Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore: Volume 2: North Florida and St. Augustine

by Greg Jenkins

Overview

Discover the haunts of northern Florida in this second volume in the series dedicated to uncovering the uncanny in the Sunshine State. Explore abandoned hospitals, ancient springs, and modern apartment complexes from Ocala to Jacksonville, from Lake City to Tallahassee. Encounter playful spirits and frightening specters and learn their tales of lost love and watery tombs, of lives cut tragically short and souls lingering through eternity. And unearth stories of darker phenomena that have yet to be explained. . . . Plus, take an exciting tour through ancient St. Augustine, America's oldest city—and perhaps its most haunted, too. See the ghosts of Spanish soldiers in a centuries-old fort; watch for the light of a spirited bootlegging widow on the roof of a quaint inn; and feel the presence of Henry Flagler (and his unhappy lovers) in the school that bears his name. Delve into the unknown with Greg Jenkins as he examines the history, legend, and paranormal rationale behind strange occurrences in many of north Florida's haunted locations. Get a fresh look at some of the state's most infamous specters and learn never-before-heard tales of the strange and the supernatural as you take a trip through Haunted Florida. The first volume of Florida's Ghostly Legends and Haunted Folklore, covering south and central Florida, is also available.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561646340
Publisher:	Pineapple Press, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

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: More Legends and Beliefs	xiii
	Site Map	xix
	North Florida
1	The May-Stringer House Brooksville: Don't Make Jessie May Mad	1
2	Silver Springs Ocala: A Watery Tomb ... An Eternal Love	9
3	The Herlong Mansion Micanopy: Inez	14
4	Hotel Blanche Lake City: So Much Unhappiness ... So Much Unrest	22
5	School Four Jacksonville: Jacksonville's Haunted School of Yesteryear	28
6	Carriage House Apartments Jacksonville: What's Going on in Apartment 40?"	35
7	Homestead Restaurant Jacksonville: Some Ghosts Just Like to Hang Around	43
8	The Casa Marina Hotel Jacksonville: Haunted Hollywood's Summer Home	51
9	Mayport Village Mayport: A Gaggle of Ghosts in an Ancient Fishing Village	59
10	Sunland Hospital North Tallahassee: The Walls Still Scream at Sunland!	66
	St. Augustine
11	The City of St. Augustine: America's Oldest and Most Haunted City	79
12	Castillo de San Marcos: An Eerie Glow and the Scent of Orange Blossoms	85
13	The Old Spanish Hospital: Old Soldiers Never Die	94
14	Flagler College: The Lady in Blue	100
15	Casa Monica Hotel: Strange Whispers	109
16	St. Francis Inn: Miss Lily and her Soldier Lover	114
17	Casa de la Paz: The Waiting Bride	118
18	Casablanca Inn: A Light in the Window	124
19	Harry's Seafood Bar and Grille: Catalina's Still Here	128
20	The Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind: The Little Boy with Blond Hair	133
21	Huguenot Cemetery: St. Augustine's Most Haunted Graveyard	137
22	The Old Jail: Dexter	142
23	The St. Augustine Lighthouse: The Enchanted Lighthouse	145
	Afterthoughts	154
	Appendices
Appendix A	Tools of the Modern Ghost Hunter	158
Appendix B	Glossary and Terminology	165
Appendix C	Ghost Research Organizations	174
Appendix D	Ghost Tours	176
	Bibliography	180
	Index	185