Ghosts in North Carolina go further back than the formation of the state itself. From the poor souls of people killed in the revolutionary and civil wars, to more modern
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about page In 1780 as America was fighting for it's freedom, a young man was mortally wounded on the battlefield. He tried desperately to make it home to see his family one last time, but it wasn't to be. Now his ghost haunts a road near Plumtree, NC trying to get home.
North of Durham near the town of Treyburn lies what was the largest plantation in the south, The Stagville Plantation. Once 30,000 acres in size it was purchased by a tobacco company and in 1976 71 acres were deeded to the state. Today it is used to educate the public about the lives of slaves in the south. Some claim it is also home to the ghosts of those slaves long since gone.
Of the 'haunted railroad' stories in North Carolina, the Pactolus light has the distinction of being the only one with out a train wreck. What is does have, is a tale of love broken by greed and death that leaves a man spending eternity trying to get back to the woman he loves.
Pactolus is a small township in Pitt county near Greenville and ECU. The students there have taken to using the Pactolus light as a hazing ritual without any knowledge of it's heartbreaking origin. But while the light shines brightly, the details of the story have faded in the years.
The Mexican restaurant called Tijuana Fats in Blowing Rock is a popular place for both locals and tourists. Some people go for the food, others go to hear the tale of the resident ghost the employees have dubbed 'Mary'.
Those who have seen Mary say she looks no older than 7 but no younger than 4. They describe her as having strawberry blonde, curly hair and wearing a petticoat. It's rare that Mary shows herself to people, and then it's only to a select few. Some of the staff of Tijuana Fats have seen her, but more often that not it's children who get to see her.
On August 26, 1891 in Statesville, NC a passenger train headed for Asheville jumped the track on the Bostian Bridge and 30 people lost their lives. On the anniversary of the accident, at least one ghost of the dead comes back for a very strange reason.