Update: One-Legged Woman Haunts Old Cuban Consulate

What a coincidence that I come across this article today, as I was actually at Villa Paula on Saturday. One of the owners welcomed me in and gave me a tour, so I took the opportunity to photograph the mansion. He told me of several accounts they have had with Paula and other spirits in the home, and showed me the tomb marker in the backyard where her body is buried. He is adamant that historical accounts prove her body is there, as it was moved from the City of Miami Cemetery (I did not ask for the documented proof, though). He told me Paula died of an infection due to her amputation, and he said while he was up on the roof one day, he fell and he injured his leg. He was stumbling around when suddenly, out of a tree branch, an old cane dropped right in front of him. He said Paula must have thought he could use the cane and put it right in his line of sight. He suspected it might have been her cane at one point! They constantly hear strange knocking at night, and when they go check, no one is at the door. He invited me to come at night if I wanted to, and see if I was spooked enough. He said maybe my pictures at night might reveal something that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

There was one room in the home he refused to open as he said everyone who enters is horrified by the sight of blood, something related to an abused servant who had an abortion in there (it was a bathroom). This is the room in which the Satanist (above), felt choked, so for my safety (and in addition, he gets creeped by the room), he would not open the door. I did get to see the other bathroom of the home though. I went to the area where the baby is supposedly buried and found it was the only area where a group of chickens would peck and hang out. Even when they were disturbed, they always came back to that area, but I would not consider that unusual. Apart from that bathroom, there is another room in the home where the children of the Ensors were forbidden to enter. I was in that room, which is a parlor, and didn't pick up any vibes. I did not feel anything creepy in the home itself at all, and actually found it beautiful. It smelled like old candles, wax. They're still working on restoring the exterior and plan to open it as an art gallery and music venue for local artists, they plan to hold a Halloween party as well. As I said, it is beautiful and the hand-painted tile work is just amazing. Thing is, you couldn't pay me enough to live in Little Haiti, though.

Is that really what "up and coming neighborhood" means?

There are a lot of headless ghosts of people who were decapitated.