Haunted Places to explore in downtown Orlando this spooky season

It’s full-blown spooky season and the weather has finally turned, so it’s the perfect time to be out and about looking for haunted happenings. Toyota of Orlando is here with a list of haunted spots in downtown Orlando for you to hit this weekend – don’t forget your flashlights.

Twelve haunted places in downtown Orlando where you can ghost hunt

Hamburger Mary’s: This popular restaurant is home to the ghost of a little girl from the 1800s. She’s known to tap on the windows, wave at customers, and skip up and down the street.

Greenwood Cemetery: This is one of the oldest places in Orlando and houses some of Orlando’s most prominent former residents, like Mayor Bob Carr and Joseph Bumby. Visitors report everything from ghostly children playing with flashlights to Confederate soldiers roaming the fields.

Orange County Regional History Center: This used to be an Orlando courthouse. Serial killer Ted Bundy was convicted here for the murder of Kimberly Leach and rumor has it he never left and can be seen in the corridors. Visitors can see where Bundy carved his name into the desk where he sat during the trial and report apparitions and objects moving on their own.

Lake Lucerne: Locals report seeing a mysterious woman in white who appears after dark under an old oak tree and then disappears.

Lake Eola: Lake Eola is reportedly haunted by a furry friend – a friendly, small, brown terrier runs and plays on the lake’s eastern shore before disappearing.

Elijah Hand Building: This building used to be a funeral home back in the 1800s, and apparently business was so good that Elijah Hand had to start storing bodies upstairs in his furniture store. People report objects being thrown and a spooky Lady in White sighting.

Rogers Building: This building used to be a gentleman’s club – it was named after Gordon Rogers, and he and his wife apparently liked it so much they decided to hang around. Their spirits can be seen in the second-floor windows and first-floor art gallery.

The intersection of Wall Street and Court Avenue: A jail used to be located here, and employees from the old Kit Kat Club said bottles would fly off shelves and a female apparition in all black could be seen on the rear staircase.

Ceviche: This popular restaurant used to be both a hotel and a church throughout its history. Visitors report seeing a 19th-century woman standing in front of a mirror and a priest outside the building, and feeling hands pulling at their clothes.

The Kress Building: Now home to Kres Chophouse, this building is considered one of the best hotspots for paranormal activity. Visitors and employees recount ghostly apparitions, mysterious footsteps, and more.

(Formerly) Floor and Decor in Colonial Plaza: This building was part of a large mall shopping plaza in the 1970s. The mall was torn down in the 1990s, but a construction worker walking through the building heard voices telling him not to “tear down their home”. Oddly enough, the building still stands today, but not many tenants stay long.

Orlando Executive Airport: This used to be an Orlando army base and housed almost 750 German prisoners during World War II. Travelers in the airport sometimes hear foreign speech at night.

From our Orlando Toyota family to yours, happy haunting and happy Halloween!

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