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• Echoes of the Empty Ward: The Haunting of Princeton Hospital

  There are places in Florida where the air feels thick with stories—where the humidity clings not just to the skin, but to the past itself. Tucked away on Mercy Drive in Orlando, the old Princeton Hospital, later renamed ...

• Ghosts of the Sunshine State: Paranormal Activity in Central FL

  Central Florida is a place that most people think of as sunny, cheerful, and packed with theme parks. Tourists flock to Orlando for Disney World, Universal Studios, and the nightlife. Families vacation at beaches, airboa...

• Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando: History, Hauntings, and Heritage

  Cemeteries are more than just final resting places. They are living records of a city’s soul, its history carved into stone, its stories whispered through oak-lined pathways. Orlando, Florida—known today for its bustling...

• Spook Hill: The Gravity-Defying Legend of Lake Wales, Florida

  Introduction: The Road That Shouldn’t Climb

• Sunland Training Center (formerly in Orlando, Florida)

  Prologue – A Building with Two Lives

• The Axeman of New Orleans

  In the early 20th century, New Orleans pulsed with the rhythm of jazz, laughter, and late-night energy. But beneath the city’s vibrant surface, a shadow lingered—a figure who would come to embody terror in one of America...

• The Confederate Soldier of Greenwood Cemetery

  Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando, Florida, is far more than just a resting place for the dead. Established in 1880, it is the city’s oldest cemetery and a repository of history, myth, and cultural memory. Among its oak-shad...

• The Funeral Processions of the Bourg-Larose Highway

  The Bourg-Larose Highway in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, is not just a stretch of road. To the casual driver, it is a ribbon of asphalt winding through the swamps and bayous, flanked by moss-draped oaks and the dark shim...

• The Ghost of Cassadaga: Florida’s Psychic Capital

  Florida is famous for its beaches, sunshine, and theme parks—but tucked away in Volusia County lies a community unlike any other. Cassadaga, often called Florida’s Psychic Capital, is a small spiritualist camp with a rep...

• The Ghosts of Castillo de San Marcos Fort

  Perched on the shores of Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine, Florida, the Castillo de San Marcos is more than just a fortress of coquina stone and colonial history—it is a place where the past whispers in the wind, shadows li...

• The Ghosts of Huguenot Cemetery: Spirits of St. Augustine’s Past

  St. Augustine, Florida, is often described as one of the most haunted cities in America. With its centuries of history, colonial battles, yellow fever outbreaks, and layers of cultural heritage, it has accumulated a rich...

• The Haunting of Ashley’s Restaurant in Rockledge

  Nestled along U.S. Highway 1 in Rockledge, Florida, stands Ashley’s Restaurant, a Tudor-style building that has become both a local dining institution and one of the state’s most infamous haunted locations. Behind the co...

• The Haunting of Bayou Sale: Louisiana’s Most Terrifying Road

  Introduction: The Road Where Shadows Linger

• The Haunting of Bayou St. John

  Where history whispers through cypress trees and restless spirits drift along the dark waters of New Orleans’ oldest bayou.

• The Haunting of Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop and Bar

  In the heart of New Orleans, where wrought-iron balconies hang like lace and the air hums with jazz, there stands a dimly lit building whose walls have witnessed centuries of intrigue, sin, and whispers of the supernatur...

• The Haunting of McRaven House: Mississippi’s Most Haunted Home

  In the heart of Vicksburg, Mississippi, where the past still clings to the humid air and cannon echoes from the Civil War seem to linger just beyond hearing, stands a house that time refuses to forget. Locals call it McR...

• The Haunting of the Cocoa Village Playhouse

  “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” — William Faulkner

• The Haunting of the Duff Green Mansion

  In the heart of Vicksburg, Mississippi—where the whispers of the Civil War still echo through brick-lined streets—stands a mansion whose beauty conceals a dark history. The Duff Green Mansion, with its stately white colu...

• The Haunting of the Hotel Monteleone

  In the heart of the French Quarter, where the sound of jazz mingles with the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and the scent of chicory coffee wafts through the humid air, one hotel stands as a monument to both luxury and...

• The Haunting of the Myrtles Plantation

  Nestled beneath a canopy of ancient oaks draped in Spanish moss, the Myrtles Plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, stands as one of the most famously haunted houses in America. Its white-columned façade and peaceful...

• The Haunting of the Pritchard House

  Nestled in the heart of Titusville, Florida, just blocks from the Indian River, stands a house that seems frozen in time. With its striking Queen Anne architecture, ornate gables, and sweeping verandas, the Pritchard Hou...

• The Haunting of the Stetson Mansion

  In the quiet, oak-lined streets of DeLand, Florida, stands a grand reminder of the Gilded Age — the Stetson Mansion, once the winter home of hat magnate John B. Stetson. But beyond its ornate woodwork and opulent stained...

• The Haunting of the Sultan Mansion

  The Bloody Legend of 716 Dauphine Street, New Orleans

• The Haunting of the Suwannee River

  Where history flows in blackwater and whispers still linger beneath the moss.

• The Lighthouse Keeper’s Tale

  Introduction

• The Old Train Depot Haunting: A Story of Echoes on the Rails

  Long before the neon lights and weekend crowds of downtown Orlando, Florida, the site of the old train depot held the rhythms of steam engines, the clack of iron wheels, and the anxious farewells of travelers. That build...

• The Phantom Sailors of Cape Canaveral

  Introduction

• 🩸 The Vampires of New Orleans

  New Orleans is a city where myth breathes alongside history. Shadows cling to wrought-iron balconies, and the humid air of the French Quarter feels charged with secrets. Known for jazz, Mardi Gras, and voodoo, the Cresce...

• The Woman in White on the Bourg-Larose Highway

  The Bourg-Larose Highway in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, cuts through a world where the line between the living and the dead is as thin as the morning fog that drifts off the bayou. It’s a lonely stretch of road—a place ...

• Voodoo and Marie Laveau

  The Spirit of the Crescent City

• Whispers in the Sugar Mill: The Haunting of Dunlawton Plantation

  By nightfall, the ruins breathe again.