{"id":2842,"slug":"the-castle-beaufort-south-carolina","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Castle is the '50s — the 'Dr. Johnson' that's the built, the 'unfinished' that's the Union. The 'Gauche' is the dwarf — the 'Ribaut' that's the 1562, the 'jester' that's the impaled. The '16th French' is the tapped — the 'cellar' that's the homesick, the 'bells' that's the shoes.","The 'Lily' is the daughter — the 'tea party' that's the played, the 'children' that's the only seen. The 'morgue' is the outbuilding — the 'hospital' that's the '61, the 'graveyard' that's the grounds. The Castle is the photographed — the 'most' that's the Beaufort, the 'Craven Street' that's the Point.","The file keeps The Castle: the 1850s Johnson, the Gauche dwarf, the 16th French taps, and the Union hospital.","The Castle is the archive's Beaufort file — the jester's home."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Castle is the archive's Beaufort file — the dwarf's cellar.","A castle keeps its jester — the file's suggestion being that Castle's hold is the small: the 'Gauche' that's the 1562, the 'children' that's the seen, and the 'bells' that's the heard."]}],"name":"The Castle","aliases":[],"type":"HOUSE","type_label":"House","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_ESTATE","CIVIL_WAR"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites","legends"],"desc":"The 1850s \"castle\" on the Point—Beaufort’s river landmark.","full_desc":"The Castle is a house in Beaufort, South Carolina. The 1850s \"castle\" on the Point—Beaufort’s river landmark. Its accounts name only a collective — the castle dead. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"Beaufort","county":null,"state":"South Carolina","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":32.458085,"lon":-80.722543,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"SC batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2534,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"The dead are reportedly seen at the Castle. The lore files them collectively as the Castle dead. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The report is preserved in sources like 'The Castle Beaufort'. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"The Castle dead","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2535,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the house. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. The file holds testimony rather than proof; the claim remains anecdotal. The figure remains the site's most-repeated sighting. The reports keep the address on the map.","evidence":"ANECDOTAL","evidence_label":"Anecdotal","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Built ~1850; the hospital use is documented. The Castle's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'The Castle Beaufort'. The date is part of the site's documented spine.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1850","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen at the Castle. The Castle in Beaufort, South Carolina is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. Sources including 'The Castle Beaufort' keep the claim in circulation. It's the version the place will be remembered by, whether or not it's the true one.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"The Castle dead","claimed_identity":"The Castle dead","verified":null,"summary":"The dead are reportedly seen at the Castle. The lore files them collectively as the Castle dead. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. The report is preserved in sources like 'The Castle Beaufort'. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is The Castle dead.","behavior":"The dead are reportedly seen at the Castle.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic house; many are private residences—verify public access before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"The Castle Beaufort","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Castle_(Beaufort,_South_Carolina)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}