Ghost Hunting North Carolina

Explore North Carolina like never before—visit its most haunted locations that are open to the public.
Whether you love to travel, are fascinated by the paranormal, or both, get ready to tour North Carolina in a totally new way! Ghost Hunting North Carolina guides you to 23 fascinating and historic places, including forts, hotels, plantations, the State Capitol building, and more. Every location is open to the public, and here’s the catch: Every place is reportedly haunted!
Join author Kala Ambrose on a paranormal investigation to discover the creepiest corners of the Tar Heel State. Read the author’s account of her visit to each site, and learn about its history—as well as the ghosts said to reside there. Then grab your gear and hit the road as you visit each location first-hand. Every entry comes with an address and website, plus photographs of these unforgettable destinations. Kala’s tips and suggestions allow you to maximize the enjoyment of each experience.
From Ocracoke Island’s swaggering spirit (which might be the ghost of infamous pirate Blackbeard) to Civil War apparitions at Fort Fisher to Asheville’s Grove Park Inn, where the “Pink Lady” roams the halls, this book presents eerie hideaways that even lifelong residents might not know about. Part travel guide and part fireside read, Ghost Hunting North Carolina puts you in the middle of the state’s haunted history.
Each entry includes

• historical overview of the haunted place
• ghost stories associated with the location
• advice on visiting—if you dare

Welcome to America’s Haunted Road Trip
Introduction
East Carolina: The Coast and Outer Banks

• The Spirited Revival of Bellamy Mansion (Wilmington)
• The Haunting of the USS North Carolina Battleship (Wilmington)
• The Life and Legend of Blackbeard’s Ghost
• Civil War Ghosts of Fort Fisher (Kure Beach)
• The Ghosts of Currituck Beach Lighthouse
• The Haunted Soldiers of Fort Macon (Atlantic Beach)
• The Flaming Ship of New Bern
• The Lost Colony of Roanoke (Roanoke)
• Beautiful Nell Cropsey Still Waits in Elizabeth City
• The Ghosts of Somerset Place (Creswell)
• Touched by the Lady in Black
• Southern Hospitality Extends into the Afterlife at the Blount-Bridgers House (Tarboro)
• The Wandering Ghosts of Nags Head
• Full Moon Highlights the Ghosts of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse (Cape Hatteras)
• The Lonely Ghosts of Foscue Plantation
• The Attmore-Oliver House and the Weeping Arch of Cedar Grove (New Bern)
• Blackbeard the Pirate and the Old Burying Grounds (Beaufort)
Central Carolina: The Piedmont, the Triangle, and the Triad

• Miss Deborah Still Looks After You at the Star Hotel (Star)
• Devil’s Tramping Ground, Chatham County
• Visit with the Guardian of Korner’s Folly (Kernersville)
• Whispers from Beyond the Grave at Cabe’s Land Cemetery
• Ghosts Fuel the Fire at Stagville Plantation (Durham)
• Haunted Tours in Greensboro, Charlotte, Raleigh, and Asheville
• The Flying Photographs of Mary Turk at Mordecai Plantation (Raleigh)
• Governor Still Working at the State Capitol Building (Raleigh)
• ESP and Parapsychology at the Rhine Research Center
• So Comfortable That Guests and Ghosts Never Want to Leave the Carolina Inn (Chapel Hill)
• The Brown Lady of Chowan University
• The Haunting Bentonville Battlefield Driving Tour (Four Oaks)
• Prohibition and the Ghost of the Page-Walker Hotel (Cary)
West Carolina: The Blue Ridge Mountains and the Foothills

• The Vanderbilts Who Never Left the Biltmore Estate (Asheville)
• Joshua P. Warren’s Asheville Tourism Center and Free Museum
• The Gentle Touch from the Pink Lady at the Grove Park Inn (Asheville)
• The Legendary Brown Mountain Lights
• The Juxtaposition of Asheville, from Healing Resorts and Endless Views to the Mass Murderer of Asheville and the Haunted Gallows Trail (Asheville)
• The Inmates of the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Tunnel, Dillsboro
• The Mysterious Vortex of Mystery Hill, Blowing Rock
• The Legend of Blowing Rock and the Green Park Inn (Blowing Rock)
• Mass Murderer Charlie Lawson, Germanton
• The Haunting Charm of Charlotte’s Fourth Ward and the Old Settler’s Cemetery (Charlotte)
• The Sad Preacher in the Chapel of Rest, Lenoir
• Haunting Theme Parks of North Carolina
Ghost-hunting Travel Guide
Visiting the Haunted Sites of North Carolina
Ghostly Resources
Further Reading
Acknowledgments
About the Author