Haunted Manatee County

Manatee County's history is filled with tales of Native American battles, shipwrecks and the expeditions of Hernando de Soto. It's no surprise that spirits still linger on these sunny shores. Anna Maria Island's first permanent resident still returns to the island more than one hundred years later to flirt with the female tourists. A convict hanged in the county courthouse in 1907 is sometimes heard singing on the courthouse grounds. In the 1970s, the specter of a blond woman was seen hitchhiking along the old Skyway Bridge, only to vanish once she'd been picked up. Join author and paranormal investigator Liz Reed on a tour of Manatee County's most haunted locales.

Liz Reed was born and raised in St. Paul, Minnesota, for the first fifteen years of her life, then she moved to Texas. She has lived in Bradenton, a West Shore Florida "Friendly City," for the past twenty-five years. She is the founder of the Paranormal Society of Bradenton, Florida, and owner of the Downtown Bradenton & Bradenton Beach Ghost Tours. After her first experience with spirits at the age of six, Reed has been drawn to find out more about what truly happens after death. She enjoys traveling with her daughter, Jamie, across the country, and they have many trips planned in the near future. Many include haunted locations.