I wake up before dawn and heard the ocean outside. The dunes separate the beach house from the sea itself, but not the smell of the ocean, nor the … [Read more...] about Eating Poe, Part II: Edgar Allan Poe’s time on Sullivan’s Island and debunking a Charleston myth
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Piracy in Charleston, S.C.: The adoption of the gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet
Top: White Point Garden, The Battery, Charleston, South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina has a colorful history related to pirates. The pirate … [Read more...] about Piracy in Charleston, S.C.: The adoption of the gentleman pirate, Stede Bonnet
In old Charleston, the historic and haunted are around every corner
The slogan for Charleston, South Carolina is "where history lives." This is true. The layers of Charleston history are laid out side by side, rather … [Read more...] about In old Charleston, the historic and haunted are around every corner
Too good to be true, mayhem on the highway turns into a ghost story from Old Charleston and the legend of Lavina Fisher
Top: Charleston's Old Jail, where Lavina Fisher and her husband John were held and executed. Though she's been dead for almost 200 years, Charleston … [Read more...] about Too good to be true, mayhem on the highway turns into a ghost story from Old Charleston and the legend of Lavina Fisher
Poe in Charleston and the Legend of Annabel Lee
Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina. "I asked myself- "Of all melancholy topics what, according to the universal understanding of mankind, … [Read more...] about Poe in Charleston and the Legend of Annabel Lee
