In May 2006, a Clemson University student was found murdered in her apartment in Central, South Carolina, by the name of Tiffany Souers, who was just 20 years old at that time. The search to find the killer would take a few weeks, but on June 5, 2006, 35-year-old Jerry Buck Inman was identified as…
Is the Asheville City Hall Haunted
One common theme around some of the buildings in Asheville, North Carolina, is the 1929 stock market crash and the deaths associated with it. The building that currently houses the Asheville City Hall was completed in 1928, as the Roaring 20s were coming to an end. At the time, the men, who wore three-piece suits…
The Cold Case of Sharonda Sims
Sharonda Sims was found murdered on September 17, 2019, as she walked home in Newberry County, South Carolina. Sims was reportedly ambushed and found less than a mile from her house on Drayton Street. She was just 40 years old at the time of her death. According to a post from 2022 on the Newberry…
The Cold Case of Melissa Whitis
Melissa Whitis was found deceased in Chester County, South Carolina, on Lizzie Melton Road, near Old Richburg Road, in 2019. Her body had been reportedly set on fire and dumped. Whitis had no known ties to the area, as she was from Kentucky. She was last seen alive on September 17, 2019, near Interstate 40…
The Jackson Building and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Jackson Building in Asheville, North Carolina, built in 1924, at 22 South Pack Square, has a reported dark history attached to it. The building held the title of being the tallest building in the city for 41 years, and during the Stock Market Crash of 1929, a reported 17 people jumped to their deaths….
The Other Helen Still Roams the Mountainside
Many are familiar with the paranormal hotspot, Helen’s Bridge in Asheville, North Carolina, but there is another story of “Helen”, near Arden in the Royal Pines section, that you may not know. Both stories are similar, and, yes, people believe the one in Royal Pines was the first ghostly tale, and it was eventually moved…
Was it the “Mothman” or a Mechanical Failure that led to the collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967
Just before Christmas, on December 15, 1967, tragedy struck Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, on the Silver Bridge around 5:00 p.m. During the late afternoon rush hour, as dozens of cars were packed onto the bridge, the bridge collapsed. In all, 64 people plunged into the frigid waters, resulting in 46 deaths, nine…
Asheville’s Old Craggy Prison
Old Craggy State Prison in Asheville, North Carolina, was built in 1924 as a medium-security facility. Conditions inside were rough, but most inmates were assigned labor-intensive jobs, such as laundry detail. The air inside was stale, with no air conditioning, and the heat was limited during the harsh winters of Western North Carolina. It wouldn’t…
The Ghostly Broughton Hospital
The Broughton Hospital in Morganton, North Carolina, opened in March 1883, and it was called the Western Carolina Insane Asylum. Around 1890, the name was changed again to the “State Hospital at Morganton”, until it was finally changed again in 1959 to Broughton Hospital. Through the years, horrible things happened behind the walls of this…
The Siren of the French Broad
The French Broad River in Western North Carolina is rich in history and mystery. The beautiful waters that sweep through the mountains are full of not only water, but also legend. The story of the “Siren of the French Broad” dates back to the mid-1850s, when author William Gilmore Simms published a poem about it….