Haunted Charleston
Scary Sites, Eerie Encounters, and Tall Tales
2nd Edition
Published on 1. July 2023
224 pages
978-1-4930-7031-2 (ISBN)
Description
Things that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulder ... let your imagination run wild as you read about Charleston's most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts. You may know of the pirates hung at Battery Point, but perhaps you haven't heard about:
Provost Dungeon, considered one of the worst American prisons of all time for its torturous punishments and is incredibly active with ghostly happenings;
The Woman in Black at Poogan's Porch restaurant, an apparition that makes her presence known to employees and patrons alike; and
The USS Yorktown, permanently docked in Charleston Harbor and brimming with tales of tragedies and hauntings.
Provost Dungeon, considered one of the worst American prisons of all time for its torturous punishments and is incredibly active with ghostly happenings;
The Woman in Black at Poogan's Porch restaurant, an apparition that makes her presence known to employees and patrons alike; and
The USS Yorktown, permanently docked in Charleston Harbor and brimming with tales of tragedies and hauntings.
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Series
Edition
2nd Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Illustrations
6 BW Illustrations
File size
1,32 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4930-7031-2 (9781493070312)
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Book
09/2023
2nd Edition
Globe Pequot Press
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Previous edition
E-Book
07/2013
1st Edition
Globe Pequot Press
€14.83
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Person
Sara Pitzer has been traveling in and writing about the South since 1983. She has walked the Charleston streets, sampled as much low-country cuisine as one woman can, and stayed in many bed and breakfast inns and small hotels. Sara has been a newspaper reporter and columnist and written more than a dozen books about travel and food. She is also the author of Myths and Mysteries of North Carolina and North Carolina off the Beaten Path (Globe Pequot).
Georgia R. Byrd has appeared on the Travel Channel, CNN, Good Morning America, and the TODAY Show as a travel and yachting consultant. She is the author of Haunted Savannah and Romantic Days and Nights in Savannah (Globe Pequot) and is the award-winning founding editor of Savannah Magazine.
Georgia R. Byrd has appeared on the Travel Channel, CNN, Good Morning America, and the TODAY Show as a travel and yachting consultant. She is the author of Haunted Savannah and Romantic Days and Nights in Savannah (Globe Pequot) and is the award-winning founding editor of Savannah Magazine.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction
- Hospitality Haunts
- Spooky Full House
- George's Playground
- Spooked Managers
- Poor Ned Persists
- The HalfHead Cadet
- An Old Woman and a Pooch
- Spirits and a Spirit
- Grave Haunts
- Lonely Women
- Lovelorn Ladies
- Grief and Fright
- The Spirits of Mepkin Abbey by georgia Byrd
- Scary Places
- Touch Someone Else, Not Me
- Angry Spirits
- The Haunts of the USS Yorktown by Georgia Byrd
- Heard But Not Seen, Seen But Not Heard
- The Whistling Doctor
- The Poltergeist Pranksters
- Strange Encounters
- Gray Man's Warning
- The Silent Scream
- Theatrical Spirits
- Plantation Haunts
- Ghosties and Ghostly Lovers
- The Heartbroken Ghost
- The Headless Sentry of Wedgefield Plantation by Georgia Byrd
- The Gullah Legends
- The Apothecary and the Mermaid
- The Man Who Would Not Believe He Was Dead
- Don't Let the Boo Hag Ride Ya
- Jimmy Beats the Plat-Eye
- The Doctor and the Root
- Seeing the Sights
- Inside the World of Ghost Hunting
- Who Says?
- Acknowledgments
- About the Authors
