Devil Charlie of the Old Settlers’ Cemetery in Charlotte Old Settlers’ Cemetery, located at 200 West Fifth Street, dates back to 1768 and is one of the oldest burial grounds in North Carolina. It holds the graves of many of Charlotte’s prominent early settlers, including the Devil himself, Charles Polk, known as Devil Charlie. In…
The Singing Ghost of the McGlohon Theater
Uptown Charlotte has many places rumored to be haunted, including the Dunhill Hotel and the Carolina Theatre, among others. However, one of the more mysterious ones that often gets overlooked is the McGlohon Theater, located at 345 N. College Street. The historic building was featured in Author Kala Ambrose’s 2011 book, “Ghosthunting North Carolina,” where…
The Haunting of the Carolina Theatre in Uptown
During Carolina Theatre’s many decades of operation, many odd and unexplainable things would occur inside this building at 230 N Tryon Street during rehearsals, shows, and other events. Lights would flicker and malfunction, causing props to move and break, and bangs echoed from the empty projection room. Even when the stranger got even stranger, all…
The Ghostly Legend of Ambrose of First Presbyterian Church
During the Civil War, it is believed that the elders of First Presbyterian Church instructed a gentleman named Ambrose, a janitor commonly called a sexton during that time, to build a tunnel under what is now Fifth Street to hide valuables, including silver offering trays fearing the Federal army could soon push their way into…
The Ghostly Tale of NoDa Jim
The ghostly tale claims that a train along the railroad tracks supposedly struck a man. The man called Jim used to work on the railroad in the NoDa neighborhood in Charlotte. Jim used to wear big keys on his side. One night, a buddy from Jim approached him for a round of drinks after a…
The 1940 Guthery Apartments Fire in Charlotte
In the early hours of March 15, 1940, a massive and deadly fire swept through Guthery Apartments, now known as the Tryon House Apartments, on North Tryon Street in Charlotte. The fire was attributed to a suspected boiler explosion in the basement, which turned catastrophic due to ruptured gas lines. Within minutes, the older part…
The Legend of the Shinnville Witch
The Shinnville Witch is a local legend in Shinnville, North Carolina, an area in Iredell County, associated with the 200-year-old Mills Family Cemetery near St. James Episcopal Church. Legend states that a woman accused and killed for being a witch is allegedly buried there outside the cemetery walls, and sits a small headstone without a…
This Road Screams Misery
One road in Brunswick County, North Carolina, has quite a reputation. Leland, just outside of Wilmington, has a road named Mount Misery. With a name like that, you’d think there has to be some story behind it, and it does. Several legends suggest how it received the unique name, but one says that many years…
The Sorrow Soldier of Wilmington
Wilmington, North Carolina, dates back to February 20, 1739, and offers a rich history and a number of haunted locations. According to an article released by the Wilmington Star News on October 14, 2022, one building is reportedly home to the “Sorrow Soldier.” The story goes that against the wall of Port City Pottery, there…
Buried ALIVE
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 given online for his death, while Find-A-Grave lists his official date of death as March 29, 1810). The man…