Earlier this year, we traveled to Camden, South Carolina, on the hottest day. After walking around with Izzy, drenched in sweat and using a defective tripod, we decided to risk a heat stroke to capture a few more places.
Camden is beautiful and historic, but one place we failed to visit on this trip was Rectory Square Park.
According to author Tally Johnson, on page 75 of the Ghosts of the Pee Dee book, he mentions that the site is haunted per one of the sources he found. Thanks, Tally, for putting the Billy Idol song Rebel Yell into my short-term memory for the rest of the day.
What do we love about The Lantern? Ghosts, history, road trips, small towns, the unexplained, and attractions. We want more, more, more! And Camden is the perfect destination to give us all of that.
Johnson writes, “The sounds of drums beating a call to arms followed by several full-throated ‘Rebel yells’ ring out over Rectory Square Park in downtown Camden.” No apparitions have been captured here, at least not noted, but it should come as no surprise that a few still linger around, since Camden is the oldest inland city in South Carolina, established in 1732.
Written By: John G. Clark Jr.
