I was standing on the top floor of the Brentwood Restaurant in Little River, South Carolina when the unthinkable happened. As I turned my back to the rest of the group to view the bottles of alcohol behind the bar, I remembered what Will, the tour guide, had said, We have to leave all original…
This Small North Carolina Town Is the Epicenter of Haunted History
There is a home in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, that is said to be inhabited by the ghost of a murder victim. According to legend, the spirit belongs to a young woman named Ella M. Cropsey, whose family had moved with her to a plantation home in Elizabeth City from Brooklyn, New York, in 1898….
Stay AWAY From This Alleged Haunted Bridge in Cherokee Falls, SC
One story that I have come to know well is Booger Jim of Cherokee Falls. Many tales exist surrounding the famous character, who lived under a bridge, in the woods, chasing people in the night, and was hanged from that very bridge by his wife in the 1970s with a set of battery cables or…
Is This Entire Small-Town City Block Haunted
Chester is a small town in Chester County, with a population of roughly 5,000, located near Rock Hill. It is home to many haunted hotspots, like the old jail. Several rumors exist about the ghostly activity in homes that occupy York Street. The spirit of an African American cook is said to haunt one house,…
The Headless Woman Still Roams This South Carolina State Park
According to numerous online reports and Sherman Carmichael in his book Strange South Carolina, a headless woman is said to walk along the old road to Sumter in Woods Bay State Park. The park is off I-95 at exit 146, near Olanta in Florence County. Today, the road is a nature trail, but at one…
The Winnsboro Witch
Within beautiful Fairfield County sits the small historic town of Winnsboro, South Carolina. It’s known for the clock that has been standing since the 1830s. The city was once a resting place for soldiers from the Revolutionary War, who stayed there in preparation for their next battle. But that isn’t all Winnsboro has to offer….
The Ghost Dogs of Pawleys Island
According to legend, the caretaker at the Pelican Inn adored her two Boston Terriers and would take them on long walks along the beach. One day, one of the pups spotted a young child playing in the surf. At that moment, the child was hit by a massive wave and pulled out by a dangerous…
Legend of the Bunny Man
On Halloween of 1970, there were sightings of a man dressed as a rabbit committing vandalism in Fairfax County, Virginia. The perpetrator’s weapon of choice was an ax, described in the police report as having a two to three-foot handle with a three to four-inch blade on it. The people of Fairfax were rightfully distressed,…
The Ghosts That Are Said to Haunt This Asheville Skyscraper Went Out With A Bang
Asheville, North Carolina, is one of those cities where, if you took a rock and threw it in a random direction, you would manage to hit a haunted hotspot. And the Jackson Building is impossible to miss. Look up and see statues of gargoyles guarding the building and the dark secrets it holds. Designed and…
T. Earl Robertson Loses His Mind
The old J.W. Bell Grain and Flour Mill in downtown Spartanburg was the scene of a gruesome murder in August 1929, when T. Earl Robertson lost his mind and axed four of his coworkers in a fit of rage. Robertson believed that six of the workers were involved in a grain embezzling scandal and intended…