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0Spring Hill Cemetery
Brooksville, Florida
10.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
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 ...
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0Brooksville Nursing Manor
Brooksville, Florida
13.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Just one story here, from a nurse who says she definitely saw a woman enter the room of a patient who was dying.... and that when she herself entered the room, the patient was dead, and no one else was to be seen.
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0The Old Weeks House
Brooksville, Florida
14.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
An old house with quite a lot of colorful "history"... Among other things, locals say that when the house was unoccupied, strange candle lights would appear in the windows, moving slowly from side to side. Check out these snippets from a 2006 article by the Tampa Bay Times: Local ...
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0Hernando County Court House
Brooksville, Florida
14.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Built in 1913, this court house is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of a criminal who tried to escape from the second floor. Some say blood stains still appear where he was shot by the bailiff... but we're not so sure.
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0May-Stringer House
Brooksville, Florida
15.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Now a "Heritage Museum," the May-Stringer House dates back to the 1850s. The ghost of a girl named Jessie who died in the house at just 3 years of age is said to still be felt from time to time, rearranging toys and teacups to suit her whims. ...
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Frank Saxon House
Brooksville, Florida
15.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This 1870's manor house is in a state of disrepair nowadays, and local residents are running ghost tours of the very haunted property to raise funds to restore it. Rumoured to be haunted by a spectral groom and bride, visitors have also reported the apparition of a little girl ...
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Plantation Inn
Crystal River, Florida
24 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This replica plantation house now serves as an resort and golf course, but is supposedly haunted by a young girl heard calling for her mother. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Lakeview Rodeo
Holiday, Florida
24.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
A 2002 fire gutted the Lakeview Rodeo that used to be a hot spot for line-dancing in Holiday, FL... and ever since, some claim they see the spectre of a man standing in the exact location where the building once stood. We're not sure but it looks like its ...
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0St. Leo University
St. Leo, Florida
26.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Not much information on this one - just that some stories have it that the ghost of a young woman is seen on campus, often walking through walls.
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Sea Horse-On the Docks - Getaguru
Tarpon Springs, Florida
27.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This shop has been known as "Sea Horse On the Docks" but the sign above the door currently says "Getaguru". It's the same people - they sell handmade soap and local art. There are several claims at this location, including a "vortex wall" where a woman seemed to ...
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Rose Cemetery
Tarpon Springs, Florida
27.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This is one of those places that everyone "knows" is haunted, but no one seems to have a solid story about it. All that's said is that there's some sort of malevolent force or forces here, and that people get really creeped out and sometimes even physically attacked by ...
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Fort Cooper State Park
Inverness, Florida
27.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This state park was once home to Fort Cooper during the Second Seminole War. Nothing of the fort remains apart from some archaeological finds, but at least one staff member thinks the spirit of an Indian chief still lingers. There aren't many sightings - most people just "feel" ...
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The Edwinola Hotel
Dade City, Florida
29.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Although this 1912 hotel is no longer in operation, the building remains in use to this day. Staff and tenants at living quarters in the current establishment have reported elevators operating by themselves, ghostly voices coming from empty rooms, and the smell of cigar smoke. Others working the night ...
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Riverside Drive
Yankeetown, Florida
34.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
I have heard many ghost stories about some of the houses on Riverside Dr. The one I know happened was the old house across from Izaac Walton Lodge. Yankeetown is called an "original cracker town" and the houses by the river still had the slave quarter houses standing. My ...
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HMS Architecture Building - USF Tampa
Tampa, Florida
35.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The fourth floor of this building - particularly room 469 - is considered to be haunted by a malevolent-feeling spirit by the late-night staff. Voices are heard, and on at least one occasion a wind-chime started jangling all by itself. One worker saw a spectral German Shepherd dog ...
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University of South Florida Library
Tampa, Florida
35.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Ghostly legend here tells of a young woman named Gottlieb, an English major who worked on the library's fourth floor, was found hanging from an oak tree. Foul play was suspected, and after that, strange things happened at the library. Book carts moved by themselves, automatic doors opened without being ...
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Crown Colony House
Tampa, Florida
36.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Built in 1964, the Crown Colony is a four-story building offering both a full-service restaurant and quick-serve café. If the stories are true, the building also harbors a few ghosts. In 2008, officials at Busch Gardens invited Haunted South and select members of the media to explore the park’s Crown Colony ...
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Sulphur Springs Tower
Tampa, Florida
36.9 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Stories say the historic tower was often used as a landmark on pirates' maps, a tale that may support the fact that a ghostly pirate is said to roam the area. Another story told around these parts is that of a marine monster who lives in the waters adjacent to ...
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0Safety Harbor Resort and Spa
Safety Harbor, Florida
37.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Lots of weird goings-on in this resort hotel. The front desk started getting phone calls from empty guestrooms during renovations in the mid-1990s. Voices are often heard in entirely empty parts of the buildings, and housekeepers swear they hear someone yelling their name from the women's bath area.
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Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
Clearwater, Florida
37.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park is said by locals to be haunted. Just behind the garden of reflections there is a fence and behind that fence maybe 50 yards into the woods there is a dilapidated abandoned house. Legend says that at this house the father killed his son ...
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Clearwater IHOP
Clearwater, Florida
38.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
We have had several things happen recently and have some of this has been captured on the security cameras. The santa figurine near the front... the arm was picked up and thrown down. We tried to debunk it as the wind, but we could not duplicate what happened. The lights ...
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0Eisenhower Elementary School
Clearwater, Florida
39.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
In recent years, a mysterious boy dressed in a baseball uniform is seen by custodians late at night in this school - possibly stirred up renovations begun in 2000. There are claims that audio recorders have picked up late night conversations between dead teachers and this little boy, who ...
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0Tiger Trail
Dunnellon, Florida
39.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
"Tiger Trail" is the local name for SW 180th Avenue in Dunnellon, FL. It was the location where part of the 2001 film "Jeepers Creepers" was filmed. And maybe for good reason... there are local claims that the ghosts of three children killed at the intersection of Tiger ...
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Crabby Bill's Seafood
Clearwater, Florida
40.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
I was a former employee of Crabby Bill's Seafood on Clearwater Beach in the Clearwater Municipal Marina. I wasn't a server, host, nor did I work as a cook or a dishwasher. I worked from June/July of 2009 up until August of 2011 on the third shift. I was the ...
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0Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Tampa, Florida
40.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The mausoleum here is supposedly haunted by a girl named Stephanie, who was killed in a car crash.
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0Capitol Theatre / Royal Theatre
Clearwater, Florida
40.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The Capitol Theatre opened March 21, 1921. Royalty Theater Company signed leases with the Taylor family in February 1981 when it then became known as the Royalty Theater. During the renovations, Bill Neville's murdered body was found in the balcony. The theatre remained in the Taylor family estate until it ...
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Fort Harrison Hotel
Clearwater, Florida
40.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This building opened in 1926, but fell into disrepair by the mid 1970s. It was bought by the Church of Scientology in 1975 and is now part of their spiritual headquarters in Clearwater. There have been a number of strange deaths in the building since it was taken ...
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0Blake High School
Tampa, Florida
41 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
A cold spot is felt in the exact place in the auditorium where a teacher died years ago of a heart attack. The back of the library has a similar cold spot where people get "eerie feelings". The main theatre sometimes has strange lights appear in the wings, ...
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0Cuban Club - Circulo Cubano de Tampa
Tampa, Florida
41.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The Cuban Club, now a site rented out for events, was built in 1917 to serve the Cuban community. It has been the site of two deaths: One was an actor who committed suicide on the stage, the other was a murder in which one board member shot another in ...
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Sugar Palm Ballroom - 1550 E. Palm Ave
Tampa, Florida
41.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
For a short time in the late 1990s, this building housed the "Sugar Palm Ballroom". Guests at the Sugar Palm would occasionally see a ghostly figure wandering the hallways. During renovations in 2000 workmen complained that they were constantly harassed by unseen entities.
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Ybor Factory Building - Ybor Square
Tampa, Florida
41.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This factory was built in 1886 by Vicente Martinez-Ybor - at the time it was the largest cigar-factory in the world. It changed hands a number of times through the 1950s, but always remained in the cigar business, until it became Ybor Square in the 1970s. Now it ...
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0Don Vicente Inn
Tampa, Florida
41.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Staff report a ghost in the lady's basement bathroom. The Travel Channel once ran a TV special on this hotel.
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Trelles Clinic - Ybor Resort and Spa
Tampa, Florida
41.1 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The former Trelles Clinic, now the Ybor Resort and Spa, is housed in a 1904 building. Witnesses say the many ghostly phenomena here include a child that tugs on people's clothing, unexplained slamming windows, and an apparition of Conchita, a deceased wife of a doctor. TV's Ghost Hunters featured the ...
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Ybor City Museum
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Kim Cool mentions this haunting briefly in her book, "Ghost Stories of Tampa Bay." The claim revolves around the Ybor City Museum gift shop, and a particular book that frequently moves to different places around the shelves, and sometimes even flies violently to the floor when no one is ...
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Island Flowers
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This flower shop got a quick mention in Kim Cool's "Ghost Stories of Tampa Bay." The ghost here, if it is a ghost, likes to swing the front door back and forth, ringing the security bell each time.
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0El Centro Espanol - The Spanish Club
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
The 1912 El Centro Espanol building is home to some strange occurrences. Folks say that the sound of crying babies can be heard in the building when there are no babies around. Also, when candles are blown out, they sometimes re-ignite.
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La France
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Apparently there's said to be a ghostly presence in this vintage clothing shop that likes to move items around on the racks, according to Kim Cool's excellent book, "Ghost Stories of Tampa Bay."
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King Corona Cigars and Cafe Bar
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Dave Lapham recounts the story of King Corona Cigars in his excellent book, "Ghosthunting Florida." The owner was renovating the store one night when he saw a huge, hulking figure in the back. He was about to run for the front door when the figure just dematerialized into thin air. ...
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Tampa Florida Brewery Building
Tampa, Florida
41.2 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Ybor City has a rich history, and with it comes several ghost stories, including one about the drunken Cuban ghost at the Tampa Florida Brewery. Now the Swope Law Group’s law offices, rumor has it that at the old brewery's opening ceremony, where free beer was available, two drunken men ...
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Carmine's
Tampa, Florida
41.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
At least one waitress at Carmine's Restaurant in Tampa is convinced the place is haunted, according to Kim Cool in her book "Ghost Stories of Tampa Bay." She swears she hears ghostly footsteps on the second floor, and every time someone goes up to investigate, no one is there.
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L'Unione Italiana - The Italian Club
Tampa, Florida
41.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
In this building, over a century old, folks say a ghost named Virginia sometimes makes an appearance on the front staircase. Reports say Virginia was once a member of the cleaning staff.
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Gaspar's Grotto
Tampa, Florida
41.3 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Haunted bars are a dime a dozen, but how many of them actually provide photographic proof that they're haunted? Gaspar's Grotto does - they proudly display two photos on their wall that may show the ghost of ... someone. No one's really sure what it shows, really, or if there's ...
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Oaklawn Cemetery
Tampa, Florida
41.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
A number of famous Tampa residents are buried here, and there are vague reports of ghosts haunting the grounds. Many feel uneasy as they walk the cemetery, as if someone is watching them.
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Hopewell Church Cemetery
Tampa, Florida
41.4 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Although its called the "Hopewell Church Cemetery", no church stands here anymore. And don't confuse it with the American Legion Cemetery just next door. The one you want is surrounded by an old brick wall and has two wrought-iron gates at either end. The caretaker of the ...
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Jackson House
Tampa, Florida
41.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Deborah Frethem writes of this house in her book, "Haunted Tampa: Spirits of the Bay." According to Frethem, this building dates back to 1901 and was a boardinghouse once used by a number of African American greats during the days of segregation, like Ray Charles, Count Basie and even ...
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0Old Tampa Theater
Tampa, Florida
41.6 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
A projectionist from the 1940s supposedly haunts this theatre. Staff hear his footsteps and chains rattling in the hallways and behind the stage. Some claim to even see him up in the projecting room when it is supposed to be empty. There are reports of weird "bad ...
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Ghost of Charlie Wall - Old Federal Courthouse
Tampa, Florida
41.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Charlie Wall was an infamous gangster based out of Tampa of the 1930s and 1940s. He dabbled in all the usual rackets - gambling, prostitution, numbers, etc. What made him truly infamous was when he was called to testify before a federal committee investigating organized crime in 1950. He held ...
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Old Tampa Book Company
Tampa, Florida
41.7 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
This quaint used bookstore might be haunted, according to Deborah Frethem in her book "Haunted Tampa." The owners say a couple of chairs they inherited from a previous owner tend to move all on their own. One night the store's alarm went off, but the store was still ...
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Kennedy Blvd and Marion St
Tampa, Florida
41.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Tim Reeser mentions this "haunted intersection" in his book, "Ghost Stories of Tampa Florida". Apparently Kennedy and Marion was the site of the old "Florida House Hotel". This hotel burned to the ground in Victorian times, and one of the victims was a little girl who was asleep ...
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0Plant Hall
Tampa, Florida
41.8 miles from Weeki Wachee Gardens, FL
Onetime Tampa Bay Hotel servants are said to haunt the Science Wing. Witnesses have felt something watching them and had an eerie feeling. Apparitions have been seen all over the campus; in fact, folks say ghosts abound in this University of Tampa hall after hours—and there are quite a few ...
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