It's easier to imagine ghosts haunting gloomy, medieval castles in Europe of brooding mansions in New England than bright, cheerful homes across the Sunshine State, but ghosts abound in sunny, tropical Florida. In fact, Florida absolutely oozes the weird, the creepy, and the ghastly.
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Dr. Alan Brown has been a professor of English at the University of West Alabama since 1986. For the past few years, Dr. Brown's interest in Southern folklore has manifested itself in several collections of Southern ghost stories, including The Face in the Window and Other Alabama Ghostlore (1996), Shadows and Cypress (2000), Haunted Places in the American South (2002), Stories from the Haunted South (2004), Ghost Hunters of the South (2006), Haunted Georgia (2007), Haunted Texas (2008), Ghost Hunters of New England (2008), Haunted Tennessee (2008), Haunted Kentucky (2009), Haunted Birmingham (2009), Haunted Vicksburg (2010), Haunted Natchez (2010), Haunted Meridian, Mississippi (2011), Ghosts along the Mississippi River (2011), and The Big Book of Texas Ghost Stories (2012). He has also investigated a number of haunted sites, including The Artist's House in Key West, FL, Miss Molly's Bed and Breakfast in Fort Worth, TX, and the Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Louisville, KY.
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- Introduction
- Belleair
- The Belleview-Biltmore Hotel
- Brooksville
- The Brooksville Heritage Museum
- Cedar Key
- Island Hotel and Restaurant
- Clearwater
- Robert L.F. Sikes Public Library
- The Royalty Theater
- Egmont Key
- Egmont Key State Park
- Fort Myers
- The Esperanza Pullman Car
- The Burroughs House
- Gasparilla Island
- The Ghost of of Jose Gaspar
- The Old Port Boca Lighthouse
- John's Pass
- The Ghost of John Levique
- Key West
- The Artist's House
- The Audubon House
- Key West Cemetery
- Marrero Guest House
- The Hemingway House
- Old Town Manor
- The Chelsea House Pool and Gardens
- The Hard Rock Café
- Crowne Plaza La Concha Hotel
- St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery
- Captain Tony's Saloon
- Fort Zachary Taylor
- The Banyan Resort and Guesthouse
- The Harry S. Truman Little White House
- Naples
- Cracker Barrel Restaurant
- Ocala
- Seven Sisters Inn
- Pass-A-Grille
- The Ghost of John Gomez
- Pensacola
- Old Sacred Heart Hospital
- Quayside Art Gallery
- Seville Quarter
- The Mole Hole
- The Tivoli High House
- Old Christ Church
- The Dorr House
- Fort Pickens
- Pensacola Lighthouse
- Safety Harbor
- Safety Harbor Spa
- Sarasota
- The Ringling School of Art and Design
- The Florida Studio Theatre
- Sarasota Opera House
- The Players Theatre
- St. Petersburg
- The Vinoy Hotel
- The Beach Drive Inn
- St. Petersburg High School
- Jungle Park
- Flori de Leon Apartments
- The Mansion House
- The Coliseum Ballroom
- St. Petersburg Beach
- Don Cesar Beach Resort
- Tampa Bay
- The Cuban Club
- The Tampa Theater
- Plant Hall
- Falk Theater
- The Bigelow-Helms House
- Venice
- The Venice Theater
- Works Cited