Self-Guided Tour

It’s not always practical to take a group on a tour. Some places are better experienced individually. With that in mind, SW Florida Walking Tours is happy to offer you a 100% FREE self-guided walking tour of historic Indian Spring Cemetery in Punta Gorda for people who are interested in visiting the graves and learning more about the people buried under those headstones. Just click the audio file to hear the story.

About Indian Spring Cemetery in Punta Gorda

1 – Parking

2 – George McGraw / Dick Windham / Virginia McGraw [Plot 70]

Virginia & George, Dick is the man at far left.

3 – Marshal Jim Lipscomb

4 – Gladys Kirby [Plot 89]

COMMENT: Denisee Kirby
Gladys was my aunt on my fathers side and its true about how their mother Annie Mae sold her. She also two other daughters and was going to sell my father but instead she just left him while he was in school one day. He came home to a empty house and stayed there by himself waiting on her to come home and she never did so after he had nothing to eat for several days he finally left searching for food and he never went back.

COMMENT: Patti Drew
I knew Gladys Kirby a few years before this horrible incident happened to her which should never ever have happened. She was a good girl and I believe she had two siblings younger than her and she lived one street away from me. I lived on Tabor St. Her mom was caring for the three children and she decided to get married. Her new husband refused to have children in the house so she chose to get rid of them. I heard that one was adopted out, a young boy, and she told Gladys that she had to get married to this older man. I was too young then to be told what exactly had happened with this marriage. I always thought he was a sexual abuser, didn’t know that he had beat her up. So she had to find another way to continue her life and she got back in school. She wanted to finish high school and we were still friends. On Friday she handed me a note after school that day. It was all folded up very small. She said to me, “Give this to my teacher on Monday!” I said, “What do you mean?” And she said, “Well I’m not gonna be here.” She was killed the next day! Very sad to lose a friend and so young. She was still a child even when this happened to her! She was conversing with my mom along with her mom that she was receiving life threats from this husband. He said he was going to kill her, so they made a trip to the sheriff’s department to try to get help. Was told they can’t do anything to him until he actually does move forward with his threats! She wanted to go on with her life, but she knew he was going to kill her and she knew she was not going back with him ever!! I miss you, Gladys. I wish you were still around, because if you were, we would certainly still be friends. I love you. ♥️

5 – Marshal John Bowman [Plot 48]

Daughter Virgie, son Harry and their dog

6 -Norman Hewitt [Plot 33]

Their mausoleum resembles the garage. The post office now occupies this space.

COMMENT: Erin Gemini
There’s no doubt that at least ONE angry male spirit dwells within this family tomb. I actually found this article because after watching a live video (filmed by some of the best Paranormal investigators in Florida), I just had to find out what was actually going on here! Watch here.