Northeast Florida is a popular destination for ghost hunters.
With St. Augustine being the oldest city in America, rumors of hauntings and apparitions run rampant throughout the area.
Jacksonville, being less than an hour from historic St. Augustine, is not immune from these legends either.
Let’s take a look at five places in Jacksonville that are rumored to be haunted – and the reasoning behind their hauntings.
Pete’s Bar is known for being the “oldest bar in Jacksonville.” Indeed, it owns the very first liquor license in post-Prohibition Duval County’s history.
It’s also attracted some big-name authors over the years, with John Grisham even name-dropping it in one of his novels.
Also, it’s apparently haunted.
In an interview with the Times-Union, local ghost hunter Steve Christian claimed that he once saw a transparent disembodied head floating in Pete’s Bar. He ranks the place as number four on his list of the twelve most haunted areas in Northeast Florida.
So next time you’re grabbing a drink at Pete’s, take a look around. Or maybe don’t..?
