The harbor in Georgetown is allegedly haunted by a stowaway slave who was hiding on board when the ship was struck and sunk in March of 1865 by a Confederate torpedo. According to online reports, the ship’s smokestack can still be seen today, and some claim that unearthly sounds of a tortured soul emanate from…
This IS the REAL Crybaby Bridge
Many crybaby bridges exist across the United States, but one of the most haunted sits on High Shoals Road in Anderson, South Carolina. The original bridge was constructed sometime between 1915 and 1930 in Virginia. During construction, a worker fell to his death. The tragedy took place thirteen days after the birth of his daughter,…
The Haunted T-Bridge of Gaffney
Gaffney, South Carolina, located in Cherokee County, is one of the most haunted counties in the state, behind only Abbeville and Charleston, and is home to the iconic Peachoid that greets visitors on I-85. The most fascinating aspect of this area is the numerous bridges that are reportedly paranormal hotspots. But one bridge in the…
Is Old Whitmire Highway Haunted
The Old Whitmire Highway in Newberry is rumored to be haunted by two spirits. People who have traveled down this stretch of road have reported seeing a bright light in the distance, thinking it is a possible wreck or even a stalled vehicle. As the motorists begin to slow, they see two figures near the…
Hear the Haunted Guitar Riffs from a Famous Musician in this Town
The Sarah Riley Hooks House is a reported haunted dwelling with a dark past in Bluffton, South Carolina. Sarah was a retired nurse and the daughter of a prominent Bluffton family. Her son, Anthony Earl John “Toney” Hooks, became a famous guitarist for Sly and the Family Stone and the Ohio Players, until his death…
Is Thomas Drive in Sumter, South Carolina, Haunted
Melanie had just moved into one of the townhomes between Alice Drive and Thomas Drive in Sumter, South Carolina, in 2000. She and her husband were getting the new place ready when items around the house began to go mysteriously missing. They would later reappear after some time, and for a while, Melanie did not…
The Haunting of Stamey Livestock Road in Sumter
Sumter appears to be a paranormal hotspot, with several stories of apparitions still roaming the grounds of the county today. One story is from Stamey Livestock Road, where five Air Force airmen who went out for a little boozing action in the 1980s, drank too much, and ran into Booth’s Pond. Two of the men…
Are Undead Civil War Veterans Haunting Dolly Parton Parkway
The Battle of Fair Garden in 1864 was one of many that occurred across the southern United States during the Civil War. But like much of the Carolinas and their ghosts of past soldiers, Sevierville in Tennessee suffers from the same fate. Right off Dolly Parton Parkway, the Civil War veterans of the South continued…
Is the Civil War Still Being Fought on This North Carolina Bridge
The Haunted South Queen Street Bridge over the Neuse River in Kinston, North Carolina, once called the Frederick Jones Bridge, was the site of a Civil War skirmish in 1862, when Confederate soldiers burned it as a last-ditch effort to prevent the burning of a more significant bridge in Goldsboro and to keep the Union…