The South Carolina Lowcountry is filled with legend & lore. One such story comes from Beaufort about a doctor who feared being buried alive after treating patients during the yellow fever epidemic. Dr. Perry was from a wealthy planter family who lived on St Helena Island. Victims of the fever would often slip into comas…
The Green Lantern Speakeasy and The Ghost that Guards It: Haunted Greenville
Downtown Greenville, South Carolina, is a beautiful and picturesque area, featuring historic buildings that house numerous charming shops and restaurants. But Greenville also has a dark side, like other cities and towns around the Carolinas that we have written about, with many stories of long-time residents from a bygone era. Many still roam the hallways…
The Gervais Street Bridge Ghostly Hitchhiker
Columbia is full of spirits —the good ones that you find in Five Points or the bad ones that you see crossing a historic bridge said to be haunted by a ghostly hitchhiker. The Gervais Street Bridge is said to be haunted by a woman who was killed in the 1940s trying to make her…
The Legend of the Rum Keg Girl
The Old Burying Grounds, a historic cemetery located on Ann Street in Beaufort, North Carolina, is a serene and beautiful place. The earliest marked grave dates to 1711. A canopy of moss-covered live oak trees shades tombstones within. But one grave in the cemetery has a unique story to tell. In the 18th Century, a…
The Bride of West End
Legend states that if you go to 140 Crosson Street in Newberry on certain nights, you may encounter a ghostly bride still looking for her lover in the afterlife. The Bride of West End is said to roam the West End Cemetery. The apparition of a melancholy bride has been seen sitting in nearby trees,…
The Haunted Children’s Cemetery in Greenville, South Carolina
Tucked away in the rolling hills of the South Carolina Upcountry, in Greenville County, is a cemetery with a reputation for being haunted. If you decide to visit, you may be surprised to find that the grounds are now situated in the same parking lot as a Walmart Neighborhood Market, located right behind a dental…
The 5 Most Terrifying Places in Upstate South Carolina
The Upstate of South Carolina is home to some of the most terrifying places in the United States. Tales range from a witch laughing in the moonlight to a hostile, ghostly lady in white who haunts students with the sound of organ music, and from patients from an old TB hospital that still roam the…
The Legend of Ghost Creek Road
“Beautiful Faces, Spooky Places” should be South Carolina’s new motto. The Palmetto State is loaded with paranormal hotspots, with most information readily available with a quick Google search. Roads and bridges are fascinating, ghostly attractions due to their availability for visitors looking for a scare. The sheer thought of encountering a specter in the middle…
Are the Grounds of This Old Tuberculosis Hospital in Upstate South Carolina Haunted
Between 1930 and the early 1950s, the Greenville County Tuberculosis Hospital treated hundreds of patients suffering from tuberculosis. Several patients succumbed to the deadly disease while housed at the hospital, but the exact number who met their untimely demise is unknown. A fire ravaged the old building in 2002, and today the site serves as…
This Demonic Bridge In The Upstate Will Make You Bleat Like A Goat From Fear
One bridge in the middle of the country, said to be haunted by demonic spirits, is the Billy Goat Bridge in Cherokee County, near the York County town of Hickory Grove and Lockhart, South Carolina. Many believe dark entities surround this area because of an alleged history of witchcraft. Unfortunately, not much is known about…