
Just saying "Miami" conjures images of beaches, bronze bodies and the blazing sun, but -- especially around Halloween -- the city also conjures up the unsettled souls that wander our little piece of paradise.
The famous Biltmore Hotel allegedly still keeps company with the ghosts of WWII soldiers who died while the hotel served as a military hospital. Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss is known to continue tinkering with inventions he never finished at his Miami Springs mansion, and a suspicious number of felines have met their death while roaming around Villa Paula in Little Haiti.
And of course, cemeteries can be creepy enough on their own, but throw in years of desecration and you have the angry souls of deceased pioneers buried at the City of Miami Cemetery.
Mind you there, are plenty of other locations that claim to have hauntings (countless schools and the Krome Insane Asylum that was never actually an insane asylum), but here are the nine spookiest haunts, with the most stories from those who lived to tell the tale.
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During one trip to the estate, a psychic says she heard a woman begging for help for a drowning boy and then observed the presence of spirits in various cottages and buildings on the estate.
Check out creepy recordings and photos taken by league at the estate!

Needless to say, the aged cemetery has experienced its share of strange desecrations, including the remains of seemingly sacrificed animals. Perhaps reaching out to spirits?

Because of all the soldiers who died in the hospital, it's said their spirits haunt the place. The former official storyteller of the hotel said curious high school students after the war reported seeing apparitions in military uniforms. People have also claimed to see people waving from the hotel, and then disappearing.
Also, the ghost of gangster Thomas "Fatty" Walsh, who was murdered at the Biltmore, is said to continue smoking his cigars.

Former owners and area residents say that cats have been killed when mysteriously slammed shut in the front iron gate, and there have been reports of smelling fresh roses and Cuban coffee in the home. During a seance was performed in the 1970s, a spirit allegedly told the group that she likes to put vases of roses out.

Residents of the neighborhood have reported seeing midnight burials, hearing strange noises, and an all-around "odd feeling" when near the cemetery. One woman brought a tape recorder with her while visiting the property to clean a few plots, and claims that on playback she captured a voice saying, "Thank you."

Multiple sites online claim that Curtiss was killed in the home when his wife, who admitted to having an abortion, burned the place down. That's not true -- the home did, however, suffer three arsons.


Even after the King of Pop's death, some people were certain they saw his ghost in the graveyard, and a few people attempted to reach him through seances and mediums. Those are some serious fans!

At 11 p.m. every night, patrons on the first floor allegedly hear the front door open and close loudly, hear someone wipe their shoes on the welcome mat, running, and a shaking door knob. Others also say they hear what appears to be a ghostly tantrum of someone throwing items around the halls, but nothing is found outside.