Haunted Places in Sarasota County, Florida



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    Chart House

    Longboat Key, Florida

    This haunting is most often referenced as the "Old Ritz Carlton" haunting, but that's misleading, because there never was a Ritz-Carlton here. One was begun in the early 20th century but was never completed. During its initial construction, so the story goes, a worker's child fell down an ...

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    Ringling School of Art and Design

    Sarasota, Florida

    Once the "Bay Haven Hotel," the Keating Center building of Ringling School of Art and Design is believed to be the "haunt" of a young girl who hanged herself there years ago. She appears walking down the hallways of the building. Some art students say she swishes their ...

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    Timber Chase Apartments

    Sarasota, Florida

    Supposedly the site of a 1992 stabbing murder, the ghost of the young female victim is said to still haunt the premises.

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    Ringling Towers

    Nokomis, Florida

    No longer around (it was demolished in 1998), this old-school monster of a hotel was left to rot for many, many years in downtown Sarasota. It was a popular haunt for ghost hunters, who swore there were evil presences residing there.

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    Pelican Alley Restaurant

    Nokomis, Florida

    This restaurant is said to be haunted by an earlier owner. Footsteps are heard late at night, doors open and close on their own and objects move without anyone touching them.

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    The Hermitage

    Englewood, Florida

    This home, built around 1900, was a former nudist colony--but don't worry, we aren't dealing with a naked ghost here. Rumor has it that original builder, Swedish immigrant Carl Johanson, had a mother who was a healer. The mother used folk remedies and a mystical holy lead. When she passed ...

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    Belle Haven Inn

    Sarasota, Florida

    Orbs and full body apparitions have been reported here. One report says that flashes (on cameras) routinely fail while investigating this location.