Old Charleston Jail
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Prison · local-legend
The Story
Southern Spirit Guide recounts a worker seeing a gaunt gray man beside an exit. The figure vanished as he approached, reappeared on the door’s other side, then disappeared again. Voices and touch experiences are also reported. The article cautions that popular Lavinia Fisher stories contain substantial mythology.
The Hauntings
Southern Spirit Guide recounts a worker seeing a gaunt gray man beside an exit. The figure vanished as he approached, reappeared on the door’s other side, then disappeared again. Voices and touch experiences are also reported. The article cautions that popular Lavinia Fisher stories contain substantial mythology.
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