A guide to the sites of ghostly appearances and mysterious happenings along the coast from Wilmington, North Carolina, through South Carolina s fabled Low-country, to Savannah, Georgia. The twenty-five tales are arranged geographically. Author Nancy Rhyne, an experienced tour guide and acclaimed storyteller, takes you on a ghostly tour through a part of the United States that she believes is richer in folklore and tales of strange happenings than any other. The folklore of this region is heavily influenced by both the lavish lifestyle of the wealthy colonial rice plantation owners and the superstitions and customs brought from Africa by the slaves who cultivated the land.

Coastal Ghosts: Haunted Places from Wilmington North Carolina to Savannah Georgia

Rhyne, Nancy

Children's Books

Sandlapper Pub Co

Descriptions of more than 200 different kinds of the most common variety of shells that can be found on the North Carolina and South Carolina beaches. Includes illustrations and tips on where to find the shells and how to make collections.

Carolina Seashells

Science & Math

Nature & Ecology

Plantation Tales

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Tales of mysterious and inexplicable happenings in various places in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.

History

Americas

During the 1970s, Nancy Rhyne spent time at Hampton Plantation with Sue and hers sons Will and Prince. Relying on taped interviews from those conversations, and numerous written and oral sources, Nancy presents in the pages of this book a colorful account of plantation life along the South Santee River between the mid 1700s and the early 1800s. Covering nearly a century of history, Nancy lets the voice of Sue Alston takes you on a journey through the lives of those who called the Hampton mansion home.

John Henry Rutledge: The Ghost of Hampton Plantation : A Parable

Alston, Sue

A compilation of stories borrowed from former slaves of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. These tales were gathered by the WPA in the years 1935-1939. The slaves were asked questions about their family history and the widespread belief in spirits of various sorts. According to these stories, the five main creatures that "walked the night" were hags, hants, boo-daddies, plat-eyes and ghosts. All had separate characteristics. Hags disguised themselves as regular people, but a midnight they would shed their skin and torment their enemies, draining them of their energy. Hants lived in trees and would torture their victims day and night. Boo-daddies were reincarnations of witch doctors. Plat-eyes could take the form of an animal, sometimes changing from one animal to another. Ghosts were seen coming out of graveyards at night. This book relates the stories of these spirits based upon eyewitness accounts of former slaves.

Slave Ghost Stories: Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts & Diamondback Rattlers

Religion & Spirituality

Occult & Paranormal

The Carolina Low Country is a magical place with colorful characters and fascinating legends. This collection of memorable tales culminated from interviews with long-time residents of the Carolina coast is a means to pass on these legends. They bared their souls with a fire that burned in their hearts.       This inspiring collection of tales includes the Jenkins Orphanage band, Letters from Alice Flagg s grave, the origin of She Crab Soup as told by Sue Alston, the adventures of Captain Jussely as he traveled the Atlantic transporting passengers and cargo, and the disappearing Cemetery of Rockville.

Low Country Voices: What Coastal Back Roads Folk Told Me of Ghosts, Sea Captains, and Charleston Jazzmen

Literature & Fiction

Mythology & Folk Tales

Inspired by actual events and set prior to the Civil War, these tales reveal the mysteries, legends, and dangers of plantation life in the Deep South and center on the friendship of two young boys' one black and one white.

Once Upon A Time On A Plantation

Pelican Publishing

A fictionalized account of the life of Alice Flagg, a fifteen-year-old planter's daughter who fell in love with a common lumberman, was sent away to boarding school to end the unacceptable affair, and died before she could be reunited with her beloved

Alice Flagg: The Ghost of the Hermitage : A Novel

United States

Pelican Pub Co Inc

Gathers information about the history of Myrtle Beach, and describes historic sights and other points of interest in the area

The Grand Strand: An Uncommon Guide to Myrtle Beach and Its Surroundings, 1985

Travel

Specialty Travel

East Woods Pr

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Books by Rhyne, Nancy

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Coastal Ghosts: Haunted Places from Wilmington North Carolina to Savannah Georgia

Carolina Seashells

Plantation Tales

Coastal Ghosts: Haunted Places from Wilmington North Carolina to Savannah Georgia

John Henry Rutledge: The Ghost of Hampton Plantation : A Parable

Slave Ghost Stories: Tales of Hags, Hants, Ghosts & Diamondback Rattlers

Low Country Voices: What Coastal Back Roads Folk Told Me of Ghosts, Sea Captains, and Charleston Jazzmen

Once Upon A Time On A Plantation

Alice Flagg: The Ghost of the Hermitage : A Novel

The Grand Strand: An Uncommon Guide to Myrtle Beach and Its Surroundings, 1985