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…
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The Flaming Ship of Ocracoke
On the night of the new moon each September, a strange and ghastly sight can be seen off Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A phantom ship engulfed in flames floats by before…
The Headless Horseman of Camden
Camden, South Carolina, is the oldest inland city in the state. Two Revolutionary War Battles occurred here. Some also believe that Camden was built upon the site of the chiefdom of Cofitachequi, which was founded in…
Is The Robert Mills House in Columbia Haunted
The property is named in honor of Robert Mills, who designed the structure in 1823, also known as the Ainsley Hall House. I stopped into the gift shop in late November while in town collecting stories…
Is This Historic Train Depot The Most Haunted in the Upstate of South Carolina
Some in the paranormal field have deemed the Historic Belton Train Depot the most haunted location in the Upstate of South Carolina, with as many as eight resident ghosts. The area was once home to a…
Is Z Bakery in Fort Mill Haunted
Who doesn’t like great food with a touch of the unexplained layered on top? Fort Mill is a historic town, cut from the cloth of the textile industry in northern York County, near the North Carolina…
The Curse of the Stone Pillar
Sometime in the early 1800s, a traveling preacher passed through downtown Augusta, Georgia. The preacher wanted to spread the gospel and preach the word next to a stone pillar near the farmer’s market at 5th and…
The Waving Girl of Savannah
From 1887 to 1931, Florence Martus would greet ships entering and leaving the Port of Savannah by waving a cloth during the day and a lantern at night. It was said that she greeted boats because,…
The Spirit of Edwin Gould Jr
One of the more famous ghostly tales along the coast of Georgia is the story of Edwin Gould Jr. The younger Gould was the son of Edwin Gould, a railroad magnate. The family had a winter…
The Legend of Blackbeard Island or Blackbeard Island National Wildlife Refuge
Many stories still circulate about the infamous Blackbeard, who once sailed the Atlantic and the inlets along the eastern coast. But did you know that the famed and feared pirate has an island named after him?…