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0Fort Cooper State Park
Inverness, Florida
4.6 miles from Floral City, 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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0May-Stringer House
Brooksville, Florida
14.4 miles from Floral City, 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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0The Old Weeks House
Brooksville, Florida
14.5 miles from Floral City, 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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Frank Saxon House
Brooksville, Florida
14.5 miles from Floral City, 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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0Hernando County Court House
Brooksville, Florida
14.5 miles from Floral City, 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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Brooksville Nursing Manor
Brooksville, Florida
15.5 miles from Floral City, 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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0Spring Hill Cemetery
Brooksville, Florida
16.6 miles from Floral City, 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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Sumter County Service Center
Wildwood, Florida
18.6 miles from Floral City, FL
It begins with loud banging which echoes throughout the main hallway a few times every night. Sometimes after the banging you'll find the men's handicapped bathroom stall locked. Second floor in the hr offices there's one hallway that smells like death for about 20 ft and then it's back ...
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Plantation Inn
Crystal River, Florida
19.9 miles from Floral City, 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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0Tiger Trail
Dunnellon, Florida
23.7 miles from Floral City, 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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Rolling Acres Road
Lady Lake, Florida
24.3 miles from Floral City, FL
Those traveling this road claim to often hear screams and roars from the surrounding forests throughout the length of Rolling Acres Road. A few have seen a bright white ghostly figure walking up and down the road. Locals refer to her as "Julia".
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0Walmart
Leesburg, Florida
24.9 miles from Floral City, FL
Various claims of footsteps, lights turning on and off, and merchandise flying off the shelves (literally).
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0Warren W. Willis United Methodist Camp
Fruitland Park, Florida
26.9 miles from Floral City, FL
Two cabins are alleged to be haunted: North Boys Cabin 5 - items are moved inside the cabin, particularly suitcases. Girls Cabin 41A - lights turn on and off, bathroom flushes on its own. No one feels threatened by these spirits - they just seem to be playful.
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The Edwinola Hotel
Dade City, Florida
27.3 miles from Floral City, 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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0St. Leo University
St. Leo, Florida
28.7 miles from Floral City, 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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0Ma Barker's House
Floral City, Florida
29.8 miles from Floral City, FL
Ma Barker - once Public Enemy #1 - met her end along with her son Freddy at this lakefront house in Ocklawaha, FL. The town does a re-enactment of the shootout (which consumed more than 2,000 bullets) every January. Some say the Barkers' spirits still haunt the place. The ...
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0Silver Lake Lodge / Panorama Inn
Ocala, Florida
29.9 miles from Floral City, FL
This place no longer exists, but at one time it was a huge hotel with about 200 rooms. It was the Panorama Inn, then the Silver Lake Lodge, then it was left to ruin in the 1980s for about twenty years before finally being demolished around 2006. Before ...
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720 SE Osceola Ave.
Ocala, Florida
31.3 miles from Floral City, FL
I worked as a counselor at this facility for several years, and have too many stories and accounts about all the paranormal activity in this building. It was built sometime in the early 1900's and transported to Florida from some other state. My boss told me that the original owner ...
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Muse Cafe
Ocala, Florida
31.7 miles from Floral City, FL
The 1888 mansion and restaurant is haunted by the apparition of a woman in an old-fashioned dress, who has been known to appear on the grand staircase. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Seven Sisters Inn
Ocala, Florida
31.7 miles from Floral City, FL
Ghost Hunters has featured this inn on the TV show, and it is said to have several spirits. Apparitions of a man, woman, and child have been seen, and the woman has been reported to check out guests in the bathroom. She wears white and has the ability to pass ...
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Riverside Drive
Yankeetown, Florida
31.9 miles from Floral City, 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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0Ritz Historical Inn
Ocala, Florida
32 miles from Floral City, FL
Built in 1925, the Ritz Historical Inn was said to have experienced a fire in its early days which killed several guests. Their ghosts apparently still haunt the premises. The building was handed over in 2010 to Volunteers of America, and plans are underway to convert the building to housing ...
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Harden House
Clermont, Florida
35 miles from Floral City, FL
The ghost that walks here is said to be John W. Hardin, who was shot to death in the back yard in 1975 sometime during or after his truck caught on fire. The mystery of who killed Hardin is unsolved, but his wife, Victoria Mango Hardin, claimed to see his ...
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The Bridal Chamber
Silver Springs, Florida
35.4 miles from Floral City, FL
The Bridal Chamber Spring is believed by many to be haunted by the ghosts of two star-crossed lovers. Rich boy Claire Douglas and poor girl Bernice Mayo declared their love for each other here, but when Claire's father found out, he sent his son to Europe to get him away ...
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0Zellie's Pub
Mount Dora, Florida
37.3 miles from Floral City, FL
This modern-day pub has its fair share of paranormal activity. Some workers have been physically pushed by unseen entities in the bathroom. One story has it that a beer mug was thrown across the length of the bar, all on its own. Lights go on and off ...
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0Bay Street Theatre
Eustis, Florida
37.7 miles from Floral City, FL
Lots of paranormal claims here, including screams from the upstairs rooms, orbs appearing in photographs, eerie phantom presences felt around the building... one visitor was unlucky enough to see a glimpse of a man hanging from the balcony. Lights turn on and off on their own without explanation. Of particular ...
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Eustis Historical Museum
Eustis, Florida
37.7 miles from Floral City, FL
This 1910 private residence is now the local historical museum, but the ghosts of the past appear to have never really left. Staff and visitors have reported hearing conversation emanating from empty rooms, disembodied footsteps, cold spots and the apparition of a man in period clothing. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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The Palms Mansion
Eustis, Florida
38.1 miles from Floral City, FL
This Queen Anne style mansion was built in 1876 for a wealthy citrus grower, and is best known for its owner William Pendleton, the president of an arts college. Due to ailing health, he moved to the house in 1886, but died several years later prior to the turn ...
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0Greenwood Cemetery
Eustis, Florida
38.7 miles from Floral City, FL
This cemetery dates back to the late 1800s, and is one of the largest in Lake County. There are numerous reports of the ghost of a woman seen (and heard) weeping over one of the gravestones.
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0Umatilla Cemetery
Umatilla, Florida
39.2 miles from Floral City, FL
Female screams, calls for help and other strange noises are heard in this cemetery late at night. Lots of orbs/mist photos have been taken here. Most of the activity centers on the older section, near the back of the cemetery.
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Windsor Rose Tea Room
Mount Dora, Florida
39.6 miles from Floral City, FL
Paranormal activities include sightings of shadows of a female in period costume sitting alone at table four. A young lad walking in through the front door going into the restroom locking the door only to find the door locked without anyone in there. Food sliding across the table at table ...
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0Lakeside Inn
Mount Dora, Florida
39.6 miles from Floral City, FL
Several ghosts are said to reside in the charming Lakeside Inn, which was built in 1883. Two of the inn's ghosts are young girls from the 1890s to 1920s. One is about 9 who wears a frilly red dress. She is believed to be Amy, a little girl who disappeared ...
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Stanna's Restaurant
Umatilla, Florida
39.9 miles from Floral City, FL
The ghost of a young woman is said to haunt this restaurant. Supposedly she hung herself on the third floor sometime in the early 1900s. Shadows of a woman in a long flowing dress are seen, and objects are thrown around in the women's bathroom. Cold spots ...
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Mount Carmel Simpson Cemetery
Mount Dora, Florida
40.4 miles from Floral City, FL
This is a long-disused "black cemetery" from the days of segregation. It dates back to the late 1880s. It was all but forgotten until recently when the Mount Dora Historical Society began cleaning up the area and identifying grave sites whose markers have long since disintegrated. They've begun ...
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Old Cemetery - Mount Dora Country Club
Mount Dora, Florida
41.5 miles from Floral City, FL
This long forgotten and overgrown cemetery is now on land belonging to the Mount Dora Country Club. Locals claim they've heard the cries of a woman around here, and seen a ghostly green light floating around the area. The graves here are not taken care of and only ...
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0Wayside Antiques / Antique Emporium
Reddick, Florida
45.6 miles from Floral City, FL
This place is usually referenced as "Wayside Antiques" but today it is called "Antique Emporium", off exit 368 on Interstate 75 in Reddick. Look for the large red barn-like building. Employees back in the day swore that they would hear their names being called from the back of ...
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Lakeview Rodeo
Holiday, Florida
46.9 miles from Floral City, 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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HMS Architecture Building - USF Tampa
Tampa, Florida
47.9 miles from Floral City, 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
48.2 miles from Floral City, 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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0Highland Manor
Apopka, Florida
48.7 miles from Floral City, FL
Townsend Plantation was built by the Eldredge family in 1903. The McBride family purchased it in the 1940s. After the owner died in 1978, it remained empty for several years. In the 1980s it was purchased by the Townsend family. They moved the house, the other plantation buildings, and even ...
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0Disney World - Pirates of the Caribbean
Orlando, Florida
48.9 miles from Floral City, FL
Almost everyone's been on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World... but did you know that many believe the ride is haunted? According to employees, a welder named George died while the ride was originally under construction in the 1970s. His ghost still lingers according to ...
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Disney World - Haunted Mansion
Orlando, Florida
48.9 miles from Floral City, FL
The Walt Disney World Haunted Mansion is said to be haunted by several entities including a ghostly man in a tuxedo and a limping pilot with a cane said to have crashed his plane on this spot in the 1940s. Urban legend tells of a little boy who was cremated ...
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Rose Cemetery
Tarpon Springs, Florida
49.4 miles from Floral City, 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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Sea Horse-On the Docks - Getaguru
Tarpon Springs, Florida
49.9 miles from Floral City, 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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Crown Colony House
Tampa, Florida
50 miles from Floral City, 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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Sunland Hospital Site - Orlando
Orlando, Florida
50.7 miles from Floral City, FL
"Sunland Hospital" was demolished nearly two decades ago, but locals still know the story well. It was a treatment center for those with severe mental handicaps, and for many years it was a poorly-kept secret that the children there weren't treated with the very best of care. Finally ...
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Site of the Rosewood Massacre
Cedar Key, Florida
51.2 miles from Floral City, FL
In 1923, white woman Fannie Taylor lied and said she had been assaulted by an African-American man. She lied because she didn’t want her husband to know she was actually beaten by her white lover. But Fannie’s maid Sarah Carrier witnessed the incident and knew the truth. As a result ...
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Sulphur Springs Tower
Tampa, Florida
51.3 miles from Floral City, 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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0Wacahoota Cemetery
Micanopy, Florida
51.7 miles from Floral City, FL
Not much detail, except that more than a few people say there are strange phenomena here.
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