Haunted Happenings: Florida's Best Ghost Tours

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With Halloween right around the corner, here are some great ways to add some chills to the cool October nights around the state. Scary stories (and a little history) are guaranteed, though ghost sightings may be a bit unpredictable.

• Walk or hitch a ride on a trolley with Ghost Tours of St. Augustine to explore the oldest city's haunts. Cemeteries, historic inns and the old jail promise otherworldly tales that span five centuries.

• Amelia Island's town of Fernandina Beach has been under the rule of eight different regimes spanning back to the 1500s, leaving many restless spirits and haunted locales for guests of Amelia Island Ghost Tours to soak in.

• On a lantern-lit walk through the streets of the Conch Republic, the hosts of the Original Ghost Tours of Key West tell hair-raising tales about Robert the Haunted Doll and some of the cutthroat characters that have inhabited the island — and might still!

• Explore the dark side of one of the state's wealthiest cities with Ghost Tours of Palm Beach. Does Henry Flagler still walk the city he helped create? Are there such things as snowbird ghosts? Answers (and more questions) await.

• There's no place like the state capital for tales of scandal, scoundrels and dubious characters. Walk downtown Tallahassee with Historic Ghost Tours to hear unforgettable stories of wickedness and betrayal.

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