This document summarizes an investigation by Dr. Brandy B. Stark into the Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory in St. Petersburg, which is now the site of Argosy University. The factory employed over 1,000 workers at its peak and was one of the premier cigar factories in Tampa. During investigations of the site, Dr. Stark experienced several paranormal phenomena including sensations, shadows, and anomalous photos. She believes more research is needed into the factory's worker history and additional investigations at different times to learn more about the haunting.

1. Brandy B. Stark, PhD
SPIRITS of St. Petersburg
October 2018
Haunted History: The Berriman-Morgan
Cigar Factory/Argosy University

2. Who and Why?

3. Personal Philosophy

4. 21 years later…www.spiritsofstpetersburg.com

5. What is studied?

6. INVESTIGATIONS

7. What to look for?
 Sensations/Feelings
 Hot/Cold spots
 Movement
 Animal behaviors
 Peripheral vision manifestation
 Shadows
 Dreams

8. History
 Tampa: Small Army Town created during the
Seminole Wars
 1885: Vicente Martinez Ybor came to Tampa
and purchased 40 acres east of Tampa
 He agreed to give cigar factories free 10-year
leases if they would relocate to the area.
 Tampa's leaders were encouraged by the
growth and bought an additional 120 acres
west of the Hillsborough River in order to
build more factories.
 At the peak of the industry, there were 200
factories in the city.
 Great Depression, worker strikes, destructive
fire, mechanized cigar making
 Today, only a hint of history remains of the
cigar factories. Of the 200 that once stood,
only 25 still exist. Of those, 9 have been
locally designated as historic sites. Today,
one factory, J.C. Newman, still makes cigars.

9. Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory

10. Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory
*Morgan's 1,000 workers produced more than 11
million cigars annually for what became one of
the premiere cigar factories in Tampa.
Manufacturer of La Flor de Berriman, Jose Vila,
Don Cosme, La serenidad, La Evidencia, Marc
Anthony, and Light It . Specialized in private
labels and clubs brands.

11. Berriman-Morgan Cigar Factory

12. Reported Phenomena

13. Investigation Experience
1) Walk through with a psychic/sensitive
2) SPIRITS investigation
1) Silent walk through
2) Gathering of Information
3) Recheck areas of interest (EVPs, photos)
4) History
5) Additional analysis/reports/research

14. Overlap

15. Walk Through # 1

16. Walk Through # 2 (SPIRITS)

17. Walk Through # 2 (SPIRITS)

18. Walk Through # 2 (SPIRITS)

19. Recheck

20. WHY? History

21. Overall Thoughts
 More research into the history of the
workers
 Finding Pedro or Pacco story’s origin
 More investigations to recheck data
 Different times of day for investigations
to see if working hours makes a
difference in the phenomena vs. night
time hours

22. Questions and comments