Haunted harbor
Subtitle: Charleston's maritime ghosts and the unexplained
By: Geordie Buxton and Ed Macy.
Contributors: Macy, Ed.
Publisher: History Press; The History Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Haunted places -- South Carolina -- Charleston; Ghosts -- South Carolina -- Charleston; Charleston (S.C.) -- History
Description: Like ghosts, the waters that surround Charleston are dark and mysterious, and their stories have remained, until now, somewhat secret and unseen. Celebrated tour guides and writers Geordie Buxton and Ed Macy invite you to voyage into the fathoms-deep waters of the Holy City with their new collection, Haunted Harbor. This cache of macabre, eerie and never-before-told stories of the countless souls who linger in watery graves within Charleston's historic harbor includes tales of strange occurrences at Castle Pinckney; of the reappearing face of a mysterious soldier at Fort Sumter; of the influence of real-life pirates on Sullivan's Island resident Edgar Allen Poe; of the unexplained sounds of Seneca guns; and many more. Haunted Harbor drips with detailed stories of the pirates, military soldiers, prisoners and sailors who stalked the Charleston waterfront on ship and on foot hundreds of years ago and who have refused to leave.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The pirate ghost; title: The mariner's church; title: Castle Pinckney; title: Eclipses of Pumpkin Hill Channel; title: Face in the flag; title: The medicine bird; title: Poe; title: The night rangers; title: The Comanche; title: The tide of death; title: The invisible family under the bridge; title: Superstitions of the Mosquito Fleet; title: Cemetery by the sea; title: Seabreeze Hotel; title: Knock of the earthquake boy; title: Up in the air : Charleston's truly unexplainable; title: The sibilant siren; title: Epilogue: letter to both sides.