Not a lot is known about the cryptid, the “Monkey Dog of Dutch Fork.” Still, as I traveled around South Carolina in late November 2024, I had the opportunity to explore the region’s ghost stories. On a frigid, rainy day, I drove to various locations, such as Little Mountain, to meet some locals. One story…
Henry Houston Fowler is still missing from Laurens County, SC
Henry Houston Fowler has been missing since August 22, 1991, in Laurens County, South Carolina. Mr. Fowler left his Hickory Tavern residence to go to work, but he never returned home. His vehicle was found later that day in Dorchester County, South Carolina. If you have any information that can help solve this case, please…
Shalonda Harts is still missing
Shalonda Harts was last seen in Richland County, South Carolina, on April 8, 2012. Few details are available in her cold case, but she was reportedly last seen by a friend in the Hollywood Hills Subdivision in Columbia on that day. Someone knows what happened to Shalonda Harts: maybe that person is you. If you…
Barbara Ellen Brunson is Missing in Sumter
Barbara Ellen Brunson was 66 years old when she was last seen on August 4, 2008, when she walked away from an assisted living facility in Sumter, South Carolina. According to the Sumter Police Department, she was last seen at Green’s Residential, but the website NamUs listed that she was seen leaving the premises. Barbara…
The Unsolved Homicide of Barbara Jean Anderson
Barbara Jean Anderson was 37 years old at the time of her death. She was found murdered on June 12, 1997, in a wooded area off of River Road in Wilmington, North Carolina. According to a WECT Channel 6 news article on March 25, 2014, “Anderson’s killer used a hanger to strangle the life out…
The Ghostly Lady of Gray Court
In Gray Court, South Carolina, near Exit 10 on Interstate I-385 in Laurens County, is a site believed to be haunted by a ghostly woman. Author Tally Johnson penned a section of the tale in his Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry book on page 52. Again, if you do not have his books, I…
Anna Cornelia Morris is Still Missing in Richland County, SC
Anna Cornelia Morris was 64 years old when she reportedly walked away from her residence on Congaree Road in Columbia, South Carolina (Hopkins) in 2011. The State Newspaper indicated in a May 2011 article that Anna may have been suffering from Alzheimer’s at the time of her disappearance. She was last seen on May 29,…
Chaka Jay Wood’s Disappearance
Chaka Jay Wood was 32 years old at the time of her disappearance in February 2017 in Cherokee County. According to NamUs and other online sites, Wood was last seen by her family at church in Gaffney, South Carolina, around 5:30 p.m. on February 15th. Not many details are known about her case, but Wood…
Missing in Gaffney: Donnie Pennington
Donnie Edward Pennington went missing on March 4, 2006, in Gaffney, South Carolina. Pennington was 42 years old at the time of his disappearance and was last seen around 8:00 p.m. on that day at a residence near Timken Road and the 2200 block of Old Georgia Highway. He has not been seen since. If…
Faith Gwen McLane is Missing in Anderson, SC
Faith Gwen McLane was 53 years old when she went missing in Anderson, South Carolina, in 2007. According to NamUs, McLane was officially reported as missing in 2008, and it was reported that her family last saw her at the Carolina Inn Motel on North Murray Avenue in October 2007. McLane was with a man…