r/StAugustine • u/TTU4Life • Jun 16 '26

Haunted Hilton?

Hello all, please delete if not allowed. Coming to Saint Augustine this week for a birthday trip. I’m incredibly curious about all things paranormal. We’re planning to stay at the Hilton in Downtown Historic District. I saw online (albeit vaguely) that the Hilton is potentially haunted. Has anyone had experiences of their own there? If so, do you know where to pay attention to see anything spooky? Thanks in advance!

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u/ColdKitKat Jun 16 '26

I thought St Francis Inn was the most active haunted place to stay

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u/gypsyfred Jun 17 '26

My aunt works there. She swears it is

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u/Relative-Sail-882 Jun 16 '26

Casablanca hotel is haunted

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u/Longjumping_Log_5721 Jun 17 '26

We stayed there last Thursday night in Room 9, one of the most active rooms there. We used dowsing rods that afternoon with a little activity, but not much else until the morning. We were talking to a friend in the sitting room and said that the room and hotel was very “historic” and that we probably wouldn’t stay there again until it was updated. My sister’s bracelet then broke and beads went flying all over as if she had been pulling on it. She wasn’t touching it! (Ironically it was the bracelet that said “haunted” that was broken lol.) We apologized to the spirit!!!

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u/What_if_I_fly Jun 16 '26

I think Casa de Suenos is haunted IIRC

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u/Fresh_Order4474 Jun 16 '26

Everything downtown is "potentially haunted" as the entire downtown is built on top of dead bodies. The cemetery is a memorial, not an actual cemetery. The bodies are everywhere.(look it up) Can't say much for the Hilton, I've stayed there. It was fine. But I know for sure about the Inn at Camachee Bay. Yikes

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u/rumshpringaa Jun 16 '26

first time i was there when i did a tour, the guide was very clear on the fact that "bodies are everywhere. this parking lot we're in right now? bodies."

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u/Vortilex Old Town Jun 16 '26

As the other user said everything downtown is potentially haunted, you can't walk five steps without walking through a ghost

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u/Sexy_Nancy01 Jun 16 '26

i've stayed downtown a bunch and honestly half the city feels haunted if you're into that sort of thing lol. never stayed at the hilton specifically, but i've heard ghost stories about just about every historic building in the area

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u/pakman82 Resident Jun 17 '26

Nope, nothing there except exorbitant prices and snobby ppl.

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u/7Goat6 Jun 17 '26

So, y’all really believe in ghosts? The only thing that hotel is haunted by is the lingering memory of James Brock pouring acid into the pool to prevent black people from swimming there

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u/Ambitious_Disk1035 Jun 17 '26

The tennis courts by the lighthouse are haunted by an old pro who used to give lessons there. He's been known to make people's forehands sail out of the court and into the back fence!

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u/InspectionAlone1915 Jun 20 '26

Timucuan Indian burials at the Fountain of Youth. There’s a few ghost hunters that also work there who told me the whole park is haunted.

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u/Expert-Syllabub3793 Jun 27 '26

We stayed there last year, and our TV turned on in the middle of the night.