Cedar Key
There are a lot of presences here—almost every business in town has more than one ghost. Some are from the Seminole War.
The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
The crossroads where the paranormal and history meet.
There are a lot of presences here—almost every business in town has more than one ghost. Some are from the Seminole War.
The home was originally owned by the Townsend family. The house was used as a base for the British during the Revolutionary War. John Andre was a British Major during the war and visited often. One day Townsend’s daughter overheard Andre and John Simcoe (Commander of British Forces) talking about a payment to Benedict Arnold […]
There are rumors that if you go to the Bethel Cemetery in Hymera at night and go up to the Nathan Hinkle grave and monument (a local soldier of the Revolutionary War that died in the war) and walk around the monument 3 times and say “Nathan Hinkle”, “Nathan Hinkle”, “Nathan Hinkle”, he will answer […]
The barn has since burnt down and been rebuilt but the apparition remains. During the Civil War a family was murdered by the Union for being Confederate Sympathizers. The women and children were thrown in the old cistern, the slave was hanged in the barn and the father was dragged to death in the valley […]
The second bridge on Old 94 highway is hard to find, but does exist. Local rumor has it that during the Civil War, an entire family of white abolitionists were hung on the bridge, including their young twin son and daughter, who were no more than 7 or 8. Sounds of screaming can be heard, […]
Built in 1840 as a Methodist High School and it also served as a hospital for Union forces during the Civil War. The Academy was purchased by Catholic nuns in 1877 and became a girl’s school until it closed in 1971. This beautiful Academy is now a Bed and Breakfast and an antique store. Pictures […]