It is hard to believe it has been almost 26 years since Hurricane Floyd, then the worst hurricane in the state’s history, slammed into Eastern North Carolina. The storm crashed ashore on September 16, 1999, resulting in 51 fatalities, record flooding, and billions in damage. The monster hurricane’s storm surge amounted to 9-10 feet along…
The Haunted Bentonville Battlefield in North Carolina
Four Oaks, North Carolina, was home to the last major Confederate offensive against General Sherman and the Federal army. The three-day Battle of Bentonville is the largest in North Carolina history, and some believe the grounds may also be one of the most haunted. Visitors to the property have experienced the sounds and smells of…
The Great Flood of 1916: Asheville, North Carolina
The Great Flood, as many call it, and is often nicknamed “The Flood by Which All Other Floods Are Measured,” occurred when two tropical storms converged and packed a powerful punch over Asheville, North Carolina, during the summer of 1916. The National Weather Bureau stated that never before had so much rain fallen anywhere in…
2024 Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene is the deadliest hurricane to hit the contiguous United States since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The storm caused at least 248 deaths, with 175 of those deaths directly related to this massive storm, whether by wind, flood, or other immediate impacts, and racked up almost $80 billion in damages. Helene has officially…
The North Carolina Coal Glen Mine Disaster
The most significant loss of life in a mining accident in the state of North Carolina occurred on May 27, 1925, when 53 miners were killed by explosions in the Coal Glen mine in Farmville, located in Chatham County. When we think of coal mining, West Virginia and Pennsylvania are typically the first states that…
Hurricane Helene (1958)
Hurricane Helene raked the Carolinas coast on September 27, 1958, but did not make landfall. That morning, the massive Category 4 storm with winds up to 150 mph approached Charleston, South Carolina, before abruptly turning to the north and northeast. The storm brought heavy rainfall to Eastern North Carolina, damaging many homes and buildings. Written…
The Legend of Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
Oregon Inlet is a natural channel on the Outer Banks of North Carolina that separates Bodie Island from Pea Island and joins Pamlico Sound to the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane that sliced through the area in 1846 formed the inlet, which even has a legend behind it. The legend says that in September 1846, a…
Is the Browder Family Cemetery in North Carolina Haunted
On Christmas Day in 1929, Charlie Lawson lost his marbles and brutally killed his family in Germantown, North Carolina. The bodies of the deceased were taken to a funeral parlor in the town of Madison to be embalmed. Eventually, the family was buried at the Browder Family Cemetery in Germantown. Through the years, many have…
The First Unsolved Mystery Case in America Occurred in North Carolina: Virginia Dare
North Carolina is home to America’s first mystery, when the first attempted English settlement vanished on Roanoke Island. Virginia Dare, the firstborn English child in the new colony, disappeared by 1590, sparking controversy about her fate. Some believe she lived among the natives, where she encountered a witch doctor who wished to marry her. After…
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are home to some of the state’s best mysteries and folklore. The region is also forever tied to a ghost ship that mysteriously washed ashore in 1921. The Carroll A. Deering was a five-masted commercial schooner first launched in 1919 and found to run aground without its crew off…