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Recounting Tampa Bay' s most haunted places

Data: via ; Note: Locations are approximate and anonymously reported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosYou can barely turn around in Tampa Bay without bumping into a ghost.From a shadowy figure stalking the halls at the Bali Hai hotel on Anna Maria Island to a little boy in a baseball uniform running around Clearwater's Eisenhower Elementary, spooky sightings abound. Ghosts or ghost-type activity have been reported in places as diverse as the , the Brooksville Nursing Manor and the old Ritz-Carlton on Longboat Key. Zoom in: Traveling Major League Baseball teams in St. Pete report lots of paranormal activity at the hotel — like water faucets turning on at random and lights flickering off and on. The big picture: The 25-year-old paranormal website has collected a slew of local ghost stories, and our team used the data to determine by state.The good news: Florida is the least haunted state, with just 1.5 reported hauntings per 100,000 residents. Wyoming is most haunted, per the data. Yes, but: The list is missing at least one notable location: the Gulfport home where a 36-year-old woman's cries went unanswered while she was murdered by her neighbor in 1984, a by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Thomas French of the St. Petersburg Times.The story has it that the home's new owners on the carpet, and one window that occasionally shatters. Our pick: We like the whispers that the ghost of Jack Kerouac can sometimes be seen sipping a Falstaff at the . Go deeper: WFLA says these are the in Tampa. Get more local stories in your inbox with .Subscribe Support local journalism by becoming a member.

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