Ancient City Hauntings: More Ghosts of St. Augustine

By Dave Lapham

Book Overview

St. Augustine is Americas oldest city-and perhaps its most haunted. David Lapham's first volume, Ghosts of St. Augustine, has proven very popular. Enjoy another twenty-five hair-raising stories from the ethereal shadows of the Ancient City's murky past. Why is St. Augustine so ghost-ridden, so filled with spirits? Since the release of Ghosts of St. Augustine, the Ancient City has been the subject of numerous television documentaries and paranormal investigations. Ghost tours have burgeoned. Few have been disappointed in their quests for supernatural experiences. Come walk again with Dave Lapham through the dark, enduring streets of St. Augustine and shiver in the ice-cold pockets of air that smother you in the black of night. Listen to the gentle lapping of the water along the bay front and the distant murmurs of French sailors being slaughtered on the river. Come visit the Oldest House, the Old Jail, Ripleys, the Oldest School House, and all the many haunted B&Bs and other establishments that harbor wandering souls and spirits from ancient times. Chill to the ghosts you'll find in the Pumpkin Church, the Casa de La Paz and Casa de Sue os. Meet the warriors of Moultrie Creek, the ghost of the old Spanish Washer Woman, and the ghosts of the Minorcans. You'll encounter dogs and demons, herbal creations, and even ghost magnets.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561643076
• ISBN13: 9781561643073
• Release Date: September 2004
• Publisher: Pineapple Press
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Loved It.

I love St. Augustine, so this was a really good book that I hardly wanted to put down.

once a skeptic

I have friends that live in Florida(near Tampa)and I just visited them recently. My friend wanted to stay in St. Augustine ,so we decided to book 3 nights at The Kenwood Inn. You can go online and look at the rooms they have available. Very antiqued place. My friend had asked me to pick a room and she picked a room so she can reserve them. Ended up that those rooms were reserved. So the inn picked two rooms for us. I had asked my friend if she read up on this place. She didn't. The inn was built around 1865 and when I told her, I asked if it was haunted. She said no. I had bought this book a couple of months before we booked the B & B. 2 days before we left for Florida, I picked the book up and started to read it. 2 stories later, I was tired and decided to go to sleep. Something made me open to the contents and sure enough, The Kenwood Inn was listed. I read the story,heart pounding, knowing that I was staying in a haunted inn! I called my friend and told her it was haunted. She did not believe me and I started to read the story. Ends up that the inn is haunted by a couple of spirits. One most known is a women named Lavender. She likes to take a nap in room #7. And the other famous spirit is Raymond who likes to hang around in room #14. If you take your comforter off at night, you wake up finding the comforter back on you and tucked in. I asked my friend which rooms we had. She looked at the brochure and SHE HAD ROOM 14 AND I HAD ROOM 7!!! First day we arrived, very beautiful place, wonderful hospitality, we decided to walk around town and check out all the (Wonderful) restaurants and village stores. Our inn had Wine time at 5pm every day, so we decided to go back and join in. After we poured our glasses, our husbands stayed downstairs and my friend and I took a tour around the inn. You were able to look in the rooms that were not occupied. We went to my room first and I took pictures with my digital camera and then we went to her room. I started to take some random pictures of her room. I was facing her bed and took a picture of it, on her bed were three throw pillows in a diamond shape, in a row. My friend was trying to take a picture but was having problems with her digital. I tried to help get her camera to work. It was being very tempermental. I did not remember until later that spirits are attracted to electronics and Lavender was probably messing with us. Now, My friend and I were both facing her bed and looking down at her camera, when finally the camera started to work. When I looked up, I looked at the pillows and they were not in the same position!! I told my friend and she freaked because I had proof from the first picture I took of her bed. All the pillows were moved over to other side of the bed!! I guess that was Lavenders way of saying, Yes I am here and it's time for me to take my nap. I started to laugh, a very nervous laugh. I walked out into the hallway, still laughing and my friend, her arms and hands shaking trying to lock