I had the pleasure of visiting these grounds in late 2017. It is a beautiful place forever linked to tobacco tycoon R.J. Reynolds and his family. Unfortunately, Mr. Reynolds wouldn’t enjoy the scenic landscape for long. He succumbed to cancer the year after the gardens were built, in 1918. His beloved wife, Katharine, would pass…
The Ghost of Suzy Still Walks This Western North Carolina Road Looking For Help
We are staying in Western North Carolina for this next ghostly tale in the small community of Dillsboro, near Cherokee. The intersection heading to Dick’s Creek, approximately a mile or so from town, is the site of a deadly carriage accident in the early 1800s. Legend says that on a warm August evening, a school…
The Historic and Reportedly Haunted Brookstown Inn
For whatever reason, we don’t cover historic hotels enough. When we do, the articles don’t get shared, but today is a new day. One hotel in Winston Salem, North Carolina, near Old Winston, has a reputation for being…drumroll, please!…HAUNTED! The historic Brookstown Inn dates back to circa 1837 and has quite a storied past. Originally…
Is Korner’s Folly in Kernersville Haunted
One historic home that deserves more attention is the iconic Korner’s Folly in Kernersville, North Carolina. When I lived in the area a few years ago, I would walk past this beautiful structure daily on my way downtown for a beer and a bite to eat. Labeled as the “strangest house in America,” Korner’s Folly…
The Little Red Man
One of the more famous ghost stories from Winston-Salem is The Little Red Man. The story begins almost 250 years ago inside the Single Brothers House, where single men lived. One resident, Andreas Kremser, was a small-stature lad with quite the reputation for being reckless and a prankster among the men of the home. Chores,…
Old St. Paul’s Church and Graveyard
Old St. Paul’s Church and Graveyard in Newton, North Carolina, dates to the early 1800s and is considered one of the oldest churches west of the Catawba River. The cemetery predates the church, with grave markers dating to the 1700s. Local legend says that the grounds are believed to be haunted by the spirit of…
The Bostian’s Bridge Ghost Train
On August 27, 1891, a deadly train wreck in Statesville, North Carolina, resulted in twenty-two deaths from falls or drowning. The passenger train was heading to Asheville from Salisbury between 2:30 and 3:00 a.m. when it approached Bostian Bridge, a sixty-foot-high arch bridge off Buffalo Shoals Road, jumping the rails and plummeting into the creek…
The Ghostly Legend of the Pactolus Light
This North Carolina legend is the only train track haunt that does not involve a train smashing over a head or even an actual train. In the early 1900s, a young man rode his horse from Greenville to Pactolus to surprise his fiancée as she got off the train. Sadly, the man never made it…
The Ghosts of Appalachian State University
East Hall is one of the college’s dormitories and is said to be haunted. Student assistants have reported being followed by disembodied footsteps when on their rounds after midnight. People have also claimed that the lights will suddenly turn off in hallways, and you can feel someone brush against you. You can also hear whispering…
The Witch’s Tree in Greenville County
Highway 11 in Greenville County is a beautiful scenic route with panoramic mountain views. I was here today, searching for another ghostly tale. Legend says that on the Greenville County side of the border, just before you enter Pickens County, an old, gnarled tree exists somewhere in this vicinity. The story claims that a witch…