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Ghost
Tours of St. Augustine was developed in 1994 by Sandy Craig,
a native resident of St. Augustine. Sandy's heritage roots
go back 400 years in St. Augustine, to the first Spanish
settlers who arrived in this ancient city. She is of Minorcan
descent, a cultural group of people migrated from Minorca,
Spain who still inhabit St. Augustine. Maybe this explains
her interest with the old spirits of St. Augustine. She's
been know to say, "When I pass away, I want to stay
here like everyone else and have people tell fascinating
stories about why I just can't leave this wonderful city."
"A Ghostly Experience" walking tour had its beginnings
in 1994 when Sandy, owner of Tour
Saint Augustine, Inc., decided school groups staying
overnight needed a fun, educational activity in the evenings.
She met with local writer and historican Karen Harvey and
developed a tour based on legends of ghosts and other strange
experiences that occurred right here in St. Augustine. She
guided groups of school children along narrow brick lined
streets at night searching for the supernatural. As you
can imagine, "A Ghostly Experience" was a huge
success, and due to popular demand, the tour was expanded
to include the public.
Ghost Tours of St. Augustine now employs over 20 professional
storytellers, and continues to add more and more ghostly
tales to the tour. All of our stories are researched through
records from historical libraries, church documents, personal
diaries and personal interview. Nothing is made up, and
no artificial special effects are used during the tour.
If you see something while out there, you'll know it's real!
This award winning tour, recently voted #1 Guided Tour in
Florida by the readers of Florida Living Magazine and is
featured on the Discovery and Travel Channels, is held every
night of the year, including all holidays, and we also have
other seasonal and private tours available. "A Ghostly
Experience" is now available in book, CD, cassette
tape, and our newly released video tape. All of these can
be ordered on line.

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