Meet our Ghost Hosts
You can’t very well be expected to take a spine-tingling journey to the dark side without the aid of some very seasoned guides. Meet some of the guys and ghouls eager to regale you with tales of wandering spirits, malevolent forces and spooky souls that accompany you through the sinister streets and graveyards on your tour of the doomed. See you on the Other Side!
Richard
Hometown: Greenwich, CT.
What brought you to St. Augustine: Culture, History and Great Cycling Routes.
What is your favorite book or movie: Book: Stephen Sondheim – Finishing Hat; Movie: Ordinary People.
What is your favorite Ghosts & Gravestones ghost story: Steve Johnson.
What do you like to do in your free time: Cycle, create healthy recipes, theatre, movies, sing.
Cooper
1. Hometown: Orlando, FL. 2. Favorite scary book: Go Away, Big Green Monster! 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: Quint from Jaws.
Lady Peacock
1. Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana. 2. Favorite scary movie: Déjà Vu. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: The belief that spirits influence our everyday experiences. This comes from my hometown beliefs.
Tom
1. Hometown: Greenville, SC. 2. Favorite scary movie: The Exorcist. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: My love of history and the unknown.
Widow Jenkins
1. Hometown: St. Augustine, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: That Ghost and Mrs. Muir. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: I would say Alfred Hitchcock inspired my style.
Beatrice
1. Hometown: Varoslavl, Russia. 2. Favorite scary book: Dante’s Inferno/The Lesser Key of Solomon. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: I’ve always been a writer of stories and now I just want to tell them.
Karlos
1. Hometown: Bulverde, TX. 2. Favorite scary movie: Scooby-doo on Zombie Island. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: Acting techniques I learned in my years of theater training.
Aster
1. Hometown: Jacksonville, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: Crimson Peak. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller? I’m going for something between author R.L. Stine and a stage magician.
Agatha
1. Hometown: Green Cove Springs, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: Angela Lansbury in Sweeny Todd. She is so funny and witty in the face of abject horror and the contrast is amazing.
Siera
1. Hometown: Anchorage, Alaska. 2. Favorite scary movie: The Conjuring Series. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: I love being able to share all the history St. Augustine has to offer. Historic St. Augustine influences me as a storyteller. There is so much history to be told and I love sharing all the stories St. Augustine has to offer.
Katarina
1. Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: The Village. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: The Bible, Virginia Wolf, Edgar Allen Poe, plus the TRUTH of St. Augustine history is often much stranger than fiction.
Max
1. Hometown: St. Augustine, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: Scream. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: My childhood dream of telling ghost stories. Childhood me would be so excited that I get to do what I love.
Nova
1. Hometown: Plantation, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: Thirteen Ghosts and Ghost Ship. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: The history of the town is so rich and varied, you can’t help but wonder about the people who built them and how they died.
Aaron
1. Hometown: St. Augustine, FL. 2. Favorite scary movie: Day of the Dead (1985). 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: Listening to John Malkovich tell a story was the first time I realized how powerful story telling could be. Also watching the show Dexter was very influential.
Mrs. Mimi
1. Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico. 2. Favorite scary movie: Amityville Horror. 3. What or who influences you as a storyteller: Once you battle Breast Cancer you learn to live life! My inspiration and joy is from having a second chance at acting singing, and acting with wonderful people.