Nestled in the rolling hills of Wise County, Virginia, sits an abandoned orphanage, where nature has slowly taken over through the years. Little history is known about the old Wise County Orphanage, but some believe that the spirits of people who once lived there are still walking amongst the living. No significant events are recorded…
Missing in the Smokies: Christopher Lee Cessna
Christopher Lee Cessna was 45 years old when he went missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in April 2011. Cessna was living in Cary, North Carolina, at the time. His disappearance was initially reported to the Cary Police Department after his family noticed he had been out of contact. Cessna’s 2009 Audi was…
Missing in the Smokies: Derek Lueking
Derek Lueking went missing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in March 2012.. Lueking’s car was found parked in the lower lot of Newfound Gap, on the border between North Carolina and Tennessee. At the time he went missing, Lueking was wearing black track pants and white tennis shoes. He may have had a…
Missing in the Smokies: Teresa “Trenny” Lynn Gibson
On October 8, 1976, Teresa “Trenny” Lynn Gibson went missing while on a field trip with Bearden High School. Gibson was only 16 years old at the time, when she and her classmates were hiking near Andrews Bald trail to the Clingmans Dome parking area. No one on the trip remembers seeing her after 3:00…
The Confederate Sentry at St. Johns
In the small crossroads community of St. Johns in Hertford County, North Carolina, many have claimed that a Confederate Sentry is still hard at work manning his post. On February 20, 1862, the town of Winton, NC, became the first community in North Carolina to be burned by Union forces. In March of that year,…
The 1986 Disappearance of Kristina Porco
On November 29, 1986, 16-year-old Kristina Porco walked out of her residence at the Woodlake Villas in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. It was reported on the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office website that Porco left after a domestic dispute in the family’s apartment and never returned. It further added that a female friend received a…
The Ghostly Lovers of Goldsboro, North Carolina
The Deans Cemetery in Goldsboro, North Carolina, is a very old cemetery where a love story in the 1800s and the paranormal are forever intertwined. It’s said that a young, 17-year-old woman, Rachel H. Vinson, fell deeply in love with George Deans. Only one problem existed: Deans initially rejected the young woman. Rachel became distraught…
Is this North Carolina Bridge Haunted by the Lawson Family
On Christmas Day in 1929, Charlie Lawson lost his mind and murdered his family. We have covered the Lawson Christmas Day murders in the past, but there are a few ghost stories associated with the family and the old grounds, where the Lawson house once stood. The old Lawson home became somewhat of a tourist…
Where are you, my son?
Many years ago, near the Neuse River in North Carolina, it’s said that an old blind woman lived with her son deep in the woods. Whenever she needed something, she would call out to him, ‘Where are you, my son? Every time he heard his mother call, he would come running to assist her. One…
The Disappearance of Casi Ann Pogue in Greenville, SC
Casi Ann Pogue disappeared on July 5, 2000, after she was discharged from Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina. Security cameras captured Casi walking away from the hospital. After she disappeared from the hospital cameras, she vanished into thin air. Over the holiday weekend, Casi checked into the hospital, reportedly twice. According to the…