Ghost Eyes

The Port of Wilmington North Carolina was established in 1730 and due to the abundance of longleaf pine in the area quickly became a busy port especially for its exports of tar, pitch and turpentine made from the trees resin. In 1861, Fort Fisher was built to ward off Union forces during the Civil War and that it did until the end of the war. Fort Fisher helped make Wilmington one of the only ports the South had open and popular for blockade runners. The commanding officer of the fort was General William Whiting. Fort Fisher started out humbly with a little over 20 gun placements. In the summer...

I know it has been awhile since we have had a new haunted place to write about but there has been a good reason! In response to the poll we ran last month, I have spent a lot of time working on our new paranormal forum.  Here is what I am hoping will be built from it.  I have broken it down to include many faucets of the paranormal field.  For those interested in but not participating in a team, there is a general section to get help, ask questions or just look through evidence posted by different teams. There is a “Paranormal Investigation” section for those that wish to post possible...

Ray Couch of Southern Ghosts has been gracious enough to lend his over 10 years of paranormal experience and knowledge to our site and what we are going to call “Couch’s Corner”. We are working with Ray to offer some paranormal events throughout the year to help people learn about the paranormal as well as show how we do our investigations. What are Orbs? Orbs are the blessing and the curse of most paranormal groups. We get asked about them daily and orb photos do get people interested in the paranormal. Here is the bad news. Almost every orb photo you have is nothing but dust....

“Notice is hereby given that the Genesee County Poorhouse will be ready for the reception of paupers on the first day of January 1827 … The Overseers of the Poor of the several towns of the County of Genesee are requested, in all cases of removal of paupers to the county poorhouse, to send with them their clothing, beds, bedding and such other articles belonging to the paupers as may be necessary and useful to them.” So said the Batavia newspaper in December, 1826 and this was the start of what now is Rolling Hills in Easy Bethany, NY, the last remaining building of the Genesee County Poorhouse....