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Named ghost legends filed in Florida

Florida files 29 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

29 dossiers0 counties covered93% open to visitorsSt. Augustine Lighthouse — deepest file
Lighthouse
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St. Augustine Lighthouse

St. Augustine, Florida

The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.

4 claims · 3 legends→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Villa Paula

Miami, Florida

1926 Cuban-consulate mansion with a scent-of-roses ghost.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Tolomato Cemetery

St. Augustine, Florida

18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Don CeSar

St. Pete Beach, Florida

The pink palace of St. Pete Beach—Gatsby-era resort with a founder’s ghost.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Theater
Medium

Tampa Theatre

Tampa, Florida

An indexed operator excerpt describes alleged spirits of employees and patrons.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Hotel
Medium

Casa Monica

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1888 Moorish hotel—Flagler’s neighbor, revived.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

Cathedral Basilica

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1797 cathedral—America’s oldest Catholic parish.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Key West Cemetery

Key West, Florida

"I told you I was sick"—the 1847 cemetery at the island’s heart.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Fort
Medium

Fort Zachary Taylor

Key West, Florida

The 1866 fort that held the Union at the Confederacy’s edge.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Curry Mansion

Key West, Florida

The 1899 mansion of Florida’s first millionaire—still a family home.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Edison and Ford Estates

Fort Myers, Florida

The neighbors’ winter estates—Edison and Ford’s Florida.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Site
Medium

Rosewood

Cedar Key, Florida

January 1923—the town erased from the map.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Lighthouse
Medium

Pensacola Lighthouse

Pensacola, Florida

The 1859 Gulf light with a keeper’s bloodstains legend.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Fort
Medium

Castillo de San Marcos

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1672 coquina fortress—the oldest masonry fort in the U.S.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Ponce de León Hotel

St. Augustine, Florida

Flagler’s 1888 Spanish palace—now Flagler College.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Old Jail

St. Augustine, Florida

The 1891 jail built to look like a hotel—Pinkerton’s disguise.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

González-Alvarez House

St. Augustine, Florida

The "Oldest House"—St. Augustine’s oldest surviving dwelling.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Palace Saloon

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Florida’s oldest bar—1903, and the ship captains still drink.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Biltmore

Coral Gables, Florida

The 1926 tower hotel—the Fatty Arbuckle floor and the dead veteran.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Ernest Hemingway House

Key West, Florida

The 1851 house where Hemingway wrote—and the six-toed cats remain.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Captain Tony’s Saloon

Key West, Florida

The bar built around the hanging tree—the oldest saloon in the Keys.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Sloppy Joe’s

Key West, Florida

Hemingway’s bar—the 1933 original on Greene Street.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Ca’ d’Zan

Sarasota, Florida

The Ringlings’ Venetian palace on Sarasota Bay—1926.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Arcadia Opera House

Arcadia, Florida

The 1906 opera house—where the fire’s dead are said to watch.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Ocoee

Ocoee, Florida

November 2-3, 1920—the Election Day massacre.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic House Museum
Medium

Stranahan House

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

1901 trading post—Fort Lauderdale’s oldest building and its most haunted.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Cultural Center
Medium

Thomas Center

Gainesville, Florida

1910 hotel-turned-cultural-center with a Red Room ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Historic Mansion
Medium

Ca’ d’Zan (Ringling)

Sarasota, Florida

John Ringling’s Venetian-Gothic palace on Sarasota Bay.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Museum
Medium

Lightner Museum

St. Augustine, Florida

Flagler’s 1888 Alcazar Hotel turned museum—haunted by a woman in white.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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