On November 30, 1864, the Battle of Franklin was fought in Franklin, Tennessee, during the Civil War. The battle is considered a disaster, as more Confederate generals died than in any other Civil War battle. Near…
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Is Pegram, Tennessee, Cursed
It’s not every day that we hear of cursed cities or even towns, but one place in Tennessee is alleged to be cursed. If the Pegram is indeed cursed, the strange happenings may stem from a…
The 2006 Death of Tiffany Souers at Clemson
In May 2006, a Clemson University student was found murdered in her apartment in Central, South Carolina, by the name of Tiffany Souers, who was just 20 years old at that time. The search to find…
Is the Asheville City Hall Haunted
One common theme around some of the buildings in Asheville, North Carolina, is the 1929 stock market crash and the deaths associated with it. The building that currently houses the Asheville City Hall was completed in…
The Cold Case of Sharonda Sims
Sharonda Sims was found murdered on September 17, 2019, as she walked home in Newberry County, South Carolina. Sims was reportedly ambushed and found less than a mile from her house on Drayton Street. She was…
The Cold Case of Melissa Whitis
Melissa Whitis was found deceased in Chester County, South Carolina, on Lizzie Melton Road, near Old Richburg Road, in 2019. Her body had been reportedly set on fire and dumped. Whitis had no known ties to…
The Jackson Building and the Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Ghosts of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 The Jackson Building in Asheville, North Carolina, built in 1924 at 22 South Pack Square, has a reported dark history. The building held the title of the…
The Other Helen Still Roams the Mountainside
Many are familiar with the paranormal hotspot, Helen’s Bridge in Asheville, North Carolina, but there is another story of “Helen”, near Arden in the Royal Pines section, that you may not know. Both stories are similar,…
Was it the “Mothman” or a Mechanical Failure that led to the collapse of the Silver Bridge in 1967
Just before Christmas, on December 15, 1967, tragedy struck Point Pleasant, West Virginia, and Gallipolis, Ohio, on the Silver Bridge around 5:00 p.m. During the late afternoon rush hour, as dozens of cars were packed onto…
Asheville’s Old Craggy Prison
Old Craggy State Prison in Asheville, North Carolina, was built in 1924 as a medium-security facility. Conditions inside were rough, but most inmates were assigned labor-intensive jobs, such as laundry detail. The air inside was stale,…