The spirit of the Hilton Head Blue Lady roams the Island in a Victorian era blue dress — a recurring example of paranormal activity on the Island.  In 1898, a young woman named Caroline lost her life to a hurricane off the east coast.

The Hilton Head Blue Lady

Keeps Watch Over Palmetto Dunes

Residents of Harbour Town and environs are no strangers to this story of paranormal activity and haunted places.  It is one of the true scary stories associated with Hilton Head Island.  In spite of all of the recent modernization, the island has an abundance of ghost stories.

Lovers’ Lane

Just by the Leamington area in Palmetto Dunes, down a winding dirt road, there once stood a lighthouse and its accessory keeper’s house.  Both houses were abandoned by the United States Light Service when the light was automated.  But one of the inhabitants never left.

It was a balmy summer evening.  In search of a secluded spot for some private romance, a young couple pointed their car down the old access road, long deserted.  What they encountered instead was paranormal activity in the person of the Blue Lady. As the couple embraced in their car the moon rose seductively over the Atlantic.  The balmy night air and sound of the waves hitting the beach had a mesmerizing effect.

Suddenly they saw it.  A chill ran down their spine when a soft, bluish light caught their eye.  Transfixed they watched it floating through the light keeper’s house behind darkened windows.  Suddenly the glowing figure appeared on the front porch of the old house and gazed at them with mournful eyes. The figure of a young woman was adorned in a beautiful Victorian dress.  It was exactly like the dress that Caroline Fripp was said to have worn the night of her death in the hurricane of 1898.

All thought of romance now vanished and the couple quickly retreated from the scene leaving the haunted house in their rear view mirror.  Next day they reported to their parents and not long after a small group of adults decided to check out the lighthouse for themselves.  They didn’t have to wait long before the Hilton Head Blue Lady materialized, just as the youngsters had reported.

Today the location at Palmetto Dunes has been transformed by a world famous golf course and the haunted house has been relocated to Harbour Town near CQ’s Restaurant. The stories of these haunted places associated with the Hilton Head Blue Lady have several variations.  There are reports of sobbing and some claim to have sensed her presence.  But many believe the Blue Lady has been laid to rest and paranormal activity ceased since the haunted house was moved.

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Real ghosts, haunted places and paranormal activity make the sleepy southern town of Savannah, Georgia “America’s Most Haunted City.” Is there really a “Curse of Savannah” to explain all of this?

Is it Hoodoo

or something more sinister?

There are many mysterious happenings and ghost stories related to the Curse of Savannah.  It seems like a haunted house with real ghosts is lurking around almost every shadowy corner. There are countless true scary stories that the locals will swear by.

Ghostly shrouds of Spanish moss cascading from mighty oaks everywhere

and the balmy southern air create an eerie atmosphere in Savannah.  Here the tales of mystery seem larger than life (death?).

Stories of the Curse of Savannah date to initial settlement and perhaps farther back to a time when missionaries, buccaneers, and American natives inhabited the coast.  A number of the nation’s bloodiest battles were fought on Savannah soil, including the Siege of Savannah during the American Revolution.  1,200 men were killed in one hour – only Bunker Hill had more casualties.

Plague, fire, and hurricanes have devastated the city, leaving in their wake a  legacy of death and dismay. Stories of real ghosts are woven into the history of Savannah to such an extent that it is difficult to separate the real from the surreal.

A City Built On The Dead

Savannah was founded in 1733 by General James Oglethorpe and is Georgia’s  oldest city.  The City was built initially on an Indian burial ground known as Yamacraw Bluffs.  As settlers were struck down by Yellow Fever or other unfortunate events, the cemeteries filled rapidly.

Businesses and homes were forced to expand onto the ground where the dead lay resting, as the city grew.  Some bodies were disinterred and buried elsewhere, but many were not.  Could it be these restless spirits that haunt the city?

The Hoodoo Doctor

The story is told of a former slave and alleged Hoodoo doctor called Mathias. Having obtained his freedom, Mathias planned to infiltrate an estate posing as a slave in order to guide the slaves north to freedom via the Underground Railroad.

On a cool November night in 1859 Mathias made his move.  To protect their escape he provided each slave with a mojo bag. However, one slave refused the offer and threatened to expose the plan, so Mathias killed him.  Twelve slaves escaped, but Mathias was caught and thrown in jail.

Witnesses claimed Matthias was hung in his cell, but the sheriff swore he was killed in the act of attempted escape.  Many believe that Matthias cursed the city in revenge and summoned the many real ghosts that have haunted Savannah ever since.

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