Stephanie VonCannon went missing in 2020 at age 42. It was reported online that the last contact with VonCannon was on May 16 of that year. She was reportedly last seen at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, on June 29, 2020. Stephanie was never heard from again. VonCannon was homeless at the time…
The Ghostly Lantern
The Noland Creek area has many abandoned homesteads and cemeteries that bear the names of many early pioneers who settled the land many years ago, which now lies under Lake Fontana in North Carolina. One legend says an early farmer in the area died while searching for his lost daughter. Ever since, a ghostly lantern…
The Disappearance of Rhonda Gail Kelley in Greenwood, SC
Rhonda Gail Kelley was 45 years old when she disappeared on November 23, 2016. At the time, Kelley was seen in the area of Gage Street and Tanyard Avenue in Greenwood, South Carolina. She is described as 5 feet 6 inches tall, with blue eyes and brown hair, and she weighs approximately 105 pounds. It…
The Disappearance of the Gospel Trio
Sarah W. Boyd, Kimberly Boyd, and Linda McCord mysteriously disappeared together in the Lowcountry of South Carolina without a trace on April 3, 1987. The two women and a young child attended a gospel concert in Walterboro, South Carolina, in a blue Lincoln Continental belonging to McCord’s husband, which began at 7:30 p.m. in the…
The Ghostly Bride of Cataloochee Valley
The ghostly bride of Cataloochee Valley is a local legend, not widely known or documented. Cataloochee Valley is a beautiful place with historic structures in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Many haunted tales blanket this area, like a heavy mountain fog. One legend says that a young woman was set to marry the…
The Lantern Keeper of Elkmont
We have written a few articles about Elkmont in the past. At one time, Elkmont, a historic area in Tennessee, was a bustling logging community. Today, it sits in ruins as a ghost town within the Great Smoky National Park. Legend says that one person, who once called this place home, now walks the landscape…
The 1991 WestGate Mall Cinema Slayings
On January 7, 1991, David Rocheville and Richard Longworth, both 23 at the time, decided to rob the WestGate Mall Cinema in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where they had worked in the past. No one was prepared for what was about to happen. The pair armed themselves and went to watch a movie. When they headed…
The Phantom Hiker of Clingmans Dome
The phantom hiker of Clingmans Dome is similar to the story of the ghostly hiker of Grandfather’s Mountain, but has a slight variation between the tales. Clingmans Dome is the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, standing at 6,643 feet. The legend states that a hiker, named Jacob, disappeared on the trails…
The Tragic 1988 Greenwood School Shooting
On September 26, 1988, 19-year-old Jaime William Wilson walked into Oakdale Elementary in Greenwood and opened fire. Wilson is responsible for one of the first deadly school shootings in the country. He was armed with a 22-caliber pistol when he started in the cafeteria and moved into a classroom. In the end, Wilson shot 11…
The 1985 S.C. Bold Prison Break: Get to the Choppa
Like something from a movie, in 1985, Joyce Bailey Mattox, of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, devised a plan to rescue her love interest, Jesse Glenn Smith. There was only one problem: Smith was an inmate, serving a lengthy prison sentence at the time. No one knows how Mattox became acquainted with the prisoner. It has…