North Carolina is home to many legends and lore, including famous ghost lights like the Brown Mountain Lights, the Thomas Divide Lights, and the Vander Light. One ghost light that seemingly disappeared from paranormal radars over…
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The Cold Case of Brenda Sue Brown
Brenda Sue Brown was just 11 years old at the time of her abduction and murder on July 27, 1966, in Shelby, North Carolina. The case remained cold for more than 40 years, until new evidence…
The 2006 Disappearance of Brandee Canipe
Brandee Canipe was last known to be alive on May 6, 2006. At the time, it’s believed that Canipe was living in Mocksville, North Carolina, in Davie County. She was just 29 years old when she…
A Headless Blackbeard Haunts Teach’s Hole
Teach’s Hole in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, specifically Ocracoke Island, is the name given to a channel and spot where the infamous pirate Blackbeard is said to have anchored and met his demise in…
The 2000 Disappearance of Asha Degree
Asha Degree was just nine years old in the fourth grade when she disappeared from Shelby, North Carolina. In the early morning hours of Valentine’s Day on February 14, 2000, for reasons unknown, Degree left her…
Serial Killer Joe Metheny
Joe Metheny was a huge man who had a serious drug habit. The only difference between Metheny, who owned a roadside barbecue stand in the 1990s, and others we have written about in the past was…
The Disappearance of Donna Barnhill
Donna Barnhill was just 13 years old at the time of her disappearance when she left her family’s residence in Lexington, North Carolina, to go to a nearby friend’s home. Barnhill vanished on the afternoon of…
The 1974 Abduction of Kathleen Ruth Smiley
Kathleen Ruth Smiley was known to her family and friends as “Kathy.” Smiley was just 16 years old when she was abducted off I-85 in Georgia in 1974. Kathy was born in Florida in 1957, and…
The cold case of 15-year-old Silene Eaddy
Silene Eaddy was just 15 years old at the time of her death in 2004. Eaddy, also known as Erica, lived in Columbia, South Carolina. Eaddy’s body was found in the early morning hours of April…
The 1986 Disappearance of Elizabeth “Libby” Crawford
On the evening of July 16, 1986, Elizabeth “Libby” Crawford received a call. Ms. Crawford, just 34 years old at the time, was living at 108 Cherrywood Mobile Park in Simpsonville, South Carolina, when she went…