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0Confetti's Nightclub / El Potosino
Panama City, Florida
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
6.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Holiday Inn
Panama City Beach, Florida
7.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
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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0Black Creek Cemetery
Freeport, Florida
28.6 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Gulf County Courthouse
Wewahitchka, Florida
30.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Euchee Valley Presbyterian Cemetery
Ponce de Leon, Florida
36.5 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Wait's Mansion Bed and Breakfast
Bonifay, Florida
41.5 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Old Calhoun County Courthouse
Blountstown, Florida
42.5 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Walton County Emergency Operations Center
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
43.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
43.9 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
43.9 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
44 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
44.1 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Corinth Church
Westville, Florida
46 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Ely-Criglar House
Marianna, Florida
48.6 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Russ House
Marianna, Florida
48.6 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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St Luke's Episcopal Church
Marianna, Florida
48.7 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
49.9 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Orman House
Apalachicola, Florida
53.2 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
53.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
53.5 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
53.7 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Graceville Spook Lights
Graceville, Florida
53.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
53.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
54 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Brooks Bridge
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
55.7 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Tate's Hell State Forest
Pretty Bayou, Florida
56.1 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Garmier Bayou
Fort Walton Beach, Florida
57 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Headless Indian Chiefs - Walker's Town
Sneads, Florida
59.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Pondtown Road
Hartford, Alabama
60.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Two Egg Stump Jumper
Sneads, Florida
63.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Jameson Inn / Quality Inn
Crestview, Florida
63.6 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Old Carrabelle Hotel
Carrabelle, Florida
66.1 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Cobb Cemetery
Pretty Bayou, Florida
70.1 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Fort Braden Community Center
Tallahassee, Florida
71.1 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Allison House Inn
Quincy, Florida
72.2 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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
72.2 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0The Dancing Ghost of Grancer Harrison
Kinston, Alabama
74.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Nichols Creek Road
Milton, Florida
76.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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The Rawls Hotel
Enterprise, Alabama
77.7 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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0Bill Sketoe's Hole - Choctawhatchee Bridge
Newton, Alabama
79.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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McLauchlin House
Havana, Florida
81.9 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
The 1860's house is now used for wedding receptions, but the owner says its not certain that a few unexpected guests may make an appearance. Visitors have reported several mischievous entities, and an eerie presence has been felt on the front porch. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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0Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, Florida
82.7 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
Several claims abound at Tallahassee Community College... First, a strange "shadow figure" that appears in certain classrooms. Second, a garbage can lid started hovering in front of a couple of night janitors. And finally there is a female entity occasionally seen about campus, and the strong scent of ...
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Leon County Jail
Tallahassee, Florida
82.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
The current Leon County Jail was built in the 1990s, but is in the same spot as the previous one (which housed Ted Bundy for a while). Staff claim to see a female entity walking the halls at night, crying. Shadow figures abound.
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Lake Tholocco
Ozark, Alabama
83.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, 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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Wakulla Springs Lodge
Crawfordville, Florida
83.3 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
This 1930's hacienda-style lodge was built in the swamplands of southern Florida to preserve the natural environment, and to allow society to interact with it in the way the builder and former owner intended. The establishment is rumoured to be haunted, and witnesses have reported seeing a giant stuffed ...
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Chi Omega Sorority House
Tallahassee, Florida
85.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
At this house, serial killer Ted Bundy took two of his victims: Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy, who were bludgeoned to death. Their ghosts may be walking here still, and in fact some believe they prevented other sorority sisters from walking out of their bedrooms into harm's way on the ...
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0Florida State University - Cawthon Hall
Tallahassee, Florida
85.4 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
There is allegedly a poltergeist in the Cawthon Hall dormitory of Florida State University, in Tallahassee. According to the story, a female student was struck by lightning and killed on the roof in the 1940s. Since then, residents report objects moving all on their own, unexplained noises, and ...
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0Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida
85.5 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
The local story says that FSU is haunted by Civil War era cadets of the West Florida Cadet Battalion, who will sometimes still be seen drilling on the campus. Power outages are common, especially when a student is showering - and supposedly the letters "TB" are found drawn on ...
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0Old City Cemetery
Tallahassee, Florida
85.8 miles from Pretty Bayou, FL
The oldest cemetery in Tallahassee, dating back to 1829. One "resident" of note is Elizabeth Budd Graham (d. 1889) who was known as a "white witch." She has an impressive gravestone that is a must-see.
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