Haunted Places in Kershaw County, South Carolina



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    Rembert Church

    Sumter, South Carolina

    21.6 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    While visiting the cemetery behind the old Rembert Church, folks say they've heard singing and seen lights on inside the church.

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    Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery

    Sumter, South Carolina

    26.9 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The ghost of a Confederate soldier strolls through the Church of the Holy Cross Cemetery, sometimes joined by the apparition of a woman who has been known to sit with her legs crossed in a tree with low-hanging branches.

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    Fairfield County Museum

    Winnsboro, South Carolina

    28.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Fairfield County Museum is housed in a former 1832 home. It is said to be haunted by two soldiers' ghosts, and an apparition of an elderly lady has been seen as well. Witnesses also have reported unexplained noises, footsteps, and extension cords that moved along the ground by themselves.

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    Fairfield County Courthouse

    Winnsboro, South Carolina

    28.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The Fairfield County Courthouse has a ghost, that of Mary Ingleman, aka the Witch of Winnsboro Courthouse. It all started in 1792, when folks were accusing each other of being witches. Mary, along with others, was accused, beaten and tortured by the townsfolk. When she reported the incident to authorities, ...

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    Prospect Church

    Patrick, South Carolina

    28.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    According to local legend, on moonlit nights at Prospect Church, those who park in the last parking space on the right side of the church and peer at the last window on the second story will see a ghost who moves the curtains violently as if in a struggle inside.

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    Graves near Lincoln Village

    Hartsville, South Carolina

    29.2 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    According to local tales, an overgrown and haunted graveyard stands adjacent to the abandoned Lincoln Village apartment complex, in the wooded area at the northwest corner of the complex. Caution: The graves are sunken and the ground is soft; graves here may be deep.

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    Coker College

    Hartsville, South Carolina

    29.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    At Coker College, a private liberal arts school founded in 1908, a ghostly girl is said to roam in a dorm building. The ghost also is said to cause strange sounds, turn off radios and make alarm clocks ring in the middle of the night. According to campus legend, she ...

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    Fort Jackson

    Columbia, South Carolina

    29.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The United States Army installation Fort Jackson, named for U.S. Army General and President Andrew Jackson, is said to be haunted. At its artillery range, the ghost of a female soldier rumored to have killed herself in a latrine appears with a hole in her helmet. And in the B ...

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    Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery

    Pageland, South Carolina

    29.9 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    At Capt. John Blakeney Cemetery, rumor has it that the ghosts of the Blakeney family will sometimes appear to visitors. The family emigrated here from Ireland, and some of its members fought in the Civil War.

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    University of South Carolina

    Columbia, South Carolina

    34.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The University of South Carolina is said to be haunted by quite a few spirits. The library is said to be visited by former President McKissick, and ghostly soldiers and a spectral woman with long dark hair have been spotted at the DeSaussure College building. The woman is believed to ...

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    Longstreet Theatre

    Columbia, South Carolina

    34.5 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Longstreet Theatre was once a Civil War hospital, and rumor has it that the room that serves as the green room is the former morgue. Cold spots, uneasy feelings, apparitions and strange noises have been reported in the area.

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    Salem Black River Church

    Mayesville, South Carolina

    37.3 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Salem Black River Church, built in 1846, is believed to be haunted by a ghostly Southern Belle and a sad little boy. Cold spots have been noted by visitors as well.

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    Sansbury Cemetery

    Timmonsville, South Carolina

    40.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Different from the Sansbury Hill Cemetery, also in Timmonsville, the Sansbury Cemetery is an eerie place where unexplained noises, including a baby crying, have been reported. Folks also have reported feelings of despair and fear here, but giving the surroundings, this is may not be unusual!

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    Chester Little Theatre

    Chester, South Carolina

    43.5 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Perhaps as early as 1913, Chester Little Theatre was known as the Dreamland Theatre. Sometime in its long history, something must have happened to render it a hot spot for supernatural activity: Witnesses here claim to have seen apparitions and heard strange noises.

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    Blakeney House

    Monroe, North Carolina

    44.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The 1903 Blakeney House has been a private home, several restaurants and now is used for bible and mission training for the company Youth With a Mission. Although the company maintains that the house is not haunted, it is in fact said to be haunted by three ghosts: William Blakeney ...

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    Colonel Kolb's Tomb

    Bennettsville, South Carolina

    45.6 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    According to reports, Colonel Kolb, along with his family, was burned alive nearby during the Revolutionary War. According to local lore, those who visit Colonel Kolb's tomb at night will hear the sound of someone walking in the woods and may suddenly find the apparition of a man right next ...

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    Winthrop University

    Rock Hill, South Carolina

    48.5 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Tillman Hall at Winthrop University has a bell tower, intricate woodwork, and, some say, a haunted fourth floor. Some suppose the spirits may be linked to the old stocks, still housed in the building, that held the prisoners who built the hall centuries ago.

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    Montrose Cemetery - Lowthers Hill Cemetery

    Darlington, South Carolina

    48.6 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Montrose Cemetery, aka Lowthers Hill Cemetery, is very old and spooky, according to witnesses who describe feelings of fear and nausea on the grounds. The cemetery was so old and run down that a mass marker was placed outside naming the known burials inside. Some say a murderer brought children ...

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    Tans Bay Baptist Church

    Effingham, South Carolina

    48.6 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Tans Bay Baptist Church is thought to be haunted by the ghost of a baby who died here before the building housed a church. It's said that the baby accidentally fell on its head and died instantly, and now floating lights and the sound of a baby crying can be ...

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    Molly's Rock Picnic Area

    Newberry, South Carolina

    54.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    At Flag Lake (which is no longer a lake, by the way), Molly’s Rock is rumored to be a hot spot for the strange and unexpected. Reports say on a nearby hill stands a cemetery that has an entire row of grave markers for deceased who committed suicide. Witnesses visiting ...

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    Juxa Plantation - Gregory Plantation

    Union, South Carolina

    58.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Juxa Plantation, formerly the Gregory Plantation, is no longer an inn but a private residence. Original owner Jehu Gregory was once said to haunt the place. His ghost was seen most often in the on-site family cemetery. But so the tale goes, after the repair of some tombstones, Jehu never made ...

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    Newberry College

    Newberry, South Carolina

    59 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    At Newberry College's Keller Hall, a woman committed suicide by jumping from the bell tower during the Civil War era. She was distraught over the death of her boyfriend in the war. Witnesses have heard phantom screams coming from the tower and seen the woman's apparition up there as well. ...

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    West End Cemetery

    Newberry, South Carolina

    59.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The Bride Of West End is said to haunt West End Cemetery. She's an apparition of a melancholy bride who has been seen sitting in trees, standing near her grave, or walking in the nearby fields. Rumor has it she has been waiting long years for her lover to take ...

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    Queens University of Charlotte

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    60.3 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    At Albright, student lore says the ghost of a girl who committed suicide here makes knocking sounds and opens and closes doors. She was said to be distraught over the fact that her parents found out about her relationship with another woman. In the Courtyard area, some say you can ...

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    Bingham's Light

    Latta, South Carolina

    60.3 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Binghams's Light is believed to be the lantern of the ghost of a man named Bingham who was killed by a train. Some say he appears as a warning or that the ghost is searching for his lost children.

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    John D. Long Lake

    Union, South Carolina

    60.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    John D. Long Lake is the spot where Susan Smith killed her children by strapping them into her vehicle and rolling it into the lake, claiming her kids were kidnapped by a carjacker. Folks who have visited the monument erected to them here claim to have heard children's laughter and ...

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    Kennedy's Premium Bar and Grill

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    61.7 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Kennedy's Premium Bar and Grill is housed in a former farmhouse that's reported to be haunted by ghosts who open and close doors, tinker with the radio, or even show up in the restrooms after the bar is closed.

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    Cajun Queen

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    61.9 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Cajun Queen is a Cajun restaurant situated in one of the oldest houses in the area. Its ghost is said to have been a former owner who is annoyed that in her old bedroom now stands a bar. However, others say she shows up because she just wants a drink.

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    Dixie's Tavern

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    63 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Long said to be one of the most haunted spots in Charlotte but no one seems to know who haunts it or why. In 2013 it was announced that Dixie's would be closing and the land would be made into a park, so it seems it is slated for ...

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    McGlohon Theatre

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    63.1 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    McGlohon Theatre was a church in its original incarnation, but was made into a theater later. The ghosts folks say reside here are from its church days, and can be heard walking or singing.

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    Alexander Michael’s

    Charlotte, North Carolina

    63.4 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Alexander Michael’s restaurant, open since 1983, is said to be haunted, although reports are unclear as to the exact nature of the hauntings.

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    Inn At Merridun

    Union, South Carolina

    64.6 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The Inn at Merridun is haunted by friendly ghosts, former residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan, who leave pennies as housewarming gifts. Their rose-scented perfume and cigar smoke can be detected when the ghosts are around. Another haunt in residence is Mary Anne Wallace, sister of a former owner, whose apparition ...

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    Reed Gold Mine

    Midland, North Carolina

    65.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    It all started in 1799 when Mr. Reed's son struck gold in Meadow Creek on the family homestead, and Reed Gold Mine was born. It is said to be haunted by Eleanor Mills, a neighbor od the Reeds in the 1800s. Eleanor and her husband Eugene were quarreling when she ...

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    Piney Grove Church

    Concord, North Carolina

    70 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Piney Grove Church was established around the turn of the twentieth century and has four ghosts, according to reports. Witnesses have described strange lights, mists, shadows, and photographic anomalies.

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    Latta Plantation

    Huntersville, North Carolina

    72.8 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The Latta family, the former owners of the plantation, are said to still live here in their afterlife. The historic site is the setting for strange occurrences, like the sound of ghostly children playing in the empty attic or slamming doors. A shadowy figure is seen from time to time. ...

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    Pharr Mansion

    Lowell, North Carolina

    73.1 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    One afternoon I took my nephew by the mansion as he loved haunted things. I pulled in to the driveway at the end of the street and he got out and walked around the house (I remained in the car). When he got back he stated that he wanted ...

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    Albemarle Opera House

    Albemarle, North Carolina

    73.3 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    The early-1900s opera house is rumored to be haunted by ghosts whose footsteps are heard around the theater. Shadow figures also have been seen, and a band has been playing ragtime and other music every fall for more than 80 years.

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    Old Courthouse Theatre

    Concord, North Carolina

    74.1 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    Old Courthouse Theatre, built in 1922, was originally a Baptist church and is rumored to be haunted. One of the ghosts has been nicknamed The Deacon, an apparition of a man in a dark suit who doesn't care for musicals. Footsteps, moving objects, lights going on and off and moving ...

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    Annie's Inn Bed and Breakfast

    Aiken, South Carolina

    81.9 miles from Kershaw County, SC

    This early-1800s inn is said to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who wanders in the halls calling out for her mama.