Safety Harbour is a small coastal town on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay, about 20 minutes from Clearwater and 30 minutes from Tampa. It is known for its historic resort, its waterfront, and its friendly city centre. After dark it is known for something else entirely.
This is Safety Harbor's only ghost tour and the longest running — founded in 2021 by Cynthia Dominick, a certified tour guide, professional paranormal investigator, and Safety Harbour local. With a 4.9-star Google rating and nearly 10,000 guests served, Silent Slayer Ghost Tours has built a reputation on one principle: real experiences, not theatrical ones.
This 90-minute walking tour covers the documented history and reported paranormal activity of historic city centre Safety Harbour. Guests hear real stories connected to a hanging tree, a devastating fire, a murder tied to a possible brothel, a daring bank robbery, and the city's funeral home past. The Tocobaga people considered the natural springs beneath what is now the Safety Harbour Resort and Spa to be sacred ground for centuries — that history is part of the tour.
The route includes a stop inside the historic Safety Harbour Resort and Spa lobby, home to History Hall — a collection of historic photographs documenting the town's past. On select evenings guests also visit Rocking Delicious, a sweet shop in a building dating to 1925 with its own reported spirit presence.
Near the end of the route guests participate in a ghost hunting sampler at the Elf Tree using dowsing rods, a spirit box, cat balls, and the torch experiment. Since 2021 Silent Slayer has documented consistent unexplained activity at a specific location on this route — occurring before guests arrive, throughout the tour, and after it ends. The phenomenon has been observed on evenings when Cynthia is not even in Safety Harbour. We document everything and let guests draw their own conclusions.
The tour continues to the Baranoff Oak — a live oak tree estimated to be 300 to 500 years old, named after Dr. Baranoff who once owned the spa. It predates European settlement of Safety Harbour. The evening ends at the city's historic former funeral home location — saved for last because some stories deserve a grand finale.
No costumes. No actors. No scripted jump scares. Safety Harbor's only ghost tour. Running since 2021.
