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South — Named Ghost Legend filings

Named ghost legends filed in South Carolina

South Carolina files 28 hauntings with a name attached — a claimed identity, often a former owner, a patient, a soldier, kept alongside what the record can actually confirm about that person. Many named ghosts turn out to be real people; whether they stayed is the part nobody can file.

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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→
Site
Medium

Summerville Light

Summerville, South Carolina

The Lowcountry ghost light on the railroad grade.

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→
House
Medium

Atalaya

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

The Huntingtons’ Moorish castle on the beach—built in the Depression.

2 claims · 2 legends→
House
Medium

Hopsewee

Georgetown, South Carolina

The 1740 plantation—Signer Lynch’s house, preserved almost untouched.

2 claims · 2 legends→
District
Medium

Georgetown Historic District

Georgetown, South Carolina

The 1729 port—the third-oldest city in South Carolina.

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

Boone Hall

Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

The Avenue of Oaks—and the brick slave cabins that tell the truth.

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→
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 Castle

Beaufort, South Carolina

The 1850s "castle" on the Point—Beaufort’s river landmark.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Hunting Island

Hunting Island, South Carolina

The retreating lighthouse—moved twice by the sea.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Natural
Medium

Daufuskie Island

Daufuskie Island, South Carolina

The island with no bridge—Gullah culture by boat only.

2 claims · 1 legend→
Site
Medium

Pawleys Island

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

The Gray Man—the storm ghost who warns the island.

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→
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→
Bridge
Medium

Crybaby Bridge (Anderson)

Anderson, South Carolina

The Anderson County bridge where a baby is said to have died in a wreck.

1 claim · 1 legend→
Ship
Medium

H.L. Hunley

North Charleston, South Carolina

The submarine that sank a ship, then itself—killing three crews.

1 claim · 1 legend→

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