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Ghost & Haunting Reports in South Carolina

6 nightmarks documented

6 ghost and haunting reports in South Carolina

Ghosts & Hauntings

Rosemary Hall — North Augusta's ghostly antebellum estate

Rosemary Hall, North Augusta, South Carolina·1902

A spectral woman walks the gardens of this antebellum estate at dusk — the hall's pre-Civil War history may explain the restless spirits within.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Pawleys Island's Gray Man — the ghost who warns of hurricanes

Pawleys Island, South Carolina·1822

For 200 years, a gray figure has appeared on this South Carolina beach before hurricanes — those who heed his warning find their homes spared.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Bethesda Presbyterian Church — Agnes of Glasgow haunts Camden, South Carolina

Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Camden, South Carolina·1805

Agnes crossed the Atlantic to find her husband already dead — her ghost still searches among the headstones of this Camden churchyard after 200 years.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Old Charleston Jail — 150 years of suffering haunt this antebellum prison

Old Charleston Jail, Charleston, South Carolina·1802

Denmark Vesey and serial killer Lavinia Fisher were held here — 137 years of suffering echo through the oldest jail in the American South.

Ghosts & Hauntings

Fenwick Hall — the haunted plantation of Johns Island, South Carolina

Fenwick Hall, Johns Island, South Carolina·1730

A colonial-era woman walks among the live oaks of this 1730 Lowcountry plantation — inside, a phantom harpsichord plays for an audience that isn't there.

Ghosts & Hauntings

USS Yorktown (CV-10) — the haunted aircraft carrier of Patriots Point

USS Yorktown (CV-10), Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Over 140 sailors died aboard this WWII carrier — now their ghosts perform phantom duties in the engine room and walk the decks at Patriots Point.