Bubba the Ghost | Ghosts & Legends III

This is the story of Bubba the Ghost from the S.C. State Museum.

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Alice of The Hermitage | Ghosts & Legends III

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Alice of The Hermitage | Ghosts & Legends III

The story of Alice Flagg of Georgetown, who became very ill and died of malaria while in boarding school at the age of 15. Alice's fiance' had given her a diamond ring, but her brother disapproved and...

Drunken Jack, The Pirate | Ghosts and Legends III

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Drunken Jack, The Pirate | Ghosts and Legends III

From Pawleys Island, S.C. During the golden age of piracy, there came an afternoon on which a pirate ship sailed into Murrell's Inlet to bury a treasure they would imbibe in that very night. By late...

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Gray Man | Ghosts & Legends III

From Pawleys Island, S.C. Plowden C.J. Weston went to England to be educated but returned to his beloved Pawleys Island, where he and his lovely English wife, Emily Esdaille Weston, built the Pelican...

Longstreet Theatre | Ghosts & Legends III

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Longstreet Theatre | Ghosts & Legends III

Ann C. Dreher, professor of Theater at USC, discusses Longstreet Theatre, and tells of the building's past uses as a hospital and a morgue, as well as a seminary. When people are there at night, the...

Pirate Captain's Buried Treasure | Ghosts & Legends III

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Pirate Captain's Buried Treasure | Ghosts & Legends III

This is the story of a pirate captain who buried treasure at 37 Meeting Street in Charleston. He later found one of his supposedly trusted crewmen attempting to dig up the captain's treasure. There...

Restless Spirits | Ghosts and Legends III

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Restless Spirits | Ghosts and Legends III

From Charleston, S.C. Do you know why pirates wore gold hoop earrings? Was it a fashion statement? Or was there more to it?

The Bouquet: Stede Bonnet | Ghosts & Legends III

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The Bouquet: Stede Bonnet | Ghosts & Legends III

Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate, was executed on December 10, 1718. In the Legend of The Bouquet, we learn that on the day of his execution, after a foiled escape attempt, he was escorted to the...