>>>
>>> TAMPA
>>> TAMPA HAS 4@A SPOOKY SIDE A JUST-IN-TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.4@
>> TO LIKE HAUNTED HOUSES?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> I'M 4@NOT A FAN.
ERIC GLASSER TAKING YOU ON A
TOUR.
TOUR.
TOUR. HE
TOUR. HE SHOWS YOU WHY 4@IN SOME CASE
CAMPUS REAL-LIFE HISTORY IS
MORE UNNERVING THAN ITS 4@
FRIGHTENING FOLKTALE.4@
FRIGHTENING FOLKTALE.4@ >> Reporter: YOU HAVE TO FIGURE
A CITY KNOWN FOR ITS SKULL AND
CROSS BONES --
>> WE ARE GOING TO HIT 4@A FEW
SPOTS ALONG THE WAY THAT ARE
HAUNTED.
HAUNTED.
HAUNTED. >> Reporter: IT IS BOUND TO
HAVE A HAUNTED HISTORY WHICH IS
WHY VISITORS AND LOCALS ALIKE
SEEM TO GRAVITATE 4@TOWARD THE
CAMPUS CITY GHOST TOUR.
>> I REALLY BELIEVE THERE 4@ARE
GHOSTS AND THAT ENERGIES ARE
OUT THERE.
OUT THERE. >> Reporter: A LOT OF PEOPLE 4@
ARE SKEPTICAL ABOUT PARANORMAL
THINGS.
THINGS.
THINGS. A
THINGS. A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE THE TOUR
TO TEST THOSE WATERS.
THE TWO HOUR OUTING TAKES THOSE
WHO DARE TO SOME 4@OF THE CITIE
OLDEST DOWNRIGHT DARKEST 4@
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. >> THE BODY COUNT RISES ALONG
THE WAY. 4@
>> Reporter: ARMED WITH
SPECTROMETERS AND PLASMA METERS
THE TOUR IS AS 4@MUCH A HISTORY
LESSON AS THEY GO STORY.4@
>> IT WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME
KNOWN AS THE ANGEL OF MERCY OF @
YBOR.
YBOR.
YBOR. >>
YBOR. >> Reporter: A WAY TO GET
ACQUAINTED WITH THE SIDE OF
TAMPA BAY.
TAMPA BAY. SPOOKY SPOT 4@LIKE YBOR'S CUBAN
CLUB POSSESSED BY A WOMAN IN
WHITE WHO JUMPED 4@FROM A
BALCONY.
BALCONY.
BALCONY. A JILTED ACTOR 4@WHO HANGED
HIMSELF BEHIND STAGE.
AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD4@ BOY DROWNED
IN THE CLUBS INDOOR POOL.
>> THAT PLUS THE OTHER 300
SPIRITS IN THAT BUILDING ARE 4@
ENOUGH TO PROCLAIM THAT BUILDING
THE FOURTH MOST HAUNTED IN THE
COUNTRY.4@
COUNTRY.4@ >> THERE IS 4@NO SHORTAGE OF
FODDER FOR THESE GHOST STORIES.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS REALLY
SCARY SAYS RODNEY IS 4@TAMPA HA
A PRETTY PETRIFYING PAST
WITHOUT ALL THE HORROR HYPE,
SPIRITS SET TO HUNT TO LOCAL
THEATERS.
THEATERS.
THEATERS. ONE NEAR UT AND THE OTHER
DOWNTOWN IN THIS BUILDING ONCE
USED AS 4@A HOSPITAL.
>> IT WAS A PLACE WHERE
MOBSTERS WHO WERE SHOT UP IN AN
ATTEMPTED MURDER WERE BROUGHT
EITHER FOR CARE OR AFTER THEY
DIED TO THE MORTUARY IN THE
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT.
BASEMENT. THE BASEMENT IS ALLEGEDLY
HUNTED.4@
HUNTED.4@
HUNTED.4@ >> Reporter: TAMPA HAS BEEN THE
SIGHT OF MASS GRAVES UNCOVERED
DURING CONSTRUCTION WORK.
THE REMAINS OF SOLDIERS AND
SEMINOLE INDIANS.
SEMINOLE INDIANS. MORE GRAVES FOUND DURING THE
ONGOING WATER STREET
DEVELOPMENT AND 100 20 COFFINS4
BELONGING TO SOME OF THE CI4@TI
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICANS4@ FOUND
UNDER THE ROPELESS HOUSING
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX.
COMPLEX. >> THERE ARE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TOLD STORIES FOR QUITE A 4@
LONG TIME.
LONG TIME. THE PARK APARTMENTS FELT THAT
THAT SPACE WAS HAUNTED.4@
COME 4@TO FIND OUT IT WAS BUILT
ON TOP OF THE CEMETERY.
>> Reporter: PEOPLE WHO HAVE
TAKEN GHOST WARS AND OTHER
AREAS SAY THE ONE IN TAMPA
LEAVES THEM PARTICULARLY
CREEPED OUT.4@
CREEPED OUT.4@ >> A LOT OF OTHER ONES HAVE
BEEN MORE THEATRICAL MAKING A
SHOW OF THE WHOLE THING.
THIS ONE THEY BACK IT UP WITH
HISTORY 4@AND RESEARCH AND IT I
REALLY INFORMATIVE.
REALLY INFORMATIVE. >> THERE IS SOMETHING TO BACK
IT 4@UP.
IT 4@UP.
IT 4@UP. IT IS NOT JUST SOMEONE ONCE4@
TOLD A COOL STORY. 4@
IT WAS FANTASTIC.
FEELS CUTE PETRIFYING
>> Reporter:4@ A CITY WITH ITS
OWN SKELETONS.
OWN SKELETONS. >> 4@YOU CANNOT 4@SPEND TIME ON
THIS TOUR AND NOT LEAVE GOING
MAYBE. 4@
MAYBE. 4@
MAYBE. 4@ >> WHETHER THE GHOST PART IS
REAL IS UP TO THE VISITOR. BUT
THE 4@HISTORY IS PRETTY SOLID. @
>> I WOULD ENJOY THAT.4@
>> HISTORICAL.
>> HISTORICAL. THE MAC I DID A TOUR LIKE THAT @
IN SAVANNA WHICH IS KNOWN TO BE
A GHOST TOWN.
I TOOK A PICTURE AND SAW A
WHITE FLASH ON