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0Riverview Hotel
St. Marys, Georgia
5.5 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Famous folks who have stayed here include author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Admiral Chester Nimitz and Senator Richard Russell. Room 8 is said to be haunted by a male apparition. At one time during a power outage, the lights in that room mysteriously stayed on.
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0Fort Clinch State Park
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
A part of the park system since 1935, Fort Clinch is one of the most well-preserved 19th century forts in the country. Although no battles were fought here, it was garrisoned during both the Civil and Spanish-American wars. During the 1930s, the Civilian Conservation Corps began preserving and rebuilding many ...
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Bosque Bello Cemetery
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This is a genuinely spooky cemetery, so there should be no surprise that its considered haunted. Multiple ghosts have been seen here, some seem to be the spirits of children roaming the cemetery. From Cheryl Holly: This photo was taken in August 2011. We went to Bosquebello cemetery around 10:30pm. I took ...
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Pate Sucree - Wicked Davey's
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.5 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This nineteenth-century historic saloon seems somewhat out of place in this neighbourhood, but has been a staple part of the nightlife economy in the town since its construction. The saloon was a rough place, and many murders occurred in an upstairs room where a violent spirit now resides. Other ...
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The White House Brothel
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.5 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This private residence was formerly a brothel associated with the rough crowd, and is rumoured to be haunted by a ghostly prostitute and a sailor who died in a fight. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Marina Seafood Restaurant
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.6 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
There's something fishy going on at this old-school establishment, and its not the quality seafood or warm service either. Alas, it must be the ghost stories that plague this long standing restaurant. Staff working late hours refuse to go upstairs at night due to encounters with the apparition of ...
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Palace Saloon
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.6 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Built in 1878 as a haberdashery, this building became a bar around 1900. Its original tin ceilings, mosaic floors and much of its design elements remain, as do some of its former patrons. The ghosts of a Rockefeller and a Carnegie are rumored to be among these who linger here, ...
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Florida House Inn
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.7 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This 1857 building is said to be Florida's oldest operating hotel, so it's not surprising that it has a ghost or two in residence. The ghost of a sad-looking man has been seen here, and a female spirit is known to get into bed with the guests who share her ...
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St. Peter's Episcopal Church Cemetery
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The Amelia Island Ghost Tour usually starts here, so of course its haunted! Many tour-takers have ended up with unexplained lights and orbs in photos taken here.
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The Eppes House
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This historic house is a private residence, so please respect the owners privacy. The building is rumoured to be haunted by Charlotte Eppes, who lied to her husband and forced him to kill a hotel realtor who supposedly made sexual advances upon her. Her story was of course false, ...
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Old Jail - Amelia Island Museum of History
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.9 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The old jail, now the Amelia Island Museum of History, is said to be haunted by Luc Simone Aury. Aury was a criminal wanted for murder, rape, robbery and perhaps even more charges, and he was sentenced to hang on the gallows in the back. On the night before his ...
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Atlantic Avenue Schoolhouse
Fernandina Beach, Florida
10.9 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Built in 1886 by R. S. Schuyler, during construction, a man fell to his death here. Before he died, it’s said he crawled to a window and put his bloody hands there. The story goes that years later the ghost appeared, crawling across the school house floor, much to ...
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The Amelia Island Williams House
Fernandina Beach, Florida
11 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This 1856 antebellum mansion is said to be haunted by partying guests. Witnesses have heard laughter and friendly chatter from the dining room and seen apparitions descending the staircase. A female apparition often appears in a mirror near the stairs, and a ghostly man and woman are known to make ...
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0Amelia Island Lighthouse
Fernandina Beach, Florida
11.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The oldest working lighthouse in Florida. Is it haunted? Some say so. To register for a tour of the lighthouse please contact the Recreation Center at (904) 277-7350. Tours are the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month, and The Amelia Island Lighthouse property is open to the public for ...
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0Wiccademous Grave
Fernandina Beach, Florida
11.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Across the street from the Fernandina Beach High School is a little dirt path that leads to an ancient oak tree with a stone marker nearby. This is, allegedly, the burial site of "Wiccademous" - a young girl who was convicted of witchcraft in the 1600s and buried beneath ...
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0Jekyll Island Club Hotel
Jekyll Island, Georgia
19.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
At this grand historic hotel, don't be surprised if you come across spirits of the servants of the many millionaires who have stayed here. Folks have reported seeing many a ghost in maids' uniforms or top hats and cloaks. Keep your ears as well as your eyes open: Rumor has ...
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St. Simons Lighthouse
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
25.2 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The St. Simons Island Lighthouse, built in 1872, is said to be haunted. In 1880, lightkeeper Frederick Osborne was shot and killed by his assistant, John Stephens. A 1908 story was told by the current lightkeeper's wife, who was having trouble with the light mechanism while her husband was away. ...
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Old Red Eyes - Kingsley Plantation
Jacksonville, Florida
26 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
According to local legend, an angry red-eyed ghost lurks here, a remnant of the area's past. The plantation was built in 1813 by Zephaniah Kingsley and grew cotton, sugar cane, citrus and corn. Kingsley had 60 African slaves, one of whom, named Ana, he took for a wife. Kingley moved ...
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Thomson Tabby House Ruins
Jacksonville, Florida
28.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Referred to today as the "Thomson Tabby House" or just the "Tabby Ruins," this structure was begun by Charles Thomson in 1854, but was never completed. It is called the "Tabby" house because of its construction - tabby is like a kind of concrete made out of sand, oyster ...
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Dames Point Bridge
Jacksonville, Florida
28.5 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Its actual name is the Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Bridge, and it seems to be a popular place for ghosts. The 1988 structure is said to be haunted by an African-American woman whose apparition is seen walking along the bridge. Reports say she died when she was thrown over the bridge ...
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Igbo Landing - Ebos Landing
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
28.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This site is said to be haunted by the ghosts of several slaves who committed mass suicide here in 1803, by drowning themselves to protest slavery.
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King House
Jacksonville, Florida
29.2 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
King House is a historic building used by the Mayport Cats Program, a group that assists feral cats. It is said to be haunted by many ghosts, including that of a sailor. Records say the land was once a Spanish burial ground and the building was once a boardinghouse for ...
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Carriage House Apartments - Chelsea Courtyards
Jacksonville, Florida
31.4 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Now called Chelsea Courtyards, the Carriage House Apartments are known to ghost enthusiasts for its Apartment 40. Some say that since no one has been able to cohabitate with the ghost, the apartment was used for storage for many years. Witnesses describe poltergeist activity such as things being thrown, as ...
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Girvin Road Hitchhiker
Jacksonville, Florida
32.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
A ghostly girl wearing glasses has been known to appear along Girvin Road after midnight, motioning for passersby to stop their cars. She disappears as soon as the driver looks away.
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0Old St. Luke's Hospital
Jacksonville, Florida
33 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Now an office for the Arthritis Foundation, this 1878 hospital building originally erected to treat those with tuberculosis has seen its share of tragedy. Rumor has it that it once even housed a coffin factory. Witnesses say that ghostly patients and nurses may be seen walking the halls here.
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Florida Theatre
Jacksonville, Florida
33.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Elvis Presley performed in this historic theater in 1956, and although it closed in 1980, it re-opened in 1983. Reports say a strange, unexplained humming noise has been noted in the building, and at least one apparition has been caught on camera, sitting in balcony seat E2, section 500, waving.
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Anne Lytle School - The Devil's School
Jacksonville, Florida
33.9 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Many spooky legends have been told as to why this old school building now stands unused, including that of a cannibal principal who ate the students, a 1960s furnace explosion that killed many, or the killing spree of an unhappy janitor. This dilapidated building is dangerous, structurally, and is surrounded ...
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San Marco Theatre
Jacksonville, Florida
34.7 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
At this art deco movie theater, folks say the ghost of a former manager sometimes pays a visit. Rumor has it that the manager died in the office, and his apparition has been seen in the room late at night.
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Theatre Jacksonville
Jacksonville, Florida
34.7 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Also known as the Little Theatre, the 1938 art deco structure is said to be haunted. The lobby stairwell is home to a mysterious shadow that seems to be of a man wearing a bowler hat.
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Casa Marina Hotel
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
36.4 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This historic 1925 hotel was turned into an apartment building in 1983, stood abandoned from 1987 to 1991, and then was turned BACK into a hotel. It is said that ghostly shuffling can be heard coming from a vacant upstairs suite, and a portly figure has been known to apparate ...
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0Homestead Restaurant / Taco Lulu
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
36.5 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Once a Jacksonville institution, the Homestead Restaurant is today no more - replaced by a "Taco Lu". But there were plenty of ghostly claims at the location, including a mysterious "Lady in White" who walked the premises. No word on whether the taco place continues to experience these ...
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Jacksonville Beach Lifeguard Station
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
36.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This building dates back to the war, although the principle of lifesaving in the locality dates back to the turn of the twentieth century. The lifeguard station was used to treat patients of ocean-related accidents, and is rumoured to be haunted by a ghostly drowning victim and a lifesaver ...
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Ginger's Place
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
37 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This 1950's style restaurant and bar is haunted by a former owner who didn't believe in ghosts, who still manages the establishment as if she never left. Some wonder if she even knows she dead. Current staff and diners have reported money that appears from nowhere, a shadowy apparition, ...
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33 Star Rock and Roll Boutique
Jacksonville Beach, Florida
37 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Formerly a 1950's grocery store, this building now serves as a musical boutique store, and is rumoured to be haunted. Both of the two spirits that haunt this location date back to mid twentieth century, and are believed to be a former store manager and a female cashier. Visitors ...
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Greenbriar Road Ghost Lights
Jacksonville, Florida
51.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Drive slowly down this road late at night and you might run across the "Greenbriar Lights" - balls of light that come out of nowhere and follow motorists around. Supposedly the local police received so many calls about these strange lights that they hired a scientist to investigate the ...
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0St. John's Landing Apartments
Green Cove Springs, Florida
55.2 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
These apartments date back to the 1930s, when they served as military housing. For a long period they were run down, until in 1997 they were purchased and renovated. A small cemetery is on site, which may be partially to blame for the numerous ghosts and shadows seen ...
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River Park Inn
Green Cove Springs, Florida
56.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This nineteenth century bed and breakfast inn was built in 1880, and appears to be popular with the spirit set. At least three ghosts are known to haunt the inn according to staff and guests, and paranormal investigators have been called to the building on several occasions. The most ...
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Old Clay County Jail
Green Cove Springs, Florida
56.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This is one of the oldest jails in Florida (though it hasn't been used as a jail since 1972). At least five hangings took place on the front steps of this jail, and it is believed that some of the unusual activity that takes place there now may be ...
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Sanksville Cemetery
St. Augustine, Florida
61.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The story of this haunted cemetery is told in "Ancient City Hauntings," by Dave Lapham - but we don't currently have any more details on the nature of the ghost(s) there. If you know anything please let us know via the comments below!
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0Olustee Battle Field
Kings Bay Base, Florida
63.2 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Civil War reenactors claim to occasionally capture strange orbs in photographs, almost like they are soldiers' spirits interacting with the reenactments.
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0Old Jail
St. Augustine, Florida
63.3 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The Old Jail in St. Augustine is rumored to be haunted. Many prisoners died here, some victims of hanging and harsh conditions leading to sickness and death. Witnesses have reported a phantom sweet smell and the barking of dogs, thought to be phantoms of the sheriff's guard dogs. Footsteps and ...
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24 Cincinnati Avenue
St. Augustine, Florida
63.7 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Legend has it that this 1914 home, called the Capo House, is haunted by a ghostly lady who is stuck on the first floor because she is unable to climb the stairs. Builder Fred Capo and his wife Lottie are said to have died in the house.
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Our House of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida
63.7 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This home dates back to the 1880s and is now made available to tourists as vacation rentals. Staff and guests have reported numerous paranormal experiences, but all seem to be of the harmless sort. Shadow figures are seen and odd noises are heard from parts of the building ...
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Ancient City Inn
St. Augustine, Florida
63.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This home was built by a man of Minorcan descent, Charles Segui, in 1910. Previous owners have said that a "playful" ghost inhabits the home - apparently he likes to shuffle jewelry around. If you want the most haunted room, ask for the "Martha Lee" room. (Martha ...
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Ms. Caroline's Guest House
St. Augustine, Florida
63.8 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Although reports say the Guest House is no longer operating, ghost hunters have detected various electronic voice phenomena saying strange phrases like “Must need burping, trash, garbage” and “Garage, moving -- Who are you?” The EVP also have picked up a girl's voice saying “love you,” humming and giggling. Other ...
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Old Mansion Inn - Abbott Mansion
St. Augustine, Florida
63.9 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This 1872 mansion, now an inn, boasts two ghosts. Lucy is an older woman believed to be a member of the Abbott family, the original owners. The second ghost is that of an old sea captain.
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0Ripley's Believe It or Not!
St. Augustine, Florida
63.9 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! Museum is located inside an 1880s castle, originally built by Standard Oil partner William G. Warden. It was later turned into an upscale hotel, owned by author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (“The Yearling”) and her husband Norton Baskin, before it became the chain museum site. ...
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0Huguenot Cemetery
St. Augustine, Florida
64 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
The cemetery is reputed to be haunted by a variety of ghosts and is one of the stops on the city's flourishing ghost tour industry along with the neighboring Tolomato Cemetery. One of the alleged ghosts is that of a specter named Elizabeth. According to the various themes of her ...
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0Old City Remedies - Old Drugstore
St. Augustine, Florida
64.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
This old building is a favorite stop for tourists. It was built in 1739 but was moved to its current spot in 1887. It has been a medicinal/drugstore for most of its history. It is now open to the public and has a very large gift shop ...
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0Old City Gates
St. Augustine, Florida
64.1 miles from Kings Bay Base, GA
Near the Castello de San Marcos is the Old City Gates, part of the original fortifications of St. Augustine. Legend has it that a young girl named Elizabeth died near the gates of yellow fever, and her spirit can still be seen near the gates at night, dancing and ...
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