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Historic haunted places in Sarasota, FL. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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Staff at the Ringlings' 1920s bayfront mansion have collected many reports of the couple. Mable is seen most often on the veranda and in her rose garden at twilight, and John is sa…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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In the 1980s, rapping walls, stage lights coming on by themselves and moved set pieces became so disruptive that the theater's artistic director brought in two priestesses to exorc…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The 1929 mansion of radio magnate Powel Crosley is tied to Gwendolyn Crosley, who died in the house in 1939. A local paranormal group says it recorded a woman's voice there saying …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Sarasota's oldest cemetery holds Ella Green and her three children, killed by Delos Green in 1887, and most of its ghost stories gather around their plot. Visitors describe childre…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The 1926 opera house's haunting is quiet: employees working late or arriving early describe a shuffling set of footsteps crossing the empty auditorium. Staff say the steps keep the…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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A bartender who worked here for about 30 years said he saw the ghost of a 'Mrs. Worth', tied to the family that ran the original grocery, more than 50 times. In his clearest accoun…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.