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0Salem Black River Church
Mayesville, South Carolina
18.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCSalem Black River Church, built in 1846, is believed to be haunted by a ghostly Southern Belle and a sad little boy. Cold spots have been noted by visitors as well.
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Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery
Sumter, South Carolina
26.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe ghost of a Confederate soldier strolls through the Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, sometimes joined by the apparition of a woman who has been known to sit with her legs crossed in a tree with low-hanging branches.
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Rembert Church
Sumter, South Carolina
30.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCWhile visiting the cemetery behind the old Rembert Church, folks say they've heard singing and seen lights on inside the church.
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Sansbury Cemetery
Timmonsville, South Carolina
37 miles from Clarendon County, SCDifferent from the Sansbury Hill Cemetery, also in Timmonsville, the Sansbury Cemetery is an eerie place where unexplained noises, including a baby crying, have been reported. Folks also have reported feelings of despair and fear here, but giving the surroundings, this is may not be unusual!
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Tans Bay Baptist Church
Effingham, South Carolina
39.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCTans Bay Baptist Church is thought to be haunted by the ghost of a baby who died here before the building housed a church. It's said that the baby accidentally fell on its head and died instantly, and now floating lights and the sound of a baby crying can be ...
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Summerville Light
Summerville, South Carolina
40.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Summerville Light is believed to be the ghost of a woman who lived here over 100 years ago. Legend has it that she met her husband at the train after work every night, with a lantern to guide them home. He was killed in a logging accident nearby, and ...
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Rice Hope Plantation
Moncks Corner, South Carolina
43.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCMistress Chicken is the name of this plantation's resident ghost. She rocks in a rocking chair inside the Heron Room. It is said that she exists to comfort a child who once lived at this plantation and was once tied to a tombstone by a nasty schoolmaster as punishment. The ...
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This Whole House
Summerville, South Carolina
44.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis Whole House is a tearoom that's rumored to be haunted by a ghost named Mary Helen. The building dates as far back as 1875 and was once, allegedly, a brothel. Paranormal activity includes the sound of breaking dishes in the kitchen and objects being moved by unseen hands. Also, ...
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Price House Cottage
Summerville, South Carolina
45 miles from Clarendon County, SCIt is said that the ghost who resides here likes to make off with nice jewelry. The owner himself has had a pair of sapphire cufflinks go missing, and to add to the mystery, his daughter lost a ring that later turned up in an old thesaurus.
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Summerville Cemetery and Mausoleum
Summerville, South Carolina
46.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCSummerville Cemetery and Mausoleum is also called Park Cemetery by some locals. Witnesses say a child, possibly one buried here named Jessie Blue Hyatt, has been heard crying here. Some visitors also report a phantom smell of smoke and a feeling of difficulty breathing.
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Fort Jackson
Columbia, South Carolina
48.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe United States Army installation Fort Jackson, named for U.S. Army General and President Andrew Jackson, is said to be haunted. At its artillery range, the ghost of a female soldier rumored to have killed herself in a latrine appears with a hole in her helmet. And in the B ...
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Graves near Lincoln Village
Hartsville, South Carolina
48.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCAccording to local tales, an overgrown and haunted graveyard stands adjacent to the abandoned Lincoln Village apartment complex, in the wooded area at the northwest corner of the complex. Caution: The graves are sunken and the ground is soft; graves here may be deep.
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Coker College
Hartsville, South Carolina
49.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCAt Coker College, a private liberal arts school founded in 1908, a ghostly girl is said to roam in a dorm building. The ghost also is said to cause strange sounds, turn off radios and make alarm clocks ring in the middle of the night. According to campus legend, she ...
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University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
51.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe University of South Carolina is said to be haunted by quite a few spirits. The library is said to be visited by former President McKissick, and ghostly soldiers and a spectral woman with long dark hair have been spotted at the DeSaussure College building. The woman is believed to ...
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Longstreet Theatre
Columbia, South Carolina
51.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCLongstreet Theatre was once a Civil War hospital, and rumor has it that the room that serves as the green room is the former morgue. Cold spots, uneasy feelings, apparitions and strange noises have been reported in the area.
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Yeamans Hall
Hanahan, South Carolina
52.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCAccording to local lore, the spirit of Mary Hyrne haunts this building where she once lived. She appears as a little lady in a period black dress with a white cap.
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Cottageville Cemetery
Cottageville, South Carolina
53.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCA local legend surrounds Cottageville Cemetery. It says that those who drive around the cemetery three times, then drive into its center and flash their lights three times, will see the deceased leave their graves, walk around, and throw things.
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Montrose Cemetery - Lowthers Hill Cemetery
Darlington, South Carolina
54.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCMontrose Cemetery, aka Lowthers Hill Cemetery, is very old and spooky, according to witnesses who describe feelings of fear and nausea on the grounds. The cemetery was so old and run down that a mass marker was placed outside naming the known burials inside. Some say a murderer brought children ...
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Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
Charleston, South Carolina
54.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCFeatured on an episode of TV's Ghost Hunters, the Magnolia Plantation is rumored to be haunted. The plantation has been owned by the same family since 1680; the investigation turned up unexplained music, a young girl's voice, a cough, and a woman's voice that asked "What are you doing?"
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Prospect Church
Patrick, South Carolina
56.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCAccording to local legend, on moonlit nights at Prospect Church, those who park in the last parking space on the right side of the church and peer at the last window on the second story will see a ghost who moves the curtains violently as if in a struggle inside.
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Charleston Naval Shipyard
North Charleston, South Carolina
57 miles from Clarendon County, SCAt the Charleston Naval Base, the apparition of a slave girl has been noticed in a clump of trees.
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DuPre House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCReports say the DuPre house was once a bed-and-breakfast, but currently may be empty and up for sale. The house was built around 1740 and is said to have two ghosts in residence: a woman and her daughter, both from the Civil War era. Their spirits have been seen and ...
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Mansfield Plantation
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Mansfield Plantation dates back to the early 18th century, and includes a bed and breakfast. Local ghost hunters claim that they recorded EVPs in the North Guest House that said "don't leave me".
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Bolem House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.6 miles from Clarendon County, SCFolks here believe the house may originally have been built as a tavern for the sailors. Ghostly sailors have been seen and heard here: On Christmas Day in 1993, a resident came across a ghostly man in old-fashioned sailor attire in the kitchen. The witness said the sailor didn't appear ...
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Strand Theatre
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.6 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe 1941 Strand Theatre is home to some odd occurrences. Footsteps have been heard in the empty balcony, and during a production of Ghosts of the Coast, based on local ghost tales, the staff began to witness cold spots and whispers coming from the backstage area. A ghost hunter was ...
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Kaminski Building
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Kaminski Building is one of two that house Georgetown’s Rice Museum. The 1842 Kaminski Building was a retail store for many years. Witnesses at the museum have heard footsteps, including one set that sounds like it has a peg-leg, in the art gallery. It is also believed that an ...
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Beth Elohim Cemetery
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCTales told about this, the second oldest Jewish cemetery in the state, center around best friends Pauline Moses and Eliza Munnerlyn. The two girls had planned to be married on the same day at the same time, but in different locations. However, both the girls caught yellow fever and died ...
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Henning-Miller House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCBuilt around 1760, some say this house has a ghost on its staircase. Rumor has it that when the British took over the home during the American Revolution, one of the officers fell down the stairs when he heard the daughter mention that Patriot hero Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion was ...
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1790 House Bed and Breakfast Inn
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCAlthough this building no longer operates as a B&B, back in the day it was said that a rocking chair in the "Rice Planter's Room" would often rock back and forth without anyone ever touching it.
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Waterman-Kaminski House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis house from around 1770 has a couple of sad ghost stories attached to it. As one goes, a little boy, age 8, was left in the care of the owners while the rest of his family took a trip. The family was lost at sea, and the little boy ...
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Heriot-Tarbox House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCBuilt around 1765, this is the house where the legendary Theodosia Burr Alston, daughter of United States Vice President Aaron Burr and wife of South Carolina Governor Joseph Alston stayed in 1812 before the ship on which she was traveling disappeared. Her ghost has been seen all along the coastline ...
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Morgan-Ginsler House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis building was once used as a Civil War hospital for Union soldiers. Some folks say the strange sounds that come from the dining room are the sounds of Satan forcing the souls of the soldiers who died there to relive their last miserable moments.
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Cleland House
Georgetown, South Carolina
57.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCBuilt in 1737, the house has a story to go along with its ghost. So it goes, Anne Withers, a possible relation of the John Withers listed on the historical marker in front of the house as one of the owners, fell in love with a sea captain. He once ...
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Wedgefield Plantation
Georgetown, South Carolina
58.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe headless ghost of a beheaded British soldier is said to appear here, wandering about holidng a pistol and feeling around for his head. Along with him come the sounds of war, clattering and hoofbeats. The war sounds are often a precursor to the ghost's arrival.
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Old Gunn - Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church
Georgetown, South Carolina
58.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCConstruction of the church was begun in 1859, but screeched to a halt when the lead architect Mr. Gunn slipped on the steep roof and fell to his death. Folks have seen Mr. Gunn's ghost around the ruins of the church and tower and heard his scream, and locals say ...
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Boone Hall Plantation
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
60.3 miles from Clarendon County, SCBoone Hall Plantation, in operation since the late 1600s, is said to be haunted by a soldier. His apparition has been seen attempting to remove a bullet from an injured fellow soldier.
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0Jacksonboro Light
Clarendon County, South Carolina
60.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCIf you walk along Parkers Ferry Road late at night, you might catch a glimpse of a swinging lantern light, said to be carried by the ghost of a preacher who died when he was struck by a train one night while he was out searching for his daughter. ...
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0Rutledge Victorian Guest House
Charleston, South Carolina
63 miles from Clarendon County, SCAt Rutledge Victorian Guesthouse, the ghost of a young girl who perished in a fire years ago is said to reside. She makes herself known by turning lights on and off and peering in from a window over the stairs. The smell smoke can be evident when the ghost is ...
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Patriots Point Museum - USS Yorktown
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
63 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Museum is an Essex-class aircraft carrier named in honor of the sunken USS Yorktown, destroyed in 1942 during the Battle of Midway. The vessel has been used in films "Tora! Tora! Tora!" and "The Philadelphia Experiment among others. Witnesses, both staff and visitors, have ...
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0Charleston Harley Davidson - Bicycle Shoppe
Charleston, South Carolina
63.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCFormerly Charleston Harley-Davidson, the Bicycle Shoppe is rumored to be haunted by a good and an evil spirit. Witnesses have noticed a strong, sweet fragrance in certain places on the premises.
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0Jasmine House Inn
Charleston, South Carolina
63.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCAccording to reports, a guest in the Chrysanthemum Room awoke to find a woman's ghost standing near his bed. The guest said that the ghost didn't want him to leave the inn. To show her displeasure at his leaving, she tore up his newspaper into tiny pieces and left them ...
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0Meeting Street Inn
Charleston, South Carolina
63.4 miles from Clarendon County, SCRooms 303 and 107 are said to be haunted. The ghost of 303 has not been seen but apparently likes to play tricks with the doors. In room 107 there are reports of a female apparition.
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0Old Charleston Jail
Charleston, South Carolina
63.4 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Old City Jail, built in 1802 and in operation until 1939, today is used by the American College of the Building Arts (ACBA) as a laboratory and classroom. In its day, it housed many infamous criminals, including Lavinia Fisher, the first female mass murderer. It is believed to be ...
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All Saints Cemetery
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
63.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe ghost story in this cemetery centers on beautiful Alice Flagg, the sister of the weatlhy Dr. Allard Flagg who moved into the Hermitage in 1849. Alice fell in love with a young lumberman, but Dr. Flagg didn't approve of the match and sent him away. Angry with her brother, ...
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0St. Philip's Graveyard
Charleston, South Carolina
63.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCSt. Philip's Graveyard is adjacent to the historic St. Philip's Episcopal Church, established in 1680. Among those buried here are Southern writer DuBose Heyward, former U.S. vice president John C. Calhoun, and other politicians form the country's early days. An apparition of a woman crying over a grave has ...
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All Saints Episcopal Church Cemetery
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
63.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCAll Saints Episcopal Church has stood here since 1739, and its cemetery, haunted by a ghost named Alice, dates from 1822. Alice is buried beneath an oak tree under a flat gravestone bearing the name ALICE. Local legend says that those who walk around her grave 13 times backwards and ...
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0Poogan's Porch
Charleston, South Carolina
63.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe restaurant called Poogan’s Porch is housed in a 1888 home. Poogan was a friendly neighborhood stray dog who started to hang out on the porch when the restaurant opened, and he was adopted by the owner. Eventually Poogan passed away, and his little grave sits on the property. The ...
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0Dock Street Theatre
Charleston, South Carolina
63.5 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe 1736 Dock Street Theater is said to be haunted by Nettie Dickerson, who came to town around 1840. She was 25, an old spinster by the day's standards, and although she was intelligent and attractive, no men would take her for a wife. Heartbroken, she got a church clerk ...
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0Litchfield Plantation
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
63.6 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis plantation's history dates back to 1740, and its most famous ghost is Dr. Henry Tucker, a member of one of the last families to own the plantation in the late 1800s. His apparition has been seen in the Blue Room, and he is said to be a friendly spirit. ...
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0Old Exchange Building
Charleston, South Carolina
63.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCRumor has it that the historic Old Exchange Building is haunted, and witnesses claim to have seen swinging chains and orbs in the basement, reportedly once inhabited by the pirate Blackbeard. Cold spots and doors that shut by themselves have been witnessed upstairs.
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0Talvande Mansion - Swords Gate House
Charleston, South Carolina
63.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis very old house, now a private home, was a boarding school for teenage girls in the 1800s. When one of the girls eloped, damaging the school's reputation, Headmistress Madame Talvande turned the school into a fortress and watched the girls very closely. It is said that she still lingers ...
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0Hannah Heyward House
Charleston, South Carolina
63.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCThis historic private home, originally built at the end of the Revolutionary War by war widow Mrs. Heyward, is said to be the site of ghostly appearances since 1805. That's when Mrs. Heyward first saw the ghost of her son James, whom she believed was on a hunting trip. She ...
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Old Village Post House - Guilds Inn
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
63.8 miles from Clarendon County, SCOnce the "Guilds Inn" (until around 2004), this is now a restaurant and inn called "Old Village Post House". It was featured in "Haunted Inns of the Southeast" under its previous incarnation. The book suggested that the ghost of its previous owner, Captain Samuel Guilds, still haunted the ...
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0Battery Carriage House Inn
Charleston, South Carolina
64 miles from Clarendon County, SCIf you are looking for a haunted room, you might try room 8 of the Battery Carriage House Inn. Many guests claim to have been awakened in the middle of the night by an apparition that is described as being a headless torso. Room 10 also has quite ...
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0White Point Garden
Charleston, South Carolina
64.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCAka The Battery, White Park Gardens is said to be home to some spirits of pirates that were hanged here long ago. Rumor has it the ghosts walk through the park looking for their executioners.
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Colonel Kolb's Tomb
Bennettsville, South Carolina
64.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCAccording to reports, Colonel Kolb, along with his family, was burned alive nearby during the Revolutionary War. According to local lore, those who visit Colonel Kolb's tomb at night will hear the sound of someone walking in the woods and may suddenly find the apparition of a man right next ...
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Bingham's Light
Latta, South Carolina
64.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCBinghams's Light is believed to be the lantern of the ghost of a man named Bingham who was killed by a train. Some say he appears as a warning or that the ghost is searching for his lost children.
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0Pelican Inn
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
65 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe two ghosts who haunt this inn are of the canine kind. An elderly caretaker here once owned two Boston terriers, and legend has it that one of them swam out in the surf to save a little boy's life. The dog soon passed away, and the other dog died ...
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The Grey Man of Pawley's Island
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
65.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCPawley's Island has its own early warning system for hurricanes. Legend has it that a mysterious man dressed all in grey appears to certain individuals or couples and warns them of approaching hurricanes. These tales are usually told after each hurricane, where one lucky couple or family was ...
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Fort Sumter
Charleston, South Carolina
66.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCFort Sumter is said to be haunted by a soldier's ghost. On April 13, Union Army Major Robert Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter to the Confederates. He ordered a final 100-gun salute to the Union flag, and on the 47th shot, a gun misfired and killed Union Soldier Daniel Hough. Since ...
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Georgetown Light
Georgetown, South Carolina
66.9 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe 72-foot tall lighthouse, built around 1812, is said to be haunted by Annie, the daughter of a former lightkeeper who was a widower who was raising the 7- or 8-year-old on his own. One day as the two were returning to the lighthouse with supplies, a violent storm hit. ...
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Fairfield County Museum
Winnsboro, South Carolina
70 miles from Clarendon County, SCFairfield County Museum is housed in a former 1832 home. It is said to be haunted by two soldiers' ghosts, and an apparition of an elderly lady has been seen as well. Witnesses also have reported unexplained noises, footsteps, and extension cords that moved along the ground by themselves.
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Fairfield County Courthouse
Winnsboro, South Carolina
70.1 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Fairfield County Courthouse has a ghost, that of Mary Ingleman, aka the Witch of Winnsboro Courthouse. It all started in 1792, when folks were accusing each other of being witches. Mary, along with others, was accused, beaten and tortured by the townsfolk. When she reported the incident to authorities, ...
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Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery
Pageland, South Carolina
77.2 miles from Clarendon County, SCAt Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery, rumor has it that the ghosts of the Blakeney family will sometimes appear to visitors. The family emigrated here from Ireland, and some of its members fought in the Civil War.
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0Old Sheldon Church Ruins
Yemassee, South Carolina
79.4 miles from Clarendon County, SCThe Old Sheldon Church was housed in a church built in the mid-1700s. The British burned it in 1779, during the Revolutionary War, but was rebuilt in 1826, only to be burned again in the Civil War. It is said to be haunted by an unknown Pilgrim woman in a ...
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Chester Little Theatre
Chester, South Carolina
91.7 miles from Clarendon County, SCPerhaps as early as 1913, Chester Little Theatre was known as the Dreamland Theatre. Sometime in its long history, something must have happened to render it a hot spot for supernatural activity: Witnesses here claim to have seen apparitions and heard strange noises.
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