Western North Carolina is a beautiful place, with plenty of history and tons of haunted locations. Every time I ask, Where do you want more ghostly stories from? ” This region is always number one. Pack’s…
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Does a former owner still walk the floors at this Asheville, NC, Hotel
The Blind Tiger at 173 E Chestnut Street in Asheville, NC is a boutique hotel. It was once called the Whitegate Inn & Cottage, but some believe the old structure is haunted by the former owner…
The Unsolved Mystery of Dennis Martin
One of the most mysterious missing child cases in the United States occurred in the Great Smoky Mountains in 1969. On Father’s Day weekend, Dennis Martin, a six-year-old from nearby Knoxville, visited Spence Field in Great…
The Ghostly Lady of Lake Tahoma
Lake Tahoma, located in the mountains of Western North Carolina, near the town of Marion, is said to have an urban legend associated with it. It states that if you go to the dam, you will…
The Thunder Hill Creature of Western North Carolina
If you travel near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, at mile marker 290 on the Blue Ridge Parkway, you will be in Thunder Hill, which rises prominently from the Blue Ridge. These hills have a rich history,…
The Horace Williams House in Chapel Hill
The former philosophy department chair, Horace Williams, owned the home at 610 E. Rosemary Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, until he died in 1940. People have since reported hearing Williams’ ghost move about the house,…
The Carolina Inn
The Carolina Inn, located at 211 Pittsboro Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, opened in 1924 and is rumored to be haunted. One of the resident specters, believed to walk the halls still, is Dr. William…
The “Peg-Legged Ghost” of The White-Holman House
The White-Holman House, located at 206 New Bern Place in Raleigh, North Carolina, is believed to have been constructed around 1798 or 1799 for Secretary of State William White. Through the years, people have reported hearing…
The Dorothea Dix Cemetery
The graveyard at Dorothea Dix Park is a cemetery located at 759-777 Dawkins Drive, serves as the final resting place for many patients who were treated at the Dorothea Dix Hospital, North Carolina’s first psychiatric hospital,…
The Disappearance and 17-Year-later Conviction in the Mike Williams Case
In December 2000, Mike Williams, then 31 years old, went on a duck hunting trip to Lake Seminole, a large reservoir on the Georgia-Florida state line, and was never seen alive again. William’s boat was found…