>>JENNIFER WAUGH: HE CAN’T WALK A BLOCK IN SAINT AUGUSTINE WITHOUT HEARING SOME
KIND OF GHOST STORY, RIGHT? SO
WE WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
THE SPIRITS OF THE FIRST COAST
BEFORE HALLOWEEN. MEL FOUND
ONE AND WHERE THE GHOSTS ARE
ALIVE AND WELL OR SO. SOME SAY
SEE. AND HERE.
>> EXPERIENCE.
>> CALLING OUT OUR C DAVIS IS
A PARANORMAL INVESTIGATOR.
COMMUNICATE HIS LATEST CASE
BRINGS HIM TO THE OLDEST CITY
IN THE UNITED STATES. SAINT
AUGUSTINE AND SOME WOULD ARGUE
THE MOST HAUNTED PARTICULAR
ROOM WILL ESPECIALLY THE MOST
HAUNTED ROOM. AND HE SPENT 2
NIGHTS AT THE HISTORIC SAINT
FRANCIS IN IT DATES BACK TO
17. 91 THE GHOST STORIES THAT
HAVE COME FROM THE 3RD FLOOR.
JOE FINN AGAIN, THE CURRENT IN
KEEPER HAS OWNED THE PLACE FOR
30 YEARS. A LOT OF OUR GUESTS
WILL RELATE EXPERIENCES.
THEY’VE HAD.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND I ALWAYS
BELIEVE THEM EXPERIENCES WITH
LILY LIKE THIS ONE FROM A
CONTRACTOR WHO NOW REFUSES TO
WORK ON THE 3RD FLOOR ALONE,
MACE OR A HOUSEKEEPER WORKING
IN THE BEDROOM. ALSO AN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN HOUSEKEEPER.
AND WHEN HE FINISHED THE,
>> WORKING WAS DOING THE
PLUMBING WORK. IT WAS DOING,
WENT DOWN IN THE FRONT DESK
AND SAID I JUST SAW A
HOUSEKEEPER NEVER SEEN BEFORE
BEHIND. A NEW HOUSEKEEPER IN
OUR MANAGER NO, HE SAID YEAH.
AND GARCIA, SWEET ICE OR
AFRICAN HOUSEKEEPER SAYS WE
DON’T HAVE A NEW HOUSEKEEPER.
WE DON’T HAVE ANY AFRICAN
THINK IT WAS WILLING DO.
THERE’S REALLY NO HISTORICAL
DOCUMENTATION ABOUT LILLY WHO
SUPPOSEDLY WAS A SLAVE WHO
WORKED HERE. THE STORY SAYS
THAT SHE FELL IN LOVE AND HAD
A LOVE AFFAIR WITH THE OWNER’S
NEPHEW.
>> BUT WHEN HIS UNCLE FOUND
OUT, HE SAID THEY COULDN’T BE
TOGETHER. SHE WAS SO
DISTRAUGHT. THE LEGEND SAYS
THAT SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE IN
THIS HOUSE. AND SO DID HE. AND
THEY SAY THAT LILLY NEVER
LEFT. DAVIS REQUESTED LILY’S
ROOM JUST LIKE HUNDREDS OF
PEOPLE BEFORE HIM HOPING TO
HAVE A GHASTLY ENCOUNTER. I
KNOW I GOT AN EVP, ELECTRO
ELECTRONIC VOICE PHENOMENA.
>> WHEN I GOT THIS TIME WAS I
WAS ACTUALLY STILL TALKING AND
CAME OVER MY VOICE. HERE IT
IS. LISTEN CLOSELY TO LILY
WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED HERE.
>> CHARLES TINGLEY WITH THE
SAINT AUGUSTINE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY HAS DONE SO MUCH
RESEARCH THAT HE SAYS ALL THE
GHOST STORIES HE’S HEARD.
DON’T ADD UP. I HAVE SEEN
NOTHING MYSELF.
>> MAYBE THAT’S THE BEST
DEFINITION.
>> BUT SO MANY OF THE GHOST
STORIES HERE IN TOWN. THERE’S
NOT EVEN KERNEL OF TRUTH IN
THEM. THE NAMES ARE NOT
ACCURATE. THERE ARE REFERENCES
TO EVENTS THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN
IT’S
>> FICTION. DESPITE THE
SKEPTICISM, A LOT OF PEOPLE
WILL KEEP LOOKING AND
LISTENING FOR SOMETHING
DISCONNECTED TO THIS WORLD.
>> SPIRITS IN THIS ROOM. WHEN
YOU SAY SOMETHING.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THE GHOST
STORIES GO ON AND ON AND
HAUNTED SAINT AUGUSTINE. IT’S
UP TO YOU. BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
MELANIE LAWSON CHANNEL 4, THE
LOCAL STATION.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO DAVIS, BY
THE WAY, JUST RECENTLY GOT HIS
WEB SITE UP AND RUNNING. YOU
CAN FIND IT ALONG WITH HIS
OTHER INVESTIGATIONS, MAYBE
HEAR SOME MORE OF THIS INSIDE
THE STORY ON NEWSFOURJAX DOT
COM OR OF HIS ENCOUNTERS. SO
I’M A FRIEND WHO IS ONE OF THE
PARTNERS WHO OWNS HARRY’S.
YEAH.
>> IN SAINT AUGUSTINE, WHEN
THEY’RE GETTING READY TO OPEN,
THEY’D DONE SOME. UPDATING IT.
SO HE GOES OUT TO BALCONY OVER
THERE ON THE SIDE. HE GOES OUT
ON THE BALCONY. THE DOOR
SLAMMED SHUT AND LOCKS AND HE
SEES AN APPARITION OF A WOMAN
INSIDE LAUGHING. CAN’T GET
BACK IN.
>> TO SAY YOU DON’T YOU JUST
DON’T KNOW. I HAD AN
EXPERIENCE OF THE OLD
RESTAURANT WHICH IS NOW
TALKING LITTLE. I HADN’T
EXPERIENCED I MEAN, DON, WHO