Spooky Places of the South

This is a partial listing of some of the spookiest places in the south. Very big thanks go out to the Shadowlands for their help in finding spooky places.

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Ochopee - The Miller Plantation / Old Packing Plant - 20 years ago, a young woman was murdered in a packing plant, and the plant janitor was convicted of her murder. Yesterday, the local paper reported three bodies were found around the town gas station. The murders are odd because of the apperance of a young man who claims to have seen the dead young woman around the Miller Plantation. This morning, the paper corrected the article, saying only two bodies were found. If you know anything more about this spooky place, contact us.

Past Spooky Places :

Coral Gables - Biltmore Hotel - unexplained noises and lights are seen here. Here is a history on that Biltmore hotel. It was served at a hotel in the early twenties and then they used it as a hospital during WWII and many people died in that place. In 1968 they chose to turn it back into a hotel and in 1983 they spent over 55 million to restore the hotel.

Jacksonville - Carriage House Apartments - apartment 40 is haunted by previous residents, it is no longer is use as an apartment due to numerous complaints.

Jacksonville - Homestead Restaurant - ghost of Alpha Paynter is seen by the fireplace.

Miami - Hirschfield Theater - footsteps and other unexplained events are common here.

St. Augustine - Abbot Mansion - haunted by 2 spirits, Miss Lucy and The Captain.

West Palm Beach - Burger King - a young man haunts this store. He has been seen by numerous employees.

Orlando - Zuma Beach night club - an old woman ghost has been seen by the stage. When she comes it gets real cold.

Key West - Ocean Key House Resort - Third Floor Suite facing Duval Street - Cold spots during the day. At night, sounds of keys and objects moved around on dresser, sound of sighing, and feeling of someone sitting down on the bed while you're in it! Day or night, upon returning to the room, the lights and curtains are never in the condition in which you left them.

Sarasota - The Old Women's Dormitory - building at the Ringling School of Art and Design has been haunted for decades by a ghost named Mary. It used to be a hotel in the 20s and she committed suicide in the stairwell between the second and third floors. It is now an unused fire escape. She has been observed walking the corridors (out of the corner of the eye, turning a times, a resident would enter her room and her paintbrushes would be slowly swirling in the water of the rinse cups as if someone had just spun them around and let go.

Sanford - New Tribes Mission - Former hotel is now home to missionaries from New Tribes Mission. In the East Wing there have been disturbances of many kinds including poltergeist activity and cold spots. To date there has been no formal paranormal investigation due to fear of bad press, but an informal check shows that something is going on there.

Daytona Beach - Northeast side of the Orange Avenue Bridge - at the bridge approach. A dark-haired woman in a nightrobe has been reported. There have been reports of flying objects such as chairs in the area, even when there is no wind. There is reputable documentation of occurrences.

Tallahassee - Florida State University, Cawthon Hall Dormitory - According to a story reported in the University newspaper, The Florida Flambeau during the summer of 1971, numerous students have related encounters over the years with a poltergeist in an old dormitory. According to the report, several years prior to the University's becoming coed in 1949, a female student was sunbathing on a balcony on the roof of the shadowy gothic building. As is typical in Florida, a sudden and particularly violent thunderstorm arose to the east of the building, and welled up ominously over the campus. Although the sky directly above the dormitory was blue, a freak lightning bolt snaked across the sky, curling over the building's turrets striking a sunbathing female student, killing her instantly. Since that time, subsequent occupants of the room she occupied have reported mysterious object movements, unexplained sounds in the room at night, and at times an overwhelming sense of another individual present in the room. Sometimes students would find that common items, such as stacks of books or pictures, would be moved around during the day, with no apparent rhyme or reason, other than perhaps a restless spirit seeking to maintain her link with the world of the living.