Tales Of Ghosts Abound In County

Readers: For Halloween, the October segments are dealing with the unexplained. This week: Some of Palm Beach County’s more colorful ghost legends:
At Whitehall, the Palm Beach home of pioneer developer Henry Flagler, a night watchman swore several years ago that that he had a chat with Flagler at 4 o’clock one morning. A cleaning lady said she was slapped on the rear, turned, and saw no one. Doors wouldn’t open. One guest found her Timex stopped every time she was in the hotel. A set of plates was locked in a glass cabinet; one was found cracked, another cracked the next day, and a third was found to have a bullet hole. A set of silver asparagus tongs was found moved two shelves down.
At a Palm Beach estate, people reported hearing howling winds on calm days.
At Phipps Plaza, a naked lady supposedly runs through the courtyard.
Muriel McCormick, a former stage actress who later founded the Palm Beach Playhouse, once took part in a “spiritual marriage” to the ghost of Lt. G. Alexander McKinlock, son of a Palm Beach grande dame.
At the Lake Worth playhouse, the ghost of Lucian Oakley, the theater’s co-founder and a suicide victim, is said to blast cold air at visitors, move heavy objects, and leave a giant handprint on walls.
A manager, two assistant managers, and a janitor at a Royal Palm Beach Burger King claimed to have seen an apparition of a young man who disappeared in front of them.
Ghost sightings database: www.americanghosts.com