Alachua - Newnansville Cemetery - On certain nights, ghostly figures will walk throughout the cemetery.
Amelia Island - Old Jail - Luc Simone Aury was the illeginamate son of a pirate named Luis Aury. He was a renowned scoundrel and wanted for many crimes such as murder, rape, and robbery to name a few. Upon his capture, Aury was sentenced to hang in the gallows behind the jail. As word spread, a huge crowd gathered to witness the execution of this famous criminal. The night before the hanging however, Aury managed to slit his own throat in effort to deprive the city of his humiliating spectacle. A surgeon was summoned to crudely stitch him up just enough to keep him alive until the execution. With his collar buttoned to hide the wound, he was drug up the steps on his appointed day. When the trap was sprung, the stitches ripped open, nearly decapitating him. Blood spewed into and all over the crowd. Women fainted, men screamed, and children were trampled as the crowd fled in terror. Aury can be heard moaning where the old gallows used to be. On rare occasions, his ghost will appear with a gaping slash across his neck covered in blood.
Albuquerque - Fairfield Inn - A man was staying in this hotel and was awakened by a lady coming into his room. She was dressed in clothes of current dating (jeans) and went over to the curtains and just stood there watching him. He told her to go away (he was scared). He went over to the lamp and turned it on, and she vanished.
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 are 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.
Apalaicola - Gibson Inn HWY 98 - this place is haunted by a man who died there on his stay with ammonia. 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 it’s 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 he’ll destroy your things and he’ll mess with you the whole stay. The workers there well tell you the stories and you always feel someone watching you at nigh.
Apopka - Orange Blossom Trail - A Native American warrior in loin cloth crosses the road after prey, looks at you, and then disappears.
Apopka - 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.
Arcadia - 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 - 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.
Bagdad - Bagdad Cemetery - We heard kids laughing in the daytime, just outside the cemetery (in the overgrowth of the property. There was 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.
Bartow - 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 Historical 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.
Bellaire - 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 - 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 - 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 - Boca Raton Inlet - During cold night’s 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 is sometimes seen through out the park. After the park being searched nobody would be there.
Boca Raton - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.
Brooksville - The Brooksville Heritage Museum - People have seen and heard things unexplained things in that mansion that is now a museum.
Brooksville - 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.
Brooksville - 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.
Brooksville - 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.
Carol City - Subway Restaurant - There is 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 - 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.
Cassadaga - Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp - Cassadaga Established in 1894, many ghost hunters identify Cassadaga as one of the biggest geomagnetic vortexes in the country. It's 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 www.cassadaga.org
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. You should go to www.cedarkeynews.com where you will find a three part story of just some of the hauntings going on.
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 - 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. It's 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. - February 2004 update/correction: Formerly posted as being in Jay, FL, 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.
Clearwater - 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.
Clearwater - 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. There are 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 were 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.
Coral Gables - 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.
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 - 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 Springs - 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 - 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.
Crestview - 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, sudden cold spots.
Dabson Park - Webber College - Girls Dorm - Many girls and employees have seen a dark shadow in the second floor of the dorm building.
Davie - 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.
Davie - 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 - 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.
Daytona Beach - 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.
DeFuniak Springs - 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 - 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.
Dunnellon - 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 is 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 - Bay Street Theatre - The Bay Street Theatre was once the State theatre of Florida but sadly is now a mere echo of its 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 by people’s 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.
Eustis - 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!
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? Fort Clinch Experience
Fernandina - 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. Be warned, 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.
Fernandina Beach - Amelia Island - A lighthouse on the main beach is said to be haunted by its former caretaker and his young bride. She allegedly died tragically and he killed himself at the top of the lighthouse. When people visit putrid smells appear, the radio is turned on every night and a door is constantly unlocked.
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 - employees have reported to have seen a man running in the upstairs main hall. During office hours, he moves things from desks.
Fort Pierce - Battered Women’s Shelter - STRONG feeling of being watched all the time, unsettling feeling when alone. There are frequent noises and sounds of footsteps running up and down stairs almost nightly. There are reports of phantom scratches appearing on residents. Windows opening on their own, even after they where sealed shut.
Fort Pierce - 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.
Fort Walton Beach - Brooks Bridge - On the third Wed. of every month a pack of wolves can be seen darting across the water at 12:00 am sharp Many photographers have tried taking pictures but only blurs come out Many locals have seen the wolves.
Fort Lauderdale - 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 sounds 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.
Fort Lauderdale - Las Ollas - River walk - Oldest hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, supposedly been there since the early 1900(s) and was recently made in the last thirty years a Museum. It's 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. There are 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.
Fort Pierce - 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.
Fort Pierce - 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
Fort Pierce - Indian River Community College - There has 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.
Flagler - 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 - 13th street Plaza Theater - orbs. A hobo wrote "Monter Bad" and an arrow leading to a room. Blood covered walls and floor.
Gainesville - 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.
Gainesville - Archer Rd. - Goody's - 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.
Gainesville - The Purple Porpoise - The Purple Porpoise has been a Gainesville institution for years and is about the close its 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.
Gainesville - 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."
Gainesville - 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.
Gainesville - Steak and Shake on 13th Street- 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.
Gainesville - Sweet Water Bed and Breakfast Inn - There are two parts of this bed and breakfast, a 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.
Gainesville - 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.
Gainesville - 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 an 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 its doors in the New Year, 2004, right after the holidays. Whether it will open under new owners, remains to be seen.
Graceville - bridge - on hwy 2 there's an old bridge that you can pull up to a stop in front of put in park they say that the girl who died there will drive you across.
Green Cove Springs - 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 - Hialeah High School - The bathroom near the auditorium: A couple of years ago, a freshman 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...”
Hialeah - 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 - Lakeview Rodeo - Ever since the Lakeview rodeo burned down in may of this year there has 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.
Hollywood - 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.
Homestead - 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.
Holmes - Poncedeleon / Euchee Valley - Euchee Valley Presbyterian Cemetery - A shadowy figure appears and comes after any one in the graveyard at that time.
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.
Jacksonville - Homestead Restaurant - ghost of Alpha Paynter is seen by the fireplace.
Jacksonville - 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.
Jacksonville - 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 - FIT Leach Mansion - On Indian River Drive, 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 you’re 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 - 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.
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 - 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
Key West - 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. There are very angry spirits. 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.
Key West - 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 Wendell who died in Civil War days of Yellow Fever. Anomalies have been caught on film.
Key West - 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.
Key West - 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 there 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.
Kissimmee - Celevration - Apparition of a man that was shot many years ago has been reported.
Kissimmee - 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.
Lady Lake - 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. The man was not permitted to see the woman because her parents despised him.
Lake City - 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.
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 - Lake Worth Playhouse - Lucien Oakley helped build the Lake Worth Playhouse, he also died there.
Lake Worth - 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 - 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 - 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 - Wal-Mart - There have been reports of merchandise falling off shelves for no reason. One witness has felt cold spots and heard footsteps behind them but no one was there and lights in bathrooms turning off when by they.
Leesburg - 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. North Boys cabin 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 41A, 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. It's very enjoyable to be there. The ghosts like to play jokes.
Lehigh acres - An old ware house - it now you hear doors slam in the opposite room cables slam up and down really fast. In the shed a couple of black men where tortured and killed in there and hung on the roof you can still hear slamming on the roof from there bodies. Its located at the end of 10th street by 7/11 when you get to the end of the street you will see an old twisted fence just take that dirt rode and there u are. It is abandoned - May 2004 correction: the directions were wrong. It is at the end of SW 10th Street, not W 10th Street.
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. Somehow 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 restaurant are on the site. Staff at the chart house often report seeing a small boy playing in the men’s 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 it’s 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. 2:30AM 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 it’s haunted.
Maitland - 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 - 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"
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.
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
Melbourne - 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. We camped out in the backyard and would be awoken by strange noises, and feeling a strange presence.
Merritt Island - Old Olan Mills location - An old Indian is sometimes seen by the employs.
Miami - 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.
Miami - 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.
Miami - 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.
Miami - Hirschfield Theater - footsteps and other unexplained events are common here.
Miami - 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.
Miami - Miami Beach - Colony Theater - Footsteps and ghost has been seen back stage and other unexplained events.
Miami? - 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.
Miami - 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 man 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 make this place haunted that I would take hours to explain.
Miami - 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.
Miami - Miami Sunset Senior High School - The school started to be built during the 1800's, but the construction was stopped for no specific reason. Then the building was restarted during 1971 by Alma Mater. This school has many hauntings that would take hours to explain, but here are a few - One time a girl walked into the girls’ bathroom and saw another girl with blood on her face and a knife in her hands. Another time the security cameras caught a young man walking in a graduation Cap & Gown in the auditorium at around 10:40pm. These are just some of the stories that have happened during the 24 years of Miami Sunset Sr. H.S. so when you visit sunset remember that you're not alone...someone might be behind you or watching you.
Miami - Southwest Miami High School - Auditorium - Sometimes the TV is turned 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 and were never found until the next day.
Miami - 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 - 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 - 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 - CRX Railroad (by the Old Spanish Trial) - A strange brown orb has been seen in the daytime by hikers along the tracks.
Milton - Milton Graveyard - A picture taken picked up a thin shadow image in the distance.
Montverde - Magnolia Creek Lane - Magnolia Creek Lane 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. |
