Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander’s Home is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young officer’s wife. She broke her neck falling down some stairs in 1885, while trying to carry a load of laundry. When her husband found her, he had the stairs boarded up. In around the 1930s, witnesses began to hear the sound of someone walking up or down stairs, then falling, but they were puzzled because there weren’t any stairs to be seen nearby. The stairs were finally discovered again in 1975 and were restored, but access to them is blocked. The ghost is still said to be heard on the stairs from time to time.
Fort Sidney Museum and Post Commander's Home
Buffalo Central Terminal
Buffalo Central Terminal, featured on TVs Ghost Hunters, is said to be haunted by apparitions who seem to be waiting for a train and a vanishing black cat.
Susan's Courtside Café
Susan’s Courtside Café is housed in a 1912 home, and is said to be haunted. The restaurant’s rooms are themed with items from Kissimmee’s past, including a firefighter room. Witnesses have seen eerie shadows and heard strange noises in the building at night.
Augusta State University
Many ghosts allegedly haunt Augusta State University, including the spirit of Emily Galt, a woman, who over 140 years ago, opted to join her recently deceased soldier fiance by jumping to her death from a window of Bellevue Hall. Emily and her younger sister, Lucy, also etched their names and the date, 1861, in one of the hall’s windows. The engraving was said to have been done with Emily’s engagement ring. Witnesses have heard residual hauntings of a man and woman arguing, presumably Emily and her fiance discussing whether he should go to war. Phones and TVs here seem to have a mind of their own, and doors open and close by themselves. Benet House, the school’s admissions office, is also believed to be haunted, by a gray flash, footsteps, and a rocking chair that rocks by itself. And at Walker Cemetery, the ghost of a Confederate soldier in a long gray coat and yellow sash walks among the graves. The college campus was once occupied by Civil War-era homes and a military arsenal.
The University of Virginia's College at Wise - Bowers-Sturgill
The University of Virginia’s College at Wise is believed to be home to a ghost. According to legend, she is the spirit of a young girl whose apparition appears hanging from the pipes in Bowers-Sturgill Hall, where she committed suicide.
El Compadre Restaurant
At least three ghosts are believed to call El Compadre Restaurant home, two of whom are former patrons who like to linger around the piano during nighttime. The third ghost shows up in a mirror.
El Capitan Theatre
El Capitan Theater, on Hollywood Blvd., opened in 1926 and is known for its 1920s Hollywood glamour. It was beautifully restored by the Walt Disney Company and Pacific Theaters in 1989 and now hosts grand premieres of Disney films. The theater is said to be visited by apparitions in the break room. Ghosts here are believed to include a former manager, a projectionist, and a patron who committed suicide in a balcony.
Andy's Market Hill - Scott Park
At the popular sledding spot called Andy’s Market Hill, aka Dead Man’s Hill in Scott Park, legend has it that a little boy named Dameon was sledding in 1998 when he was killed accidentally by an archer who shot him in the eye. Now, Dameon’s sledding apparition is seen here only by children, although many witnesses claim to have heard his moans or felt a strange force push them, causing their sled to run into things.
Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre
At the Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre, the ghosts in residence like to rearrange chairs and place settings or manifest as lights that glide around backstage.
Cork Street Tavern
The restaurant building here dates back to 1827, and Cork Street Tavern by name to 1985. Two ghosts are said to reside here, John and Emily. John Mann’s spirit wears a long black frock coat, and Emily’s voice is often heard calling John’s name. The ghosts play tricks by moving objects within the restaurant and occasionally lock a patron in the women’s restroom; one more of the many interestings thing to note about this restaurant is that a female patron is said to stumble, but not fall, every day upon entering a certain part of the old section of the tavern.
