Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore South and Central Florida,9781561643271

Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore South and Central Florida

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ISBN13: 9781561643271
ISBN10: 1561643270
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-02-01
Publisher(s): Pineapple Press
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Summary

The history and legends behind a number of Florida's haunted locations, including thorough background information on each locale and biographies of its ghostly residents, includes Key West's La Concha Hotel, the Everglades, Stetson University, and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. Original.

Author Biography

Greg Jenkins is the author of the three-volume series Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore, as well as Chronicles of the Strange and Uncanny in Florida. Since an early age, Greg has had a profound interest in the supernatural and fringe science, and after a personal experience with the unknown in 1987, he embarked on a journey into the realms of parapsychology and all things mysterious. A mental health counselor and case manager, Greg is also a folklorist and collector of oral traditions and urban legends. He is an associate member of England's Society for Psychical Research and the founder of the Florida Psychical Research Group.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
Preface ix
Introduction-Legends and Beliefs xii
Site Map xix
South Florida
1. La Concha Hotel
Key West
1(9)
A Ghostly Waiter, A Lamenting Lawyer, and Ernest Hemingway, Too
2. Flagler's East Coast Railway
Islamorada
10(10)
Phantom Trains and Ghostly Cars
3. The Biltmore Hotel
Coral Gables
20(12)
Fatty Walsh, the Ladies' Man...and He Still Is!
4. Flight 401
Florida Everglades
32(11)
Moans from a Swampy Graveyard
5. Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Ft. Lauderdale
43(9)
The Ghosts of Sunrise Hall
6. Cap's Place Island Restaurant
Lighthouse Point
52(9)
Phantom Smoke and Dark Shapes
7. Hillsboro Ocean Club
Hillsboro Beach
61(9)
Water Spirits
8. Boca Raton Cemetery
Boca Raton
70(6)
The Screaming Man and Little Mary
9. Boca Raton Resort and Club
Boca Raton
76(8)
The Legend of Esmeralda
10. The Colony Hotel
Delray Beach
84(8)
Strange Things
11. Flagler's Whitehall Mansion
Palm Beach
92(9)
Mary Lily Is Watching You
Central Florida
12. Ashley's Restaurant
Rockledge
101(7)
Cold Ethyl
13. The Desert Inn and Restaurant
Yee Haw Junction
108(7)
Ghosts in the Middle of Nowhere
14. Cocoa's Route 520
Cocoa Beach
115(5)
The Ghost Lights of Bloody
520
15. Snowhill Road 13
Oviedo
120(7)
The Oviedo Lights and the Haunted Celery Fields
16. Sunland Hospital Central Florida
Pine Hills
127(9)
Strange Lights, Eerie Cries, and Echoing Footfalls
17. Old Princeton Hospital
Orlando
136(12)
Dead Eyes on the Third Floor
18. Walt Disney World
Kissimmee
148(6)
Disney's Haunted Mansion...For Real!
19. Townsend's Plantation
Apopka
154(11)
A Light in the Attic and the Lady in White
20. Woodbridge Cemetery
Fern Park
165(10)
Forgotten Souls and a Spirited Supermarket
21. Interstate 4
Sanford
175(6)
Tread Not on Us!
22. Stetson University
DeLand
181(10)
Ghostly Lovers and Their Little Dog, Too
23. The Sugar Mill and Ancient Fort
New Smyrna Beach
191(8)
Shadow People
24. The Tampa Theatre
Tampa
199(8)
A Tapping on My Shoulder
25. Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Tampa
207(12)
The Mausoleum
26. Sunshine Skyway Bridge
St. Petersburg
219(6)
Sadness on the Skyway
27. The Don Cesar Beach Resort
St. Petersburg
225(8)
A Timeless Romance
Afterthoughts 233(4)
Appendices
Appendix A: Tools of the Modern Ghost Hunter
237(7)
Appendix B: Glossary and Terminology
244(9)
Appendix C: Ghost Research Organizations
253(2)
Appendix D: Ghost Tours
255(4)
Bibliography 259(6)
Index 265

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