Samuel Russell Jocelyn is one of Wilmington, North Carolina’s most famous ghosts. Mr. Jocelyn was thought to have been killed when he fell from his horse in 1809 or March of 1810 (Two different years are…
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Is the Isle of Palms sitting on Stolen Loot from a 1955 New York Bank Heist
In April of 1955, the Woodside branch of the Chase Manhattan Bank in Queens, New York, was the site of a $205,000 robbery. Thomas “Duke” Connelly served as the lookout and getaway driver on that day….
The Legend of the Morris Island Buried Treasure
This story appears in the book “Ghosts of the Carolinas” by Nancy Roberts, but it’s not the first time I’ve heard of the alleged missing treasure. Reportedly, during the Civil War, a Union soldier in the…
The Wreck of The Amelia
In 1832, the Amelia made a voyage from New York to New Orleans with 120 passengers on board. The ship wrecked on Folly Beach, stranding all onboard. While stuck, 20 of the passengers died of cholera,…
The Pirates Den: Folly Beach
Yes, the infamous pirate Blackbeard once blockaded Charleston and even threatened to burn the city to the ground. Some may even be more shocked to learn that the legend of Blackbeard extends to Fripp Island, near…
The Legend of Julia Legare
Just up the coast from Savannah is Edisto Beach, South Carolina, and the tomb of Julia Legare. It’s a sad tale of a young woman who met her fate in 1852. Legare was visiting family and…
The Haunted Quinby or Quenby’s Bridge and the Disastrous “Raid of the Dog Days”
During the American Revolutionary War, on July 17, 1781, nearly fifty men lost their lives in battle here, with many wounded in an area named Cainhoy in Berkeley County, South Carolina, just outside of Charleston. It…
This South Carolina Lowcountry Train Trestle is Home to an Axe-Wielding Ghost
Jedburg is a small community in the lower part of South Carolina, off Interstate 26, near Summerville, and home to a ghostly tale. A Ghost With a Scarred Face Wielding an Axe is Said to Haunt…
The Ghostly Legend of the Nitrolee Dam Hitchhiker
Great Falls, South Carolina, is a small community in Chester County. Recently, a new whitewater park opened along the banks of the Catawba River at the base of the Nitrolee Dam. At one time, Great Falls…
Do TWO Ghosts haunt the Cemetery of This Historic South Carolina Church
The Church of the Holy Cross is a beautiful, historic church located in Sumter County, near the Ellison Plantation, in the small community of Stateburg. It was the home church of William Ellison, whose family had…