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Charleston

24 dossiers on record ·

The record for Charleston opens with Old Charleston Jail and Poogan’s Porch — 22 more files sit in the drawer below.

Prison
High confidence

Old Charleston Jail

Charleston, South Carolina

SCETV recounts visitors reporting supernatural encounters.

3 claims · 2 legends→
Restaurant
Medium

Poogan’s Porch

Charleston, South Carolina

Queen Street restaurant haunted by the spinster sisters who owned it.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Magnolia Plantation

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1679 plantation where the gardens opened to the public first.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Drayton Hall

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1747 Palladian masterpiece—unrestored and unforgettable.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Aiken-Rhett House

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1820 house preserved as the family left it—slaves’ quarters intact.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Cemetery
Medium

Circular Congregational Churchyard

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1695 graveyard—Charleston’s oldest English burying ground.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Church
Medium

St. Michael’s Church

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1761 steeple—Charleston’s landmark and its churchyard dead.

2 claims · 2 legends→
Inn
Medium

Battery Carriage House Inn

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston’s most storied haunted inn—three named ghosts across two houses.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Hotel
Medium

Francis Marion Hotel

Charleston, South Carolina

Charleston’s 1924 hotel—the "Bride of the Francis Marion."

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Nathaniel Russell House

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1808 Federal masterpiece—the flying staircase and the garden.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Old Slave Mart

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1859 auction hall where the sales ended—the only one left.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Exchange and Provost Dungeon

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1771 exchange where the prisoners were kept below.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

White Point Garden

Charleston, South Carolina

The Battery’s garden—where the executions and the shelling are remembered.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Cemetery
Medium

St. Philip’s Churchyard

Charleston, South Carolina

The churchyard where the gate is locked against the dead—DuBose Heyward’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Hampton Park

Charleston, South Carolina

The park built on the Washington Race Course—where the first Memorial Day was held.

2 claims · 1 legend→
House
Medium

The Pink House

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1712 Bermuda stone house—Charleston’s oldest stone building.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Historic Site
Medium

Fort Sumter and Charleston Harbor

Charleston, South Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Theater
Medium

Dock Street Theatre

Charleston, South Carolina

America’s first purpose-built theater site—haunted by its own performers.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Churchyard
Medium

Unitarian Churchyard

Charleston, South Carolina

Overgrown "secret garden" churchyard linked to Poe’s Annabel Lee.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Restaurant
Medium

82 Queen

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1840s Queen Street restaurant in a three-building compound.

1 claim · 1 legend→
House
Medium

Middleton Place

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1741 gardens—America’s oldest landscaped garden.

1 claim→
Site
Medium

Old Powder Magazine

Charleston, South Carolina

The 1713 magazine—the oldest public building in the Carolinas.

1 claim→
Historic Site
Medium

Stono Slave Rebellion at the Elliot and Rose Plantations

Charleston, South Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→
Historic Site
Medium

Seizure of the Planter Marker

Charleston, South Carolina

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

2 facts→