Lenoir-Rhyne University in Hickory, North Carolina, dates back to 1891 and has earned quite a reputation for its legends and tales. This place has everything from mysterious and ghostly lights in P.E. Monroe Auditorium to the Mauney Music Building, where ghostly footsteps can be heard. Another tale that seems to have some legs is the…
The Legend of the Maco Light
North Carolina is home to many legends and lore, including famous ghost lights like the Brown Mountain Lights, the Thomas Divide Lights, and the Vander Light. One ghost light that seemingly disappeared from paranormal radars over the years is the mystery of the Maco Light and the ghostly tale that led to the phenomenon. Maco…
A Headless Blackbeard Haunts Teach’s Hole
Teach’s Hole in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, specifically Ocracoke Island, is the name given to a channel and spot where the infamous pirate Blackbeard is said to have anchored and met his demise in battle. 1718 wasn’t a great year if you happened to be a pirate in those days. Stede Bonnet and…
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 Jackson Building and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Ghosts of 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. The building held the title of the city’s tallest for 41 years, and during the Stock Market Crash of 1929, some people reportedly jumped to their…
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…
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….
The Ghost in Skinflint’s Mine
Legend has it that during the Carolina Gold Rush in the early 1800s, a property in Cabarrus County, owned by Skinflint Mcintosh, would become the meeting point where greed met the paranormal. McIntosh had reportedly become known for cutting corners with safety measures and was known to be tightfisted, paying subpar wages to the miners…