Fifty-three years ago, on June 24, 1972, 14-year-old Michael Steven Akey, with two juvenile friends, hitched a ride with an unknown white male in a 1962 or 1963 four-door Chevrolet. The kids visited a watermelon patch…
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The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings
The Gilgo Beach serial killings were a series of murders in Long Island, New York, which spanned from 1993 to 2011. Many of the victims’ remains were found over months in late 2010 and 2011 during a police…
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Had Nothing on this Small S.C. Town
The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral had nothing on this small South Carolina town. On August 12, 1878, two Edgefield County families had a shootout downtown to settle an almost 10-year feud between the two, when…
Does Lucy Still Walk this Gatlinburg, Tennessee Trail
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, is a popular tourist destination for those seeking to explore the mountains. The city also has a dark side, with many ghost stories in almost every building and on every street corner you go….
Does General Abel Kolb Still Walk the Grounds at His Tomb
Five battles and skirmishes were fought here during the Revolutionary War in and near Bennettsville, South Carolina, which includes Hunt’s Bluff, Cashue, Paces Ferry, Brown’s Mill, Bear Swamp, and the assassination of Colonial Abel Kolb by…
The Haunted Highland Mill #3 in NoDa
The Highland Park Manufacturing Company, or as locals call it, Highland Mill #3, is located at 2901 N. Davidson Street in the NoDa community in Charlotte. Although the original mill opened operations here in 1903, it…
Ghost Town in the Sky
In 1961, one of the most significant and unique theme parks opened on top of Buck Mountain, with an elevation of 4,650 ft. The popular Western-themed amusement park, founded by R.B. Coburn, originally from Virginia but…
The Ghostly Woman at the Old Colony Theatre:
One small-town theater in the Upstate of South Carolina is reportedly haunted. The Colony Theatre at 315 West Main Street in Easley was built in 1948. It is alleged that a woman hanged herself on this…
Tunnel Hill Village: A Rough and Rowdy Town of Violence
Below is a picture of the Stumphouse Tunnel in South Carolina, but many may not be aware of the rough and rowdy town located atop the mountain that housed the workers on this project. Stumphouse Tunnel…
The Day It Rained Blood in North Carolina
Weather in the Carolinas can change on a dime, but I have never heard of a forecast that called for a 100 percent chance of blood rain. According to legend, on February 25, 1884, a Chatham…