St. Augustine's Lost Souls: a Smartphone Audio Ghost Tour

If you look to your right, you'll see the Huguenot Cemetery. Established in 1821, it would go on to be the final resting place of many yellow fever victims, including Little Elizabeth...

Welcome to the Old City Gates. Now, concerning the supernatural, there are said to be many different types of portals or doorways to the other side. With that in mind, and the fact that St. Augustine is the oldest, and most haunted, city in America, I can’t think of a better start to our ghostly tour than this...

If you look to your right, you'll see the Tolomato Cemetery I mentioned earlier. Now I know the Huguenot Cemetery is considered the most haunted in St. Augustine, but don’t discount this one just yet. You see, the Tolomato Cemetery is actually the oldest planned cemetery in America...

RANDOLPH'S CASA DE SUENOS. if you look right, you’ll find a quaint, spanish-style building on the corner of Cordova Street and Saragossa Street. This is the Casa de Sueños Inn, and although the inn opened in 1998, the actual building was constructed in 1904 as a private residence. Since its completion, it has seen a number of different owners

HEARTBREAK AT SCARLETT O'HARA'S.We’ll be turning left up ahead onto Hypolita Street, another one way brick road. In doing so, you’ll pass our next stop, which is the old, wooden building on the corner. Technically speaking, it’s actually two buildings joined together...

BOOTLEGGING AT CASABLANCA. This inn was built in 1914 and was originally known as the Matanzas Hotel as well as the Bayfront Boarding House. The Spanish name Matanza comes from the river & bay alongside the ocean, and is a creepy omen considering..

CATALINA & BRIDGETTE. If you look to your left, you’ll see a bright red building with an old stone wall. As of 2022, the building is home to Harry’s Seafood Bar & Grille, and although the restaurant opened in 1987, the building itself was constructed in the mid-1700’s...

THE GHOST OF HENRY FLAGLER. If you look to your right, you’ll see that you’re now walking the length of the Flagler College campus. Like almost every college or university, Flagler has its fair share of urban legends and ghost stories, but in this case, most of them stem from before the college existed...

THE LOST SOULS OF FLAGLER COLLEGE. Just ahead you'll see the entrance to Flagler College, along with a statue of Mr Flagler himself. Now I’ve already mentioned the lingering spirit of Mr Flagler, but there are a couple more lost souls at Flagler College...

A PAIR OF PARANORMAL INNS. If you look across the street to your left, you’ll see three small inns in a row. First, look for the cream colored building, with a blue trim, and a sign outside that says Penny Farthing Inn. This bed & breakfast was built in 1893..

THE LOST LOVERS OF ST FRANCIS INN. Coming up on your left is an old, white building on the corner of St. George Street and St. Francis street. As the sign outside suggests, this is the St. Francis Inn and is actually the oldest inn in St. Augustine. Built in 1791, in the second Spanish colonial period, the house was constructed not only as a home, but also as a sort of fortress..

THE UNKNOWN SPIRIT OF THE GONZALEZ-ALVAREZ HOUSE. To your left, you’ll see a long white house, with green doors and shutters. Now, since this is the oldest surviving Spanish colonial residence in the state, people know it as The Oldest House, but it’s officially called the González–Álvarez House. Built in 1723..

A PARTY FOR ONE AT THE MARIN HOUSE. If you look to your left, you'll see a large yellow two story building. While there has been a structure on this property dating back to 1788, the Bayfront Marin House didn’t exist as it is now until a little later. Originally, in the 1780’s, a man named Francisco Marin acquired the house and lot. However, it was in the late 1800’s..

MARGARET'S MANOR. If you take a look to your left, you’ll see a stone building with green trim that, as of 2021, is home to O.C. White’s Restaurant. Although this building has been around since 1790, it wasn’t always in this location...

THE AGUSTIN INN'S GRUMPY GHOST. If you look to your left, you'll see the Agustin Inn. This building was originally completed in 1904 as a two-story, Victorian home. In its time, this was just one of the many houses in St. Augustine built by wealthy businessman Bernard Masters. Fast-forward to 1994..

Now we come to the final stop on our tour, and believe me, it was well worth the wait. You’ll see the imposing Castillo de San Marcos in front of you, which is actually the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States...