Haunted Locations

Warning: Some of the places listed are private locations that requires permission to visit or investigate. Most of the places listed are patrolled by authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.

Bartow, Florida

-OLD COURTHOUSE-The old courthouse is now the Polk County Museum, but the ghosts of the old courthouse still haunt. Four ghosts haunt the museum, the first and probably oldest is of the Mann brothers lynched by a mob for killing Marshall Silas Campbell. Their bodies were put on display on the second floor in 1886. Their apparitions have been seen there several times in the same spot were the bodies were displayed. Screams have been heard coming from the basement by staff and visitors, which is the location of where a worker was killed in a boiler room explosion. The courthouse is also haunted by the lady in white who's been seen fairly often lingering around the second floor restrooms

Bartow, Florida

-Stanford Inn Bed & Breakfast- This bed & breakfast is interesting for several reasons; first it is haunted and second the movie "My Girl" was filmed there in 1991. It is reportedly haunted by the original inn owner. The footsteps of Lee are still heard along with doors opening and closing on their own by visitors to this beautiful inn.

Fort Meade, Florida

-County Line Road- Located near Heard Bridge Road near Mount Pisgah Road is a nice quiet country place for a Sunday drive, but In the 1950's & 1960's mysterious ghost lights were seen at dusk and some say they still can be seen on dark nights.

Fort Meade, Florida

-James Reid House- Was built between the years of 1899 to 1914 and was featured in the HBO movie "Judgement" in 1990. The reports of objects being thrown, electronics turning off and on, apparitions and footsteps have been seen and heard by visitors.

Lakeland, Florida

-Florida Southern College- Is a school were alot of suicides have occurred in the freshman women's dorm. They also have underground tunnels that are unable to be opened by all who have tried. There are reports from the cleaning staff who have been touched and the breath of someone who is no longer there are felt. They now refuse to clean except during the day.