Purrysburg Township (Purrysburgh) is an unincorporated community in Jasper County, in the lower part of South Carolina. Today, not much is in this area except for a stone monument marking an early Swiss settlement that eventually failed. Jasper County has seen its fair share of war through the years. From the Revolutionary War to…
The Haunted Mill of Newton County
Ray and Cindy Bryan purchased the old Henderson Mill in 1976 to restore and use as their primary residence. The old mill had a long history that dated to the early 1800s, when Johnny Wells constructed the building on the Alcovy River in Georgia. On the third floor of the dwelling is a huge loft…
The Ghostly St. Albans Sanatorium
The St. Albans Sanatorium in Radford, Virginia, was similar to the others I have covered in the past. These institutions were notoriously cruel, using inhuman methods like shock therapy, lobotomies, and other archaic practices on the patients. Doctors performed trials that had no positive effect on the patients, who acted as test subjects for savage…
The Legend of Old Green Eyes
If you love Civil War history mixed with ghostly stories, this next tale is for you. The “Legend of Old Green Eyes” is believed to be the ghost of a Confederate soldier, who met his demise in the bloody battle that occurred at Chickamauga, just outside of Chattanooga on September 19-20, 1863, which resulted in…