PALM BEACH POST October 14 - by Mary Thurwachter.

CASABLANCA INN, ST. AUGUSTINE

In St. Augustine, the Casablanca Inn, a 1914 Mediterranean Revival home surrounded by porches, has a ghost, too. In the 1920s and '30s, when rumrunners traveled the coast with bootleg liquor, the B&B was a boardinghouse run by a widow. The bootleggers, who would spend a few days at a time at her house, sold liquor to guests and locals. Once revenuers got wind of the operation, they began investigating. The widow was questioned but kept quiet. She worked out a plan to warn rumrunners when the government agents were in town. She would go to the widow's walk on top of the house and wave her lantern back and forth.

The widow died long ago, and her lantern has disappeared, but shrimpers and fisherman still report seeing a swinging light at the top of the Casablanca. For more information, call (800) 826-2626 or see www.casablancainn.com.

ST. FRANCIS INN, ST. AUGUSTINE

The St. Francis Inn in St. Augustine, where the ghost of a young woman, dressed in white has been seen going up the back stairs or walking in the hall. For information or reservations, call (800) 824-6062 or see www.stfrancisinn.com.