Earlier this year, we traveled to Camden, South Carolina, on the hottest day. After walking around with Izzy, drenched in sweat and using a defective tripod, we decided to risk a heat stroke to capture a few more places. Camden is beautiful and historic, but one place we failed to visit on this trip was…
The Phantom Hitchhiker of Aiken
On pages 27 and 28 of Tally Johnson’s Ghosts of the Midlands book, Johnson discusses the local lore and why the young bride is trapped to spend eternity along this road near Aiken. The incident occurred in the 1920s when a young couple traveled from their North Carolina home en route to Florida, stopping in…
Not All of the Spirits are on the Menu in This Popular Charleston Irish Pub
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article on Church Street in Charleston and why it is considered the most ghost-infested street in South Carolina. Many things bump in the night in the Holy City, but it seems the loudest bumps occur along and near this street. Tommy Condon’s at 160 Church Street is one…
The Whistling Doctor
The Thomas Rose House in Charleston, South Carolina, is unique, as it is on the National Register of Historic Places. The house is also publicly listed as haunted. Who haunts this place that sits on 59 Church Street? His name is Dr. Joseph Brown Ladd – known today as The Whistling Doctor. Witnesses say that…
The Jacksonboro Light
For decades, the legend of the Jacksonboro Light has attracted thrill seekers to Parkers Ferry Road in Adams Run, South Carolina, east of Walterboro. The real-life ghost story reportedly originated when a local preacher was struck and killed by a train in the area while searching for his missing daughter, who was never found. Locals…
The Ghost of Boggs Street in Greenville, SC
Boggs Street is located in Downtown Greenville, South Carolina, and many have reported seeing an apparition of a man wandering towards them, looking lost. The story is listed online and in books, such as Jason Profit’s Haunted Greenville, South Carolina. The exact location is behind the 640 South Main Street building. Years ago, there were…
The Green Lantern Speakeasy and The Ghost that Guards It: Haunted Greenville
Downtown Greenville, South Carolina, is a beautiful and picturesque area, featuring historic buildings that house numerous charming shops and restaurants. But Greenville also has a dark side, like other cities and towns around the Carolinas that we have written about, with many stories of long-time residents from a bygone era. Many still roam the hallways…
Is the Iconic South of the Border Haunted
We know this place from the numerous billboards that greet visitors with catchy slogans within a hundred-mile radius, or from physically stopping here near the North Carolina and South Carolina border in Dillon. If you have traveled to the Grand Strand, there is an excellent chance that you passed South of the Border. You can…
This Chester County Back Road Will Give You Reason To Scream
It is said that there is a Southern back road that holds a secret worth screaming about. From a distance, you might assume that Ridgeview Road in Chester County, South Carolina, is just one of those usual dead-end roads, holding some mobile homes and the occasional small house in the country. According to author Tally…
The Ghosts of River’s Bridge
It is said that since the Battle of Rivers Bridge of 1865, every February from the 2nd to the 4th, you will experience continuous rain at the battleground site. Between these three days, there is a single night where the battle will start again, as if in a ghostly time loop. Nineteen different witnesses heard…