The old opera house in Macon, Georgia, has been entertaining audiences since 1884. In 1971, a tragedy would strike when Randall Widner, employed as executive director of Macon’s Grand Opera House, climbed high above the stage to an area called the thunder room, which held massive metal plates for thunder effects during old plays. Widner…
The Weeping Woman of Hotel Dalton
The Landmark Building in downtown Dalton is one of the tallest structures in the area. It initially served the public as a hotel in 1890, named Hotel Dalton, before it was destroyed by a 1911 fire that swept through the city. The hotel was restored around 1923, and today, it serves as office space, and…
The Ghosts of Scull Shoals
Scull Shoals is now a ghost town that once occupied space on the Oconee River in Greene County, Georgia. It was once a thriving community, but now, the old buildings that once stood are mostly gone, except for a few ruins that still exist. The town was abandoned after a series of misfortunes, including floods…
The Eerie Brasstown Bald in Georgia
Brasstown Bald is the highest natural point in Georgia, reaching an elevation of 4,784 feet. As you may imagine, not only is Brasstown a larger mountain in the southern Appalachian region, but it is also steeped in local folklore. Some hikers have reported eerie sensations, mysterious sounds, and even seeing apparitions, especially around the early…
Ghostly Secrets of Lake Chatuge
Lake Chatuge in Haiwassee Georgia, was constructed in 1941. Like other lakes, construction for the project interrupted the living and the dead at the time. The lake is located in Towns County, and has developed a reputation through the years for tragic accidents and eerie tales. Some believe the spirits never truly left. After dusk,…
The 2017 Greenville, SC Murders: Jessica Edens Snaps
In July 2017, an Upstate South Carolina mother snapped, when she killed 28-year-old Meredith Rahme at a parking garage, near an apartment complex in downtown Greenville, around 5:00 p.m. Jessica Edens was the suspected shooter of Rahme, who was found in her vehicle deceased, where Edens’ estranged husband lived at the time. A few reports…
The Deadly Loray Mill Strike of 1929
Demands for higher pay and a 40-hour workweek ignited the Loray Mill Strike in Gastonia, North Carolina, in 1929. We often like to think that we have come a long way with better working conditions, higher wages, and even a work-life balance, but have we? Despite what is currently taught in our educational systems across…
The 1993 Be-Lo Grocery Store Murders
On Sunday, June 6, 1993, a black male was hidden inside an eastern North Carolina grocery store in Windsor, North Carolina. Around 6:15 p.m. that evening, the culprit, who was already hiding in the store, waiting for it to close, took six hostages after employees closed for the night. The man took everyone to the…
The 1934 Chiquola Mill Massacre
The Chiquola Mill Massacre, also known as Bloody Thursday, occurred on September 6, 1934, in Honea Path, South Carolina. During a textile workers’ strike, seven striking workers were killed and at least 30 others were injured when Dan Beacham, the mayor and magistrate in the small town, ordered armed townsmen, deputized by him, to fire…
Cold Case of Natasha Warren
23-year-old Natasha Warren was found murdered on an I-26 exit ramp in August 2008 in Richland County, South Carolina. Reportedly, Warren had just graduated from college and wanted to be a medical office assistant. She was also a mother of two young boys at the time. On that night, Natasha Warren was driving to work…