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Haunted Key West

The Haunted La Concha Hotel

La Concha Hotel sits right on Duval Street, and is just around the corner from famous Key West landmarks like Mallory Square, the Hemingway House, and the Key West Aquarium. Built in 1926, the hotel is a bonafide part of Key West history, and its ha ...

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View Article - Carl Tanzler & The Corpse Bride
Haunted Key West

Carl Tanzler & The Corpse Bride

Who doesn’t love a good love story? Except, we tend to fall in love with someone while they’re still alive. Not Carl Tanzler. Carl, also known as Count von Cosel, took his obsession with the beautiful Elena de Hoyos way too far. The German-born ...

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View Article - Carysfort Reef Lighthouse – Seminoles, sharks, and Ghosts.
Casa Antigua

Carysfort Reef Lighthouse – Seminoles, sharks, and Ghosts.

The Garysfort Reef Lighthouse"That's the Garysfort Reef lighthouse...""That's a cork swaying in the water...""That too, but also a lighthouse. Speaking of corks...""You're drunk, Johnny... You're seeing ghosts..."When as a whole, ...

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View Article - The Ghosts Of Fort Taylor
The Ghosts Of Fort Taylor

The Ghosts Of Fort Taylor

It's not all tiki-bars, scantily clad people and parties in Key West... well, it's mostly that, with a pinch of Hemingway and a whole lot of Jimmy Buffet. Sure there's the Sunset Celebration; sure there's Fantasy Fest, sure there's the inherent wack ...

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View Article - Fort Jefferson in The Dry Tortugas – ghost, goblins and assassins in paradise.
Fort Jefferson in The Dry Tortugas

Fort Jefferson in The Dry Tortugas – ghost, goblins and assassins in paradise.

The Dry Tortugas, just a stone’s throw away from Key West and Fidel’s less that prosperous economic wonderland is one of the hidden gems of American history. As a proud Floridian, and even prouder American, I can’t help but bump folks over the ...

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View Article - The Lusca – Monsters of the Deep
Sinister Waters

The Lusca – Monsters of the Deep

In Caribbean mythology, the lusca or luska is the term given to one of the most feared sea monsters in the region. A deadly creature that prowls the deep and feeds on the unsuspecting. A being or a pod of beings that scour the Gulf eating up all in ...

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View Article - The Conch Republic A Tale Of The Underdog Winning
Conch Republic

The Conch Republic A Tale Of The Underdog Winning

Only in Florida, and more to the point, only in Key West could something like this have happened. The Conch Republic, the nation within the nation that made a fool out of the Navy, the government, and proved once more that liquid courage isn’t onl ...

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View Article - Captain Tony, The Legend, The Life of Key West
Captain Tony's Saloon

Captain Tony, The Legend, The Life of Key West

Tony Tarracino, (August 10, 1916 – November 1, 2008) more commonly called Captain Tony was a legend. PERIOD. Let’s end the article there. As an addendum just place the word EPIC whenever you say his name. In other words, he was an epic lege ...

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View Article - Robert The Doll and The Uncanny Valley
Robert Doll

Robert The Doll and The Uncanny Valley

Robert The Doll, Our Fear of Chucky & The Uncanny ValleyIn the realm of psychology, there is a condition/inherent natural psychosis/ concept/hypothesis- one that’s ubiquitous to most humans - called the “Uncanny Valley” phenomenon. You ...

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View Article - Top ten haunted spots in Florida
Casa Antigua

Top ten haunted spots in Florida

Florida is weird. It is a ramshackle state that has been pieced together into one of the country’s most fascinating regions in less than a century and a half. A place full of passion, artists, movements, poets, musicians, politicians, cognitive sc ...

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