Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida

Palm Beach is famous for polished surfaces: white hotels, green fairways,
bright water, and old houses made to look older than they are. Beneath them is
a county shaped by shipwrecks, vanished communities, violent storms, unsolved
crimes, and stories that refuse to disappear.

Follow the record from the Battle of Loxahatchee and the *Providencia* wreck to
Henry Flagler's Whitehall, the vanished Royal Poinciana Hotel, the Ashley Gang,
the 1928 hurricane, the murder of Judge Chillingworth, and the enduring legends
of the Riddle House, Lake Worth Playhouse, Blue Anchor Pub, and Witch's Wall.
Across twenty-four illustrated chapters, Jonah Bell separates documented
history from folklore without draining either of its power. Conflicting dates,
embellished retellings, uncertain hauntings, and gaps in the archive are
identified plainly, while the people and places behind the legends remain at
the center of the story.

*Ghosts, Legends & Lore from Florida: Palm Beach* is a conversational journey
through Palm Beach County's haunted landmarks, civic myths, buried histories,
and remarkable local lore-for residents, visitors, history readers, and anyone
curious about the stories a place tells about itself.