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0Holiday Inn
Panama City Beach, Florida
Apparently one tourist checked in here and never checked out! Guests near the top floors of the building have reported strange things, like alarms, televisions and lights turning on and off... always it seems around 4AM. Some have claimed to have seen a man in shorts and t-shirt, ...
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0Confetti's Nightclub / El Potosino
Panama City, Florida
4.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This location has changed hands A LOT in the past few years. It was Confetti's Nightclub for a while, and patrons would complain about objects being thrown at them, toilets flushing on their own, and generally "violent" sounds emanating from the bathrooms. A few claimed to have seen ...
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0Martin House
Panama City, Florida
11.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This home is infamous among locals of Panama City, Florida. An entire family was allegedly murdered there years ago, and it is now supposed to be haunted by their anguished spirits. The house is owned by the Smurfit Stone Papermill across the street, and is still used by ...
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0Black Creek Cemetery
Freeport, Florida
24.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Had an old church next to the cemetery that was built in the 1800's. It is said that a young girl and her little brother were walking home one night in the early 1900's. They decided to cut across the cemetery. A bear chased them into the churches' bell tower ...
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0Euchee Valley Presbyterian Cemetery
Ponce de Leon, Florida
35 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A malevolent spirit of a man supposedly appears at night and chases after anyone foolish enough to visit after sundown.
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Gulf County Courthouse
Wewahitchka, Florida
36.5 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A 1987 shootout is said to have spawned the haunting of this courthouse. The elevator works erratically, disembodied footsteps can be heard running on the catwalk that connects the courtroom to the jail, and lights are said to flash in the judge's chambers, where the shooting started. Three people were ...
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Walton County Emergency Operations Center
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
41.5 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A little girl named Sally May allegedly died on this spot in the 1920s, and she continues to haunt the area (now an Emergency Operations Center) by keeping the local 911 midnight-shift on their toes.
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The Little Big Store
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
41.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This old-fashioned general store is rumoured to be haunted by a ghost from the past, perhaps a former owner. Phenomena reported here includes disembodied footsteps in the aisles and items being knocked from shelves by unseen hands. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Hotel DeFuniak
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
41.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This hauntings at this 1920's era bed and breakfast hotel are mainly confined to an upstairs suite, so if you're looking for a paranormal experience in this old building, look no further than Room #008. Known as the 'Aviary Room', housekeeping staff and guests have reported a ghostly pair ...
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H and M Hot Dog Shop
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
41.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Widely proclaimed as serving the best hot dogs in the world, this tiny establishment has been a staple part of the community for over half a century. The shop is also the second oldest hot dog stand in the country, and although soda is served instead of alcohol, it ...
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0Sun Bright Manor
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
42 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A beautiful Victorian-era boarding house with a checkered past. Visitors report doors opening and closing on their own, and numerous other odd little occurrences. Also known as the Sidney Johnston Catts House (Florida's 22nd governor, who lived there at one time), this home has been on the U.S. National Register ...
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Wait's Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Bonifay, Florida
43.5 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Although this bed and breakfast inn is currently up for sale, the 1920's mansion it is housed in is rumoured to be haunted. Visitors have reported cold spots and strange noises, while others claim to have seen strange lights in the house. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Corinth Church
Westville, Florida
45.4 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This church was supposedly the site of a boy's grisly death in the 1960s. His bloody handprints are said to still be visible on the walls inside, particularly just to the left of the entrance. Some have even seen the young boy and his murderer walking around the ...
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Old Calhoun County Courthouse
Blountstown, Florida
49.1 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This 1904 Romanesque courthouse building formerly served as the county jail, but is now mainly used as a haunted house attraction by the local police department. A former sheriff reported that staff would continuously here moans and screams emanating from a series of cells during the night shift, but ...
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0Brooks Bridge
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
49.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The Brooks Bridge is a four-lane steel and concrete structure that carries highway U.S. Route 98 over Santa Rosa Sound (mile 223 of the Gulf Coast Intracoastal Waterway) just west of the Choctawhatchee Bay between downtown Fort Walton Beach, Florida and the three-mile section of Okaloosa Island controlled by the ...
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Garmier Bayou
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
51.5 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Locals say near the end of Garmier Bayou, late at night, you can see shadow figures of Native Americans who were slaughtered centuries ago.
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Russ House
Marianna, Florida
53.6 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The historic Russ House, built in 1895, is said to be haunted by several ghosts. The house serves as the home of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the county's visitor center. The grounds were the site of the 1864 Battle of Marianna, where several soldiers were killed. Another ...
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Ely-Criglar House
Marianna, Florida
53.6 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Originally the manor house for Francis R. Ely's cotton plantation, this building is often known as "Ely Corner" in relation to the Civil War Battle of Marianna. It is believed that restless spirits from the battle still reside here.
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St Luke's Episcopal Church
Marianna, Florida
53.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The Civil War "Battle of Marianna" took place in and around the grounds of St Luke's Episcopal Church, and it is believed that one of the Confederate soldiers killed there still haunts the basement. Witnesses describe seeing the apparition of an elderly, bearded man, dressed in period clothing.
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The Ghost Hearse
Eastpoint, Florida
55.1 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The locals around Sumatra tell of a "ghost hearse" that stalks late-night drivers on Highway 65, south of town. The activity allegedly starts at the train track crossing (see map) in the early morning hours. You'll be driving along innocently enough and all of a sudden the hearse ...
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Graceville Spook Lights
Graceville, Florida
56.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A series of ghostly lights have continually been spotted near the intersection of Jones Road and SR 2 at this spot near Gracefille, Florida. Dale Cox in his book "Ghosts of Bellamy Bridge" speculates that this might be related to the lynching of Edward Christian and Hattie Browman which ...
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Graceville Spook Lights
Graceville, Florida
56.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A series of ghostly lights have continually been spotted near the intersection of Jones Road and SR 2 at this spot near Gracefille, Florida. Dale Cox in his book "Ghosts of Bellamy Bridge" speculates that this might be related to the lynching of Edward Christian and Hattie Browman which ...
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Graceville Bridge
Graceville, Florida
56.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
In this version of the bridge ghost, participants put their cars in park on the old bridge. It is said that the ghost of a girl who died nearby will push the car to safety across the bridge.
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Orman House
Apalachicola, Florida
57.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The 1838 house was built by merchant and civic leader Thomas Orman, and now sits in Orman House Historic State Park. Local legend says although the land is now publicly owned, some of the Orman family members may never have left it. Witnesses have heard unexplained footsteps and sounds in ...
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0Bellamy Bridge
Marianna, Florida
57.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This is perhaps one of the best-known "haunted" places in Florida. Bellamy Bridge is an old metal bridge dating from 1914, but it is supposedly haunted by Elizabeth Bellamy, who is said to have died nearby nearly 80 years before that. The legend says it was her wedding ...
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Coombs House Inn
Apalachicola, Florida
58.1 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The 1905 building, once a private home, is said to be haunted by original owners Mr. and Mrs. James N. Coombs. In 1911, after the shock of a damaging fire in their home, the Coombses moved to a hotel until the house could be repaired. But Mrs. Coombs was very ...
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0Gibson Inn
Apalachicola, Florida
58.2 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This modern inn is supposedly haunted by a pneumonia victim who lodged there years ago. Sightings have been made particularly often in room 128, as well as the bar and dining area.
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0Jameson Inn / Quality Inn
Crestview, Florida
59.2 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Built in 2000, the Jameson Inn started off with a bang - almost immediately the ghost of a man was seen repeatedly walking the second floor hallways, hanging about near the elevators. Some employees claim room 208 is particularly active. Other stories are a bit more gruesome: On one ...
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Tate's Hell State Forest
Panama City Beach, Florida
61.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This is a relatively new state forest, acquired by the state of Florida only in 1994. It's named, supposedly, after Cebe Tate - a local rancher who got lost in the swamp in 1875. When he finally emerged, emaciated and with his hair gone completely white, he was ...
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Pondtown Road
Hartford, Alabama
62 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Pondtown Road and Justice Mills Creek are haunted by the apparition of a German Shepard, which was run over by a car. People have claimed to seen and to have heard the frightening apparition. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Headless Indian Chiefs - Walker's Town
Sneads, Florida
65.6 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
During the 1830s in the Indian village called Walker's Town, incidents led to the death of two Native American chiefs. The deceased chiefs' heads mysteriously came into the possession of a Dr. Joseph R. Buchanan of Cincinnati, Ohio, who thought he could learn from the dead by studying their skulls. ...
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0Cobb Cemetery
Panama City Beach, Florida
66 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Here's a ghost will really specific needs... supposedly, mostly in February, and mostly around 1:24 AM, the ghost of a retired officer haunts the cemetery, looking for his wife.
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Two Egg Stump Jumper
Sneads, Florida
68.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
A small bigfoot-type creature, perhaps the fabled "skunk ape," is reportedly roaming the area between downtown Two Egg and the Chattahoochee River. Footprints, and even the creature itself, have been spotted by the locals.
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Nichols Creek Road
Milton, Florida
71.4 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Homeowner Michael Wright believes his property on Nichols Creek Road is home to several spirits that tend to appear around nightfall. Mr. Wright allows investigators only by appointment, so be sure to email him ahead of time (info below).
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Old Carrabelle Hotel
Carrabelle, Florida
71.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Situated on Florida's 'Forgotten Coast', this quaint circa 1880 bed and breakfast and former private residence survived a cyclone that destroyed most of the township at the turn of the twentieth century. Rumoured to be haunted, this historic inn boasts three ghosts. Paranormal activity reported here includes ghostly laughter, ...
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0The Dancing Ghost of Grancer Harrison
Kinston, Alabama
74.1 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
William "Grancer" Harrison loved dancing and parties so much, that he built a dance hall on his property to hold weekly festivities. As he aged he realized he would not live forever and so had a grave site with an above ground tomb constructed near the dance hall so ...
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Fort Braden Community Center
Tallahassee, Florida
77.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Built in 1926, the Old Fort Braden School is now the Fort Braden Community Center. People claim strange activities going on there. Doors opening, lights turning off or on by themselves, etc.
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The Rawls Hotel
Enterprise, Alabama
78.6 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The original owner, Mr. Rawls, as well as a gaggle of ghostly children are said to haunt this quaint hotel in Enterprise, AL. Numerous reports of hearing ghostly children as well as unexplained events have been reported at this hotel which dates back to 1903.
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Allison House Inn
Quincy, Florida
78.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Orbs have shown up in photographs here; reports say that children are especially likely to pick up on the spirits who reside in this inn.
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0Quincy Leaf Theatre
Quincy, Florida
78.7 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Now home to the Quincy Music Theatre, "The Leaf" is said to be the home to many different ghosts, all of whom seem friendly and don't cause much in the way of trouble.
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0Bill Sketoe's Hole - Choctawhatchee Bridge
Newton, Alabama
81.5 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
There are a couple of different accounts as to why Bill Sketoe was hanged. Some claim that he deserted his post to care for a sick wife, other's that he was assisting in local guerilla operations against the army, in any event, he ran afoul of the local confederate ...
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Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site
Milton, Florida
81.9 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Arcadia Mill is an historical park open to the public, based around the largest 19th century water-powered industrial mill in the area. There is a museum and elevated boardwalk that allows guests to wander through the archaeological remains of the mill. One of the caretakers believes the museum is haunted ...
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Lake Tholocco
Ozark, Alabama
84.8 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
On the darkest nights, figures and sounds can be seen and heard in the woods. This is a spot where Confederate armies used to camp during the Civil War.
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Barkley House
Pensacola, Florida
85.1 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This 1820's style house was built and owned by an immigrant, and is partially constructed from the remnants of a fort. Used as both a private residence and a boarding house during the twentieth century, former residents reported many instances of ghostly sightings and paranormal activity. On the expansive ...
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Axelson House
Pensacola, Florida
85.2 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This historic house is rumoured to be haunted by at least two ghosts. The first is that of a signalman, who has been seen signalling from the house to the general public through morse code, while the other is a female former owner who has been seen gazing out ...
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William Fordham House
Pensacola, Florida
85.2 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The 1875 cottage is supposedly haunted due to a series of renovations that stirred up the houses paranormal past. Current tenants have reported disembodied footsteps in certain parts of the building, as well as a shadowy apparition that appears in mirrors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0The Gray House
Pensacola, Florida
85.3 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
The Gray House is said to be haunted by an old 18th century sea captain named Thomas Moristo. People claim to see his ghost through the windows. Residents have had stoves turned on and off, paint cans have been moved as well as other objects. The house is part ...
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Old Christ Church
Pensacola, Florida
85.3 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
This 1832 church has an odd tale to tell. When renovations disturbed the final resting place of three of its former vicars, a reburial service was held. During that service, some folks noted that the three vicars were walking among the living guests.
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0Dorr House
Pensacola, Florida
85.3 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
Lots of strange phenomenon here. The house is open to regular visitors as part of the local walking tours. Often female visitors looking in the mirror in the formal sitting room will have their skirts tugged on. Others claim to smell fresh cut roses and feel cold ...
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Lear-Rocheblave House
Pensacola, Florida
85.4 miles from Panama City Beach, FL
At this 1890 Victorian house, legend tells of a ghost girl who dances across a locked room. She is said to be one of the Rocheblave daughters, and folks have also smelled her old-fashioned perfume when she is present.
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