Episode 37: The Lovers (PINK PALACE)
Mystery Category: Haunted Locations / Romantic Tragedies
The Story: Florida's "Pink Palace," the Don CeSar, was built as a monument to a lost love. We investigate the reports of the man who built it still wandering the halls, searching for the woman he couldn't forget.
A grand tropical resort took the burgeoning vacation destination of Florida by storm in the late 1920s. But it’s not all sunshine and beaches: the hotel’s founder built it as a monument to love… and, apparently, it’s a great place to haunt.
Hosted and Script Edited by Laurah Norton
Written, Researched, Engineered, Produced and Scored by Maura Currie
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