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0Longstreet Theatre
Columbia, South Carolina
15.3 miles from Lexington 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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University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina
15.5 miles from Lexington 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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Fort Jackson
Columbia, South Carolina
20.6 miles from Lexington 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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West End Cemetery
Newberry, South Carolina
32.8 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Annie's Inn Bed and Breakfast
Aiken, South Carolina
33.1 miles from Lexington County, SCThis early-1800s inn is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who wanders in the halls calling out for her mama.
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Newberry College
Newberry, South Carolina
33.2 miles from Lexington County, SCAt 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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Fairfield County Museum
Winnsboro, South Carolina
34.5 miles from Lexington 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
34.7 miles from Lexington 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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0Holley House - Hotel Aiken
Aiken, South Carolina
35 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Old Post Office
Aiken, South Carolina
35.1 miles from Lexington County, SCThis 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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Molly's Rock Picnic Area
Newberry, South Carolina
36.9 miles from Lexington County, SCAt 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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Graniteville Cemetery
Graniteville, South Carolina
37.9 miles from Lexington County, SCRumor 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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Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery
Sumter, South Carolina
42.6 miles from Lexington 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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Ninety Six National Historic Site
Ninety Six, South Carolina
46 miles from Lexington County, SCNinety 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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Bethabara Baptist Church Cemetery
Cross Hill, South Carolina
47.2 miles from Lexington County, SCBethabara 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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Redcliffe Plantation
Beech Island, South Carolina
47.9 miles from Lexington County, SCRedcliffe Plantation is said to be haunted by former 1800s owner Sen. James Hammond. Rumor has it that if you go near a certain field with only three trees, strange things will begin to happen.
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0Rosemary Hall
North Augusta, South Carolina
48.9 miles from Lexington County, SCAt 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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Haunted Pillar
Augusta, Georgia
49.4 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Ezekiel Harris House
Augusta, Georgia
50.6 miles from Lexington County, SCGhostly 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
51.7 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Augusta State University
Augusta, Georgia
52.3 miles from Lexington County, SCMany 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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Lydia Mill Ruins
Clinton, South Carolina
52.5 miles from Lexington County, SCDating 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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Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Greenwood, South Carolina
53.2 miles from Lexington County, SCRock 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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Rembert Church
Sumter, South Carolina
54.4 miles from Lexington 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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Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation
Union, South Carolina
55.2 miles from Lexington County, SCJuxa 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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Chester Little Theatre
Chester, South Carolina
55.6 miles from Lexington 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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0Inn At Merridun
Union, South Carolina
60 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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John D. Long Lake
Union, South Carolina
61.8 miles from Lexington County, SCJohn 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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Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina
73 miles from Lexington County, SCTillman Hall at Winthrop University has a bell tower, intricate woodwork, and, some say, a haunted fourth floor. Some suppose the spirits may be linked to the old stocks, still housed in the building, that held the prisoners who built the hall centuries ago.
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Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery
Pageland, South Carolina
74.6 miles from Lexington 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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Foster's Tavern
Spartanburg, South Carolina
78.7 miles from Lexington County, SCFoster'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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Chain Gang Hill Road
Spartanburg, South Carolina
80.1 miles from Lexington County, SCVictims 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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Clifton Mill No. 2
Spartanburg, South Carolina
80.6 miles from Lexington County, SCClifton 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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Cottageville Cemetery
Cottageville, South Carolina
80.6 miles from Lexington 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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Evans Building
Spartanburg, South Carolina
81.4 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
81.6 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 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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Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, South Carolina
83 miles from Lexington County, SCSpartanburg 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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Birdsville Plantation
Millen, Georgia
85 miles from Lexington County, SCBirdsville Plantation was built in the 1700s on land that King George III gave to Welshman Francis Jones. Construction on the plantation house began in 1782, but many additions were made over the years. Legend has it that Union soldiers, searching for the family's treasure, dug up the bodies of ...
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Blakeney House
Monroe, North Carolina
85.3 miles from Lexington County, SCThe 1903 Blakeney House has been a private home, several restaurants and now is used for bible and mission training for the company Youth With a Mission. Although the company maintains that the house is not haunted, it is in fact said to be haunted by three ghosts: William Blakeney ...
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Summerville Cemetery and Mausoleum
Summerville, South Carolina
87.2 miles from Lexington 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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Embassy Suites
Greenville, South Carolina
87.6 miles from Lexington County, SCMany 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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Price House Cottage
Summerville, South Carolina
87.7 miles from Lexington 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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Devenger Road Bridge
Greer, South Carolina
87.9 miles from Lexington County, SCLocal 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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This Whole House
Summerville, South Carolina
87.9 miles from Lexington 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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0Jacksonboro Light
Lexington County, South Carolina
91.1 miles from Lexington 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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