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Explore 60 haunted places in Florida. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
West Palm Beach, Florida · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org identifies the house’s most notorious ghost as Joseph, a former employee of Karl Riddle who is said to have died in the attic. The legend portrays him as hostile toward male visitors. The house’s relocation to Yesteryear Village did not, in these accounts, end the haunting; the story followed the building to its museum setting.
St. Augustine, Florida · Other
HauntedPlaces.org collects accounts of footsteps, unexplained smells, and apparitions around the reconstructed Spanish Military Hospital. Doors reportedly open or close without an obvious cause. One especially concrete tour story describes an object moving from one side of a room to the other while visitors were present. These are stories attached to a reconstruction of the earlier hospital, rather than evidence that the present building survived from the colonial period.
Lake Wales, Florida · Road or bridge
Spook Hill’s apparently uphill-rolling cars inspired several ghost explanations. As the National Park Service recounts, one tale credits a buried pirate called Captain Sasparilla with pushing vehicles away; another invokes the spirit of a giant alligator. The NPS also explains the underlying gravity-hill optical illusion: the surrounding landscape makes a downhill slope look uphill. The haunt belongs to the site’s deliberately cultivated mid-century roadside folklore.
St. Augustine, Florida · Other
At St. Augustine’s spiral-striped lighthouse, stories of childlike laughter and disappearing figures sit alongside the lives of the keepers. The museum offers both historical admission and specific paranormal experiences, including Dark of the Moon and investigation-only events.
St. Augustine, Florida · Hotel
The inn’s own history recounts Lily, a young Black servant whose forbidden romance ended in separation and tragedy. Guests and employees report a white-clad woman in the hall and disturbances in Lily’s Room. The inn lists scattered possessions, radios changing stations, unexplained whispers and appliances switching on or off, describing the experiences as generally mischievous.
Key West, Florida · Cemetery
HauntedPlaces.org distinguishes two kinds of presence at the churchyard: children heard playing around the graves, and a more threatening spirit blamed for frightening or physical encounters. One local variant says the children react to cigarette smoke. That is part of the cemetery’s lore, rather than an invitation to provoke activity.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida · Historic house
HauntedPlaces.org identifies Frank and Ivy Stranahan among the house’s supposed lingering occupants. Figures are reportedly seen upstairs, and a bed sometimes develops a depression as though an invisible person were resting there. A visitor account describes watching such a depression form during a tour and feeling an unseen touch soon afterward.
Tampa, Florida · Theater
The theater’s ghost in HauntedPlaces.org is a former projectionist, said to remain near the projection booth after death. Staff reportedly hear footsteps or rattling sounds in backstage areas and corridors, and sometimes see someone in the supposedly empty booth. Other accounts describe sudden cold patches and unusual smells in the building.
St. Pete Beach, Florida · Hotel
Nightly Spirits recounts appearances by founder Thomas Rowe in a white summer suit and Panama hat. He supposedly smiles at arriving guests, then disappears when approached. Other stories place him with his lost love Lucinda near the fountain. Doors opening for heavily laden staff portray the former hotelier as a helpful presence still looking after his property.
St. Augustine, Florida · Cemetery
A dramatic story recorded by HauntedPlaces.org tells of a woman nearly buried alive: a branch punctured her forehead during the funeral procession, revealing that she was still living. The legend says she died for real years later and was buried at Tolomato. Her apparition and the figures of children are now reported among the graves.
Hobe Sound, Florida · Other
HauntedPlaces.org recounts a talkative ghost associated with Vince “Trapper” Nelson’s riverside camp. In the legend, the former trapper appears to visitors and disputes the official explanation of his death, claiming he was murdered. Other encounters portray him warning people away from nearby burial grounds or behaving with the same mischievous personality attached to stories of his life.
St. Petersburg, Florida · Hotel
The Vinoy’s ghost lore includes stories from visiting baseball players and team staff. A Pittsburgh Pirates strength coordinator reportedly encountered a translucent man beside the desk in his guest room. Other accounts describe a formally dressed man walking through the hotel’s corridors before disappearing. Wikipedia’s summary attributes these experiences to the hotel’s reported hauntings; they remain witness stories, without establishing either the figure’s identity or a supernatural explanation.