Ghost Tours St Augustine, Florida - The Haunted Huguenot Cemetery

The haunted Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine,with the typhoid fever unexpectedly and passed
Florida is considered to be one of the most popularaway. He was returned to the Huguenot Cemetery
locations in the city for real ghosts and unexplainedand buried.
phenomenon. As a matter of fact, the hauntings of thisEventually, his children relocated to the area of
particular location are so immense that the many ghostWashington D.C and decided that it would be best to
tours that operate throughout the Ancient City includehave the body exhumed and brought to the same
this destination in their many stops. Millions of peoplearea. It was at this time that a couple of individuals
visit this ghostly graveyard on an annual basis. In thistook the gold teeth from the grave, and other
article, I will be sharing with you the popular stories ofvaluables. Today, the spirit of the judge can be found
this haunted cemetery, and the various things that takesitting in a tree, and even lingering around the graves at
place at the Huguenot Cemetery in St. Augustine,the haunted cemetery. It is believed that he is in search
Florida.of something, and the people that have seen him
In the year of 1821, the Huguenot Cemetery wasfirsthand say that he appears to be sad.
developed in an effort to have a space dedicated toThree individuals who all died in the same time frame
the individuals who did not claim to the commonalso seem to haunt this St. Augustine cemetery. These
Catholic faith of the time. The need to have theseindividuals are named John Hull, Erastus Nye, and John
grounds established, though, was not due toLyman. These individuals died in the year of 1835 and
differences in religious beliefs, but to have a section forwere all buried in a similar manner, while no one
the victims of the ever-popular typhoid outbreak thatunderstands why, these spirits seem to be pranksters
was occurring at the time. As time progressed, andand a little on the restless side as spirits. They have
typhoid fever finally began to die out, severalbeen known to "touch" the living, and do other little
Protestant believers were buried at the cemetery. Onetricks. It almost seems as if this is their way of
of the most notable figures buried here was theentertaining themselves in the afterlife.
popular Judge John B. Stickney.As you can see, there are many occurrences at the
Shortly after the time of the Civil War, Judge StickneyHuguenot Cemetery in the Ancient City of St.
traveled to live in St. Augustine with his three children.Augustine. Several visitors have caught strange and
The mother of the children had recently passed away,unusual ghost videos that have lingering lights that
and he was on his own to care for them. Initially, hismove strangely about, numerous types of orbs, and
reception in the city was not a good one. However, aseven "rods" when there are absolutely no lights in the
time progressed, the citizens in the area took a liking tocemetery in the night hours. Furthermore, many have
him, and he became well known and reveredcaught ghost pictures of apparitions, shadows, and
throughout the city. In the year of 1882, he needed toother unexplained phenomenon at this strange and
tend to business in the Washington D.C area andhaunted cemetery.
started on his trip. Unfortunately, he was struck down