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 ghost in the house dressed in the same clothing in which he was killed: jeans and a flannel shirt. The current owners say the ghost no longer haunts the house. The story was featured on an episode of TV’s “Unsolved Mysteries.”
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- 486 Osceola Ave.
Clermont, FL
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 28.557623, -81.76298600000001
- County:
- Lake County, Florida
- Nearest Towns:
- Clermont, FL (0.8 mi.)
Minneola, FL (1.5 mi.)
Groveland, FL (5.4 mi.)
Ferndale, FL (5.7 mi.)
Montverde, FL (6.2 mi.)
Mascotte, FL (7.6 mi.)
Oakland, FL (7.9 mi.)
Tildenville, FL (9.4 mi.)
Astatula, FL (10.7 mi.)
Winter Garden, FL (10.7 mi.)
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He was my uncle
So can you tell us is there any truth to this? That he has been seen walking around?
There is some truth not all of it tho and yes sometimes across the street as well as in the windows
There is no house anymore.. We looked everywhere..
No, the house is still there.
The house is still there. He polices the area. Has been spotted in his police uniform walking acrossed Osceola street.
The first wife would be my prime suspect. This sounds like a planned hit.
The house is very much still there– longtime Clermont residents like myself, are familiar with this story–but the version I got involved a shotgun and a few deaths.
Grew up in Clermont. Used to ride past the house at night and remember seeing glowing orbs in the front yard.
I hope they’re able to solve the case soon
It’s funny but I have realized in recent years that the negative energy I grew up feeling in the neighborhood was probably this house and not the gable house. I always blamed the tennis court’s weird energy on the gable house. It may have been this house’s energy instead.