It is hard to believe it has been almost 26 years since Hurricane Floyd, then the worst hurricane in the state’s history, slammed into Eastern North Carolina. The storm crashed ashore on September 16, 1999, resulting in 51 fatalities, record flooding, and billions in damage. The monster hurricane’s storm surge amounted to 9-10 feet along…
The Haunted Bentonville Battlefield in North Carolina
Four Oaks, North Carolina, was home to the last major Confederate offensive against General Sherman and the Federal army. The three-day Battle of Bentonville is the largest in North Carolina history, and some believe the grounds may also be one of the most haunted. Visitors to the property have experienced the sounds and smells of…
2024 Hurricane Helene
Hurricane Helene is the deadliest hurricane to hit the contiguous United States since Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The storm caused at least 248 deaths, with 175 of those deaths directly related to this massive storm, whether by wind, flood, or other immediate impacts, and racked up almost $80 billion in damages. Helene has officially…
The North Carolina Coal Glen Mine Disaster
The most significant loss of life in a mining accident in the state of North Carolina occurred on May 27, 1925, when 53 miners were killed by explosions in the Coal Glen mine in Farmville, located in Chatham County. When we think of coal mining, West Virginia and Pennsylvania are typically the first states that…
Hurricane Helene (1958)
Hurricane Helene raked the Carolinas coast on September 27, 1958, but did not make landfall. That morning, the massive Category 4 storm with winds up to 150 mph approached Charleston, South Carolina, before abruptly turning to the north and northeast. The storm brought heavy rainfall to Eastern North Carolina, damaging many homes and buildings. Written…
The Legend of Oregon Inlet in North Carolina
Oregon Inlet is a natural channel on the Outer Banks of North Carolina that separates Bodie Island from Pea Island and joins Pamlico Sound to the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane that sliced through the area in 1846 formed the inlet, which even has a legend behind it. The legend says that in September 1846, a…
Is the Browder Family Cemetery in North Carolina Haunted
On Christmas Day in 1929, Charlie Lawson lost his marbles and brutally killed his family in Germantown, North Carolina. The bodies of the deceased were taken to a funeral parlor in the town of Madison to be embalmed. Eventually, the family was buried at the Browder Family Cemetery in Germantown. Through the years, many have…
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are home to some of the state’s best mysteries and folklore. The region is also forever tied to a ghost ship that mysteriously washed ashore in 1921. The Carroll A. Deering was a five-masted commercial schooner first launched in 1919 and found to run aground without its crew off…
The Ghost Cat of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Some believe the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is one of the more haunted places in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The first lighthouse was built in 1803; however, the current light was constructed in 1870, roughly five years after the end of the Civil War. The ocean began to reclaim the ground, and in 1999,…
The Haunted Lightkeeper’s Quarters at Currituck Beach Lighthouse
In the earliest days before automatic lights, lighthouses required lightkeepers to operate them. These keepers often lived in residences beside the lighthouse called the lightkeeper’s quarters. At the Currituck Light Station in Corolla in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, the Johnson family took over the job in 1916. George Johnson’s adopted daughter, Sadie, was…