{"id":2871,"slug":"ca-dzan-sarasota-florida","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Ca' d'Zan is the Ringling's — the '26 Venetian Gothic that the circus king built, the 'House of John' that the name means. The Mable was the designer — the wife who chose the site, the '26 completion that she didn't see. The art is the museum — the Ringling collection that's the legacy, the circus that's the context.","The restoration was the '02 — the $15 million that saved it, the 'Great Gatsby' that's the comparison. The tower is the 82-foot — the Belvedere that's the view, the Sarasota Bay that's the front. The Ca' d'Zan is the circus — the mansion that's the monument, the Ringling who's the king.","The file keeps the Ca' d'Zan: the 1926 mansion, the Mable Ringling, the art collection, and the '02 restoration.","The Ca' d'Zan is the archive's Sarasota file — the circus king's palace."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Ca' d'Zan is the archive's Sarasota file — the Ringling's dream.","A mansion keeps its circus — the file's suggestion being that the Ca' d'Zan's hold is the fantasy: the Venetian Gothic on the bay, the Mable who chose it, and the art that's the collection."]}],"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","aliases":[],"type":"HOUSE","type_label":"House","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_ESTATE","GILDED_AGE"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites","legends"],"desc":"The Ringlings’ Venetian palace on Sarasota Bay—1926.","full_desc":"A house in Sarasota, Florida, Ca’ d’Zan is filed here for what the record attaches to it. The Ringlings’ Venetian palace on Sarasota Bay—1926. The file’s recurring figure goes by a name, not a description: the ringlings. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Sarasota","county":null,"state":"Florida","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":27.338257,"lon":-82.543721,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"FL batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2591,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The Ringlings are reportedly seen. Ca’ d’Zan in Sarasota, Florida is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The account has a collector's pedigree — written down as legend, which is the most honest status it can hold. Named ghosts are the ones that last — this one has lasted.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Ringlings","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2592,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the mansion. Ca’ d’Zan in Sarasota, Florida is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. Witness accounts, no evidence file: the claim is anecdotal and stays that way. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming. The account stays in the file — reported, retold, unresolved.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Built 1926; the Ringling commission is documented. Ca’ d’Zan's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. The detail is preserved in 'Ca’ d’Zan'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1926","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The Ringlings are reportedly seen. Ca’ d’Zan in Sarasota, Florida is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Ca’ d’Zan' carries the account. The story outranks the documentation, which is how you know it's folklore.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Ringlings","claimed_identity":"The Ringlings","verified":null,"summary":"The Ringlings are reportedly seen. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. 'Ca’ d’Zan' carries the account. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease. The claim holds its place in the ledger.","behavior":"The Ringlings are reportedly seen.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic house; many are private residences—verify public access before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Ca’ d’Zan","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%27_d%27Zan","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}