1 Hour walking Ghoulish & Ghastly St. Pete Ghost Tour begins at The Lure

*This theatrical spine tingling 60-75 minute walking tour of the dark side of St Petersburg is not to be missed. Your tour guide will regale you stories that stagger the imagination.

* if tickets not available on Eventbrite call (727) 212-7200 or just show up at the beginning of the tour location":661 Central Avenue St. Petersburg, FL 33701, to pay with cash or card., Venmo, Zelle.

*The Tour starts in front of or next to The Lure restaurant 881 Central Avenue St Petersburg, FL 33701.

* Some tincture stops : The Emerald Bar during the tour, The Galley, Club 201 on Central and 2nd, (the end of the tour) (Although we are not responsible for any malfeasance that occurs.)

*Tips are appreciated for the tour guides, vomit bags available upon request, . private tours for any occasion during non scheduled tour dates (typically Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday).

* Tour duration is 60-75 minutes

*Wear comfortable shoes, this is not a pub crawl so libations must be brought or quickly consumed at key stops. Or carted via your own cloaking system.

Since the tour starts at around 6th street, you may want to park between 2nd Street and 5th Street to avoid the walk back.

*Dress up is always encouraged, no Frankenstein costumes please... DNR's will be observed

* We encourage interaction with other attendees, there was apparently a chance meeting of a couple resulting in a marriage from this tour in 2020, some blame it on a Covid delirium that brought them together

Tour Schedule

Friday October 28th at 8:00pm

Saturday October 29th at 8:00 PM

Sunday October 30th 2022

Monday October 31st (Halloween) 8:00pm

call (727) 212-7200 for questions

The Detroit Hotel downtown St Petersburg. This was one of many hotels Scare-face Al Capone stayed at. You will hear the recently discovered information on Al Capone's rendezvous's with his concubine... A Flapper Dancer from the State Theater also on Central Ave. Research done and compiled by Darhouey Effingham

Note the ghost with gun on 4th floor, 4th window from left, said to be Al Capone leveling a Gat on a foe ( zoom necessary)

St Petersburg YMCA was built as a haven for young Christian men after the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918 and home of the original "Body Chute" created by Mr Schuttes.is said to really be J.J. Holmes a notorious mass murderer who used housing structures to

She had a tradesmen build a “laundry chute”. In a 4th floor room and would let promising young boys stay there instead of the dormitory. As reward to them being team leaders and motivators to you get boys. In reality he selected the bullies staying there and would electrocute them and send them down the Body Chute to the basement... then into the furnace... her ghost can be seen today at certain times.

Lucretia La Tarantula pictured top row middle. Was from Liverpool England and ran the Windsor Rose Tea Room on Central Ave and 5th street. A Transsexual who received lackluster appreciation and would poison the men who chortled as she passed their table. She brewed up a special blend with Hemlock and Boysenberry Tea, she was quoted as saying..." its to die for"

Ms Ong top row right, proprietor of the secretive Red Tiger an opium den ... popular in the late 19th Century to local politicians, constabulary and Physicians with a secret entrance in the Alley behind Central Avenue between 2nd & 3rd Avenues. The descendants of those who imbibed at the Red Tiger are being extorted to this day to save the reputations of their ancestors. The F.B.I. is actively working this "off book" case as we speak. Any information as to the location of the blackmailers can be directed to the Tampa F.B.I. field office

Koogie was created circa 1888 allegedly by Elias Disney then a carpenter in Acron Florida he married Ms. Flora Call in Kismit Florida and had there honeymoon at the Lakeside Inn in Mount Dora Florida Koogie was given to his son Walt on his 5th birthday, in 1906 thus beginning Walt's long standing fascination with animatronics which was the impetus that led to the creation of Disney World. Ironically Elias’s home and honeymoon locations were 50 miles north of Disneyworld. {researched by Darhouey Effingham and Dieter Torquemada} It is said that the original doll in hidden inside a wall at th Detroit Hotel, now a private residence.

Jack Kerouac, Icon of the Beat Generation, lived his last 3 years in St Petersburg and Died at St Anthony's Hospital, His apparition can be seen by the Emerald Bar, Mastry's and the alley behind the Williams Park hotel where he stayed after getting royalty checks and went on week long benders. It was on this alley he got injured and later died at St Anthony’s hospital. More details on the ghost walk

This Pre-Covid photophosphorous encapsulation shows a guide regaling the group the story behind Al Capone's facial scar. Al Capone stayed at the Detroit Hotel when visiting St Petersburg and had his concubine, a Flapper Dance from the State Theater stay with him one fateful night that led to some malfeasance. Hear the real reason Scare face AL Capone got his nickname...

The pre wedding photograph of the soon to not be Mr & Mrs Turnbuckle. The soon to be Groom died from a piece of falling brick after a lightning strike at the Princess Martha Hotel. This sad story is chronicled by the "brick face ghost" seen around the hotel during lightning storms. (see above posting).

Agnes had a great love for flowers and insisted on a great amount at her wedding to have been held at Demen’s landing. Instead she got lots of flowers at her fiances funeral which was held on the day they were to be married. The Flower shop is still located in the Snell Building on 4th Street and Central Ave

The Bambino, Babe Ruth stayed at the Williams Park Hotel from time to time while down for Spring Training, that is when the Don Caesar was not under contract. HIs apparition can be evidenced by way of a slight waft of his cigar smoke in front of the Fireplace in the Lobby. We will perambulate through the lobby and summon his ghost subject to the police not being called by the desk clerk at the Williams Park Hotel.