This working performance art theatre in Charleston has had a notable history, including fires and even an earthquake in 1886, since it opened on February 12, 1736. The original Dock Street Theatre was probably destroyed by the Great Fire of 1740, which destroyed many of the buildings in Charleston’s French Quarter. Many consider the Dock…
Is This Charleston’s Most Haunted Cemetery
Charleston, South Carolina, is a beautiful city, nicknamed The Holy City, with many alleged haunted locations. Many are familiar with the more famous paranormal hotspots around the city, like the Old Jail, the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, White Point Gardens, Church Street, and the Pink House, but did you know about this famous hidden…
The Ghostly Hit and Run Victim on Highway 52 in South Carolina
We are no strangers to paranormal hotspots in South Carolina, but this particular apparition is one that many may not be familiar with, as information is not readily available online. On Highway 52 between St. Stephen and Kingstree is a long rural stretch of road near General Marion’s grave. According to eyewitness accounts, the road…
This Street in Historic Charleston Is Believed To Be The Most Ghost-Infested in the State
Charleston, South Carolina, is considered the most haunted city in the state, and Church Street is reportedly the most haunted area. So much debauchery occurred here from wild parties with excessive amounts of whisky, gambling, and plenty of ladies of the night during the early 1900s that many spirits call it home. It is believed…
The Swamp Girl of Columbia
Since the 1950s, there have been sightings of a female hitchhiker carrying a canvas travel bag on Highway 48 near Columbia, South Carolina. We don’t know much about her, but here is what we know. She mysteriously vanishes once she is inside someone’s vehicle when approaching Columbia. The phenomenon has continued freaking motorists out to…
The Wreck of the USS Harvest Moon
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…