True Ghost Stories

The ghosts of St. Helena’s chapel of ease and Land’s End light – true hauntings from South Carolina’s sea islands

Chapel of Ease on St. Helena Island, South Carolina

Chapel of ease on St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Click here to view larger or order art prints from the low country of South Carolina St. Helena Island, a sea island located in the Port Royal Sound of South Carolina has a long history. Some say it’s the oldest settlement in the United [...]

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A True Ghost Story from the Sea: The Curse of the Charles Haskell

Tropical Storm Ida

Tropical Storm Ida, Stephen Fields Beach, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Click here to view larger or order art prints I fear thee, ancient Mariner! I fear thy skinny hand! And thou art long, and lank, and brown, As is the ribbed sea-sand. I fear thee and thy glittering eye, And thy skinny hand, so brown.’ – “Fear [...]

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Too good to be true, mayhem on the highway turns into a ghost story from Old Charleston and the legend of Lavina Fisher

Old Jail, Charleston, SC

A look at Lavina Fisher, and the truth behind the true ghost stories and legends of America’s first female serial killer, hung in Charleston in 1820.

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True Confessions: In which the author relates his own encounters in the land of Sleepy Hollow

Guest bedroom at Washington Irving's Sunnyside in Irvington, New York

In which the author relates his tale of spooks in the cemetery of the Old Dutch Church in Sleepy Hollow, and ghostly laughter at Irving’s Sunnyside

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Peter Stuyvesant: A citizen of old New Amsterdam, carrying on nearly 400 years later in New York City

Statue of Peter Stuyvesant, St. Marks-Church-In-The-Bowery.

Peter Stuyvesant was the last director of the colony of New Amsterdam, before it became New York. It is said that old peg legged Peter still clops along the floor of St. Mark’s Church-In-The-Bowery in New York City. Join the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosity and Mystery in the city that never sleeps, even in death.

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A Southern Gothic Ghost Story from Edisto Island, South Carolina’s Low Country

The crypt of L.B.Legare, in the graveyard of Edisto Presbyterian Church

What could be more horrifying than being buried alive? A southern gothic true ghost story from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

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The Screeching Lady of Lovis Cove: Marblehead, Massachusetts

Screeching Lady Beach at Lovis Cove

The legend of the Screeching Lady of Marblehead, a story of ghosts and spirits from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries, by history travel photographer writer Todd Atteberry

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Salem, Massachusetts: The Historical Record and a Salem Travelogue

The Witch House, Home of Jonathan Corwin, c. 1675, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts

Salem is a town riddled with cliche, hoary with history and a fascinating place to spend some time. This piece from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosity and Mysteries travels to New England in search of the timeless quality, when witches were thought to roam the landscape.

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Tales of Old Stony Brook II: Of William Sidney Mount, spirits and Spiritualism

Hawkins Mount House, Home of William Sidney Mount, Stony Brook, New York

On Long Island, New York, the village of Stony Brook seems trapped in time. Meet one of its oldest residents, who once communicated with spirits, and now finds himself one as well. A tale of one of America’s first great artists, William Sidney Mount, the early days of Spiritualism, and a dash of Hell House, in this piece from a Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries.

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Tales From Head of the Harbor & St. James Part IV: A True Ghost Story from Head of the Harbor

Carman-White House, St. James, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

The Carmans and the Whites are two of the most prominent families in Head of the Harbor, New York. Meet a cantankerous fellow with a cane, and a couple of elderly ladies who still met for tea and to help the family, from beyond the grave, in this true ghost story from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

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