Stumphouse Tunnel | Ghosts & Legends II

Stumphouse Tunnel was built in the 1850s in Walhalla, S.C. The tunnel was built to connect the railway between Charleston and Knoxville. The men who built the tunnel worked twelve hours a day, seven days a week, using only shovels, pick axes and dynamite. Eventually, Stumphouse Tunnel was closed due to lack of money, and then the Civil War started. Because so many men worked for so long on a tunnel that went nowhere, and so many of them lost their lives and were maimed and hurt in the tunnel late at night, the workers continue to be heard, but the work will never be finished.

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Duel in the Alley | Ghosts & Legends II

Duel in the Alley, Charleston, S.C. In 1783, Dr. Joseph Ladd arrived in Charleston and, over time, became friends with a man named Ralph Isaacs. They eventually had a falling out, which led to a duel...

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Ghost of Madeline & Bride of West End | Ghosts & Legends II

Ghost of Madeline, Newberry, S.C. The legend of Madeline, the young woman who climbed the bell tower of Keller Hall at Newberry College, and while searching for her fiance', John, she slipped and fell...

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Ghost of Zoe: Poogan's Porch | Ghosts & Legends II

Ghost of Zoe at Poogan's Porch, Charleston, S.C. Poogan's Porch has been located on Queen Street in Charleston, S.C. since 1976. Zoe St. Amand and her sister, Elizabeth, were spinsters who lived...

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Haunted Grave | Ghosts & Legends II

* Please note: This ghost story is not recommended for all audiences due to mature subject matter. The Old Stone Church was established in the 1780s by Andrew Pickens. In the cemetery, there is a...

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Headless Torso: Battery Carriage House Inn | Ghosts & Legends II

Headless Torso: Battery Carriage House Inn, Charleston, S.C. During the Civil War, Confederate soldiers had cannons on the Battery (today's White Point Gardens) and slept in the carriage houses. Near...

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Hunter's Store | Ghosts & Legends II

The building that now houses the Pendleton District Commission was built in 1850. In 1870, the Hunter family bought it and opened the Hunter's Store, owned by the Hunter brothers. In the 1890s, there...

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Inn at Merridun | Ghosts & Legends II

The house was built in 1855 by the mayor of Union. In about 1900, the house was named the Merridun. The house was bought in 1990, and the owners started working on it in 1992. They started seeing a...