Haunted Florida: Places, Stories, Road Trips & Guides
Explore 4 Haunted Backroads field guides tied to Florida, including documented dark history, carefully labeled folklore, road trips and current visitor context.
Stories & field notes
The Pittee Girls of St. Augustine Lighthouse: The Tragedy Beneath the Ghost Story
The St. Augustine Lighthouse’s best-known ghost story began with a documented 1873 construction accident. The real lives behind the legend make the story far more haunting than a simple paranormal tale.
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Robert the Doll: How a Key West Toy Became an Object People Still Apologize To
Robert is not a doll that disappeared into folklore after his owner died. He sits in a Key West museum receiving visitors—and, famously, apology letters from people who believe they treated him badly.
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Pensacola Lighthouse: War, Hurricanes, Lightning and the Ghost Stories at the Top of 177 Steps
Pensacola Lighthouse has survived Civil War fire, hurricanes, lightning strikes and an earthquake. Its modern haunted reputation grew on top of a maritime history that was already dramatic enough.
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Castillo de San Marcos: The Stone Fort That Became a Prison for People Taken Far From Home
St. Augustine’s famous coquina fort survived sieges and changing empires, then entered some of its darkest years as Fort Marion, where Seminole, Plains and Apache prisoners were confined by the United States.
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