Cassadaga News

BEACON PHOTO/JEN HORTON The future looks hot - Sam Altieri sits in his unnamed gas-powered car.

Talk about spirits and sA©ances and most people probably have trouble stifling a grin.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Miss Lake Helen Cassadaga - Emily Miskell, 14, poses for a photo after she is crowned Miss Lake Helen Cassadaga June 28.

The Lake Helen-Cassadaga Cemetery has long been the spooky site of late-night legends and tall tales.

BEACON PHOTO/MARSHA MCLAUGHLIN Tea party - ' From left, Mildred DeBose, Annie Mae Monroe, Elizabeth Durant and Jacquelyn Jenkins relax at the South Thompson Street Church of Christ tea party at the DeLand ...

“I am not aware of a lawsuit but I know which case you are talking about”

It appears there is a fight brewing for the right to use the spirits to make a living in this town. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

The Bunny Hop - A Teacher Sherri Moore leads students on a merry rendition of The Bunny Hop at Malloy Head Start Program in DeLeon Springs. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“The city will not subsidize it.”

Former menu - Server Jessica Syring serves up a platter of food at the Lake Helen Coffee and Tea Co. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“My family doesn't know where I live. They think I am strange”

One Florida town is filled with Spiritualists -- and the ghosts and spirits they talk to associayed press photos by pat carter Above: Decorative street signs stand outside the Cassadaga, Fla., house owned by ... via Abilene Reporter-News

“Hey, if I take the dried-out skin from the carcass of one of my dead goats and stretch it over the end of my hollow log, I bet it'll make a cooler sound than just beating the log itself with a stick!”

About 9,000 years ago , Oog the Bronze Age farmer-herder got a bright idea: "Hey, if I take the dried-out skin from the carcass of one of my dead goats and stretch it over the end of my hollow log, I bet it'll ... via The News-Journal

“Hey kids, bring your grandparents!”

Holiday tradition - ' Children love trains, especially at Christmastime. A few days before Christmas, from left, Lilly Gunby, 4, Trevor Rosso, 9, Michael Austin, 9, and David Austin, 4, enjoy watching the Ested ... via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“Okay. What, what kind of year is it gonna be for them?”

We're all wondering what's going to happen in the year 2008. Well, as CBS Sunday Morning's Bill Geist found out, there's no better place to find out than in Cassadaga, Florida, the psychic capital of the world.

It's is a little town where about half the residents are psychics of one kind or another.

Why Cassadega? Well, you know how cell phone contacts are better in certain places? Well, spiritualists settled here in 1894 because contact with the other planes, if you will, was clearer to them here. Psychic entrepreneurs, like Dr. Rob, later opened for business around the religious settlement. Read more

“A few seconds after shutting the door”

Storms bring twister to Pasco County ASSOCIATED PRESS LAND O' LAKES - A tornado demolished a jail building and overturned several vehicles early today, authorities said. via Floridatoday.com

“What's impressive is these policies are standard”

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“A lot of us have a lot of different opinions. This will certainly prohibit us from expressing them.”

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“So many of the small house churches are getting permits to build churches. The only things they need are money and construction crews”

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“It's a cute building, and it's much used in the community”

West Volusia's community newspaper of DeLand, Orange City, Deltona, DeBary, Lake Helen, DeLeon Springs, Glenwood, Pierson, Cassadaga, Seville and Barberville in Florida. via DeLand-Deltona Beacon News

“The people that are attracted to us are the open-minded people.”

Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp: Cassadaga, Fla., about 35 miles from Orlando; www.cassadaga.org . Bookstore and information center, 1112 Stevens St., 228-2880. Check Web site calendar for historic and photography ... via Telegram & Gazette

“The average naive believer not only wants it to be true, but needs it to be true.”

The scent of incense hangs in the air as one passes between the columns saying "Welcome Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp." So does a musty odour. via Slam Sports