East Hall is one of the college’s dormitories and is said to be haunted. Student assistants have reported being followed by disembodied footsteps when on their rounds after midnight. People have also claimed that the lights will suddenly turn off in hallways, and you can feel someone brush against you. You can also hear whispering…
The Witch’s Tree in Greenville County
Highway 11 in Greenville County is a beautiful scenic route with panoramic mountain views. I was here today, searching for another ghostly tale. Legend says that on the Greenville County side of the border, just before you enter Pickens County, an old, gnarled tree exists somewhere in this vicinity. The story claims that a witch…
The Beast of Bladenboro
The Beast of Bladenboro began in the winter of 1953-1954 when an alarming number of dead livestock and animal mutilations surfaced in Bladenboro, North Carolina, putting residents on heightened alert. The animals were found with their jaws either broken or removed, with blood drained from their bodies, with witnesses describing the beast as a panther…
This Old Abbeville South Carolina Cemetery is Said to Be Haunted
Abbeville County is the second most haunted county in the state, behind Charleston. Every time we turn around, a new place appears with reported ghostly activity. Abbeville is packed with history and is known as the birthplace of the Confederacy and as the deathbed of the Confederacy. One cemetery, Upper Long Cane Cemetery, located on…
The Blue Lady of Hagan’s Mountain
Hagan’s Mountain in Thomaston, Georgia, in Upson County, is said to be home to a ghost called the Blue Lady. Jim Miles covered the story in his book, Haunted Central Georgia, and even references an eBook, The Blue Lady of Ada’hi. The Hagan family owned much of this property for generations, with the land rising…
Does Lucy Still Walk this Gatlinburg, Tennessee Trail
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is a popular tourist destination for those seeking to explore the mountains. The city also has a dark side, with many ghost stories in almost every building and on every street corner you go. One of the more popular is the spooky story of Lucy, who is said to haunt the Roaring Forks…
Does General Abel Kolb Still Walk the Grounds at His Tomb
Five battles and skirmishes were fought here during the Revolutionary War in and near Bennettsville, South Carolina, which includes Hunt’s Bluff, Cashue, Paces Ferry, Brown’s Mill, Bear Swamp, and the assassination of Colonial Abel Kolb by Tories, who lived along the Pee Dee River near Society Hill. Colonial Kolb was shot, and his home was…
The Haunted Highland Mill #3 in NoDa
The Highland Park Manufacturing Company, or as locals call it, Highland Mill #3, is located at 2901 N. Davidson Street in the NoDa community in Charlotte. Although the original mill opened operations here in 1903, it has been converted into apartments. The original mill was designed by Stuart W. Cramer, an American engineer who designed…
The Ghostly Woman at the Old Colony Theatre:
One small-town theater in the Upstate of South Carolina is reportedly haunted. The Colony Theatre at 315 West Main Street in Easley was built in 1948. It is alleged that a woman hanged herself on this site before the building of the theatre. Some claim the ghost was simply the curtains in the projection room,…
Ghostly Stagecoach of Highway 34
Highway 34 in Ninety Six, South Carolina, in Greenwood County, is said to be haunted by a ghostly stagecoach pulled by horses between County Farm Road and Lebanon Church Road. According to author Marjorie LaNelle, who has written Ghost Stories of Uptown Greenwood: The History & Mystery of the South Carolina Lakelands and The Apparitions…