CLEWISTON INN
INVESTIGATION #1
6-27-28-2009
History
The Clewiston Inn was built by the U.S. Sugar Corporation (then called Southern Sugar) to host company executives and visiting dignitaries. The original inn was built in 1926, and after a fire destroyed it, the classical revival style structure was rebuilt in 1938. Paranormal Activity Room 255 In late October of 1994, inn employees realized they hadn't seen the tenant of Room #255, Mrs. Anita Conklin, a pleasant woman with a fondness for reading books, for several days which was unusual. Everyday her phone would ring the front desk, but no one was there when the desk clerk would answer. When they went to check on her, they found her dead in her bed, her left hand reaching for the phone. For months afterward, the phone in that room would somehow ring the front desk, even after the phone jack was removed. "lady in white". She has been seen brushing her hair, sitting on the end of the bed, and pacing back and forth looking out the window (drapes pull back) onto the street as if waiting for someone. Some guests have even reported her as climbing into bed with them. She is described as a young woman with up-swept hair dressed in a white dressing gown. She doesn't seem to be responsive to her environment and vanishes if she is recognized in any way. She seems oblivious to anyone else being in the room. activity. Almost nightly, pots and pans can be heard clanging and banging around after hours. The morning shift of employees often report the sound of jingling keys . Once the wine racks were moved in front of the coffee pots after a morning employee had just started them. She went to the front desk to report paranormal activity in the kitchen and when she returned with the desk clerk, they found the wine racks moved in front of the coffee makers which were still brewing. Others have reported the feeling of not being alone, main building) by hanging. SWFPI has received conflicting reports on this. Some say it was a female who committed suicide there. Others have reported that a car salesman/dealer hung or shot himself in the closet area of cottage #8. No matter which, there has been paranormal activity reported here by employees using this cottage. A rather large heavy mirror located in the entry way crashed to the floor when no one was near it. Items from the pantry would be thrown to the floor by unseen hands. Also, pet dogs of a chef staying there would stand outside the entryway and bark excitedly toward the bed of spare bedroom. Nothing could be seen there. EVIDENCE
The Clewiston Inn is located in downtown Clewiston, Florida. Billed as “America’s Sweetest Town,” Clewiston is in the heart of sugar cane country and is rich with history.
Today, the Clewiston Inn, registered as a National Historic Site, preserves its history and offers visitors an opportunity to step back in time with genuine Old Florida hospitality. For decades, the Clewiston Inn has been a popular vacation destination and a fashionable center for social activities.
Room 118
Room #118 reportedly has a permanent guest we refer to as the
Kitchen
The kitchen seems to be the most active as far as paranormal
Cottage #8
There was a suicide in cottage #8 (located in garden area behind
Other
There is another report of a suicide which occurred in Room #231,thought to be that of a male guest. This 2nd floor location has been reported by some of the Inn's employees as being cold or somewhat creepy.
RESEARCH CREDIT
Southwest Florida Paranormal Investigations
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LAKE WORTH PLAYHOUSE
INVESTIGATION #1
9-12-08
History
The Lake Worth Play- house occupies the former Oakley Theatre, the oldest building on the register of the Art Deco Society of Palm Beach County. It was constructed by Lucien and Clarence Oakley, two brothers who came to South Florida from Illinois on the wave of a movie mania sweeping the country in the early 1920s. Their dream was to build a movie palace and vaudeville house. Lucien Oakley who helped build the Lake Worth Playhouse and also died there may be haunting it still.
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Strange fogs have been reported, described as looking like individual strands of something moving within the fog. Appearing and disappearing. The mist seems to form in to something, very dense. You could see it moving all different directions. Noticeable temperature change, uneasy feelings, and feelings of felt like someone was right behind you are evident. Then it feels like whatever it this is trying to grab your arm
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HISTORY
The Ortona Cemetery is an
early 19th century graveyard in Hendry County, Florida. It is the
final resting place for some of Florida’s early settlers and soldiers of the
Civil and Seminole Wars (3).
Although the graveyard
itself is very old, the history of the land beneath it predates the cemetery by
several thousand years. It is located within the Ortona Canal System,
Archeological Experts claim that artifacts discovered in this area date as far
back as 1700 BC. Archeological Excavation and Research into these artifacts
continue in multiple sites in the Ortona Area, including the burial mounds
adjacent to the cemetery.
In 1926 The Ortona
Cemetery was dedicated to victims of a devastating hurricane which killed
hundreds. Upon excavation of the mass grave, it was discovered that the hole
had been dug into an Ancient Indian Burial Mound. The hurricane victims were
interred and comingled in the Indian remains.
Although interments
continue today at the Ortona Cemetery, no other burials have taken place in
that section of the cemetery. An historical marker is placed at the site of the
mass grave.
The care and maintenance
is charged to the Hendry County Board of Commissioners and is fairly well
maintained, however, many of the older headstones are worn and or missing and
many of the earlier records are incomplete.
Reports of Paranormal
Activity at the Ortona Cemetery include the Shadow form of an Indian and
children crying.
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CASTILLO DE SAN MARCOS
HISTORY
Battles & Sieges
The 300 years of the colonial era
(c. 1500-1800) were ones of constant warfare. As European countries vied with each other for the economic wealth in the ?New Worlds? they increasingly came into military conflict as well. Encounters starting in Europe, Africa, Asia or the Americas quickly escalated into international global warfare. The Castillo de San Marcos, though a remote outpost, weathered many attacks during these almost incessant colonial wars.
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Sounds like a small girl
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