Haunted Ybor City, Haunted America

Name: Haunted Ybor City, Haunted America
Author: Deborah Frethem

The memorable architecture and fine cigars of Ybor City attract and delight visitors, but locals and tourists aren't the only ones prowling the city's narrow brick streets and old nightclubs. Invisible revelers still linger at sites like the Florida Brewing Company, where Eduardo Sandoval seeks revenge from the drunken brawl that killed him in 1896. Jose Marti himself still fights by night for Cuba's liberation in Parque Amigos de Jose Marti on Eighth Avenue. Grab a Cuban sandwich or a cafe con leche and join local historian Deborah Frethem as she traces the spectral happenings of Florida's Latin Quarter.

Deborah Frethem

Deborah Frethem previously published "Ghost Stories of St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Pinellas County" with The History Press in 2007, and "Haunted Tampa: Spirits of the Bay" with The History Press in 2013, along with scripts for historical tours for the past fifteen years. She has a bachelor's in history from Olaf College and has served as tour manager for Down in History Tours in St. Paul. She is currently a writer and storyteller, and a tour guide and tour company manager for Ghost Tours of Tampa