the
dormitory is empty. It is rumored a girl committed suicide there,
and past students claim they would return to their locked rooms
after class only to find objects rearranged. The old Arnold Hall
which has since been torn down was also rumored to be haunted. The
school has been was built in 1912.
Naples
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Cracker Barrel on 951 - In the mid 1990's in the freezer some
employees were tied up and gagged and then had their throats slit
Their killers are now on death row. As a former employee when we
would go in the walk in freezer and adjacent cooler the dim lights
have power surges and the cool air blowing in does strange things.
You get a feeling of being watched even when you are in one of the
coolers alone. It has also been reported by morning shift workers
that the ghost(s) like to move things around in the front store as a
joke. UPDATE!- Paranormal Extreme
has had contact with the store and were informed that the folk lore
of the store/restaurant is ficticious, no activity has been noticed
as far as the management is aware of.
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Witch's Brew - Witch's Brew is a nightclub, reports of a dark
shadowlike figure has been seen and lights flickering on and off, my
dad has also come back to find all the cables to his music equipment
rearranged and unplugged and such. - October 2005 Update: The
building has been torn down. Office buildings are going to be built.
Narcossee
- stretch or road toward Cocoa Beach - Around mile marker 15 there
is said to be the ghost of a teenage girl, who died in a head on car
crash, on her way to the beach on prom night. Moving puddles of
blood have been sighted on the road at night.
Newberry
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Newberry Cemetery - There are about 70 orbs, a gatekeeper at the
back gate of the cemetery, 3 shadow krakens, and other unexplained
phenomena. Very strange place.
New Smyrna
- Beacon Theater - In the girls bathroom there have been reports of
sinks coming on by themselves and the stall doors opening and
closing when nobody is in the stalls.
- Indian River Inn - There is believed by many witnesses that is
haunted with many spirits. You can see strange lights in there at
night and the sound of people moving around.
North Fort Myers
- Island Vista Estates - in the trailer park there are often seen
lights flickering and loud moaning in the middle of the streets. and
on eland and gnu there is a big tree where people say there is a
hanging of a man at 3:18 am.
- Motel 6 - There are 4 buildings at this Motel 6 property. -
reports mainly from staff at the motel, that noises, and the feeling
of being watched. Also, footsteps in the puddles of water, strange
screeching noises, screams, and moans of agony, a very strange odor
of a female's perfume, and temperature changes.
Ocala
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Old Downtown Graveyard - Many people have had strange things happen
in this graveyard. The most significant of which can occur almost
any night. After dark if you drive thru the cemetery, near the back
stretch over a large crack in the weathered roadway, your car will
shift into neutral. This has happened many times to many people. All
type of cars and almost all makes.
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Ritz Historical Inn - Rich socialite from NY would spend summers
here and would have parties during prohibition. During one such
party, a fire started (reason unknown) and several people died
including the woman and her 2 dogs. To this day you can here the
sounds of that party in her room and also the sounds of people
running into the hall and down the stairwell trying to escape the
fire.
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St. James Church - (now vacant) - This is the Church used in the
film "Jeepers Creepers" it lies just west of town off hwy
40. This site was used in the movie "Jeepers Creepers". At
night the church has a strange fog that surrounds it and strange
light come from inside. On the same site, a small graveyard almost
touches the roadway and scrambles car radio and cell phone signals
briefly. -
October 2003 Update:
The church has been torn down due to
2 local teens setting fire to the structure.
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The Old Silver Springs Shores Hotel- It has been closed for longer
than twenty-two years but even before then numerous accounts of
hauntings had been reported. Kids flock to this abandoned building
now only to return with terrors of apparitions in their eyes. -
March 2007 Update: has been
torn down.
Ocklawaha
- Ma Barker's Residence - The home of Ma Barker and her sons at the
time of their fatal shoot-out with the FBI and local police. It's
located in the town of Ocklawaha on Lake Weir. It's said that you
can sometimes see Ma Barker on the premises'. It is reported that
the house is in original condition and still has the bullet holes as
a result of the shoot-out and hasn't been changed.
Oldsmar
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Suncoast allstar gym - In the year of 2000 employees heard sounds of
gym equipment being used. No one was in the gym but employees. When
one of the employees went to look who was there he could find no
one. but there was signs of trampoline being used recently.
Olustee
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Olustee Battle Field - Orbs and figures can be seen late at night or
when the re-enactment comes orbs and figures with the actors.
Sometimes voices can be herd.
Orange City
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Blue Springs - rail road tracks - a old house that has been there
for years, its falling apart and the windows are broke, some say a
old man killed himself in there, at night you can see him on the
door step, some have seen him on the rail road tracks right next to
blue springs, the legend is he overdosed on pills if you go in the
building you can feel a unhappy spirit there and you feel cold
lonely and not wanted there.
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Lankford Funeral Home - third floor room is haunted by the ghost of
a daughter of the people who originally built the house back in
1918, long before it became a funeral home. The story goes that she
contracted some kind of infectious disease common around those times
and was cared for in third floor bedroom to keep here away from the
rest of the family. She eventually succumbed to the disease. A ghost
of a young girl has been spotted looking out the third floor window.
And the few people who have lived in the second floor apartment have
talked about hearing the floor creaking on the third floor, as if
someone is walking around.
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Natures garden - One day a face appeared in the window and seamed as
if he was in agonizing pain and screaming.
Orlando
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Annie Russell Theater - one particular chair was always in the same
spot no matter how many times it was moved to another location.
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Citrus Center - Republic bank/Orange Ave. - Numerous employees and
visitors have witnessed apperitions of a shadow type figure as well
noises, doors opening and shuting,elevators with no one on them
moving with footsteeps coming off of them. Numerous siteing of a
female looking at you in restroom mirrors and then vanishing.
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Cricket Club Apartments - Strange smells emanating from one of the
apartments in the complex, strange forms seen at night walking
around outside. Strange voices heard also. Cannas explain.
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Disney World - There is known to be a tan figure walking down the
streets in front of the castle.
- Disney World - Pirates of the Caribbean - The spirit of "George" a
worker who died there when a beam fell on him during construction
still haunts the attraction. At the beginning of the day and at the
end of the day attractions workers must come on the PA system and
tell George good morning and good night. If not the attraction has
been know to shut itself down adding more work before the workers
came go home for the night. -
March 2004 Addition/ correction
- when the ride was being built in the
early 70's (it opened Dec. 15, 1973) , George was a welder who
clearly, welded different parts of the scenes on the attraction
together. One particular area on the ride, called the "burning
city", required George to climb up quite high above the ground.
George lost his balance, and fell to his death. If you talk to any
of the employees at pirates, they will either know of someone who
has had an incident with George, or there is a chance they move have
had one themselves.
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Walt Disney World - EPCOT - Spaceship earth - a small girl with long
blonde hair has been seen riding in a car & a boy run in front
of her and vanish at the same location (outside during the day).
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Walt Disney World - Tower of Terror - There has been a story among
employees of a ghost walking around the "Tower of Terror"
at off hours; he's usually found walking the wrong way, does not
respond to calls and then disappears.
- Walt Disney World - Typhoon Lagoon - typhoon lagoon there was a little boy that drowned
on the boat slide. Now you can see at night a little boy riding a
raft.
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Evans High School - The drama students and teacher have reported
strange howling sounds, lights going on and off, and even people
being locked in rooms (mainly the green room woman's restroom, and
the costume room). - March 2005 Correction: The current auditorium
is haunted by a man that hung himself in the gym back in the 60's.
The door on the costume room does not lock and there is no ladies
restroom in the green room, because there is no green room. What can
be heard is noises of something moving on the catwalk above the
stage and the lights around the stage will come on and go off with
out anyone working them. As a former Drama student and graduate of
Evan's, as well as many of the students have experienced the guy
from the gym in the auditorium. He has never tried to harm anyone or
scare anyone at all. It is believed he just wanders around the
school and doesn't want to leave, you can feel him in different
parts of the school.
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March 2008 Correction to the 2005 Correction: 1994-1997 There was
a greenroom with separate boy's and girl's dressing rooms. There
were a few times that girls were locked into their dressing room,
and no matter how many of us tugged on the door it would not open,
even when the stronger guys tried.
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Leu Botanical Gardens - The old mansion in the Harry P. Leu
Botanical Gardens is haunted by the ghosts of the former residents.
Visitors to the house on guided tours have reported cold spots in
the upper bedrooms and tour guides have reported spirits. The
gardens are off of S.R. - 1792 (Orlando Ave.) east of down town
Orlando.
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Little Econ River - Every October 13th a spirit of Christopher Klink
appears under the bridge on Old Econ Rd. A light will flash under
the bridge highlighting Killer Klink's tag which is written under
the bridge. (Dated October 13, 1987.) It will get extremely cold,
and the river will then flow the other direction. You will then see
an image of Klink hanging from the bridge, and suddenly disappear.
Then the water will start flowing back in its original direction.
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Miller Sellen - Its an old historic house from the early 1900's. A
former employee states People that had worked there for awhile would
talk of strange noises like someone running though the hallways when
no one was there. One employee got a call from an inside line only
to hear static and a sound of a little girl playing on the phone.
Problem was everybody was out to lunch.
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Naval Recruit Training Center - The second floor of the Division Ten
barracks gives you a vrey bad feeling while making your rounds
during watch. The whole floor sounds like it's breathing. - October
2004 Update; was torn down in 2002
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Oviedo - Andrew St. - Apparitions of children playing in the field,
hearing someone whisper in the ear, "help me." It sounded
like children or a child.
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Oviedo - Anders street on Chapman - The celery field on this dirt
road is haunted. People have seen a man in between 2 pillars
(electric fence) dressed in a suit carrying a suitcase. you can hear
children's laughter and see kids playing in the field and a shadowy
figured man.
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Oviedo - Baseball field - There was an Indian seen before, going
into the woods around the 7:00 at a base ball game.
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Oviedo - Boston Hill Cemetery - There is a image of a man hanging in
the trees and a lady kneeling at the mans feet. The woman is weeping
and praying. Foot steps heard on the ground and the grass was seen
moving. Also reports of pockets of fog spinning in circles. There
were many cold spots.
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Oviedo - The Celery Fields of Chapman Road - There have been
numerous sightings of children walking through the tall grass and
wondering around on the streets of the neighborhood that now stands
where the field had been.
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Oviedo - Chapman open fields - There is a field down a dirt road in
between two sets of telephone poles which people always hear screams
after driving down the road. There is always fog around the at
location also no matter how the weather is.
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Oviedo - The Econ River - Lots of very strong spirits. Mindless
whispers and some even violent ones...There are MANY patches around
Geniva and Chilioda. Behind still water, there is this pit in the
econ. by a moldy blanket.. there is a lot of action there and more
spiritual patches.
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Oviedo - Oviedo High School - auditorium - light room. figure and
flashes have been seen.
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Oviedo - Oviedo High School - Baseball field outskirts - on the out
skirts. There is spiritual patches and portals.. There are red marks
on the trees and other stuff like that. You'll see orbs in the
distance and suction like feeling towards it.
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Oviedo - Oviedo High School - the girls dressing room - There sits a
girl crying and blood on her dress. she has long brown hair and is
sad and pale. She’ll follow you though and stalk you for a little
while. She'll tell you her story and try to scare you. She stalked
students for days at a time, and they claim she has followed them
home.
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Oviedo - The Oviedo Lights - These eerie lights can be seen from a
bridge where a young man killed himself after he lost his love. It
is well know to native Oveidans. And has been seen by many, many
people. The mans ghost has also been seen in the area below the
bridge.
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Oviedo - St. Luke’s cemetery - In the small building in the center
of the cemetery the corner to the right of the door you feel an odd
and almost threatening presence. Upon entering the corner it is
reported some feel it is hard to breath, hands tingle as well as
some reports of marks appearing on their necks.
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Peabody Hotel - cold spots and apparitions experienced.
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Rouse Road Cemetery - The ghost of a man who died in the 1840's is
seen here. He is seen often as a shadowy figure in period clothing
in the cemetery, the adjacent woods and the fields across the
street. The apparition is known as Benjamin Miles, a local settler
who is buried there in an unmarked grave. It is said that this is a
particularly angry and dangerous spirit. His presence is accompanied
by a chill in the air and the call of an owl. The sound of that owl
is said to be a warning that Benjamin Miles is nearby. All of these
phenomena are almost always seen at night usually in the fall and
winter seasons
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Sunland Hospital - Sunland was an old Mental hospital in the Pine
Hills section of Town. Many reports of poltergeist activity voices
and screams. - This submission was originally posted as "
“Belleview Mental Hospital" It has now been demolished and
turned into a park where it is still believed to be haunted.
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Super 8 Motel - Room 206 - I-drive - room 206 is haunted by the
ghost of a man who rises from bed also bed shakes, and feels like
someone is getting in bed beside you when no one is there. The room
stays cold and it feels as if you’re being watched. The sink also
comes on by itself.
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Tabu Night Club - formerly posted as "Zuma Beach Night
Club" - an old woman ghost has been seen by the stage. When she
comes it gets real cold.
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Universal Studios - Back to the Future - Some guests have died from
natural causes while riding the ride and two maintenance guys have
been crushed by the cars while working on the hydraulics. On the
third floor at the entrance there are large mirrors where a small
hand print appears about 7 ft up especially when that floor isn't
being used. won't be cleaned off. Also on the third floor when it's
closed you hear the song one of the maintenance guys liked to
whistle and the sound moves up and down the halls. On the second
floor when cleaning cars at the end of the day the cars will close
on the employee with no one at the controls and you hear a small
girl giggle. Also some heavy doors open on their own when the ride
isn't turned on and shadows are seen in the employee hallway up to
the third floor followed by a feeling of foreboding.
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Union Park Elementary - the girls bathroom is haunted. Witnesses
report the sinks and all the doors started to shake and hearing a
loud- but faint yell, and seeing a little girl with a white dress.
Believed to be Mary, the daughter of the janitor that works there.
Pace
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Wal-Mart - Orbs in the maternity section
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Just east of Wal-mart - A strange light was seen around a cell tower
just east of Wal Mart behind Chic Filet. Strange lights have been
reported.
Palatka
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San Mateo First Church of the Nazarene - The ghost of an old man who
used to attend the church shuffling up the aisle, just the same as
he always did when he was alive. In the nursery the ghost of a
pilgrim times woman, (you can only see her shadow, but you can tell
by the way her shadow's dress is shaped) screams. It sounds like she
in sheer terror.
Palm Beach
- Flagler Mansion - There is said to be ghosts all throughout the
many rooms of the Henry Flagler Museum and mansion.
Palm Beach Island
- This is called the witches road. There have been numerous reports of people's
electronics in their cars messing up while on this road.
Panama City
- Confetti's a Nightclub/Eatery - Objects moving and a smoky
apparition have been observed by the staff here.
Panama City Beach
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Holiday Inn - In one of the rooms near the top floor, the ghost of a
man was seen standing between the two double beds. He wears a white
T-shirt and sunglasses around his neck, but his head cannot be seen.
Strange occurrences also happened, such as radio stations turning by
themselves, belongings missing and then reappearing, and being
mysteriously woken up every night at the same time (around 4 a.m.).
Parker
- Across From Paper Mill - Swing
outside swings by itself at times when there is no wind. if your in
a car your radio comes on by itself, the windows go crazy and your
car dies. sometimes if you look at the window you’ll see a girl
put her hand on the window and it’ll start bleeding and spell out
help.. sometimes you see the murderer with his axe walking around.
Pembroke Pines
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Publix 528 - In Pembroke Pines in store 528 at Silver Lakes. There
was a customer that was a lady by the sea food area, wearing a
purple sweater, that had a heart attack and died. Several years
later it has been said by a couple of associates that when the store
is closing, a lady has been seen walking by the sea food area
wearing a purple sweater. When the manager went to get a customer
count the lady is nowhere to be found. It is said until this very
day that she still haunts the sea food area of Publix 528.
Pensacola
- Cazenovia Seville Quarter - The man who died at Seville
Quarter was named Wesely. He fell in the beer cooler and hit his
head, knocking himself out and he died of hypothermia.
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Dorr House - There is a floor to ceiling mirror in the 'Formal'
sitting room... when a female visitor stands in its sights, if they
have on a short skirt, they report feeling a 'tugging' as if someone
is trying to make the skirt longer. Many visitors and guides have
reported smelling Roses (fresh cut) at intervals followed by an
EXTREMELY COLD spot. Roses were Mrs. Dorr’s favorite flower.
Visitors have reported hearing soft crying coming from the sick
room/sewing room. A word of warning to all who visit, MIND YOUR
MANNERS... Mrs. Dorr doesn't allow rudeness and has been known to
'make sure' the perpetrator doesn't stay or wants to leave
posthaste. This ex-Docent has seen first hand that Mrs. Dorr is
still the 'LADY' of the house.
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Fort Pickens - Visitors feel presences in certain rooms; it seems
like someone is watching you.
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House on Alcaniz Street - The Gray House on Alcaniz Street, which
faces the Dorr House across Seville Square is said to be haunted.
The ghost of a sea captain named Thomas Moristo who lived there in
the 1700s is believed to still reside there. When the home is
vacant, a man has been seen peering through the windows. Many people
who have lived there have reported that they will turn on the stove,
go upstairs, then come down and find the stove turned off. On one
incidence, a resident was painting the house and left the paint
inside the front foyer. The next morning he found all the paint had
been moved outside. - The house was once in a bad fire, and it is
believed the ghost does these things attempting to prevent another
fire. Many people have become too frightened and refused to live in
this house, and some residences have claimed to see apparitions of
the old man while inside the house.
- Light House - There is a story about the light house on the navy
base (NAS) being haunted by the former keeper. People have felt cold
spots while touring the light house.
- New World Inn - The Inn and bar are said to be haunted by the
previous owner. Several employees have reported seeing him.
- NAS Whiting Field - Branch Medical Clinic - The ghost of a navy
corpsman killed while stationed there reportedly roams the hallway
between the lab and X-ray departments. He always is seen carrying
something in his hands and wears a tech jacket.
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Original Sacred Heart Hospital - There is a hallway that is about
where the nuns would cross to go to the chapel of the hospital. It
is been reported that there is the kind old spirit of one of the
sisters that frequents the hallway and corridor. She will often tap
people on the shoulder from behind, much as she did in life.
- Seville Quarter - About ten years ago there was a man who would
visit the bar at Seville Quarter frequently. He would visit so much,
that he was offered a bartending job there. He worked there for a
while and everyone loved him. He died in the bar one night (not
exactly sure how) but people have reportedly seen his ghost in the
bar area
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St. Michael’s Cemetery - This is a large cemetery that was started
when Pensacola was settled. This cemetery contains famous people and
people that helped to shape Florida in history, politics, and
commerce. People say they have seen lights circling gravestones.
They have also heard voices inside the cemetery at night.
Pensacola/ Dasanai
- Crampton Brewery - In this building sightings are expected because
they happen like clockwork. Many people have said to see an elderly
man walking the halls with an old lantern, he speaks in another
language. He is said to appear in a mist and vanish in a bright
flash of blue light. When the people see him, they are not afraid
because he is not an evil spirit, but instead he is kind and
helpful. Some workers in the building said that if they knock
something off the wall or shelf he will catch it hand place it back
where it was, they say that he even helps them clean messes and
junk.
Perry
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There was a family that lived in this house back in the early 1900's
and they often had bad fight's that resulted in her death. It
was left empty for many years and has only recently been renovated.
Families have begun living in it off and on since the renovations. Because she still stands
her ground, everyone that has ever lived in it has had problems with
fighting. If you have a fight she will haunt you till you move,
although she has never hurt anyone. Wanting only to let them know
that there will be no more fighting in her once owned home. She will
turn lights on and off and turn on the water and plug up the sinks
to let them over flow, and she moves objects around in the day while
no-one is home. Families aren't known to stay there for long.
Pine Island
- Capt n' Cons - There is a lot of strange occurrences, such as, the
dumpster lid slamming up and down, as well as sightings, voices, and
loss of breath.
Polk
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Polk City - Fantasy of Flight Aircraft Museum - Owner collects WW1
and WW2 military aircraft. Most of the aircraft were found after
being shot down. Voices, footsteps, cold spots can be experienced. A
Pilot has been reported as being seen hanging in a cockpit of a
crashed plane that is exhibited exactly as found. On 9/11/01
employee reported seeing 2 men dressed in ww2 uniforms walking on
tarmac and entering one of the hangars.
Port Charlotte
- Restlawn Memorial Gardens (Cemetery) - The first house ever built
in Port Charlotte is located adjacent to the cemetery. The house is
said to have been owned by a farmer who murdered his wife. After the
structure fell into a state of disrepair, the county decided to
condemn the old shack. Since that time, many have reported hearing
eerie noises coming from the area that the house is located in.
Also, a ghostly figure has been spotted roaming around the cemetery
late at night. Also, the sound of swarms of bees has plagued
neighbors around the area for years.
Ponce de Leon
- Corinth Church - This church is believed to be haunted. The story
behind the church is that back in the late 60s early 70s and young
boy was playing in the church at the time, an escaped convicted was
hiding in the back pew, and brutally murdered the little boy. In the
church can be found blood handprints all over the walls and ceiling,
small enough to belong to a young child. Among walking in the church
you will encounter cold spots and scratching noises on the left hand
wall if entering from the side doorway.
Port St. Lucie
- Oak Hammock Park - When you walk down the trail it gets very cold.
Weird noises come from the girls bathroom. It sounds like someone
slamming the stall door. When you go in there no one will be there.
Weird things appear in pictures.
- Oak Hammock Park - The Devil Tree - Oak Hammock Park is a local
hangout for fishermen and boaters along the C-24 Canal. On January
8th, 1973, long before the park was built, the deranged serial
killer beat, raped, hung, then buried 2 girls beneath the
"Devil Tree". Over the next few days he returned to commit
lewd acts to the bodies. In January 1977, almost 4 years to the day
that the murders were committed, two fishermen discovered the
skeletal remains of the two bodies, and the hanging ropes were also
found. Over the years people have reported hearing screaming, and
seeing hooded figures walking around the woods. In 1993 an exorcism
was held, and a cross was erected, after two boys claimed to have
seen a Satanic ritual taking place near the tree, and being chased
away by the Satanists who yelled that they wanted their blood.
Before the park was built, they were going to cut down the tree, but
their chainsaws kept malfunctioning in the area surrounding the
tree. They tried to cut down the tree manually with a two-man saw,
but the teeth of the saw broke off, so they left the tree where it
was.
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Sanctuary Apartments - noises in the club house numerous reports of
ghost sightings.
Quincy
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Quincy Leaf Theatre - Numerous spirits haunt this building in
downtown Quincy. There are several in the balcony and upstairs area,
some in the backstage area, and some on the main floor in the
seating area. None seem to be malevolent as there are many theatre
productions that go off without a hitch.
Riviera Beach
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Suncoast High School - In the schools auditorium there is said to be
a phantom ghost on top of the rafters that frequently makes noise
and startles the drama students. The ghost is speculated to be the
ghost of a boy who was buried on the schools campus.
Rockledge
- Ashley's restaurant - has a ghost that will often "play"
with employees and guests. The building is right on the railroad
tracks it's rumored that a woman was killed by a train there. -
December 2003 Update/addition: It is said that Ashley's Restaurant
was built over a train stop which had caught fire and burned down.
The train stop, it is also said, was built over an Indian Burial
spot.
Safety Harbor
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The Safety Harbor Spa Resort - Several housekeepers tell of hearing
their name called from the woman's bath area of the spa-and nobody
is there. During a renovation in the mid-90's, the front desk would
receive phone calls from empty guestrooms in the dead of night. When
security would investigate, they could hear voices in the totally
empty building.
Sanford
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New Tribes Mission - Former hotel is now home to missionaries from
New Tribes Mission. In the East Wing there have been disturbances of
many kinds including poltergeist activity and cold spots. To date
there has been no formal paranormal investigation due to fear of bad
press, but an informal check shows that something is going on there.
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Shiloh Cemetery - this cemetery dates back to the 1700's & is
the largest in the city it covers approx. four city blocks.
Sarasota
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Palms of Sarasota - There's an abandoned Mental Hospital in Sarasota
near the Interstate, there at night you can hear people swimming in
the pool but the pool is filled in with rocks, you also hear
screaming and sometimes laughter, sometimes people even see shadows
and strange things show up when you take pictures. - December 2003
update: The Palms of Sarasota was bulldozed earlier this year!
Nothing but a few sewage drains remain on the property.
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Ringling School of Art and Design - The Old Women's Dormitory - has
been haunted for decades by a ghost named Mary. It used to be a
hotel in the 20s and she committed suicide in the stairwell between
the second and third floors. It is now an unused fire escape. She
has been observed walking the corridors (out of the corner of the
eye, turning a times, a resident would enter her room and her
paintbrushes would be slowly swirling in the water of the rinse cups
as if someone had just spun them around and let go.
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Ritz Carlton Sarasota - formerly known as Ringling Towers - built in
the early 1900 this hotel housed the richest of the rich,
presidents, movie stars. After it's demise[date unknown]satanic
worship and black masses were known to be held there. The stairs
still had red carpet on them but no railings. The top penthouse
floors have various cold spots. freezing room temp. in the summer.
Feelings of being watched. in the lobby there is a very evil
feeling. - -
May 2005 Update: it's been demolished and a new
building occupies the site.
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Timberchase Apartments - In 1992 a young woman was stabbed to death
in her apartment on N. Briggs (Timberchase). A neighbor who lived
directly across from the victim was leaving and noticed her friend’s
front door slightly opened. The neighbor thought her friend
accidentally left her door open so she went over to confirm. She
found her friend on the floor stabbed multiple times. To this day
there is not a suspect. Reports of eerie feelings & apparitions of a
young woman. -
May 2005 update:
The Ringling Towers where demolished in 2003 and the Ritz Carlton
now stands in this spot.
Sebring
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Harder Hall - Harder hall is a large hotel that was first built in
the 1920's. It has changed hands MANY times, and every owner has
died under extremely strange circumstances, most of the time, right
in the hotel. There have been many accidents in the hotel, and all
of which had at least 1 fatality. Some of the accidents include:
fire, flood, floor collapse, innumerable suicides, murders, and
others. Witnesses see lights inside and hear music. Most anyone can
see the people peering out from the windows, and/or see the
multitude of people roaming around in the courtyard, searching for
something. - August 2004 update: they are remodeling it and there
are rumors of them making it into a museum.
UPDATE!
- THIS HOTEL IS UP FOR SALE ACCORDING TO OUR INFORMATION WHICH WAS
VERIFIED IN EARLY JUNE OF 2008.
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Kenilworth Lodge - The stairs definitely have an eerie feeling to
them. Many guests have reported doors opening and closing on their
own accord.
Shalimar
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End of Garniers Buyou - Many Indians Used to live in this area. Some
nights on full moons shadows of Indians appear in the fog over the
swampy land. Sometime depicting scenes of Indians being slaughtered
by white men taking there land.
Silver Springs
- Silver Springs "Bridal Chamber" -
apparition of 2 people in an embrace seen in the water.
- Old Six Gunn Territory Property - Once the land, which now is
filled partially by a shopping center, was the location of "Six
Gunn Territory" a attraction which lasted many years. On this
site 2 tourists were killed, both accidentally. It is said at
certain times screams are heard and upon investigation, nothing is
found. Some remains of the rail-road which visitors would ride can
still be located among a heavily wooded area. The rail car was a
factor in one of the deaths. The park was closed in the early 80's.
Spring Hill
- Hungry Howies - formerly 7-11 - In the early 1980's in the town of
Spring Hill which is outside the city of Brooksville there was a
7-11 convenience store which took in most of this towns business.
And since it sat along the towns main road it was easy to access
Highway 19 to the west about 3 miles away, or the longer haul 7
miles to the east. At one point during the night in the late 80's a
drunk male came into the store to buy a case of beer. But the clerk
decided out of his own good will to not sell the case feeling the
man was drunk enough already and did not want him to drive back to
the store later on. The man became angry yelling and cursing so on
and so fourth. So instead of buying beer he decided he wanted a pack
of cigarette’s. After the purchase the clerk turned his back
toward the man to grab some cleaning stuff from under the counter.
At this point the man revealed a .357 revolver and shot the clerk in
the back of the head killing him instantly. Now the 7-11 has since
moved and now it is a Hungry Howies pizzeria, and as the night moves
further on more this will happen. The saloon doors to the kitchen
will swing open, cups and utensils will fall off the tables and onto
the ground. The hanging lights will start swinging back and fourth
and the lights and arcade games will suddenly shut off. The
strangest occurrence happened one night when one worker left the
store one night after setting up for a new promotion and came back a
few hours later to help the owner for the early shift and found all
the pictures and posters laying on the ground or on the counters
directly under where they were placed and the security camera tape
was blank but yet still recording.
Sorrento
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Al Capone's house - There is a still standing, beautiful Victorian
style home, that residents still believe is Capone’s home. Many,
many people have tried to live in this home, but no one lasts. They
are frightened by pots and pans banging at night (as if someone is
cooking in the kitchen), by lights going on and off, voices of what
is believed to be deceased notorious gangsters, and what feels very
much like a body crawling into bed with the people who reside there.
St. Augustine
- Abbot Mansion - haunted by 2 spirits, Miss Lucy and
The Captain.
- Augustin Inn - Saw the ghost of a man wearing a white suit with
white hair walking through my fully restored ground floor guest room
(first room off the ground floor parlor). He simply walked through
the room and through the door. It was daylight.
- Casa Monica Hotel -There are many employees that can recall
hearing strange noises, almost as though someone is trying to say
words but the wind carries their voice off into the distance.
- Casablanca Bed and Breakfast - Some have witnessed a light of a
lantern flashing in the night.
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Casablanca Inn at 24 Avenida Menendez- This beautifully restored Inn
is known to be haunted by an elderly lady that once owned it during
the 1920's. She too ran it as in Inn. The lady was a key player in
helping booze smugglers during the prohibition by going up on the
widow's walk of the building and waving a lantern back and forth.
This was to let smugglers know the coast was clear and since the
house is located right on the bay front, this was most useful.
People have claimed to still see the lantern light from atop the
house to this day, especially those out at sea and in the harbor.
She has also been known to appear inside of the Inn. Guests have
reported seeing an apparition in the hallways and stairway, feeling
cold spots, and complaining about items disappearing from their
rooms and reappearing later on in strange places. The lady is buried
in the nearby Huguenot Cemetery.
- Castillo de San Marcos - Some of the most unusual occurrences
include the "Battle Echoes" heard by visitors. By placing
an ear to the wall, it is said you can hear the echoes of cannon
fire and yelling. There is also telling of a young solder that can
be seen leaning on the outside wall facing the bay after sundown.
- Flagler College - Ponce de Leon Hall - once Ponce de Leon Hotel,
has numerous ghost stories, most of which are in Ponce de Leon hall,
the girls' dormitory. One such story is how the mistress of Henry
Flagler haunts the 4th floor where she hung herself. The room is
boarded up, but some students venture up to peek in the keyhole
still. Also believed, When Flagler died; his funeral was held in the
front hall of the college (the one with the tile floor). They had
all the windows open so his spirit could "fly away"
instead of being trapped in the hall forever. As a janitor was
passing by during the funeral, he noticed that all the windows and
doors were open, so he closed them. People felt a big gust of wind,
supposedly Flagler’s spirit. It had not made it in time, all the
windows and doors where shut. It is said that his spirit hit a
window and bounced back and landed in one of the tiles. So to this
day, you in a certain tile to the left of the doors and towards the
back of the hall, there is the face of Henry Flagler.
- Florida School for the Deaf and Blind - Gregg Hall Dormitory -
There is one ghostly figures that wander around the 1st floor east
wing, a boy, in his teens, he is almost solid and you notice him
clearly, he has blonde hair and wears really old fashioned clothes
sticks to the bathroom only he never comes out and girls using the
bathroom late at night, are met by a horrific sight, he’s dangling
from the shower rods and his neck is nearly severed and he gets down
and walks in to the wall with his head hanging on his neck and
disappears and a trail of blood follows him and he’s laughing in a
really weird high pitched voice and suddenly a fierce wind starts
blowing and pins u up against the wall and the doors slam shut and 2
big pairs of red eyes looms out towards you.. And you hear a really
high pitched cackling afterwards then all of a sudden it stops the
lights go back on again and you fall on the floor and it all looks
normal as if nothing ever happened. Upon research nothing has been
found on any type of murder on the premises.
- the Florida school for the deaf and blind - several apparitions
are seen on campus and in the dormitories. These sightings have been
witnessed for years and most of the staff and children are not
alarmed by the strange noises, smells and cold spots allover this
beautiful school.
- Fort Castillo De San Marco - The night watchman of the fort has
witnessed a young woman in a white dress wandering about the fort
grounds and vanishing behind trees and walls. Young Spanish soldier
also spotted looking for a ring on the outer grounds of the fort.
History tells of him being killed by a cannon ball while searching
for this ring.
- Huguenat Cemetery - Photos have been taken that show orbs and what
looks to be a spirit in the trees.
- Old City Gates - As the story goes, at the time an epidemic of
Yellow Fever was going around and a little girl about 13 or 14 years
old wearing a white dress was found dead by the City Gates. No one
claimed her. But sometimes around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning you
may see her dancing on the Old City Gates. - October 2004 update:
her name is believed to be Elizabeth.
- Old Jail - This jail was built at the turn of the century by Henry
Flagler because the jail across from his magnificent hotel was
offensive to his "newport clientele" It is located north
of the old town on San Marco. Tour guides and tourists alike have
experienced the sound of shuffling feet, the smell of putrid
unwashed bodies and sanitary facilities(a bucket for 4 prisoners),
cold spots and even a shadow entity of an extremely large man-
sheriff Perry ( the first sheriff) was over 6'5" tall. Students
have even seen a man in a "funky plaid suit" in the main
cell block.
- Old Lighthouse - It is said to be haunted by the old light keeper.
Shadows have been seen moving and talking has been heard coming from
the top steps.
- Spanish Military Hospital - now that it is a tour, people have
seen ghosts and flashes. The ghost is known as a one-legged man that
roams around the back room.
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St. Augustine Lighthouse - A ghost of a girl has been seen in the
windows of the lighthouse.
- St. Francis Inn - There has been reports of doors slamming ,lights
flickering, and once a man woke up and found himself wedged under a
bed, the fire department had to be called to free him. The incident
is blamed on a ghost of a servant girl.
St. Cloud
- Hunter Arms Hotel - This hotel believed to be haunted by 'Vivian.'
If you ask the owner of the hotel, she could probably tell you more
about Vivian. Guests staying in it have reported strange noises,
sudden coldness, and doors slamming and water turning on, if my
memory recalls correctly.
- The Old Cannery - This old cannery was used during W.W.II. The
building was burned down a number of years ago and sat empty for
quite some time. Recently, a group of school kids started restoring
it into a museum. Strange noises and sightings have been reported.
- Narcoossee - It is said that at the end of Jones Road there is a
haunted creek. A little boy died in it several years ago. He was
swinging on a rope attached to a tree that hung over the creek. The
rope broke, and the boy feel on some rocks in the middle of the
creek and died. If you go to the creek you can hear the little boy.
He's very angry and doesn't like people to come back there. The
creek is in the middle of woods so it's usually always dark.
St. Leo
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St. Leo's College - A young lady has been witnessed walking through
walls.
St. Petersburg
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Ft. Desato State Park - Voices can be heard around the old fort at
night. Also footsteps can be heard in the southern most powder room.
- Boatyard Village - One couple report visiting the museum to old
warplanes sit. “One day, we went to see the planes and there was a
B52 bomber with a man sitting inside it. He smiled at me and waved
and I told my fiancée to take a picture. We thought it was great
they put on a show with men dressed the part like soldiers of the
war. As we left, we told the keeper what a great idea that was. He
didn't know what we were talking about; telling us no one sits in
any of the planes. We ran back to look again but there was no one
there. When the pictures were developed, there was only a bright
light where the man was sitting, as if the sun reflected off the
window.” - May 2004 Additional information: this area is no longer
accessible to the public. The area is completely blocked off. The
buildings are no longer there either.
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Don Cesar Resort - Reported sightings of the now deceased owner.
- Haslam's Book Store 2025 Central Ave. - A book-store since 1933.
Apparition seen, books moved, employees feeling someone else is
there after closing.
- The Don CeSar Beach Resort and Spa - The Don CeSar Resort was once
the private residence of Thomas Rowe. He had studied in London
during his youth and fell in love with a girl named Lucinda. Her
parents sent her away however, so when Thomas returned home, he
never saw her again. He built the castle to look like the one where
they met. His ghost can be seen walking hand-in-hand with a
beautiful dark-haired woman along the shore.
- Florida Sunshine Skyway Bridge - This bridge was the scene of a
tragic accident during the early 1980's. The bridge was struck by a
boat and collapsed, killing a great deal of people. The ghost that
haunts the bridge seems to be unrelated to the accident. He is a
hitchhiker that will climb into peoples' cars at the bottom of the
bridge. By the time the unlucky individual gets to the other side,
the hitchhiker is gone. Also, There is a woman dressed in a
nightgown that appears usually around 12am at the top of the bridge
and hitches a ride with oncoming cars. One semi truck had his story
printed in the paper where he said he picked up a young woman,
dripping wet and she told him to drop her off on other side of
bridge but as soon as he got there, she was gone. There were many
sightings of this woman on the bridge who locals believe was a
suicide victim, one of many jumpers on the bridge. The Skyway Bridge
is 200 feet tall and connects St. Petersburg to Sarasota. - May 2004
Correction: This is a correction to the story already listed. a long
time resident of St. Petersburg and knows for a fact that the
spectral hitchhiker of the Skyway is not male, but instead female.
She is a young blonde woman who has been seen wearing a tight
t-shirt and jeans. I have never heard of a male hitchhiker who
disappears after being picked up. In addition, they have never heard
of the woman in a nightgown, only of the woman in the t-shirt/jeans.
- Royal Palms Apartments - Residents have reported feeling a tugging
on their pillow, a very hard tugging. Felt like the pillow would
come out from underneath their head. Seeing a man standing by their
beds, being paralyzed, as well as strange incidents with water
coming from no where.
- Rutland Manor - October 2004 UPDATE: This is now private property.
NO TRESPASSING - around the 1950s a servant was taking a bath when
her radio fell in and killed her. also, prior to that event, a
murder was committed inside the estate. footsteps can be heard
inside house, along with lights and faces in the windows on several
accounts during the late evening to early morning.
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St. Petersburg High School - This school is said to be haunted by
students that have had some tragic death while attending the school.
Teachers and students have said to hear strange noises and sightings
of strange movements on the third floor of the main buildings. Some
of the late night workers have even said to have seen hauntings in
the auditorium where the old gym use to be. It is also said
that a teacher who hung himself in his classroom haunts the room
where he died.
- Vinoy Hotel - A Major league ball player stated that he was
visited at night by a spirit that; While asleep in his room, someone
pressed on his back and awakened him. At which time he looked at a
man in a top hat and long coat standing beside his bed. When he
refocused his vision, the man was still there. He rolled over to
turn on the over head light, and when he turned around, the man was
gone. He stated this actually happened and has several major league
ballplayers say the same thing happened to them while staying at the
Vinoy hotel.
- Weeden Island - Reported 4 men in a vehicle where driving on a
road, the driver almost hit a woman in the road, swerved and got
killed, the 3 other passengers witnessed the event coming out of the
wreck unscathed, the woman was never found.
Sunnyside
- Sunnyside House - Just a flat out, freaky place. Not known if
anyone lives there. But green lantern like lights has been seen
inside.
Tallahassee
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Florida State University - Teenage cadets of the famed West Florida
Cadet Battalion. Still drill on the ROTC parade ground on the campus
where they once drilled during the civil war.There have been
numerous reports of electricity going off in individual rooms during
showers. When the person gets out of the shower to investigate, the
lights mysteriously turn back on and the mirror appears fogged up
with the letters "TB" drawn out on it. Another incident
involves a nude, hairy, figure appearing next to women walking on
the outskirts of campus in the late evening hours, usually just
before midnight.
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Florida State University - Cawthon Hall Dormitory- According to a
story reported in the University newspaper, The Florida Flambeau
during the summer of 1971, numerous students have related encounters
over the years with a poltergeist in an old dormitory. According to
the report, several years prior to the University's becoming coed in
1949, a female student was sunbathing on a balcony on the roof of
the shadowy gothic building. As is typical in Florida, a sudden and
particularly violent thunderstorm arose to the east of the building,
and welled up ominously over the campus. Although the sky directly
above the dormitory was blue, a freak lightning bolt snaked across
the sky, curling over the building's turrets striking a sunbathing
female student, killing her instantly. Since that time, subsequent
occupants of the room she occupied have reported mysterious object
movements, unexplained sounds in the room at night, and at times an
overwhelming sense of another individual present in the room.
Sometimes students would find that common items, such as stacks of
books or pictures, would be moved around during the day, with no
apparent rhyme or reason, other than perhaps a restless spirit
seeking to maintain her link with the world of the living.
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Florida State University - The head master's building - An
apparition of a young woman is said to be seen walking around the
halls at night.
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Jefferson Correctional Institution - Inmates and guards all report
late at night you can see in the dorms kids playing and, One night a
girl thought that the officer was tapping her to get up and then
when she looked up there was no one there this went on for a month
or so. Found out it happened to others in the dorm as well. Another
inmate also saw a big 8 foot angel in dorm g. officers said they
heard keys hit the bars in lock up when there was no one there and a
little girl haunts lock up crows sits outside. Reports of a man on a
horse outside at night. The prison was built on a graveyard.
- Leon County Jail - The new Leon County Jail was constructed in the
early 1990's. It was built on the same location that the old jail
was built. (Ted Bundy was housed there for some time.) According to
locals, the site it is built on is an air field. Corrections
Officers and medical staff claim to have seen a woman in period
clothing walking the halls crying, late at night, in the medical
department. Also shadows seen and the feeling of not being alone.
- The Lively Building - The Lively Building, located at the SW
corner of Monroe Street and College Avenue, was the location of The
Leon Bar. It operated from 1892 to 1904, and was a gathering spot
for the roughest sort of element. Many shootings occurred there, as
well as murders. The City passed an ordinance in 1904 that outlawed
the sale of alcohol within the city limits, effectively putting The
Leon out of business. Today, there is rumor that some of the
"Crackers" (slang for the cowboys who frequented the bar,
so named for the whips they used to corral the cattle) are still
hanging around the corner where The Leon was once located.
- Oak Lawn Cemetery - A man by the last name of Phillips
built a 20ft Mausoleum for himself so that he could go there to die.
He also placed a Cherry Wood coffin in it and gave a friend a key to
close it up after he died. People have reported feeling eerie
feelings after leaving this site.
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Oshman's Super sports - It is believed that a ghost haunts this
building. There have been numerous unusual occurrences such as
motion sensors going off when no one is around, shoe boxes being
thrown to the ground, and other flying objects during non business
hours.
- Sunnyland Hospital - It
used to be a hospital for people with T.B, back when there was no
immunization, and people would go crazy. Then it became a hospital
for mentally insane people or mentally challenged people that
families didn't want to take care of. It was closed down several
years ago (at least 15) . The place has had all the windows and
doors busted out, but beds still remain made with hospital
paraphernalia lying around. The weirdest thing is that the third
floor - (some say it is the fourth floor) - has always remained
locked and no one has ever been able to get in there. If you go to
the hospital late at night you can here shuffling and whispering
coming from up there. And the sound of things being dropped .
April 2007 Update - Sunnyland has been demolished, and new
construction has begun.
- Tallahassee Community College - Reports of a strange light that
moves around in circles.
- Velda Mound Park - Old Indian Village. Sometimes at night, you can
see visions of Indian’s keeping warm by a fire, but in a split
second, they're gone. There is sometimes said that there is a white
wolf that glows that can be seen there, and neighbors often say that
they can hear it howling throughout the night.
Tampa
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Britton Cinema - Doors in the ladies room are reported to shut and
lock and toilets flush when no one is in the restroom is in there
(except for the frightened customer). Also, multiple ghosts have
been reported by managers past in the upstairs theaters that used to
be one large balcony. Voices have been heard in the hall near
auditorium #5 late at night when no one was in the building. An
usher once heard someone call his name in auditorium #3 late at
night when no one was around. And, last, an assistant manager once
told me she had been followed up the hall by a shadow figure on the
wall that was not hers.
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Fun Lan Drive-in theater - Built in 1950. A witness reports seeing a
woman who was 6 feet tall walk in the door. She had long dark hair
and as she walked in, she was looking down at the floor. The witness
turned to look at her, but when they did she vanished.
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Howard W. Blake High School - The site of Blake High school was a
hospital many years ago. When walking in hallways, it will be normal
temperature. Once in a classroom, especially in the E
building(theater) or B building, temperature will drop drastically,
even if the air conditioning is broken, giving you hospital
conditions. It is believed by the students that the B building was
where the mortuary was.
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Howard W. Blake High School - Auditorium - Years ago a teacher died
in the auditorium (area 1) of a heart attack during a pep rally. A
cold spot can be felt while walking into the auditorium for every
pep rally.
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Howard W. Blake High School - Library - the library where another
teacher died. Near the tables in the back of the library you can
feel a strange chill rise up your spine.
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Howard W. Blake High School - Main Theatre - To roll with the
typical "all theatres have their ghosts" you can see
strange lights in the wings, music, and occasional whistling. Things
seem to go wrong during every show staged in that theatre.
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Falk Theatre - Believed to be haunted by Bessie Snavely. In her
time, it was the Park Theatre. Bessie Snavely was an actress whose
dressing room was on the third floor of this theatre. She hung
herself there.
- Hillsbrough
- Haynes services - Reports of seeing a child ghost.
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Old Tampa Theater - It is an old theater that is very intricately
detailed inside and has a particularly haunted look to it anyway. A
young man in the 1940's started working there, his job running the
projector. He loved his job and continued to work there until his
death. Now employees have said that they occasionally hear footsteps
and chains in deserted hallways behind the stage and have spotted
someone in the projecting room even though there was no one up there
at the time. Also reports of smell rancid smells, such as vomit and
garbage, drafts of icy air, reports of something grabbing workers by
the neck.
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University of Tampa - This place used to be a hotel over a hundred
years ago. Theodore Roosevelt even stayed in it once. The second
floor is blocked off and said to be unsafe because of age. Tour
guides report seeing apparitions from the windows outside.
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University of Tampa - Frank Theater - A building owned by the
University, actually off campus called the Falk theater is said to
be haunted by a women who used to be an actress there. For some
reason she hung herself and her apparition has been seen as well as
strange voices.
Tarpon Springs
- Brooker Creek Elementary - There has been ghosts looking like he
is jumping off the balcony.
- Former winter home of Al Capone- The "Manors"-Known for
hundreds of sightings. Screams in the dead of night. Faces appearing
in windows. Also known for women in white, on roof looking over the
edge. - December 2003 update/addition: this building has been torn
down. about a month ago only the bottom floor of the entire building
was left now it appears to be cleared ground.
- Rose Cemetery - Rose Cemetery dates back to the early 1900's and,
during the days of segregation, was available for African Americans
from New Port Richey to Clearwater. Today, it still remains a
final resting place for hundreds of black residents. There are many
graves here that have never been identified.
Titusville
- Emma Parrish Theater - As entering the attic noises have been
heard while no one else is in the building.
Treasure Island
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The bridge at John's Pass - reported to be haunted by the spirits of
two farmers who were pro-union during the Civil War. They were
murdered by local rebel militiamen and buried on the south end at
the mouth of the pass. On nights of the new moon, some have seen the
two walking near the bridge or even silently sailing by in their
boat trying to return home, some say the rotten stench of decaying
flesh accompanies the apparitions.
Umatilla
- Stanna's Restaurant - In the early 1900's, a young woman
hanged herself on the third floor above the restaurant. Several
workers and customers have had experiences with her ghost. People
have claimed to see shadows of her in a long dress and wicker
baskets falling off the women's bathroom wall. Several customers
have complained of cold spots and strange laughing accompanied by
piano playing.
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Umatilla Cemetery - The Umatilla Cemetery in the city of Umatilla.
Many people have heard strange noises and sometimes what sounds like
the faint sound of a woman screaming. Other times You will hear what
sounds like a woman’s voice calling for help. Many orb and ecto
pictures have been taken in that cemetery. Sometimes You just plain
get an eerie feeling when in the Umatilla Cemetery. There are four
cemeteries that are either in or around the city of Umatilla. Well
actually only two of them are really in the city limits but the one
spoken of is located off Golden Gem road in Umatilla. The cemetery
is on either side of the street but most of the activity seems to
come from the older section in the back. The newer section of the
cemetery is on a hill that goes down to a lake the older section
where most of the activity is reported is surrounded by orange
groves on all three side of it. This can certainly be verified by
quite a few people.
NOTE: it is not a good idea for inexperienced
ghost hunters or kids looking for a cheap thrill to go there at
night. The Spirit(s) that are hear are not benevolent, and it could
be dangerous. You should have experience and have permission to be
in there after hours as we did but even then it is advise them to be
cautious.
Venice
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Pelican Alley Restaurant - Believed to be haunted by the previous
owner, staff members hear foot steps, feel odd presences, watch the
door open and close by itself and thing move around by themselves.
Wauchula
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CVS pharmacy - Before the Pharmacy was built, there was a green
house at the corner of bay street and US HWY 17 that people say was
haunted. The house was unoccupied for years. Sometimes people who
went in say they saw something with a green face chase them out. We
have received no reports since the Pharmacy was built.
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Popash School - Located on SR 64, this condemned school building has
been known to have sounds of children playing in it when no one is
in it. People have also been spotted in the windows.
West Palm Beach
- Burger King - a young man haunts this store. He has been seen by
numerous employees.
- Our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery - Strange fogs have been
reported, described as looking like individual strands of something
moving within the fog. Appearing and disappearing. The mist seems to
form in to something, very dense. You could see it moving all
different directions. Noticeable temperature change, uneasy
feelings, and feelings of felt like someone was right behind you.
Then it feels like whatever it this is trying to grab your arm. upon
developing the film one of the pictures one witness took had an orb
in it. only taken 4 pictures that night and the one picture that had
an orb in it was the picture taken right by this grave. The orb is
located right next to the flower arrangement.
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Palm Beach Atlantic University - The library, built many years ago
is claimed to be haunted by an old janitor. He worked there for many
years and then mysteriously disappeared. He is claimed to be heard
rummaging through the old janitors closet that has been locked up
ever since the day of his odd disappearance.
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St. Juliana Catholic School - The walls rattle during school and
especially at night.
Williston
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A small old cemetery - A historian going there to do research felt
"a very alarming wave of panic while in the cemetery." She
fled and never returned.
Winter Garden
- Dead Man's Tree - A figure of a man can be seen hanging from the
tree occupancies by a chill in the air.
Winter Haven
- JPV Woods - Every 13th of August it is said that when you go into
the woods and walk along the old dirt trail, about 11:30 to 12:30
you can hear children screaming and crying for help and the little
hairs on the back of your neck will rise without intention. -
January 2007 Update: was torn down early 2006.
- Scotty's Distribution Center - There was said to be a man of Brian
Foreman who once worked there as a forklift driver. Workers say that
his head was completely amputated by a forklift because of the
mistake done by a trainee. The trainee continued to work there but
mysteriously disappeared. It is said that you can see a headless man
driving a forklift every 4th of March.
Winter Park
- Alabama Hotel - Built
when Winter Park was founded, several guests were murdered on
opening night. They have been seen walking the halls and blamed for
murders that occurred in the fifties. It has been abandoned until
1998, when it was converted into a personal mansion. - February 2007
Update / Correction: The Alabama isn't now nor never was a private
mansion. It was a seasonal hotel, only open during the winter, then
it was closed for a time, then in the '70s it was converted to
retirement condominiums.
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Annie Russell Theatre - Annie Russell is widely believed to haunt
this theatre named for her in the early 1930's. She was a teacher
and director at Rollins College. She has been seen and even spoken
to by numerous people. There are stories of former students who had
encounters with Annie while working in the theatre on audition
pieces, sets, or lights. One story in particular that sticks in my
mind is there was a guy who was working alone in the theatre on the
light grid. Suddenly he fell off the ladder. He was all alone in the
theatre and lay there for a few minutes. Someone came in a few
minutes later and saw him laying there. The person immediately went
to call an ambulance and was told that they had already been called
and one was on it way. A minute later, an ambulance appeared and
took the injured boy to the hospital. There was no one in the
theatre when that boy was initially injured. There have been other
stories of people seeing Annie's statue (a bust of her head) moving
across the theatre. Also, Annie had a seat that she always sat in
when she watched rehearsals- that seat has often been heard banging
up and down, pulled down when no one was sitting in it, and clapping
has been heard coming from that area of the theatre.
- Rollins College - Ann Russell Theater - Ghost of Anne Russell
comes out sometimes during rehearsals. She has been seen sitting in
prop rocking chair or seeing her walking around at night wearing a
purple dress. There have also been reports of ghosts appearing in
the theater balcony.
Winter Springs
- Tuskawilla Country Club - Every Last
Friday of the month, there is a young male, about 22 years old who
can be seen cleaning the bar table. No one knows who he could have
been, or why he was there. But there have been witnesses that say he
tries to attack the people that see him.
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