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htm Haunted Places Abbeville Opera House- Abbeville The Historical Abbeville Opera House is old enough to have a Negro balcony, which still exists. The balcony is completely cleared, save one chair, which is said to belong to the ghost of the house. Legend has it that one of the black patrons of the house was murdered in that very balcony. Granitville Cemetery- Aiken There have been reported sightings of a witch ghost late at night who walks through the cemetery putting flower on little kids graves. Also there have been reports of screams coming from the back of the cemetery where unmarked graves are and if you walk through and step on one the spirit of the person you step on will grab your feet. Everything from gunshots to screams and laughter can be heard on cold full moon nights. Holley House- Aiken This Inn was built in 1898 and is still open today. The second floor has many unusual happenings. Many unexplained noises and shadows. Housekeepers report hearing whispers when the floor is empty. Many times a housekeepers cart will be at the opposite end of the hall when she returns from cleaning a room. Guests report a lady crying, sometimes screaming on occasion. Toilets flush in unoccupied rooms. Doors open and close. Many times the TV in room 225 is found on even though it has not been occupied. The lights in the basement mysteriously are found on. Cobbs Way- Anderson A Ghostly Figure with a white mask believed to be a killer that slaughtered in the 1500s. Anderson College- Sullivan Music Center- Anderson A ghost of a lovely young girl haunts this building. People say she is there because she is waiting for someone. The Chapel of Ease- Beaufort This notorious church is located on St. Helena and now stands deserted. When workers tried to seal up the crypt behind a surprise awaiting them the following morning. The bricks used to seal off the crypt somehow got neatly put in a little pile. All of their work seemed to be in vain for this happened numerous time. Other people have reported strange sensations when walking through the churchs graveyard. Joseph Johnson House- The Castle- Beaufort Legend states that the explorer Jean Ribaut brought with him a jester, a dwarf named Gauche. Hes been sighted walking on the shadowy grounds of the house, and some say theyve seen him inside while touring the historic home. Redcliffe Plantation- Beech Island It is believed to have a lot going on here. This all falls back on the Hammonds family. Mr. James Hammond was a senator back in the 1800s. If you go to Redcliffe plantation, you will notice all the trees are planted in a triangular pattern. Also, in front of the Hammond mansion, you will see a field with only three trees standing. It is believed if anyone goes near them, something weird will happen. Also, there are stories of James Hammond haunting certain people and a shadowy figure that stares and sometimes touches people. Blacksburg Middle School Gym- Blacksburg In 1980 a girl basketball player for the school hung herself after a game they had won. Some of the teachers and students have witnessed her ghost staying late at school. Also during football season the lights in the gym have been seen going on in off after games. Cherokee Falls Bridge- Blacksburg Booger Jim lives under the bridge. He died on the bridge in 1979 when he was hung over the side of the bridge with jumper cables by his crazy wife Becca at around 9:00PM. If you call his name 3 times, he will answer, but you cant make it out because his throat was crushed from the hanging. Some people have even reported seeing him with a large burn on his throat from the cables. Rock House Rd.- Blacksburg There is an old tale of the History of Rock House Rd. The Road runs alongside the Kings Mountain Battle Ground. Rock House Rd. got its name from a rock house that was constructed in the early 1800s. This house is still standing and can be viewed only one day a year. The legend is, there was a family that lived in the house. A happy family, but they had a mentally impaired daughter. She was to stay in the house cellar because she was an embarrassment. Her father made her stay in the cellar all day, but at night he would give her a candle and let her venture outside. One night the daughter decided to go out further than usual. Her candle however blew out. The girl was lost. She tried to find her way in the darkness, but she was unsuccessful. She later died. It is said that anyone who lives on Rock House Rd. can light a candle and hold it to the window and girls face will appear. White Wolf Hollow-Blacksburg White Wolf Hollow is a popular hangout for local teenagers and coonhunters. There are reports of seeing floating lights that look like a flashlight. Also people have talked about seeing a huge cat-like critter that has eyes that shine red instead of the normal fluorescent green shine. A lot of the coonhunters have repeatedly ran over white monkeys that cross the road in front of their tracks. When they go back to look for them, there is nothing there. White Wolf Hollow is next to Kings Mtn State and National Parks. There are graveyards all in the woods around the parks. White Wolf Road- Blacksburg Near Kings Mt. St. Park- White Wolf Hollow Two things have happened there. The first is a Klan killing of a black man and his white wife. People have seen the girl in her white dress there. The second is the mysterious torching of a mans truck back in the 60s. The man was shot execution style near the truck. The trucks headlights have been seen as it has driven down the road. Binghams Light- Blenheim It is said back in the early 1800s a mans two children became missing in a snow storm. The man went in search of his children and never returned and neither did his children. It is said if you scream to the light that you have his children the light will turn red. There are no reports of anyone getting close to the light but if you wait long enough maybe the light will come to you. December Update: Binghams lights appear close to the old cemetery, which is actually split in two sections, one on each of two hilltops. If you drive down the road between the graveyards towards the woods you will see the lights. It works best if you get out and walk in that direction. February 2007 Update: Reported that the place is now gated off, presumably due to people shooting at the light. Battlefield- Brattonsville If you walk through it you can feel people and hear them. Reports of hearing metal banging, and seeing a light in the blacksmith shop. Nobody lives around there, and it is definitely haunted. Slave Cemetery- Brattonsville It is on Burkins road. It is basically woods, and every hole you step in is a slave. If you go through the woods for a while, you will come up to a tombstone about 3 feet tall. You can barley read it, but it is the tombstone of Watt, he was likely an important slave. Behind it is a rock lying on the ground, and underneath it is his wife. Next to it if you shine the light, you can see the sunken in ground where a slave is lying, and you can also see where the wife is laying. Its incredibly scary. You get a really weird feeling if you stand on in a grave in the pitch black. Make sure you bring flash lights. March 2004 Update/additional info: Watt was the slave that ran from Brattonsville to retrieve Col. Bratton and inform his that a group of British loyalists were headed toward Brattonsville. Col. Bratton returned and defeated Capt. Hucks men, hence the Battle of Hucks Defeat. Agnes of Glascow b. 1760 d. 1780- Camden American Folk Figure. According to tradition, she followed her lover in the British Army during the Revolutionary War. She searched through the wilderness to Camden, South Carolina, but died before following him. She was then buried here under cover of darkness by King Haigler and his men. (King Haigler was an American Catawba Indian who befriended Europeans in South Carolina). According to local legend her ghost can be seen as she continues to walk the streets and roads in and near Camden, South Carolina, still looking for her lover. Riverbend Road- Catfish

N.C. HWY 16. There is an old Indian burial ground. If you go down the road about 3 miles and turn off in the field you will find an old dirt road with a chain blocking the drive. People say they see lights down there and that weird things happen to their vehicles when the lights come near. Busbee Middle School-Cayce It is said that the stair by E-pod are haunted by a little girl who fell down the stairs and broke her neck. It is said she fell because there was no light and it was too dark. It is also said that the lights would come on every now and then and people think it is her trying to get down the stairs safely. Riverside Estates- Cayce In the early 19th century, the land currently occupied by the Riverside Estates Apartment Complex was a plantation adjacent to the Congaree River. Documentation states that the plantation owner would discard unwanted slave babies into the outhouses and as a result, they would die from suffocation in human excrement. Today, many of the residents claim to hear babies crying in their toilets. Some claim to see faces in their toilet water and others even claim that these phenomena have caused their toilets to clog periodically. Boone Hall Plantation- Charleston Reports of an apparition of a man that seems to be trying to remove a bullet from someone. Charleston Naval Base- Charleston The ghost of a slave girl is spotted in a clump of trees here. The Dockstreet Theatre- Charleston Best known as the most haunted place in Charleston. It is haunted by two ghosts, the nameless ghost was supposed to have been a prostitute. The other ghost is supposed to be the father of John Wilkes Booth, the man that shot Pres. Lincon. Harley Shop- Meeting Street- Charleston It it said to be haunted by two ghosts. One good and one evil. Things are often moved and a strong sweet smell is smelled sometimes in certain places by certain people. Poogans Porch Restaurant- Charleston Guests of the hotel across the street at the hotel have called the police numerous times claiming to see an old woman in the 2nd floor window at night when the place is closed waving at them. Restaurant staff is familiar with her too. There is another ghost that haunts this restaurant, one that is much friendlier that the other ghost, Zoe. There is a little West Highland White Terrier, named Poogin, who haunts the front of the porch. People will feel something brush up against their leg, or hear little footsteps. He has been seen a couple of times, and causes no trouble or harm. Old Exchange Building- Charleston The Old Exchange contains much history. Its basement is said to have held some of the worlds greatest criminals such as Black Beard. In the basement, people have experienced chains swinging and orbs. Upstairs, doors have closed be themselves and there are a few cold spots. Many people have experienced such activity. South Windermere Cinemas- Charleston Reports of hearing people walking and talking only to find no one there, after cleaning the theater and putting up all the seat, upon returning to find all the seats down or every other row down or sometimes every other seat down, sometimes picture can be taken of what seems to be ghostly appariations. St. Philips Graveyard- Charleston The ghost of Sue Howard whos baby died still haunts the place, and is said to frequently attack women who are pregnant or have had miscarriages. There is also proof of her existence by a photograph taken by a photographer in the 80s doing a piece on Charlestons graveyards. The Rutledge Victorian Guesthouse- Charleston A young girl died in a fire many years ago and they rebuilt the house in the 80s. The girl is known to turn lights on and off and people have seen her eyes peering in from a window above the stairs. They say you can occasionally smell smoke from the girl carrying the scent through the house. White Point Gardens(The Battery)- Charleston Spirits of the pirates that were hung there have been seen walking the park in search of their executioners. Yeomans Hall- Charleston Mary Hyrne haunts this building where she once lived. The Chester Little Theater- Chester Many strange and unusual things have taken place there including unexplained noises and apparitions. Pageland- Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery- Chesterfield Its said that at night you can see the ghost of the Blakeney family, this family if from the Civil War era. Lydia Mill- Clinton There is a ghost of a headless woman that haunts Lydia Mill and the area surrounding it. She has been seen roaming around the railroad tracks behind the mill, and sometimes in the mill itself. Ratliff House- Clinton Back in 1992 a house was built on 10 acres of land that had never been touched, it used to be an old soldiers graveyard. When youre in the house you can hear footsteps, doors shutting, voices, and what sounds to be an old man screaming in pain. The Congaree River Bridge- Columbia Haunted by a young girl who hitchhikes and asks her benefactor who picks her up to take her to her home and disappears in the car on the way there. Fort Jackson-Artillery Range- Columbia A female soldier with a hole in her helmet had been seen at the range. Apparently she killed herself in one of the latrines. Fort Jackson-The B Company 369th AG Barracks- Columbia You can late at night see a black shadowy mist of a man (mostly on the 2nd floor) walking to each room like he was checking on his soldiers then go in the bathroom and close the door. Eerie feeling in the day room with the big screen TV. Feels like you are being watched in the room. Longstreet Theatre- Columbia The haunting of Longstreet Theatre relates directly to its history of being used as a military hospital during the Civil War. It has long been rumored the morgue was housed in the basement of this building in a room that now serves as the Green Room for the theatre. The Green Room actually is three barrel-vaulted alcoves made out of brick. Many stories have circulated among the student population of sightings and strange noises, especially late at night. So convinced are some theatre students, that many refuse to be in the building after dark alone and institute a buddy system. One student relates a story about being in the theatre late at night for a dress rehearsal and going down to the basement to buy a soda from the vending machine located directly opposite the Green Room. As the student stood facing the machine, a sudden wave of fear overcame her and she looked over her shoulder towards the Green Room. As she did so, the temperature dropped suddenly and she felt a wall of cold air hit her even though there are no windows and the entrance doors to the basement remained closed. The student left in a hurry and later described the feeling as being watched by a negative energy. Old Bluff Road- Columbia A number of phantoms/ghosts. A carriage that races a car, a bridge where your car will stall out, and many more. Olymipa Road- the abandoned mill- near the fairgrounds-Columbia Several years ago when children were forced to work, there was a mill that a deranged man owned. Many children died of exhaustion, and the owner put their bodies in the furnace. It is a high spiritual place, and there have been many odd happenings here, including the furnace mysteriously turning on and the sound of children crying. University of South Carolina- Columbia In the catacombs, there is supposed to be a Third Eye Man, a ghost with what looks like a third eye in the middle of his forehead. The sightings started in the eighties.

Lucas Bay- Conway Reports of a light that begins to come towards witnesses, car motors cut off, and even hear the distinct sound of a baby crying. January 2006 Update: About 10 years ago SCDOT did some major work in the Lucas Bay area, the light hasnt been seen in about 10 years, since they did the work. Cottageville cemetery-Cottageville If you drive around the cemetery three times go in the middle and flash your lights three times then get out it is known that the people of the cemetery come out and you can hear them waking around and even breaking tombstones and throwing things. Fire Department- Cowpens The Cowpens Fire Department was being built in late 1989 and early 1990. A Lieutenant for the department whose actual name was Robert Lee would come by the new fire house everyday and take pictures of the progress of the new station. In March of 1990 Lee suffered a fatal heart attack while battling a structure fire. It has been said that Lee has been seen and heard throughout the new station. Many members have experienced this and can testify to the same. Many members believe Lee is there to watch over his fellow firefighters. Bethabara Church Cemetery-Cross Hill A soldier that served in the Civil War is buried here, is is said that his cross glows about 3 times a year. And the color changes 4 times or so before returning to the normal rust color. The Beatty House-Daufuskie Island A ghost of a elderly man haunts this house. Montross- Darlington County This is a very old cemetery not used anymore. According to legend, the cemetery was moved from the original location. Hauntings include feelings of dread or nausea. A large stone at the front of the cemetery shows the names and date of death of the people buried there. Beware of sunken graves. It also seems about ten to fifteen degrees cooler at the entrance than normal. Go with a fairly large group, because is is very easy to get lost. Take hwy 34 out of Darlington towards Dillon, go through Mechanicsville and pass old Georgetown road. Start down the ill and watch for a dirt road on the right. It is not marked. Make sure you have a driver with good judgment because of the severe drop on the left side of the road up. You can make it in just about any car. Apparitions have been known to show up on camera. Hester Store- Deacusville An African American was hung in the back of the old store in an oak and it is said you can still see him hanging at night. Also, in the top window, you can see an old lady rocking in her chair. Downtown Railroad Track- Easley Easley was originally built for railroads and in the early days, many trains crashed there. If you go to the tracks at night, you can hear a train whistle when there is no train coming. Parkers Ferry Road- Edisto Island Edisto Island Hwy 1 there is a straight road called Parkers Ferry Road that has a church at the end. If you pull up into the churchs driveway, turn your headlights out, honk 3 times, then pull back out into the road facing the way you came. A circle of lights will come at you. Supposedly, it has something to do with a battle fought near there. Additional info: On Edisto Island there is a church with a ghost in its graveyard. A little girl got really sick and fell into a coma. She was pronounced dead and buried in a family mausoleum. Later when another family member died, they opened the tomb to find the little girls skeleton at the door and her coffin open. Since then her ghost has not allowed the door to close on the mausoleum. Various ways of closing have been tried, none work. The last effort was to chain the door closed with huge chains and a huge lock. To this day the door lays on the ground off its hinges. Dewey Carter Elementary School- Effingham Sometimes, when you are staying late in the afternoon, you can hear people in the ceiling, and at midnight, you can see fire on the playground. Tans Bay Church- Effingham There have been reports of lights being seen floating in the church. Also you can hear a baby cry sometimes. The story is that this church used to be a school many years ago. There was a baby who was crying and when the lady went to get the baby, he or she fell on their head and died instantly. Mechanicsville- Montrose graveyard- Florence The old Montrose church mysteriously burned down during the 1800s and was then rebuilt and renamed Mount Hope Church. That burned down or was moved a lot later (no evidence of the church stands now). The graveyard was in such disrepair that they put a collective marker outside of it. Then, during the 50s or 60s there was supposedly a huge black man that took children up there to murder them. Witnesses report hearing them screaming and crying and see a huge black shape, a pair of red eyes, and a little boy wearing a gray ante- bellum outfit standing behind one of the only tombstones left there (Joseph is the name on the stone). The area has become a place for people to trash and vandalize, and a place for late night drinking. Lands End- Frogmore An eerie light floats over the deserted stretch of road called Lands End. Some claim it is the ghost of a murdered Confederate soldier, searching for his head. Others claim its the ghost of a slave, sold away from his family, whos come back to hunt for them. Ghost Stories The Grey Man-Pawley's Island Perhaps the most frequently told ghost story in Georgetown County is that of the Grey Man. According to numerous documented accounts, he appears on the beach at Pawleys Island prior to hurricanes. Everyone who has seen the Grey Man says that he warns them to leave the island. Residents who are wise enough to heed the Grey Man's warning always find their homes undamaged after the storm. Encounters with the Grey Man have taken place before every major hurricane that has struck the island for more than a hundred years. The Grey Man is unquestionably a permanent resident of Pawleys Island, but what causes this kind spirit to warn unsuspecting residents of approaching danger? The answer may lie in one of three different accounts that exist about the origin of the Grey Man. According to one legend, a young woman was walking the windswept, lonely beach not far from her parent's Pawleys Island home. She was in mourning for her childhood sweetheart who had recently died in a tragic accident on the island. Her love had returned to Georgetown by ship after an absence of several months. He was so eager to see his beloved fiancee that, rather than wasting one more precious moment away from her, he took a shortcut across previously untraveled marshland. With his faithful manservant riding a short distance behind, the eager fellow and his horse came to a sudden stop and began to sink rapidly into a patch of deadly quicksand. His manservant watched in horror, unable to help his young master, as the young man and his horse disappeared into the mire. When the young woman heard of her finance's tragic death, she was heartbroken. After the funeral, she took to walking the stretch of beach where she and her beau used to stroll in happier times. This particular day was windier than most, but it suited her recent mood. She was alone with her sadness in the whipping wind, with the ocean crashing by her side. Suddenly, a figure appeared ahead. As she walked closer, the young woman could have sworn it was her finance. With no fear, she walked toward him. "Leave the island at once," he said. "You are in danger. Leave the island!" Then he disappeared. The young lady hurried home to tell her father and mother about the strange, unsettling experience. Upon hearing their daughter's strange story, her parents immediately began making plans to leave Pawleys Island for their inland home. They did not know what danger they were fleeing, but they did know that their daughter was a sensible person and not prone to flights of fancy. The family left Pawleys Island before dawn the following morning. That night, as they lay sleeping in the safety of their inland home, a fierce hurricane ravaged Pawleys Island. The hurricane destroyed most of the homes on Pawleys Island, but the home of the young woman's family was undamaged. Bingham's Light-Location:Community of Bingham in Dillon County Don't really know the history of the story too much, i've heard different histories of it. But the one i heard was about this black man named Bill Bingham.Now other stories say his name was John Bingham. He was walking down these railroad tracks out near the swamps of Reedy Creek Springs. Ive heard diferent stories of why he walked these tracks,one was that he was a murderer and this is where he placed the bodies, one was he was walking that way to go home like it was a short cut or something. He walked with a lanteren. Story says that the train came and ran over him. Different stories say his head was cut off, some say he just got killed. And now he is still walking the tracks today

looking for his head, and the other story is that he is trying to get to his home. I never could find out the true history on it like most ghost tales. But i will tell you tht it is really a ghost/spirit there. So here's my story of me,my friends and my cousins that use to go on ghost hunts. This is a very popular story in my neck of the woods, the story hangs around high schools around here. Because thats where i heard about it. So we got a litle history on it and planed our road trip. We live in Darlington and Chesterfield county. We got the directions from our friends that has been before. i will fill you on them later. The story begins with us getting out of our cars and trucks. We had to take about three vehicles cos there was about 10-13 of us going. We pulled into the old muddy road not far from Interstate-95. We had to get out and walk,because of the rain that destroyed the road. It has mud holes that are very deep, you would have to walk it out a good mile to get to it. Because of mud,holes and dirt humps that are piled up so no one will enter with vehicles. So we walked on til we got to the cross roads. Now the rail road tracks are not there anymore,but you can tell that was once some there. My cousin had to instruct us on what to do cos he was there once before. We all stood there and started screaming out his name "Bill Bingham come out!!!come out Bingham! After about one minute we saw a faint glow in front of the way we were facing. It moved closer and closer towards us.Then it would vanish,then reappear again.If you cursed at it,it would change colors from white,to red to green. So i come up with the idea of us walking towards it where it would appear. As five of us walked we heard the others scream out "it's behind you!"I turned around and it was floating between our group. Then it vanished,then reappeared in front of us,i mean like face to face! I could see a dark black shadow behind the light. Could not make out a body nor a face, just a shadow. I could not feel any heat off the light,just coldness. It didn't have a shine nor a brightness to it. Just a glow to it. After standing there for just like a minute or so, one of my cousins couldnt take the fear any longer, so we started to run back towards the cross roads and it followed us.then vanished again. Another time we went it was about 8 of us,we walked the mile then got to the cross roads and made the call to Bingham. It came out and started to float fast towards us, our friends that was there for the first time got scared and started to run,the mud was so bad they kept on slipping and falling. Me and my cousin that has been there before just stood there and said to eachother "we gotta see whats with this light" as it got like 30 feet from us the fear ran through my blood,i couldnt stand there any longer. I could like feel that it was mad,i felt a bad vibe from it. Because it was changing colors. The way it was floating it surprised me, it was like a lanteren swaying back in forth. So we started runing, we slipped and fell so many times, ever time i looked back at was like 10 feet from us still floating fast. It passed the cross roads and went about 100 yds from chasing us. It just vanished then reappeared in front of us. It just sat there floating in one place then after a few seconds it just vanished. I've thought it over and over trying to figure out if it was a prank or not. Me and a friend came back to the cross roads back in the day light hours we scanned the area for prints or cords/ropes. But none were found. There's no way a human can run through that mud we ran through without falling, and we never heard any sounds while it floated. What we saw there both times is what other people saw and told us. My conclusion of it is that is really the ghost of Bingham. Lights of Ravenel On a stretch of road 20 miles south of Charleston an accident happened on night. Three teenage boys were run over and killed by a log truck. The three boys were buried at the Baptist Church cemetery located on the same road. It is said that if you go to the church and knock on the door 3 times and say, ? want to see the light??d repeat this process 3 times. Three lights will appear to you where the boys were killed. Devil's Stomping Ground In the county of Lancaster, near hwy. 521, there is an area similar to a crop circle, as it is a circular area in which there is no life, no plant growth, and not so much as an ant or earthworm can be found within the circle. The story is that this area served as an execution site for the Waxaw and Catawba Indians. Evil spirits are said to frequently visit the site to collect the condemned souls of the executed. Or either it is where the devil comes to think of evil to bring on to mankind. The consistent feature of the site is an overwhelming feeling of dread, despair, and nausea to anyone who stand in the circle and takes a minute to clear their minds. Test on the soil have confirmed that its is sterile and that this may be the oldest crop circle in the world. It is said that if you put objects in the circle, such as sticks or rocks, that by morning the will be gone or moved to the outside of the circle. Forty feet in diameter with plants growing to the edge, it is said that animals will not cross or even enter into the circle. Cry Baby Bridge-Union County. Right before you get to Rose Hill Plantation, there is an old bridge with rusted steel frames at the top. Legend has it that, if you park on the bridge and cut off your car, that you can hear a baby crying and then see the mother looking for it. One day in the 1950? woman threw her baby off the bridge in spite of her husband. Now, you can see her looking for the baby at midnight. Hound of Goshen The five-mile stretch of the old Buncombe Road, which runs between the church cemetery and Goshen Hill Plantation, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a dog. It is said that the ghost of a very white dog haunts this road and frightens anyone who comes through there. The story dates back to the late 1800's this road was onetime a stagecoach route between Ebenezer Church in Maybinton Township and Goshen Hill in Union County. Lights at the Burial Ground There is an old Indian Burial Ground not far from the town of Catfish, on Hwy. 16. It is said that if you go down the road about 3 miles and turn off in the field you will find an old dirt road with a chain blocking the drive, this is river bend road. People say that they have seen lights down their and that weird things happen to their vehicles when the lights come near. Badwell Cemetery In McCormick ,S.C. is a cemetery that is very old (several hundred years) it is the place of burial for French Heugonaut settlers. The cemetery is surrounded by old stone blocks, and the gate was iron with the grim reaper on the front. There has been numerous sightings of a troll walking the perimeter. The gate is no longer on the entrance, due to theft. There has been many strange occurrences at the site by young and old alike. Lands End Lights Here are some pictures of my travles to Beaufort to see the Lands End lights. Just outside of Frogmore, on lands end road there have been many sightings of a ball of fire and light floating along this stretch of road. Many people say that it is the ghost of a civil war solder that was beheaded, and is for ever in search of his head. Others say that it is from the ghost of some run away slaves that were caught and hung from one of the large oak trees that line this road. Another story states that a bus wrecked on this road in the late 1940's killing the driver and a couple passengers. which ever story one picks many still see the light every year. I yet have been one, but plan on more trips to Lands End to try, and to get more pictures and video. The only pictures that came out are so from the Chapel of Ease ruins. I will post more picks of lands end when i get them. Summerville Lights The story goes that a woman had a husband that was a night conductor for the Summerville railroad company. Every night around midnight you could see her, waiting by the tracks with her husband lunch and a lantern.. waiting for him to stop and eat. One night, he never showed up, and she was told that his train had derailed and he was beheaded in the accident. Although they buried his remains, she never accepted the fact that her husband was gone, and so she went to the tracks at midnight with her lantern and walked up and down, waiting for him. People of course began to think she was crazy, but she continued this nightly ritual until her own death. Mysteriously, the lights have never stopped coming though. It is said that if you go to the tracks just before midnight, you can hear the normal sounds of the night, crickets chirping, frogs croaking, the breeze blowing, etc. but for some odd reason, and this has been the case for every person who has seen the light. at midnight, the sounds suddenly cease. As if a presence has quieted them momentarily. Then you can see it, usually its far off, a light and nothing else coming your way. If you stick around for the light to get closer, it is said that the light will chase you. Hit and Run Outside the town of Clinton, in a community called Lydia Mill, there is a cemetery set back off the main road. Upon driving down the one-lane road into the cemetery, a person suddenly appears in the middle of the road so close to the car that there is no time to stop, swerve, or miss hitting the person in any way. After hitting the person, and the driver getting out to check on the person, there is no one to be found there. Old Montorose Cemetery The Montorose Babtist Church was originally located on top of this hill about five miles out of Florence and all that remains is the cemetery. The church was allegedly burned to the ground in the early 1900?Most of the gravestones are gone and all are broken and worn. One account of the haunting was that while taking rubbings of the gravestones when the sound of laughter was heard. A little boy standing in front of one of the tombstones was seen laughing. As the person got near for a closer look, the little boy laughed again and then disappeared. The name on the grave marker was Joseph Wallace born 1822 and died in the 183---, the rest of the date was broken off the stone.

This was sent in from vistor Ashely: I have also been to Montrose Graveyard.. I have been 2 or 3 times. it is getting hard to drive a car up there now. if i could make a suggestion that is to take an SUV or truck. but the first time we went we pulled up near the mass gravestone and got out of our car. we read the stone and was informed that it is the one stone that now represtents all that was ever buried there. you can see where people have gone up there and thrown bottles and such at the stone to intice things. we stayed around there for about 5-10 minutes and then made our way back off the hill. and gosh yes is it a hill! at first you dont think you are getting that high, but we came to realize it the second trip. the second trip we had 2 cars. well a car and truck. the truck decieded to ride up and then back down like my friend and i had done the previous time but my friend and i this time decided to circle the site. you could see a small road from where others had done so. this time we saw the left over gravestones. there are about 3 or 4 tops still up but in really bad shape. and the dates are old, like of the 1800's as you posted in your decription. they are broken and hard to read. after seeing the dates on there i decided to look out towards the road and yeah we were up there on that hill. i got this fear all of a sudden that something was going to happen like maybe we would see something and it try to push our car off the hill, so we left. but both times we never really saw anything. i dont know if it is because we have enough respect not to trach the place with bottles to intice things or what but again if someone decides to try out this place good luck.. and always be careful. Prospect Church There is an old church located on the Prospect Road. The name of the Church is Prospect Church. They say that on certain full moon nights, you can park your vehicle at the very last park on the right side of the church and you can see a man moving the curtains as if in struggle from the last window of the second story. This was sent in from vistor Ashely: i have been to Prospect Church... I live in Florence and it is found in/around Hartsville I believe it was. When you turn onto Prospect Road some directions tell you a certain amount of miles (most all say that same amount) but actually they are usually wrong. Just ride down the road until you come across the Church on the right. I dont recall there being a sign up anymore. But they have put up a flood or street light which ever you want to call it. It is kind of right off to the side of the church and makes difficult to see in the window. Maybe some people of the church heard about the story and didnt want curious people coming there all the time to see. my friend and i sat there for like 5 minutes looking at that window on a full moon night and couldnt see anything. the glare from the light did not make things easier. but the curtains are still up and some what open. anyone who decides to check this site out good luck in seeing something. (i think the light really messes things up.) The Bride Of West End-Newberry, S.C The story goes that on certain nights you can see the dreary form of a lady in a wedding dress sitting in the trees, standing by her grave, or roaming the fields next to the cemetery. She is said to be waiting on her star-crossed lover to come and pick her up to go to their wedding The Swamp Girl On the long stretch of road, between Sumter and Columbia, there is a bridge that is said to be haunted by a beautiful young woman. She was supposedly killed in an accident when the Wateree River Bridge was first built. Since that day she has been seen at the bridge where concerned motorist will offer her a ride. She accepts and gets in the car; she then tells how she trying to get to Columbia to visit her sick mother that lives on Pickens Street. Once the car reaches the Columbia side of the bridge the girl vanishes from the car. One couple went to the address that the young woman give them, to find her sister that told them that the young girl had died on that bridge and has reappeared on the anniversary of her death many time before. Haunted House Just outside a small community called Healing Springs, there is an old house on top a hill. This house was built on top of a couple graves. People have said to see lights inside the house, even though no power is run in the house. One personal account of the haunting goes as follows...Upon driving up to the house, we got an Erie feeling. Large oak trees with low hanging branches that are covered in Spanish moss surround the house. Three friends and me entered the house through the front door. We explored the house, room by room and then exited through the side door. While sitting in the car in the driveway, we started hearing a tapping noise on the vechile. The sound was random and moved al around us. After about 5 min. of hearing this, one of my friends that was in the back, started yelling to look at the house. There was a low glowing light in the back room that was slowly moving to the front. The light would only fill the room that it was in, not casting light to the others even though they were joined with open door ways. We left before the light reached the front were we were at. We stopped down the road and all talked to make sure we saw the same thing. Hagoods Mill Cemetery Outside of Barnwell on Hwy. 64 there is an old cemetery located way back in the woods. A walk of about 1-mile you reach the old rod iron gate of the cemetery. The gravestones are in a circle with the oldest staring in the center and going out. Many stories of green, blue, yellow, etc. lights have been seen floating around in the woods around this cemetery. They have also been said to shoot strait up and then back down to just disappear. There was also one story of a skeleton of a dog running across a side road near this graveyard. The Phantom Horseman of Columbia Sometime in the Spring of 1914, a strange occurrence happened. On the corner of Bull and Blanding Streets, a shadowy figure of a horseman appeared in the sky above the large oak trees. Observers described the image as a horse and rider of heroic size. The details of the figure were clearly visible down to the saddle and the reins. As the people looked on, the horse reared up and appeared to want to take off on some journey.The next day the news of the sighting spread. A crowd gathered on the corner to stare at the treetops. They waited patiently for the horseman to show himself again. The crowd was not disappointed. Above the trees the figure appeared again. Many in the crowd were scared that the white horseman was one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse (a biblical figure foretelling the end of the world). Others believed the image to be the ghost of stately General Wade Hampton, who was there to warn of the upcoming world war. The Third Eye Man The "Third Eye Man" was first spotted on November 12, 1949, on the campus of the University of South Carolina. According to school records, a strange man dressed in bright silver was sighted opening "a manhole cover on the corner of Sumter and Green Streets, directly opposite of the historic Longstreet Theatre." At 10:43 p.m., two male students watched as this man entered the sewer portal, and diligently pulled the manhole cover into its proper position. One of the students, Christopher Nichols (class of 1953), wrote for the Gamecock and immediately spread the news of this "Sewer man" -- as he was called in the article. After a few weeks, any interest in the "sewer man" died down. Almost six months later, on April 7, 1950, this "sewer man" was spotted again. A university police officer on patrol came across two mutilated chickens behind Longstreet Theatre. Feathers and chicken parts were strewed all over the loading dock of Longstreet. Believing that this mess was left by fraternity students or some other pranksters, the officer walked back to his car to report the scene. After calling into the station, the officer returned to the loading dock only to discover a silver man huddled over the chicken pieces. Immediately, the officer turned his flashlight on this man who looked up at the cop. In the beam of the light, the officer could make out a very disturbing face, grotesque in color and shape, and in the middle of this man's forehead, a third eye! It wasn't a large eye, but nevertheless, there was a third eye starring back at the cop! The policeman retreated from the scene and called in back-ups. When other officers arrived on the scene, there was nothing left on the loading dock except a few scattered feathers and bones. Of course, the cop who witnessed this "third eye man" was in hysterics, and was never able to convince the other officers of what he saw. In the late 1960's, the "catacombs" or underground tunnels at the University, were a favorite place for students. These tunnels connect most of the University. One night in early October, a group of fraternity guys decided to take three pledges down to the tunnels for a challenge. Entering the tunnels from the basement of Gambrell, the group of guys headed west towards the horseshoe. As they rounded the first corner, they were met by a "crippled looking man dressed all in silver" (according to police reports). This bizarre looking man charged at the students with a lead pipe, and suddenly the frat boys realized that this was no prank. One of the pledges, Matthew Tabor, was knocked to the ground by the creature, and suffered "minor cuts and minor shock." Two of the older boys immediately went to the police department, and that evening, the first "third eye man-hunt" took place. After hours of searching the tunnels, the police came up with nothing. However, they did take precautions by sealing off most of the entrances to the catacombs, and by declaring the tunnels off-limit to any person, student, or faculty member. According to one of the maintenance men who still works at the University today, "we don't use the tunnels unless it is absolutely necessary." There have been several sightings in the late 80's and early 90's, though most were dismissed by the University Police force. Those who are adventurous enough to climb down into the tunnels risk being suspended from school. Students WILL find a way into the catacombs from time to time, but there is always the possibility that they will come face-to-face with the ominous third eye man. Airport High School-Columbia, South Carolina

The original part of this high school is said to be haunted by the ghost of George Pair, the schools first principal. It is said that Mr. Pair frequently appears in the hall wearing a dark suit with a red tie. His wife who still teaches at the school says that George has told her he just wishes to protect the students. He closes the doors of teachers that work late. He follows students and teachers to their cars after late night activities. It is said that one may hear Mr. Pairs footsteps walking through the hall though the halls were carpeted many years ago. It is said that this activity was caught on video by a group of adventurous teachers and students in 1994. Phantom Hitchhiker-Columbia, South Carolina On US 76, it is said that an old, ghostly hitchhiker appears at the entrance of the bridge-usually on rainy or foggy nights. The lady, who appears to be in distress, is usually offered help by most. The apparition, who is said to be extremely lifelike, gets into the back seat and tells the driver she is en route to Columbia to visit her mother. Giving them an address on Pickens Street, she continues to converse with the driver before becoming silent. By that time, the car is across the river, the woman has disappeared. It is said that in the 1940s, a woman was killed in the spot that is now the beginning of the bridge, while trying to get to Columbia to see her mother. Thomas Rose House-Charleston, South Carolina Dr. Ladd traveled from Rhode Island to seek his fortune in South Carolina many years ago. While taking up residence in this house, he got in an argument with another man, so they decided to settle the disagreement with a duel. The next morning, Dr. Ladd had decided that a duel was not the solution, so he fired his gun into the air. The other man, who was still quite angry from the previous day, shot Dr. Ladds kneecaps out. After three weeks of agony, he died of gangrene. He is often reported to be seen in the house, especially in times of distress. The Battery-Charleston, South Carolina In a place known for Southern hospitality, its no wonder that some residents would want to linger. But the residents of some Charleston, South Carolina haunts seem unwilling to ever let go Even after death. Charlestons Battery, also known as White Point Gardens, sits on the edge of the meeting place of the Ashley and Cooper Rivers. Long before the area became a scenic retreat and peaceful park, both Fort Broughton (established around 1735) and later Fort Wilkins occupied what was then known as White or Oyster Point, named for the eerie white and skeletal piles of bleached oyster shells covering the peninsulas point. The Battery has been a place of conflict since its colonial beginnings. Frequented by pirates and later a key location as Charleston tried to defend itself from the Unions invasion during the Civil War, Charlestons Battery has seen enough death to explain it being haunted. Charlestons Most Haunted Inn Behind the wrought iron gates of No. 20, known more popularly as the Battery Carriage House Inn, ghosts have continued on well beyond their expected stays. Built in 1843, the battery Carriage House is part of a larger, private home, but visitors who dare overnight are welcomed by the B&Bs staff. Heavy footsteps are heard on stairways where no one is seen walking. Strange glowing masses appear, change shape and fade away and cell phones act oddly in Room 3 of the Inn. Shutters open and close on their own and some visitors report seeing faces on one of the Inns beautiful mirrors. Beginning in the early 1990s, reports started coming in about more oddities. People report feeling like they were being watched in the middle of the night, and perhaps most disturbing of all, some visitors claim to have seen a headless torso dressed in layers of clothing, overcoat on top haunting Room 8. The strange headless torso is thought to be either the remnants of a colonial pirate or a man from the Civil War period. His overcoat is of a coarse material, which, depending on additional details could belong to a man of either historical period. Speculation rages over the figures identity and people get an uneasy feeling when he appears. He is possibly one of the many pirates and near-do-wells that met their end dancing the hempen jig in 1718 when Charleston tried and hanged nearly 50 pirates. Charleston was overrun by pirates and was one of Blackbeards favorite ports. Anne Cormac (later Anne Bonny, the famous female pirate) grew up in the area and met her husband, pirate James Bonny in Charleston. It was from Charleston that Blackbeard kidnapped Council member Samuel Wragg and his young son, holding them hostage until his crew received necessary medicines. Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate met his end at the end of a hangmans noose after his pleas were ignored. He was buried on White Point Shoal (now the Battery Garden); although most pirates were dumped unceremoniously into the ocean. Is it possible Bonnet still roams the area, displaced and angry, threatening in a raspy, breathy way because his final words were useless? The other frequent ghostly visitor is the gentleman ghost. It is believed that the gentleman ghost is the spirit of a well-bred well-educated young man whose family owned the house decades ago. A college student with a supposedly sensitive nature, the young gentleman jumped to his death, leaving his motivation a mystery to friends and family alike. Now he seems to frequent Room 10 of the Inn, ghosting by like little more than a shadow sometimes with the scent of fresh soap as if hes just bathed. Occasionally he is rumored to take a liking to certain members of the opposite sex, ghosting nearby them and giving the sensation he is lying beside them, his arm gently around them. Whether you visit Charlestons Battery for its history or the pleasant Southern hospitality and authentic warmth, be aware you may not be aloneeven in your most private moments!