Many living in South Carolina are familiar with the more famous ghost stories, like the Hound of Goshen, the Gray Man, and Alice of the Hermitage. Occasionally, a forgotten tale emerges from a life or two lost long ago. Hilton Head Island is one of the most beautiful places to visit. I worked in that…
The Haunting of Old Tex
One theater in Shelby, North Carolina, is said to be the home of a specter or two, depending on who you ask. The Rogers Theater opened in 1936, just three years before the Wizard of Oz premiered on the big screen in 1939. Today, the old historic building sits along the downtown street. But some…
Is This North Carolina Hill Haunted
Right off of Richfield Road in Richfield, North Carolina, is a hill that defies the laws of physics. You’ll know when you arrive once you spot the graffiti sprayed up and down both lanes. Put your car in neutral, and instead of your vehicle going downhill as it should, it will roll uphill instead! This…
Does North Carolina Have an Unknown Haunted Road
Much like Gravity Hill in Richfield, North Carolina, Stewartsville Cemetery Road, outside of Maxton, North Carolina, has earned the same reputation as being haunted by its gravity hill. The legend says the brakes on a vehicle gave way before stopping at the intersection of Stewartsville Cemetery Road and Old Maxton Road. The mother got out…
The Palmetto State Headless Horseman
John Fenwick’s son, Edward Sr., was raised with strong ideals, and he inherited both the plantation and the 11,000 acres of property in Johns Island, South Carolina, in 1747. Edward was also known for breeding horses and even built a racetrack on the property. He had a daughter named Ann, who grew up riding horses….
The Lady in Brown
It’s a sad tale, like it usually is. Sherman Carmichael writes about the ghost story in his Mysterious Tales of the North Carolina Piedmont book, and the tale can also be found online. Around 1885, a young North Carolina woman, Eolene Davidson, in Northampton County, was returning from a summer trip to New York. During…
The Cordesville, SC Ghost Train
Cordesville is a small, rural community in Berkeley County with much history and a few ghost stories. Many believe the old railroad tracks on Highway 402, near Alligator Road, are home to a phantom ghost train. According to an online article from the Berkeley Observer, the tracks come alive around midnight with ghostly activity. Onlookers…
Jake Still Walks the Floors of This Historic Commerce, Georgia Building
Nerd U Comics and Collectibles is a Must-Stop when you pass through the area on I-85. The business is located at 55 State Street in a historic building that dates back to the early 1900s in downtown Commerce. Initially, a bank operated on the premises, but ultimately, through the years, other businesses moved into the…
The City Saved By the Dead
By the end of the twentieth century, it seemed that the glory days that had once filled Senoia, Georgia, approximately 40 miles south of Atlanta, were over. In 1989, Paul Lombardi began a search for a site for a new film studio and ultimately settled in the area. Several movies in the late 1980s and…
The Little Girl of the Vance Hotel
The Vance Hotel has been shuttered for more than 20 years in Statesville, North Carolina. Plans were announced in the summer of 2023 to revive the property as the “jewel of Downtown Statesville.” Columbus Vance-Hinkel built the hotel in 1927 at the intersection of West Front and South Center Streets. When it opened, it had…