The Tampa Bay area has a long history of weird, some say “paranormal” activities and conspiracies.
Brandi Stark is probably the most acquainted with them, at least on this side of the astral plane. She’s been leading ghost hunts and paranormal investigations in the area with Spirits of St. Petersburg since 1997.
We asked Stark for her take on the area’s spookiest places. Don’t get too creeped out, but you probably live near a haunted site.
Mari Jean Hotel
Before Mari Jean Hotel (pictured above) was bought and renovated in 2022, the almost 100-year-old building was a retirement home, a psych ward—where there were several stabbings and one instance of arson—and a hotel again, but gay…