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Investigations and a Walking History Tour Meeting in the Lobby of the Historic Lakeside Inn
100 N Alexander St, Mount Dora, FL 32757
Research updated August 2026
Age
All ages for the 2-Hour Investigation, Ultimate 4-Hour Investigation, and Walking History Tour; 21+ for the Haunted Pub Crawl.
Cost
$$
Walking History Tour $27; 2-Hour Investigation from $35; Haunted Pub Crawl $30; Ultimate 4-Hour Investigation from $125 (solo private bookings from $150). Pricing per the operator's own site.
Access
Wheelchair OK
Outdoor walking tours of downtown Mount Dora, starting from the lobby of the Lakeside Inn.
Equipment
Photos OK
Lakeside Inn (1883, Florida's oldest continuously operating hotel) · Historic downtown Mount Dora
American Ghost Adventures is a locally owned, Central Florida-based paranormal tour company founded by lead investigator Ting Rappa, with more than 20 years in operation. Its Mount Dora program is one of six city programs the company runs across Central Florida, alongside Orlando, DeLand, Winter Garden, New Smyrna Beach, and Sanford.
All four of the operator's Mount Dora products meet inside the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, Florida's oldest continuously operating hotel, open since 1883. Mount Dora's downtown ghost-tour market includes two other independently operated companies: Mount Dora Ghost Tours, a separate local operator whose downtown walking tour also passes the Lakeside Inn and which runs ticketed investigations at the Donnelly House; and US Ghost Adventures, a national multi-city chain whose Mount Dora program meets separately at Sunset Park. American Ghost Adventures is independently owned and operated, with its own website and FareHarbor booking account, and carries no branding connection to either company.
Sources
The operator markets its Mount Dora products around brief in-building investigations using provided paranormal equipment, framed as research-driven rather than staged. Its own site does not name specific reported phenomena for the Lakeside Inn beyond general references to the hotel's haunted reputation; see the Lakeside Inn's own listing for its independently sourced history and reported activity, including the documented Amy photograph legend.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing material, not documented history independently verified for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tours cover, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
Marketed as the longest-running ghost tour in Mount Dora: a 2-hour investigation blending local history with brief stops inside haunted buildings and provided investigation equipment. $35/person, all ages. Meets in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, 100 N. Alexander Street.
An extended version of the 2-Hour Investigation with more time at each stop and additional equipment, marketed for dedicated paranormal fans. Starts at $125/person (solo private bookings from $150). Meets in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, 100 N. Alexander Street.
A 21-and-up evening tour of downtown Mount Dora bars, pairing the operator's ghost stories with drinks purchased separately. Runs 2-3 hours depending on group size. $30/person. Meets in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, 100 N. Alexander Street.
An all-outdoors, equipment-free walking tour pairing downtown Mount Dora's local history with firsthand paranormal accounts. $27/person, 1.5 hours, all ages, with a pet-friendly option. Meets in the lobby of the Lakeside Inn, 100 N. Alexander Street.
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Meeting point and featured stop for all four Mount Dora products; the operator's Walking History Tour and investigations begin in the inn's lobby.
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