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The               oldest               city               in               America,               St.

Augustine,               Florida               has               many               secrets.

In               this               particular               city               you               will               find               a               college               that               has               the               unfortunate               situation               of               being               haunted.

Flagler               College               is               one               of               those               haunted               places               that               for               those               who               encounter               it               seldom               view               it               the               same               afterwards.

Henry               Morrison               Flagler               was               an               oil               magnate               and               tycoon               of               the               late               1800's.

He               along               with               business               associate               John               D.

Rockefeller               made               a               fortune               with               oil               and               he               decided               to               retire               himself               to               Florida.

In               1885               he               returned               to               St.

Augustine,               Florida               intent               on               investing               in               hotels               there.

Here               he               built               the               centerpiece               of               his               property               in               the               Florida,               the               Ponce               de               Leon               Hotel.

This               hotel               as               well               as               several               other               historic               buildings               serves               as               the               campus               of               Flagler               College.
               There               are               reported               ghosts               in               this               college,               the               most               prominent               being               Henry               Flagler               himself.

Counted               along               the               ghostly               entities               are               one               of               his               wives,               a               mistress               and               at               least               two               guests.

These               various               individuals               died               in               varying               ways               in               varying               degrees               of               sanity.

Flagler               himself               had               an               fascination               with               death               and               the               beyond,               and               this               is               where               we               will               start               off.
               Henry               Flagler               was               a               railroad               and               oil               tycoon               that               moved               to               Florida               to               make               it               more               of               a               tourist               attraction               like               the               French               Riviera.

What               followed               was               him               trying               to               own               and               revolutionize               St.

Augustine.

He               built               most               of               the               buildings               that               consist               of               Flagler               College               and               is               reported               to               haunt               it               himself.
               The               story               is               as               follows.

Henry               Flagler               was               a               very               peculiar               man               he               had               his               own               set               of               beliefs               that               he               followed               religiously.

Every               room               in               the               Ponce               de               Leon               is               in               fact               different,               no               two               are               exactly               alike.

Also               it               is               reported               that               as               the               tilers               were               finishing               the               tile               in               the               main               hall               one               of               his               associates               made               the               innocent               comment               of               it               being               'perfect'.

In               response               Flagler               moved               a               tile               commenting               'only               God               is               perfect'.

It               is               with               this               tile               that               our               tale               begins.
               Upon               his               death               Flagler               requested               that               all               the               windows               and               doors               be               opened               to               allow               his               spirit               to               leave               for               the               afterlife.

During               his               funeral               a               wandering               janitor               of               his               closed               all               the               doors               and               windows,               the               opposite               of               what               was               stated               by               Flagler.

Suddenly               a               gust               of               wind               enters               the               auditorium,               Flagler's               spirit.

As               the               spirit               rushed               for               the               exit               to               beat               the               janitor               the               last               window               was               slammed               trapping               it               inside.

Bouncing               off               of               one               of               the               windows               the               spirit               landed               in               one               tile,               the               tile               stated               above.

Till               this               day               you               can               see               a               picture               of               Henry               Flaglers               face               in               that               tile.

In               the               late               60's               a               student               in               Flagler               College               invited               Henry               for               a               visit               in               his               room,               he               has               been               haunting               the               place               and               messing               with               students               ever               since.
               Flaglers               second               wife               Ida               Alice               Flagler               is               said               to               also               haunt               the               hotel.

Mrs.

Ida               was               not               the               most               mentally               stable               person.

Though               committed               to               a               sanatorium               she               did               not               gain               any               health               and               ranting               constantly               at               the               walls.

She               eventually               died               of               consumption,               which               is               an               older               name               for               modern               day               Tuberculosis               due               to               the               fact               that               it               consumes               its               victims.

Now               she               haunts               the               the               school               wandering               around               and               staring               at               the               many               paintings               past               and               present               as               well               as               the               beautiful               ceilings.

It               is               stated               that               she               knew               of               the               many               affairs               that               her               husband               ensnared               himself               in               and               this               drove               her               mad.

She               is               seen               at               times               staring               at               a               place               in               the               wall               where               a               large               painting               of               Flagler               himself               stood.

One               of               those               mistresses               also               died               and               haunts               in               the               hotel.
               The               mistress               usual               room               was               the               on               the               4th               floor               in               a               large               ornate               room               almost               completed               covered               in               mirrors.

This               room               was               in               fact               a               psychomantium,               a               room               designed               to               alter               ones               mood               but               also               to               contact               the               dead.

Upon               a               surprise               visit               by               Mrs.

Ida               Alice               Flagler,               Henry               in               a               bit               of               a               pickle               locked               her               in               the               room               to               keep               the               two               from               having               one               of               those               awkward               meetings.

Well               this               happened               so               much               and               so               often               the               poor               girl               started               to               slowly               go               mad               staring               at               herself               in               a               room               full               of               mirrors.

As               time               went               on               the               thoughts               turned               suicidal               and               eventually               she               hung               herself               from               a               chandelier               in               the               room.
               Fast               forward               to               today.

The               4th               floor               is               needed               for               space               and               is               currently               used               for               storing               sports               equipment.

But               it               used               to               house               students               that               had               to               be               moved               due               to               the               alleged               throwing               of               things               off               walls,               screams               heard               from               the               mirror               room               itself               and               also               other               frightening               ghostly               activity.
               The               two               guests               that               haunt               the               hotel               are               more               of               a               mystery               than               the               first               three               we               have               described.

One               is               a               women               in               blue               that               haunts               due               to               sadness.

Legend               has               it               that               she               was               a               mistress               of               someone               staying               at               the               hotel.

The               plan               was               for               the               man               to               divorce               his               wife               and               marry               her.

This               was               also               complicated               by               the               fact               she               was               also               pregnant.

When               her               love               refused               to               follow               through               his               plan               she               ran               up               the               stairs               crying,               tripped               on               her               dress               and               fell               and               broke               her               neck.
               The               other               ghost               is               actually               a               small               boy.

The               legends               vary               on               him               as               he               is               unknown               to               many.

There               are               two               stories,               one               is               he               died               in               the               hotel               due               to               some               disease               in               the               early               part               of               this               century.

Another               is               that               he               was               actually               a               relative               of               a               college               student               charged               to               watch               him.

He               fell               to               his               death               from               a               balcony               because               the               college               student               was               not.
               All               these               ghosts               can               be               seen               at               any               given               time               in               the               Ponce               de               Leon               Hotel               or               what               is               now               Flagler               College,               located               in               the               heart               of               St.

Augustine               Florida.
               Cited               Sources:
               Henry               Flagler               Article               
               Wikipedia.com               
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Flagler
               Flagler               College               Article               
               Wikipedia.com               
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagler_College
               St.

Augustine               Florida               Article               
               Wikipedia.com               
               http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._augustine_florida
               Ghostly               Legends               of               North               Florida               excerpts               
               Florida's               Ghostly               Legends               and               Haunted               Folklore:               North               Florida               and               St.

Augustine               
               By               Greg               Jenkins               
               http://books.google.com/books?id=KY3ta7poJvsC&pg=PA104&lpg=PA104&dq=ponce+de+leon+hotel+legends&source=bl&ots=9g3IZYAb8m&sig=ZlSam0EBWLW53pCEQN2uC4gOE9o&hl=en&ei=PxWUSsqrGcKLtgePxMFV&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#v=onepage&q=ponce%20de%20leon%20hotel%20legends&f=false






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