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0Cry Baby Bridge
Anderson, South Carolina
11.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
One of the most famous cry baby bridges in the state, the iron construction still sits alongside a modern concrete bridge connecting two sides of the county. Passer-by's claim to have seen a lady in a white dress on the old bridge, looking for someone. She vanishes when approached. (Submitted ...
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Abbewood Bed and Breakfast Inn
Abbeville, South Carolina
13.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
This elegant bed and breakfast inn is rumoured to date back to the civil war era, and is supposedly haunted by a soldier who hanged himself in the attic. Guests who have stayed in the inn report feeling cold spots in the attic, and have felt an eerie presence. ...
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Abbeville, South Carolina
14.3 miles from Lake Secession, SC
This gothic church, dating back to 1842, is believed to be haunted by Elizabeth Marshall, whose husband died during the Second Battle of Manassas in 1862. Visitors to the church have reported seeing the apparition of a woman in an old-fashioned dress walking amongst the pews, while others ...
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Abbeville Welcome Center
Abbeville, South Carolina
14.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
This historic building dates back to the 1870's, and was formerly the town bank. The apparition reported here is that of a young boy, who has been seen staring down into the street and has even been known to follow staff throughout the hallways. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abbeville Opera House
Abbeville, South Carolina
14.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Abbeville Opera House is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a woman. Her apparition has been seen applauding in the balcony, wearing a period dress. Now, the theater keeps the seat open for her, should she ever want to return. The lady is believed to be an actress ...
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Belmont Inn
Abbeville, South Carolina
14.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
This historic hotel dates back to the turn of the twentieth century, and served as luxurious railroad accommodation for visitors to the town. Guests staying in the hotel have reported weird occurrences in various rooms of the hotel, including an entity that opens and closes doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Abbeville County Museum
Abbeville, South Carolina
14.5 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The historic jail building now serves as the county museum, and dates back to the civil war era. The third floor of the jailhouse is believed to be the most haunted, as the worst prisoners were housed here. Staff claim to have run into a friendly African American prisoner ...
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Anderson Muncipal Business Center
Anderson, South Carolina
15.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The origin of the haunting within this building is unknown, but staff working late hours claimed to have seen a shadowy figure materialising and disappear throughout the entire edifice. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Chiquola Club Hotel
Anderson, South Carolina
15.5 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The apparition of a nun in a habit has been by staff and guests on several occasions throughout the hotel building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Georgia Guidestones
Dewy Rose, Georgia
17.5 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Georgia Guidestones, known as "American Stonehenge," is a granite monument consisting of six astronomically aligned slabs inscribed in four ancient languages: Babylonian, Classical Greek, Sanskrit and Egyptian hieroglyphs. The origin of the structure is a bit of a mystery, perhaps leading to the opinion that the place may be ...
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Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greenwood, South Carolina
27.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery is an old graveyard where folks say disembodied singing is heard, white mists or figures materialize, and blue spots are said to appear in the house adjacent.
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Southern Oaks Inn
Lavonia, Georgia
31.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Southern Oaks Inn was originally a home built by Charles P. Ray in 1918, who died here in an upstairs room, and that's who the current owners believe haunt the place. Apparitions of a man and woman have been seen, and strange footsteps have been heard. Reports from workers ...
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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, South Carolina
34.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Ninety Six National Historic Site is a National Park Service operated frontier settlement and Revolutionary War battle site that includes Star Fort, a visitor center, a trail, archaeological digs and restorations. It's rumored to be haunted by a ghost, but folks differ as to who the spirit is, or was. ...
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Three Bridges Road
Powdersville, South Carolina
34.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Three Bridges Road is known to ghost enthusiasts as the place where Eloise, a Civil War-era slave, roams. So her story goes, Union soldiers killed Eloise's master nearby, and the distraught slave woman was reluctant to leave her master's body. When soldiers found her there mourning his death, they killed ...
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Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Cross Hill, South Carolina
36.1 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery is home to the ghost of a Civil War soldier whose marker cross glows about three times per year. The cross also is said to inexplicably change color several times a year.
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Fitzpatrick Hotel
Washington, Georgia
38.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Following the 'Great Fire' of 1895, this historic hotel was constructed to provide accommodation for visitors to the town. Dating back to 1898, it is rumoured to be haunted by a lady in green, whose appearance is often accompanied by the scent of floral perfume. Phantom music has also ...
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Embassy Suites
Greenville, South Carolina
40.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Many strange things can be said about this location of Embassy Suites. According to witnesses, lights turn on and off at will, doors come flying open by themselves, and during a period of construction when the electricity was disconnected, lights came on during the night. In addition, the golf course ...
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Lydia Mill Ruins
Clinton, South Carolina
41.3 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Dating as far back as the early 1900s, Lydia Mill, now in ruins, had housing on-site for its employees. Now a headless female ghost roams the premises, seen around the railroad tracks or in the mill building.
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Pickens County Museum
Pickens, South Carolina
41.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History, formerly the county jail, is said to be home to the ghost of a boy named Willie Earle who calls out in anguish, "I didn't do it!" So the story goes, in 1944 Willie was blamed for killing a cab driver when, ...
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Old Hester Store
Easley, South Carolina
42.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Old Hester Store was built in 1893 by William Hester and is now taken care of by the Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation and Pickens County Historical Society. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of an African-American man who was hanged in the back of the ...
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Children's Graveyard - Duncan Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery
Greenville, South Carolina
44.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Duncan Chapel Methodist Church, built in the 1850s, has a cemetery known as the Children's Graveyard. The road to get there is across from a McDonalds. Apparently the cemetery is older than the church, as the dates on the gravestones are said to range from the late 1700s to the ...
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Devenger Road Bridge
Greer, South Carolina
44.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Local legend tells us that one Halloween night, a woman and her kids were killed on the Devenger Road Bridge when their car was hit by a truck. The woman had stopped the car to retrieve something from her trunk. Now folks say the woman's ghost will push you backward ...
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West End Cemetery
Newberry, South Carolina
54.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Bride Of West End is said to haunt West End Cemetery. She's an apparition of a melancholy bride who has been seen sitting in trees, standing near her grave, or walking in the nearby fields. Rumor has it she has been waiting long years for her lover to take ...
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Newberry College
Newberry, South Carolina
55.5 miles from Lake Secession, SC
At Newberry College's Keller Hall, a woman committed suicide by jumping from the bell tower during the Civil War era. She was distraught over the death of her boyfriend in the war. Witnesses have heard phantom screams coming from the tower and seen the woman's apparition up there as well. ...
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New Salem Church Cemetery
Taylors, South Carolina
57 miles from Lake Secession, SC
At the New Salem Baptist Church Graveyard, visitors have reported unexplained moving lights, voices, temperature anomalies, eerie feelings, touches from something unseen, and other strange phenomena.
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Piedmont College
Demorest, Georgia
57.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
At Piedmont College, an orange-outlined ghost is said to roam the Getman-Babcock Dormitory, usually in the lobby. Also seen here is a ghostly little girl in a blue dress. Witnesses have reported the door handle turning on its own in the laundry room as well.
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The Old Cotton Mill
Jefferson, Georgia
57.6 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Cotton Mill in Jefferson, GA – This old cotton mill has a been shut down for nearly 50 years but has recently undertaken a restoration project turning it into an event center. Workers have seen several unexplainable acts including: -dark objects running at them and then bolt to the ceiling -foot ...
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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
58.3 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Spartanburg Methodist College is home to a ghost of a student who committed suicide by jumping out a window. Witnesses have seen his apparition in the halls or standing by the window from which he jumped.
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Evans Building
Spartanburg, South Carolina
59.6 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Evans Building was Frank Evans High School in the 1920s but is now the Evans Academic Center of Spartanburg Community College. Not only can footsteps be heard in the hallways, but witnesses say late at night on the old basketball court, you can sometimes hear the dribbling and sneaker ...
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Poinsett Bridge
Travelers Rest, South Carolina
59.6 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The 1820 Poinsett Bridge, named for Joel Roberts Poinsett, was is one of the oldest in the state. It has a 14-foot Gothic arch and is no longer in use, and is rumored to be haunted. Folks say the ghost of a slave who was once hanged here may let ...
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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, South Carolina
59.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Foster's Tavern is housed in a historic brick gabled building from the early 1800s. Strange sounds have led folks to believe that the tavern may be haunted. Witnesses have heard horses' hooves on the roof, footsteps on the stairs, and voices.
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Early Hill Plantation
Greensboro, Georgia
59.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Once a bed-and-breakfast, this site is reportedly no longer in business. The mansion was built in the 1700s for the mayor, John Brown. Tragedy struck when a branch broke in the front yard, killing the family's young daughter. Reported sightings have included the girl swinging from the tree at night ...
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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
60.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The late-1800s Converse College has a few haunted buildings, including the Williams Dorm, said to have a ghostly boy near its laundry room who will play catch with a ball, and Hazel B. Abbott Theatre, haunted by Miss Hazel herself. The Wilson Hall has a ghost with red eyes, and ...
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Molly's Rock Picnic Area
Newberry, South Carolina
60.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
At Flag Lake (which is no longer a lake, by the way), Molly’s Rock is rumored to be a hot spot for the strange and unexpected. Reports say on a nearby hill stands a cemetery that has an entire row of grave markers for deceased who committed suicide. Witnesses visiting ...
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0Inn At Merridun
Union, South Carolina
62.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Inn at Merridun is haunted by friendly ghosts, former residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan, who leave pennies as housewarming gifts. Their rose-scented perfume and cigar smoke can be detected when the ghosts are around. Another haunt in residence is Mary Anne Wallace, sister of a former owner, whose apparition ...
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0York House Inn
Rabun Gap, Georgia
63.6 miles from Lake Secession, SC
York House Inn is Georgia's oldest continuously operating Inn, since 1896. All manner of living, births and deaths have taken place in the ensuing 120 years. It has been rumored by various employees that a Civil War soldier smokes cigars in one room and several children play in the Inn. ...
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Augusta State University
Augusta, Georgia
64.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Many ghosts allegedly haunt Augusta State University, including the spirit of Emily Galt, a woman, who over 140 years ago, opted to join her recently deceased soldier fiance by jumping to her death from a window of Bellevue Hall. Emily and her younger sister, Lucy, also etched their names and ...
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0Rosemary Hall
North Augusta, South Carolina
65.1 miles from Lake Secession, SC
At this 1902 inn, a resident ghost watches over the place. The ghost is believed to be Mrs. Jackson, wife of original owner James U. Jackson. She has been seen in Room 205 and also walking up and down the main stairs. Other strange things happen here as well: Objects ...
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Ezekiel Harris House
Augusta, Georgia
65.1 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Ghostly occurrences reported here by staff and visitors include a female apparition and the feeling of having a rope around one's neck.
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0The Partridge Inn
Augusta, Georgia
65.2 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Partridge Inn was built in 1836 as a private home, and has had a long history of conversions and renovations. Currently "The Grand Hotel of the Classic South," the inn boasts, along with its other Southern charms, a ghostly bride. Wearing an 1800s wedding dress, she is said to ...
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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, South Carolina
65.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Clifton Mill No. 2 was a textile mill built in 1888 and demolished in 2013. When the abandoned buildings still stood here, folks claimed they were haunted. Reports came in of the sound of ghostly footsteps and doors that were suddenly flung open by something unseen.
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Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation
Union, South Carolina
65.6 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Juxa Plantation, formerly the Gregory Plantation, is no longer an inn but a private residence. Original owner Jehu Gregory was once said to haunt the place. His ghost was seen most often in the on-site family cemetery. But so the tale goes, after the repair of some tombstones, Jehu never made ...
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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina
65.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Victims of the infamous local murderer the Gaffney Strangler are said to haunt Chain Gang Hill Road. The girls' voices can be heard moaning and screaming along this stretch.
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Haunted Pillar
Augusta, Georgia
66.9 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The market that once stood at Fifth and Broad streets was wiped out in a rare winter tornado in 1878, which some say was brought on by a curse from an evangelist who was denied permission to preach at there. The Haunted Pillar is all that's left of the market, ...
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Graniteville Cemetery
Graniteville, South Carolina
67.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Rumor has it that a witch ghost appears late at night here, putting flowers on the graves of children. Witnesses claim to have experienced lots of eerie things here, from screams, gunshots and laughter to the dead reaching up and grabbing visitors' feet.
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Braselton Town Hall
Braselton, Georgia
67.8 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The 1909 residence of the town's founding family is said to be haunted by a ghost called Little John, said to have been a mentally challenged boy who lived in the attic. He is heard walking around and banging when the place closes for the night. Also reported here are ...
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Brenau University
Gainesville, Georgia
70.1 miles from Lake Secession, SC
Agnes is the ghost who is believed to haunt the 1878 women's college called Brenau University. A former student in the early 1900s, Agnes is said to have hanged herself. Her reasons for her distressed differ depending on who tells the story. She may have been ostracized by sorority members ...
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John D. Long Lake
Union, South Carolina
70.4 miles from Lake Secession, SC
John D. Long Lake is the spot where Susan Smith killed her children by strapping them into her vehicle and rolling it into the lake, claiming her kids were kidnapped by a carjacker. Folks who have visited the monument erected to them here claim to have heard children's laughter and ...
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Old Post Office
Aiken, South Carolina
70.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
This historic post office has many legends associated with it, and is rumoured to be one of the most haunted buildings in town. In the postmasters office, there is a ladder that leads to secret passages in the ceiling of the building, which the postmaster himself used to spy ...
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0Holley House - Hotel Aiken
Aiken, South Carolina
70.7 miles from Lake Secession, SC
The Hotel Aiken, housed in an 1878 hotel building, is haunted--especially on the second floor. Witnesses have heard whispering, crying and screaming from empty rooms, and seen shadow figures flit past. Toilets flush and doors open and close by themselves, and ghosts play tricks with the housekeepers' carts, moving them ...
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