Halloween 2018

1. Brandy B. Stark, PhD
SPIRITS of St. Petersburg
October 2018

2. Who and Why?

3. 21 years later…..

4. Academics

5. Personal Philosophy

6. What is studied?

7. Types: Urban Legends (Legends, Lore,
folklore)
FOAF
A story (humor or horror) based on an event
thought to be true; has a moral or lesson,
often of a cultural fear or realization
Do you know any?

8. Mini Lights
Merry Light
Mini-Lights
Minni Lights
Mennonites
Midget Lights
Calling upon these would bring about a troll (Merry Light) or invoke the ghost of
Minnie or Midgets who would “chase you down”
Historic: African American communities – Mini Lights referred to the lights of
lanterns in the night; raids on African American communities to steal children and
supplies
Weekly Challenger: http://theweeklychallenger.com/mini-lights-folklore-as-a-way-to-
deal-with-trauma/

9. Sunshine Skyway

10. Yacht Club

11. INVESTIGATIONS

12. What to look for?
 Sensations/Feelings
 Hot/Cold spots
 Movement
 Animal behaviors
 Peripheral vision manifestation
 Shadows
 Dreams

13. My First: Williams House
 John Williams, founder of St. Petersburg (Williams Park, Demens Landing, Detroit Hotel)
 Ghost of a woman in a party dress (spirit of the mother of a former home owner)
 John Williams (died one year after moving in to the house)
 Sarah Williams (widow, later remarried)
○ When the house was to be moved, the first set of workers reported feeling a presence in the home.
 Reported phenomena:
 Noises (eye witnesses,)
 Items moving (employees)
 Sounds of talking (murmuring – me!)
 EMF spikes
 Sense of a presence
Photo from usf.edu

14. Public Haunts/celebrity: Haslams New and Used Bookstore
http://paranormalarchives.homestead.com/Haslamsnewandused
bookstore10292006.html

15. Local Historic Haunts: Art Lofts
http://sppipinellas.homestead.com/InternationalDayofGhostHunting2018.html

16. The Mystery: Palladium

17. Cemeteries: Rose, Tarpon Springs
“This is a very
elaborate
tomb.”
“Thank you”.
Unknown
whispering.
Outside graves;
unknown
whispering

18. Family
 Grandmother
 Uncle
 Dad: Three visits
 Sensed by others
 Dreams
 Upcoming interview
(video).

19. Miscellaneous
 Private cases
 Investigator pushed
 Lights on and off (Indigo Hotel)
 Bible moved (3 feet off shelf)
 Hot spots (Royalty Theater)
 Cold spots (Private homes)

20. Questions and comments