Haunted Houses & Some Spooky Locales

Have you ever been in a house or place and gotten creeped out for what seems like no reason? A cold breeze without wind or just an eerie feeling you can't shake. Growing up in New England, Connecticut I am no stranger to a haunted houses. I remember my parents house hunting when I was 6 in a stately Victorian house from the early 1900s and my being so strung out, crying until we left it. Where shortly after Mr. Stamp my parents' Realtor disclosed the house was allegedly haunted. Clearly the experience was memorable many, many, many years later.  
But how can you determined if your house is haunted? 

Notable signs a place might be haunted: 



You hear heavy footsteps in the upstairs hallway when you know no one is up there. Doors slam without explanation. Commonly used items disappear and reappear without cause. Lights that turn on and off themselves with no reason. There's the unmistakable scent of a strange perfume in the air.  Unexplained shadows - the sighting of fleeting shapes and shadows, usually seen out of the corner of the eye. Strange animal behavior - a dog, cat or other pet behaves strangely. Dogs may bark at something unseen, cower without apparent reason or refuse to enter a room they normally do with no reservation. 

Other symptoms include: 

Feelings of being touched - the feeling of being watched is one thing, and actually feeling like you are being touched is quite another. Some people feel something brush past them, something touching their hair or "a hand" on the shoulder. Some feel a gentle poke, push or nudges.

Cries and whispers on occasion, muffled voices, whispering and crying can be heard. Sometimes it's music from some unknown source. People hear their names being said. This phenomenon, as is true for the one above, gains more credibility if more than one person hears or sees the same thing at the same time.

Cold or hot spots, cold spots are classic haunting symptoms, but any instance of a noticeable variance in temperature without a distinct cause could be evidence.

These may be indications that your house is haunted. True hauntings are rare occurrences, and it may be difficult to determine whether or not any strange phenomena you are experiencing in your home is a haunting or an explainable scientific occurrence.

What would Halloween be without a little local lure about some places you may frequent or pass by and say hmmm. I wonder if it's haunted?

Some Local Places Rumored to be haunted: 

Flagler Mansion on Palm Beach - There is said to be ghosts all throughout the many rooms of the Henry Flagler Museum and mansion. 

Palm Beach Island - Is often called the witches road, numerous reports of peoples electronics in there cars messing up while on this road 

The Blue Anchor in Delray Beach was named “Florida’s Most Haunted Pub” by the Travel Channel in 2004, the Blue Anchor’s history is rooted in England and dates back to 1864, in the days of Jack the Ripper. In 1996, the whole of the outside of the pub with its beautiful, dark oak doors and distinctive stained glass windows was moved to Atlantic Avenue in Delray Beach. Also making the trek across the ocean? The spirit of a young woman named Bertha Starkey who was stabbed to death at the bar over 100 years ago by her jealous husband. The eerie sounds of footsteps in the ceiling late at night or the sudden shattering of a half-inch thick reinforced glass shelf behind the bar on the anniversary of Bertha’s gruesome demise? Check out it for yourself if you dare.

Florida Atlantic University, Humanities Building in Boca Raton has a rumored ghost that has been spotted by employees on night shifts. She was seen at the top of the amphitheatre crying, when approached, she vanished. When locking building up at night, one person started on the third floor, checking & locking all the classroom doors. When he got to the second floor, he radioed in that there was someone on the third floor running through the halls slamming the doors. He and another unit went to the third floors from opposite ends and found all the doors locked, nothing out of place, and no one in the building. 

The Boca Raton Inlet - During cold nights warm spots felt though an area and 
sometimes appear during cloudy nights. A young lady was said to be buried in this Park. No body was ever found. Also an image of a person sometimes seen through out the park. the ! park being searched nobody would be there. 

Fort Lauderdale - Las Olas - Riverwalk - Oldest hotel in Ft. Lauderdale, supposedly been there since the early 1900(s) and was recently made in the last thirty years a Museum. Been known to be the most active around the hours of late, between 11:00pm and 3:00am. Countless spirits haunt the establishment, as most popular apparitions making appearances seem to be; a man seemingly in his mid-40's wearing a duster pacing the downstairs area. A younger man, whom is in no terms of the word 'shy' as he will in static motion creepily advance to the front door, press palm and face against the glass and scare the passerby if they're caught staring and a little girl with shoulder-length curly hair, wearing a ruffled dress around the ages of 5-7, looking sullenly out the window. Several more can be seen upstairs as well as looming in the hallways, nevertheless, their presence is very clear and realistic like. Some cold spots and overwhelming energies, though experiences vary with the person.

Happy Haunting & have a Happy Halloween,

*Warning
Any places listed requires permission to visit or investigate. Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.