Haunted Florida Ghost Towns

Author : Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
Publisher : History Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-03-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1467156477

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Haunted Florida Ghost Towns by Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon Pdf

The term "ghost towns" brings to mind communities from the Old West where there were once bustling Boom Towns but today are abandoned and lonely pieces to the puzzles of the past. With this image ingrained into a person's mind, it is challenging to visualize ghost towns with sandy beaches and palm trees swaying in the wind. A little-known fact about Florida is it is home to more than 250 ghost towns, many of which remain the home for the spirits of former inhabitants, civil war deserters, pirates, and more. Haunted Florida Ghost Towns covers the many abandoned locations in the Sunshine State where paranormal entities are known to roam. Take a journey into the world of the supernatural and learn the history behind why Florida has so many ghost towns and the energy that remains to fuel paranormal activity.

Author : Madonna Jervis Wise
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467146814

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Haunted History of Pasco County, A by Madonna Jervis Wise Pdf

In a land occupied for thousands of years, mystery and unrest linger. Anguished soldierly figures dot the landscape of Pasco County, from the doomed march of Major Dade and his haunted hill to the ghost of Captain Jeffries standing watch over his homestead in Zephyrhills. A pair of spirits drifts about near a Dade City pond, perhaps the brother and sister cut down during the infamous Bradley Massacre. Echoes of the once rugged frontier rebound from the Ellis-Gillett feud, vigilantism and Sheriff Bart's justice. Obliterating the mounds of indigenous people cast an ever-present and ominous tone over sacred grounds throughout the county. Author Madonna Wise shares ethereal accounts of the Meighan Theatre, the treacherous Road to Nowhere, the Edwinola Hotel and more.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Ghost towns
ISBN : OCLC:495862307

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Ghost Towns by Anonim Pdf

Includes newspaper clippings, etc.

Author : Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439679036

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Haunted Florida Lighthouses by Heather Leigh Carroll-Landon Pdf

Author H eather Leigh Carroll-Landon guides readers on a spine-tingling tour through Florida's haunted lighthouses. Lighthouses dot the Florida coast, there to help seafarers navigate their way to shore. But when tragedy comes for Florida, it often blows in from the sea, giving the lighthouses and the cursed men and women inside a first look at horror. The lively spirits of teenage sisters inhabit the St. Augustine Lighthouse, where an accident claimed their lives, suspending them in their playful youth. A storm wiped out the Sand Key Lighthouse in 1846, claiming the lives of 16 whose spirits now chatter away--generally in contented tones but sometimes straying into anger. A Civil War casualty roams near the Amelia Island Lighthouses, holding to a promise to see his love one last time before departure.

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781561648153

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Ghosts of Florida's Gulf Coast by Alan Brown Pdf

It's easier to imagine ghosts haunting gloomy, medieval castles in Europe of brooding mansions in New England than bright, cheerful homes across the Sunshine State, but ghosts abound in sunny, tropical Florida. In fact, Florida absolutely oozes the weird, the creepy, and the ghastly.

Author : Betty Davis,Big Bend Ghost Trackers
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625841551

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Haunted Monticello, Florida by Betty Davis,Big Bend Ghost Trackers Pdf

Discover the paranormal past of this panhandle town . . . Photos included! Monticello might sometimes seem like a quiet Florida panhandle town, but its history tells of a ghostly past stretching back to the early nineteenth century. Discover the stories behind the old blacksmith’s forge on Jefferson Street—where the chilling sounds of metal striking metal still ring out across the town—and the Hanging Tree, forever haunted by the ghosts of executed outlaws and lost Confederate soldiers. The Monticello Historical district contains over forty buildings dating back to the nineteenth century, and it is said that one out of every three buildings are haunted. Join local haunted tour guide Betty Davis and Big Bend Ghost Trackers as they reveal the amazing history of Monticello’s spookiest spots.

Author : Christopher Balzano
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467145688

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Haunted Florida Love Stories by Christopher Balzano Pdf

Wide eyes, sweaty palms and a racing heart. Are these the tell-tale marks of a love story or a haunted tale? If the story is set in Florida, there's a good chance it's both. From the infamous Bellamy Bridge to a haunted lighthouse in Key West, love is in the air--but it isn't always a good thing. Author and folklorist Christopher Balzano follows lingering campus whispers and trails that vanish into the swamp to track down the urban legends and ghostly lore of Sunshine State love affairs that live on even after death.

Author : David L. Sloan,Matthew Sean Casey
Publisher : Phantom Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Apparitions
ISBN : 0967449839

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Haunted Key West by David L. Sloan,Matthew Sean Casey Pdf

Two incredible books in one. Haunted Key West tells tales from ten of Key Wests favorite hauntings including the ghost of Ernest Hemingway, the lady in blue and the ghost of US. Strange Key West takes you beyond the supernatural with amazing stories about voodoo curses, bizarre cemeteries and a grotto that protects the island from hurricanes.

Author : Sarah Parvis
Publisher : Bearport Publishing
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781684028672

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Ghost Towns by Sarah Parvis Pdf

Deserted towns are time capsules of the past, and the 11 places explored in this book all have a past marked by tragedy. The Lost Colony, for example, on Virginia’s Roanoke Island, was the first place the English established residence in the new world. But between 1587 and 1590, something went very wrong. All 115 residents, including women and children, simply vanished. Many theories abound about what happened to them, but no one knows for sure. Tales such as these will keep young readers turning the pages as they learn about a fascinating part of history. Ghost Towns is part of Bearport’s Scary Places series.

Author : Sarah E. Parvis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Ghost towns
ISBN : 1642807559

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Ghost Towns by Sarah E. Parvis Pdf

Author : Alan Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614231240

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Haunted Pensacola by Alan Brown Pdf

Discover the ghostly legends of this Florida Panhandle city . . . includes photos! The seaport of Pensacola may boast the world’s whitest beaches, but there’s a darker history in America’s first settlement . . . It’s no surprise that one of the nation’s oldest cities is also among the most haunted, with culturally diverse spirits from the ages of the Spanish founders and British settlers through the turbulent era of the Civil War. Author and expert Alan Brown presents a survey of unexplained mysteries at Pensacola’s eerie landmarks. The infamous haunted lighthouse, the ghosts of St. Michael’s Cemetery, and the tale of the headless woman of Romana Street are just a few of the chilling stories recounted in Haunted Pensacola.

Author : Beverly Nield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781439665190

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Haunted Panama City by Beverly Nield Pdf

Discover the haunted history of this Florida Gulf Coast city with tales of battles, murders, natural disasters and the restless spirits they left behind. Located on the coast of Florida’s panhandle, Panama City offers plenty of charm, fun and sun. But it also has a dramatic past that still lingers among its old buildings and historic landmarks. Staff at the City Center for the Arts can still hear the footsteps of inmates pacing the cells of the Old County Jail that once occupied the grounds, and a phantom known as Virginia still frequents the elevators of the historic Bay County Courthouse. Not all spirits bring doom and gloom, however—one local family learned how to befriend the resident ghost of their new home that was fond of whistling at night. Using extensive research and interviews, author Beverly Nield details the ghastly history of haunted Panama City.

Author : Deborah Frethem
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781625844149

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Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County by Deborah Frethem Pdf

Some parts of sunny Florida can be downright chilling . . . A haunting historical tour with photos included! Does the restless ghost of a murder victim haunt a Gulfport home? Does a doomed pirate search for his lost treasure at John’s Pass? Are sea captains and Civil War soldiers still combing the area, years after their deaths? With wit and style, the “Queen of Haunts,” Deborah Frethem, calls upon years of experience as the general manager and guide of Tampa Bay Ghost Tours to present legends of sinister deeds and whispers of the past from Florida’s haunted peninsula.

Author : Catherine Lower,Cynthia Thuma
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-18
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780811740623

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Haunted Florida by Catherine Lower,Cynthia Thuma Pdf

Supernatural tales from Florida, a state rife with eerie occurrences and ghostly denizens.

Author : Deborah Carr Hollingsworth, Foreword by
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467144209

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Haunted Sumter County, Florida by Deborah Carr Hollingsworth, Foreword by Pdf

Sumter County's serene beauty is cloaked by mystery--a Seminole sage's timeless spell, a lurking swamp monster, a family's spirited legacy and the ghostly cries of brokenhearted souls. Floridian bad boys, mobsters and bank robbers line the pages of Sumter County's criminal past. Murder, mayhem and mystery are embedded in our cultural timeline, from the indigenous eradication to the present-day retirement utopia. Step into the paranormal possibilities swirling inside the historic Baker House in Wildwood. Sense the residual energy that sways from Sumter County's courthouse front steps. Feel the county's macabre history come alive as Deborah Carr Hollingsworth churns up chilling tales from our mysterious past.