It is almost Halloween, and I saw a recent article in the Berkeley Independent on Ghosts in the Francis Marion National Forest.  It had me thinking of local ghost stories.  I have heard a number of stories of the lighthouse keeper murdering his wife, and she haunts the Cape Romain Lighthouse.


I have camped there and didn't witness anything strange, but it is pretty spooky at night.  As a teenager, we made a trip to the St. James Shantee Episcopal Church (Old Brick Church).  I don't recommend this today, due to vandalism in the past, they frown on night time visitors. 

We drove out and tried to scare each other sneaking around the church in the dark.  When we got in the car to leave, it wouldn't start.  It was a long walk back in the cold and darkness of Old Georgetown Rd.  It turned out to be the alternator.  I don't know if ghosts were punishing us for trespassing on this historic site, or if it was just a coincidence, but we didn't ever tempt fate again.

Malcolm
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