Prepare yourself for a Frightseeing Adventure like none other!

After purchasing our tickets, while awaiting the start of the ghost tour, we enjoyed examining the creepy exhibits in Cromwell’s Parlour of Paranormal Curiosities.

From the moment our Conductress, Marilyn, called, “All Aboard!” to when we took our leave, our group of friends had a frightfully grand time.

Never mind that it was a cold January night and the city was beautifully illuminated with the Nights of Lights, in our hearts it was All Hallow’s Eve and spooky spirits were around!

Marilyn covered a few safety rules. Keep your arms inside the trolly. Hold on to your camera. And no smoking … “Unless you’re Smokin’ Hot! Then you come see Marilyn! Umm hmm!”

Marilyn’s tales - true and truly unnerving - gave us a look into St. Augustine’s tumultuous past.

We wondered about the secrets the Tolomoto Cemetery may yet hide as we learned of and searched for the apparition that may be seen playing on the sacred grounds after dark. Could this be the spirit of five-year old James or perhaps the Ghost Bride, still waiting to meet her groom at the altar.

There’s the Old Drug Store. Unexplained cold spots, noises, and shadows moving without any other movements or changes in lighting are a few of the hundreds of documented supernatural occurrences.

We spent some time outside the Old Jailhouse, which long (2891-1953) housed the most hardened, violent and infamous of criminals. And where executions were conducted. The company that built Alcatraz in San Francisco was contracted to construct this prison. I wondered about the possibly staged flickering lights inside. My friend Alex said that those lights are actually from people touring that building (but not part of this tour).

Gasp! Is that Elizabeth at the old City Gates? She was a child victim of the yellow fever epidemic, and may be seen waving to passersby.

A good time was had by all!