Thread: Haunted Lighthouses

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Near and dear to my heart are tales of haunted lighthouses. I have several in the area near my home, and put up a page about them if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Haunted Lighthouses of Midcoast Maine.

Does anyone have any stories to share about lighthouses?

Originally Posted by michigal

Near and dear to my heart are tales of haunted lighthouses. I have several in the area near my home, and put up a page about them if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Haunted Lighthouses of Midcoast Maine.

Does anyone have any stories to share about lighthouses?

Each and every time I have gone inside a lighthouse, I have felt like someone was following behind me (even though no one else was around)...maybe it's just because they're so historical but maybe it's something else...

I get the idea you live in FLorida, am I right? If so, you've got some of the most haunted lighthouses, esp. St. Augustine.
You know, some of the stories about lighthouses are terrifying, in what happened at them. It's no wonder you may have felt someone (thing) behind you.

Originally Posted by michigal

Near and dear to my heart are tales of haunted lighthouses. I have several in the area near my home, and put up a page about them if anyone is interested in seeing it.

Haunted Lighthouses of Midcoast Maine.

Does anyone have any stories to share about lighthouses?

Originally Posted by michigal

I get the idea you live in FLorida, am I right? If so, you've got some of the most haunted lighthouses, esp. St. Augustine.
You know, some of the stories about lighthouses are terrifying, in what happened at them. It's no wonder you may have felt someone (thing) behind you.

Yeah, I live in Florida (unfortunately). You have peaked my interest now, so feel free to expound on the terrifying stories about some of the lighthouses down here...

I live IN St. Augustine and just about everything around here is haunted. You should have seen the lightkeeper's house in front of our lighthouse in its burned down condition- it was only renovated a few years back. Talk about creepy! I even went to elementary school right next to that lighthouse!

My mom got to meet the Ghost Hunter guys when they were down here filming too. Hopefully they'll get to do a follow-up episode soon.

That's cool, Greencapt. It's said St. Augustine is the most haunted city in the US. Legend has it there are 13 pirates that were executed there, and buried near the lighthouse. The lighthouse itself supposedly has three or four different ghosts. Although one discrepancy I've read about (several places) has only two kids drowning. According to the lighthouse itself, three children died.

13 pirates were executed there?!?! Well no wonder that lighthouse (and the whole town, for that matter) felt so strange to me...

Ghosthunters from Sci Fi went to the lighthouse in St Augustine-it was the best episode of all episodes-so spooky! I love stories about haunted lighthouses.

Not haunted, because it was destroyed, but another story from Florida is in the keys (Sand Key and Key West). Both lighthouses were kept by women, who had been appointed by the Lighthouse Board after their husbands had died (Rebecca Flaherty at Sand Key and Barbara Mabrity at Old Key West). They kind of watched out for each other, as they could see each other's light from their respective tower.
In October of 1846, a fierce hurricane hit the Keys. Flaherty and her five children sought refuge in the tower, which she thought was stronger than her house. Mabrity and her eight children did the same, along with some other residents of the Key. As Mabrity came down the stairs after lighting the lamps, the staircase collapsed, as did the tower, and killed everyone but one of her children and herself. After the storm, she checked to to see if the Sand Key Light was still there; it wasn't, the tower, house, and Flaherty and her children had been washed out to sea.

This thread is getting quite interesting...