Madame Delphine MacCarthy Lalaurie, a prominent and wealthy socialite in New Orleans, gained infamy for her cruel treatment of enslaved individuals. In 1832, she and her third husband, Dr. Leonard Louis Nicolas Lalaurie, moved into a grand neoclassical mansion at the corner of what are now Royal and Governor Nicholls Streets. The mansion became famous…
The Marshall House in Savannah, Georgia
The Marshall House at 123 E Broughton St in Savannah, Georgia, is a beautiful and historic structure that is central to the city’s spiritual folklore. It’s also a site where numerous people have met their fate over the years, mainly when it served as a Union hospital at the end of the Civil War, and…
Sloss Furnaces is One of the Most Haunted Places in the American South
Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama, is rumored to be one of the most haunted places in the American South. It opened in 1871 and finally closed in the early 1970s, and it was considered an absolute hellhole to work at. Over the years, many have supposedly met many untimely deaths there, with some online reports…
The “Hauntingly” Beautiful Boone Hall Plantation
If you believe online reports, the Boone Hall Plantation in Mount Pleasant may be one of the more haunted locations in the Charleston area. Major John Boone founded the plantation before it was sold to John and Henry Horlbeck. Over the years, many have stated that the people who once called this place home may…
The Swinging Corpse
Located at 161 East Bay Street, the F.W. Wagener Building is a beautiful structure in Charleston, South Carolina, with tall arched windows and cast-iron pillars. Built in 1880 by German immigrant F.W. Wagener, it housed his firm’s offices, a grocery store, and rental space across three expansive, open floors. The Poirier family built much of…
Was Lavinia Fisher the First Female Serial Killer
One of the more disturbing legends to come to light occurred in the Six Mile Wayfarer house near Charleston, South Carolina, during the early 1800s. The story should rank in the same category as Jack the Ripper, but instead of feasting on women of the night, allegedly, the Fishers preyed on travelers who would stop…
The Witch of OBX
It was odd, everyone agreed, that a woman with a baby would choose to live so far from town in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. But what unsettled the villagers most wasn’t Cora’s isolation. Misfortune seemed to follow wherever she went. Cows mysteriously became sick and dried up after she passed by. In hungry…
The Boo Hag
On humid nights along the South Carolina and Georgia coast, when the moon hangs low and the marshes whisper, elders gather to share one of the Gullah community’s most chilling tales: the legend of the Boo Hag. They speak in hushed voices of a creature unlike any ordinary ghost, a skinless and sinewy being, red…
Murder, a Ballad, and the Ghost of Tom Dula (Dooley)
Long before his name became famous in song, Tom Dula was already a notorious figure in North Carolina’s foothills. Raised in Wilkes County and admired for his charm and fiddle playing, Tom’s life took a dark turn after the Civil War. He rekindled an affair with Ann Melton, now married, while also courting her cousin,…
Ghostly Downtown Greenville, South Carolina
Greenville’s downtown is a bustling hub today, filled with visitors flocking to Main Street’s lively shops, diverse eateries, and the iconic Liberty Bridge in Falls Park. Yet, beneath this modern vibrancy lies a history that’s seldom discussed—one woven with stories of haunts and hidden pasts. Long before the city’s present-day charm, this land was once…