Oregon Inlet is a natural channel on the Outer Banks of North Carolina that separates Bodie Island from Pea Island and joins Pamlico Sound to the Atlantic Ocean. A hurricane that sliced through the area in…
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Is the Browder Family Cemetery in North Carolina Haunted
On Christmas Day in 1929, Charlie Lawson lost his marbles and brutally killed his family in Germantown, North Carolina. The bodies of the deceased were taken to a funeral parlor in the town of Madison to…
The Mystery of the Carroll A. Deering
The Outer Banks of North Carolina are home to some of the state’s best mysteries and folklore. The region is also forever tied to a ghost ship that mysteriously washed ashore in 1921. The Carroll A….
The Ghost Cat of Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
Some believe the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse is one of the more haunted places in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. The first lighthouse was built in 1803; however, the current light was constructed in 1870, roughly…
The Haunted Lightkeeper’s Quarters at Currituck Beach Lighthouse
In the earliest days before automatic lights, lighthouses required lightkeepers to operate them. These keepers often lived in residences beside the lighthouse called the lightkeeper’s quarters. At the Currituck Light Station in Corolla in the Outer…
The Ghostly Legend of the Whalehead Club
The historic Whalehead Club, located at 1100 Club Road in Corolla, is a 21,000-square-foot mansion overlooking the Currituck Sound. Edward and Marie Knight originally constructed it as a hunting retreat in 1925. Over the years, the…
The Titanic Pinged a Distress Call to This Eastern Carolina Weather Station
Many may not know, but the RMS Titanic sent at least two distress calls that pinged the Hatteras Island Weather Station in North Carolina. Station operators Richard Dailey and Horace Gaskins received the message “CQD: Have…
The Ghosts that Walk the Beaches of Nags Head
During the 1700s, locals would hang lanterns on their horses’ necks at night and walk them along the beaches. The glow from the lanterns misguided ships into thinking they were lighthouses or safe landing areas. Instead,…
Is the Kill Devil Hills Library Haunted
The library isn’t ancient, but librarians who have worked inside have described some strange noises. Reportedly, the librarians only hear the noises when they are alone: voices in the meeting room, clinking dishes in the kitchen,…
The Legend of the Queen of the Sounds
Frenchy Godette was stationed on Roanoke Island during the Civil War. Godette loved the Outer Banks and all the people he encountered. After the War ended, he decided to stay and make a new life there….