Be afraid. Be very afraid: The most haunted places around Palm Beach County

Do you ever get an eerie feeling while visiting certain places in our county? You're not alone. From a haunted pub to a ghostly girl roaming a hotel, come with us as we explore the many haunts around Palm Beach County.

Riddle House

Located in Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds, the Riddle House is said to be full of ghosts.

In the early 1900s, it was the home of the gatekeeper for a cemetery in West Palm Beach. Years later, it was moved to become part of the village. After the move, workers swore that their tools were mysteriously moved, and one man claimed a tool hit someone in the head.

Visitors have seen a boy playing in a bedroom and a woman getting ready for bed, according to reports.

Yesteryear Village at the South Florida Fairgrounds: 9067 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach

More spooky stories: Tales from the crypts at Woodlawn Cemetery

Blue Anchor Pub

This Delray Beach pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of Bertha Starkey, a British woman gruesomely stabbed to death by a jealous husband at a pub in 19th-century London.

Her ghost haunted the original pub, built on Chancery Lane in 1865, until the owners tore it down. The facade and interior of the bar was moved to Delray Beach from London in the 1990s.

Over the years, longtime employees have seen and heard strange and unexplainable things.

Blue Anchor Pub: 804 E Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach

Lake Worth Playhouse

The ghost of Lucian Oakley, the theater’s co-founder and a suicide victim, is said to have been seen in mirrors, moved heavy objects, and left a giant hand print on walls of the Lake Worth Playhouse.

Lake Worth Playhouse: 713 Lake Ave., Lake Worth

The haunted Colony Hotel

Built in 1926, this hotel located in Delray Beach, is said to be haunted by its early owners. Visitors have reported seeing shadows, lights that pulse and hearing unexplainable sounds.

Colony Hotel: 525 E Atlantic Ave., Delray Beach

The haunted Gulfstream Hotel

Located in Lake Worth, this historic 1920s hotel is said to be haunted by the ghost of a 6-year-old girl. When the hotel opened, she allegedly turned on TVs, made lights flicker and played around with the elevators.

The hotel has been closed for years and a developer has promised to give it $70 million face-lift.

Read more: How Gulfstream Hotel's new developers plan to win over Lake Worth Beach residents

Gulfstream Hotel: 1 Lake Ave., Lake Worth

Palm Beach

If you thought only the rich inhabit the island, you may be wrong. It is said Palm Beach is thriving with other residents: ghosts! Read about the eerie phenomena here:

“From coral cut to Worth Avenue, ghost stories alive in Palm Beach”

Jonathan Dickinson State Park (Martin County)

Nicknamed the “Wildman of Loxahatchee,” Vince “Trapper” Nelson is the identity of the ghost said to roam Jonathan Dickinson State Park. After moving to the area in the 1930s, Trapper eventually accumulated 858 acres of land along the Loxahatchee River. In 1968, Trapper was found dead from a shotgun wound. A coroner declared it a suicide, but some who knew of his run-ins with the locals believed he was murdered. After his death, the state acquired his land and it became part of Jonathan Dickinson State Park in 1970.

Visitors can canoe along the Loxahatchee River to tour his cabins, docks, chickee huts.

Jonathan Dickinson State Park: 16450 SE Federal Highway, Hobe Sound

The Palm Beach Post archives and hauntedplaces.org contributed to this list.

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