Dressed in a flowing black dress and matching hat, she leads lantern-lit walking tours along Fort Myers Beach's main thoroughfare each night. As she carefully makes her way through the modern-day throngs of lobster-hued tourists and partying teens, she regales participants with juicy tidbits of the region's past: spirits who remain from the time when the Calusas were the only inhabitants; the beautiful young woman said to roam the beach in a graceful blue gown; poltergeists on Cabbage Key, and a woman and her beloved dog who haunt the Beached Whale.

The stories aren't mere figments of Iannucci's imagination. She and her mother, Barbara, spent months interviewing locals, getting firsthand accounts whenever possible from those who claim to have seen the ghosts. Iannucci continues her research in order to add ever more spirited tales. Her Web site-www.hauntedfortmyers.com-even lets visitors submit their supernatural experiences.

Despite the subject matter, the tours aren't designed to make believers out of the skeptical. Blending humor and history, Iannucci aims to offer an after-dinner family activity.

"I'm not trying to change anyone's mind," she says. "I just report what's been seen. I'm a storyteller, not an historian."

Ghost Tours of Fort Myers conducts 90-minute tours at 7:45 nightly, departing from The Beach Pierside Grill, 1000 Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach. Cost: $18 for adults, $10 for children 10 and younger. Cards worth $3 off the adult fare are available at the Fort Myers Beach Chamber of Commerce and most area hotels. For details, call 949-FOGG (949-3644).