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Whispers on the Wharf — Winter Garden Ghost Tours
101 W Plant St, Winter Garden, FL 34787
Research updated August 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$$
Standard nightly walking-tour pricing per the operator's booking page.
Access
Limited Access
About 1 mile of downtown Winter Garden sidewalks.
Equipment
Photos OK
Downtown Winter Garden Historic District · Garden Theatre · Winter Garden Heritage Museum
US Ghost Adventures, a multi-city ghost-tour operator, runs its Winter Garden program under the name Whispers on the Wharf: Winter Garden Ghost Tours. The nightly, hour-long walking tour meets outside the Winter Garden Heritage Museum at 101 W Plant Street and covers about a mile of downtown Winter Garden, including the Garden Theatre, the Central Florida Railroad Museum, and the Edgewater Hotel. The program is independently listed on TripAdvisor under its own name and address, separate from the operator's site.
The tour's true-crime segment references the December 24, 1975 murders at the former Zeigler's Furniture Store in Winter Garden, a well-documented Florida case in which four people were killed and store owner Tommy Zeigler was convicted; Zeigler has maintained his innocence through decades of appeals. The case remains a matter of public record and ongoing legal and media coverage independent of this tour.
Sources
The operator's page describes the Garden Theatre as home to a friendly resident spirit nicknamed 'Carol,' the Central Florida Railroad Museum as haunted by a spirit anchored to a conductor's uniform on display, and the Edgewater Hotel as home to the paired spirits of a former elevator operator nicknamed 'Frank' and a young guest nicknamed 'Jack.' The operator also narrates a residual haunting tied to the site of the 1975 Zeigler's Furniture Store murders.
All of this is the tour operator's own marketing and narrative material, not documented history verified independently for this listing; it is included here as a description of what the tour covers, not as an endorsement of any specific claim.
A 1-hour, 1-mile walking tour of downtown Winter Garden meeting outside the Winter Garden Heritage Museum, 101 W Plant St. The route covers the Garden Theatre, the Central Florida Railroad Museum, and the Edgewater Hotel. Runs nightly; bring ID, no printed ticket required. An extended add-on tour to additional haunted locations is available on request.
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Featured stop; operator's marketing centers a benevolent resident spirit nicknamed 'Carol.'
Featured stop; operator's marketing ties an apparition to a conductor's uniform on display.
Featured stop; operator's marketing describes former elevator operator 'Frank' and a young guest nicknamed 'Jack.'
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