Ghosts of the Carolina Coasts

by Terrance Zepke, Julie Rabun (Illustrator)

Overview

Taken from real-life occurrences and from Carolina Lowcountry lore this collection introduces 32 ghost stories that will make your hair stand on end.

Why did Joe Baldwins headless body once roam Macos train tracks? What happened to grave robbers and curious kids when they came too close to the cursed crypt? Why do drops of blood continuously appear on the floorboards of the Cape Romain Lighthouse? Discover these tales, and many more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683340065
Publisher:	Globe Pequot Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	38 MB
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About the Author

Award-winning travel writer/photographer Terrance Zepke loves the Carolinas, which is why she lives part-time in each. Terrance has lived in many places, including Hawaii, England, and several U.S. states. She received her master's degree from the University of South Carolina and has traveled all over the world, writing and photographing for such magazines as EcoTraveler, South America Explorer, and Photographer's Forum, as well as newspapers such as Greensboro (NC) News&Record and Knoxville (TN) News Sentinel.Visit the author's website at www.terrancezepke.com

Table of Contents

Introduction

Mysterious Light at Maco Station

Buried Alive

Deadly Duel

Stained Gown

Lady in Blue

Blackbeard’s Revenge

Cursed Crypt

Ghost in the Attic

Man in the Gray Suit

Body in a Barrel

Murder at Cape Romain

Voodoo Woman

514 Market Street

Jealously Doesn’t Become Her

Keeper’s Daughter

Spirit of Theodosia

Cry of the Wounded Soldier

Poisonous Fruits

Presence at Hampton Plantation

Seven Sisters

Tree of Life

Buried Treasure

Crossing the Drawbridge

Whimsical Harpist

Weeping Arch

Sunset Lodge

Lost Colony

Abandoned Bride

Horses’ Hooves

Blazing Fury

Miss Mary and the Marines

The Glass-Topped Casket

Resources

Introduction

I love the South. It’s filled with Palmetto trees, wild magnolias, stately old rice plantations, and lots of ghost stories.

I heard my first one at summer camp when I was nine years old. The counselors told us one hair-raising tale after another, trying to scare us silly. Instead, I hung on every word, begging for more. I was hooked.

I’ve lived in many places, but have spent most of my life in the Carolinas. Storytelling is a favorite pastime around here, especially in the Low Country, and I still love to hear a good yard about things that go bump in the night with no rational explanation. I’ve spent years listening to and compiling some great tales, and I even learned a few new ones when I was working on Lighthouses of the Carolinas, my first book.

Love, greed, murder, and mayhem are the things great stories are made of, and plenty of these elements can be found in the stories collected here. some of the tales are grounded in library research of old newspaper clippings; the rest are retold as they were recited to me. Some are well known, with many adaptations, and some have seldom, if ever, been heard. I have been told several of these narratives by locals, ranging from young to old, matrons to fishermen. I’ve included some of my favorites, and the only change I have made is to adapt some of the language and dialogue to be more contemporary. As to whether they’re true or not is an individual decision. I choose not to explore logical or rational justifications, but to savor the tales as they were meant to be. I hope you will also enjoy them.

And, if at night after you’re tucked into bed, reading by the light of your night-table lamp, you hear something in the attic, a not-so-faint creaking or rustling sound, it’s probably just the wind sneaking in through a gap around the window, or the effects of an old house settling.

Or is it? Maybe it’s the Ghost in the Attic, seeking revenge for his wife’s betrayal. Or, maybe it’s the spirit of the keeper’s wife who was brutally Murdered at Cape Romain by her husband. Maybe she’s come looking for him...Or maybe it’s a young woman, also known as the Lady in Blue, who is said to appear on particularly dark and stormy nights, warning others to go back, go back... It could also be the man who was Buried Alive calling to you, trying to get you to open his coffin...

Editorial Reviews

...Zepke's grouping will raise the hair on the back of one's neck, even more so if read alone at night.

The State