The canon
South — 87 dossiers on file
The heaviest files in Florida
The Florida drawer of the South record runs 87 files deep — 11 of them historic sites, 58 of them open to the public. What follows is the record ranked heaviest first, starting with St. Augustine Lighthouse.
87
dossiers on file
58
open to visitors
1742
oldest dated · Fort Matanzas
Apparition
most-filed claim · 33 files
The 25 deepest files
The museum presents lighthouse ghost stories and investigation experiences.
Surviving members transferred settlement land to Florida in 1961.
Ed Leedskalnin single-handedly quarried and moved 1,100 tons of oolite—how is still argued.
The pink palace of St. Pete Beach—Gatsby-era resort with a founder’s ghost.
18th-century Minorcan cemetery—site of the 1877 death of a young boy playing in a vault.
The rest of the shelf
Ranks 26–87 — shallower files, still on record, still sorted by depth.
Filed alongside
Record last amended October 2, 2026 · ranked with the archive