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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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