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0Eisenhower Elementary School
Clearwater, Florida
5.7 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Safety Harbor Resort and Spa
Safety Harbor, Florida
5.8 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Royal Palms Apartments
St. Petersburg, Florida
6.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Some who live at the Royal Palms Apartments claim there's a ghost that likes to pull pillows from under their heads... violently at times. A few have actually seen an apparition of a man standing by the side of their bed.
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0Clearwater IHOP
Clearwater, Florida
6.7 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Sylvan Abbey Memorial Park
Clearwater, Florida
6.9 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Alfano's Restaurant
Clearwater, Florida
8.7 miles from Feather Sound, FL
My family owns the restaurant. I have heard stories from others, but I am only documenting what I have experienced first hand. I've been in the kitchen and felt ice cold wind rush by, like a freezing cold arctic wind blowing by in a hot kitchen with no air ...
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The Spontaneous Combustion of Mary Reeser
St. Petersburg, Florida
8.8 miles from Feather Sound, FL
OK, this is not really a ghost story, but is perhaps the most famous case of human spontaneous combustion. It happened to Mary Reeser at 1200 Cherry St. on July 2, 1951, at about 8 a.m. The incident was first witnessed by Reeser's landlady Pansy Carpenter, who was attempting to ...
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0St. Petersburg High School
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.1 miles from Feather Sound, FL
The third floor of the school seems to be the home of at least one ghost who moves things and makes strange noises. Janitorial staff have claimed to see odd phenomena in the auditorium as well.
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Beach Drive Inn Bed and Breakfast
Saint Petersburg, Florida
9.2 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Guests staying in the Montego Room at this circa 1910 bed and breakfast have reported a rocking chair that rocks by itself, as well as hearing ghostly music and disembodied footsteps in the night. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Britton Cinema
Tampa, Florida
9.2 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Staff and visitors alike have reported several strange occurrences. Toilets flush on their own and doors mysteriously get locked in the ladies room. Apparitions have been seen in one of theatres. Ghostly voices were heard in the hallway outside theatre #5, and an usher swears someone called ...
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St. Petersburg Coliseum
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.2 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This venue has been around since 1924 and is reputed to be haunted, but we don't currently have any more information than that. If you know more, please tell us via the comments section below!
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0Vinoy Hotel
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.3 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Now owned by Marriott, the Vinoy Hotel is a favorite place for major league baseballers to stay while in town. Several claim to have seen a man in a top hat and long coat standing over their bed. One claims to have felt like someone pressed on his ...
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Hotel Indigo - Martha Washington Hotel
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.4 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This hotel dates back to 1926, but has had several names - "Martha Washington Hotel," "Heritage Hotel," and now, most recently, "Hotel Indigo". A 1987 renovation seems to have led to the appearance of a ghostly little girl, seen on the third-floor landing. Later, the figures of an ...
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Hopewell Church Cemetery
Tampa, Florida
9.4 miles from Feather Sound, 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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The Cordova Inn
Saint Petersburg, Florida
9.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This 1921 boutique hotel is supposed to be haunted by the apparition of a well-dressed man in an old-fashioned suit. Employees believe this is the ghost of a former butler, who has saved the building from demolition and despair on several occasions. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Fort Harrison Hotel
Clearwater, Florida
9.5 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Comfort Station
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This lovely octagonal building in Romaesque Revival style is a public restroom that was built in 1927 by the same architect that designed the Vinoy Hotel (also reported to be haunted, by the way). It was originally called "Comfort Station One," and actually received national press when it was ...
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Haslam's Book Store
St. Petersburg, Florida
9.6 miles from Feather Sound, FL
At least as old as the 1920s, the building that houses the bookstore (est. 1933) is said to have literary poltergeists in residence. Books have flown off the shelves, mostly those in the metaphysical section or those by author Jack Kerouac, who often visited the store during his lifetime. Cold ...
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0Capitol Theatre / Royal Theatre
Clearwater, Florida
9.6 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Belleview-Biltmore Hotel
Belleair, Florida
9.6 miles from Feather Sound, FL
The Belleview Biltmore Resort and Spa is a historic resort hotel located at 25 Belleview Boulevard in the town of Belleair, Florida, USA. The hotel is closed, but a renovation plan has been announced. The hotel situated along the eastern shores of Old Clearwater Bay, with views of the bay and ...
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Academy of the Holy Names
Tampa, Florida
10 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Academy of the Holy Names was established in 1881 and the current building opened in 1926. The school is run by the sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Ghosts of nuns have been seen walking around on the 4th floor, where the sisters used to ...
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Bigelow-Helms Mansion
Tampa, Florida
10.4 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This home dates to the early 1900s and is known as the "Bigelow-Helms Mansion", though lately it is used as office space for various businesses. People often claimed they heard screams and yelling from the building at odd hours of the night, and in general just got really weird vibes from ...
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Eleanor Island
Treasure Island, Florida
11.1 miles from Feather Sound, FL
There is a story about this mangrove island about two local men who found some human remains here around the middle of the 19th century. Thinking it might be part of an Indian burial mound, they dug around looking for hidden treasures. Alas for them, all they found ...
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Leverock's Restaurant
St. Petersburg, Florida
11.3 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Reports say that when the building was under construction, a stone altar was found. The altar was believed to be as many as 2000 years old, used by Timucuan priests. Some say the altar may have brought its old spirits to the restaurant. It can be viewed in a garden ...
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Crabby Bill's Seafood
Clearwater, Florida
11.4 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Friendly Fisherman Restaurant
Madeira Beach, Florida
11.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This restaurant has been here since it was open by Captain Wilson Hubbard in 1976. He died in 1994, but staff and patrons of the restaurant believe his spirit remains there to this day. A portrait of Wilson hangs on the wall there, and it is said his ...
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0John's Pass Bridge
Treasure Island, Florida
11.6 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Locals say the ghosts of two pro-union farmers from Civil War times haunts this area. They were killed by Confederates and buried nearby. Some nights, especially with a new moon, the two are seen walking near the bridge or sailing their boat. Often the smell of death ...
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0Falk Theatre
Tampa, Florida
12 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Once the Park Theatre, now called "Falk Theatre." Back in the "Park Theatre" days an actress named Bessie Snavely supposedly hung herself in her third floor dressing room. Her ghost is said to haunt the entire theatre.
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0Plant Hall
Tampa, Florida
12 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Historic Peninsula Inn and Spa
Gulfport, Florida
12.1 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This hotel dates back to the turn of the 20th century. It was, at times, a military hospital, boarding house, and now, a hotel and spa. The resident ghost is named "Isabelle" - she is said to have lived and died here in the 1950s. She is ...
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0Blake High School
Tampa, Florida
12.1 miles from Feather Sound, 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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La Cote Basque Winehouse
Gulfport, Florida
12.2 miles from Feather Sound, FL
This restaurant was started in 1972 by Ernest Frohme, and is still in operation today under the watchful eye of his daughters, Carmen and Simone. According to Deborah Frethem's "Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County" the restaurant is haunted by a playful spirit. She speculates ...
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Morris the Casino Cat
St. Petersburg, Florida
12.3 miles from Feather Sound, FL
The Gulfport Casino is now owned by the City of Gulfport, and is rented out as a ballroom for weddings and special occasions. Back in 1970 a cute little cat wandered in and was so loved by the staff that he decided to make the casino his home. ...
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Old Tampa Book Company
Tampa, Florida
12.4 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Old Tampa Theater
Tampa, Florida
12.4 miles from Feather Sound, 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 Irene Randall
Tampa, Florida
12.4 miles from Feather Sound, FL
According to legend, Irene Wengel came to Tampa in 1902 to get an illegal abortion in a building that once stood near the parking garage. A couple days after Dr. Frederick Weightnovel performed the abortion, Irene became very ill with blood poisoning; she died shortly thereafter. Irene’s uneasy spirit is said ...
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Old City Hall
Tampa, Florida
12.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
According to Deborah Frethem in her book "Haunted Tampa," strange ghost lights have been seen along the hallways and clock tower of the Old City Hall. She speculates they may be related to Donald Brenham McKay, who served two non-consecutive terms as mayor of Tampa in the early 20th ...
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Fort Brooke Parking Garage
Tampa, Florida
12.5 miles from Feather Sound, FL
Built in 1980, this municipal parking garage was built over a cemetery. The bones unearthed during the construction were deemed to be the remains of soldiers and Native Americans. Although the bones were removed and properly placed, some say they have heard the ghostly sounds of Native Americans drumming and ...
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Ghost of Charlie Wall - Old Federal Courthouse
Tampa, Florida
12.5 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Kennedy Blvd and Marion St
Tampa, Florida
12.5 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Oaklawn Cemetery
Tampa, Florida
12.6 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Jackson House
Tampa, Florida
12.9 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Tampa Florida Brewery Building
Tampa, Florida
13.3 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Ybor Factory Building - Ybor Square
Tampa, Florida
13.4 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Silas Dent's Steakhouse
St. Pete Beach, Florida
13.4 miles from Feather Sound, FL
The steakhouse's namesake is said to haunt the place. Often the rocking chair by the fish tanks rock by itself, and the regular customers and staff are quite used to it. In fact, folks are a little disappointed if the ghost doesn't rock the chair during their visit!
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0Don Vicente Inn
Tampa, Florida
13.5 miles from Feather Sound, 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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0Cuban Club - Circulo Cubano de Tampa
Tampa, Florida
13.5 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Trelles Clinic - Ybor Resort and Spa
Tampa, Florida
13.6 miles from Feather Sound, 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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King Corona Cigars and Cafe Bar
Tampa, Florida
13.6 miles from Feather Sound, 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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Sugar Palm Ballroom - 1550 E. Palm Ave
Tampa, Florida
13.6 miles from Feather Sound, 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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