Haunted Places in Charlotte Metro area (Gastonia, Hickory: mattresses, middle school, restaurant)

[SunnyKayak]

Originally Posted by Paranormal Investigator

I know this is a double post, and I apologize for that,.. There are places in Lancaster County, Chester County,York County, Kershaw County, Fairfield County, etc, that have wonderful "ghostly" tales and legends,... Have been on investigations in different parts of these counties, and they are awesome places to go, provided you have the clearance thru the proper channels before you go!!!

You will need to check the South Carolina forums to get better answers. People from South Carolina frequent this forum but your pool of South Carolina responders who may have knowledge would be greater in that forum

[Paranormal Investigator]

Thanks Sunny!! I just found this forum today, and it is rather neat,.. Being a native Charlottean myself, I figured I would drop in and see what it is all about,... I was born and raised in Charlotte, and my dad was one of "Charlottes Finest" for 25 years,... Moved away in 1986, and have been in SC ever since.... But,.. I gotta admit,.. Still a TARHEEL at heart!!!!! Thanks for your reply and your kindness!

[SunnyKayak]

good luck with your endeavors no matter how creepy they are lol.

I did similar threads in the other forums of this state in case you want to check them out I am not certain of their thread titles but in western it similar to this title except you substitute the word western or Raleigh. I dont recollect if I did the other sub forums but I might have. This state has it own paranomilal team .. I remember when they show clips of the ghost of the USS North Carolina it was fascinating to watch

This youtube happen in rural n.c. this is one of a five part series


YouTube - MonsterQuest | Vampire Beast [PART 1 OF 5]

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[Barkingowl]

MySpace.com - 2008 Charlotte Zombie Walk - 100 - Male - CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - www.myspace.com/charlottezombiewalk

[SunnyKayak]

Lincoln County Court house
YouTube - Caught on Tape; Courtroom ghost

[Constitutionalist]

ok i grew up in charlotte near margret wallace rd and independence ive got to tell you about a few creepy things in that area the first was the old lady w/ the big house in the woods right off of margret wallace if you lived in the area in the 90's she was the one who drove the old grey ny taxy cab her hubby has burried on her property, also it was said the woods around thompson childrens home was haunted all i can say as i kid i played in those woods i found satanic ritual stuff around thompsons childrens home and one time found a dead cat tied up about 4 ft high on a tree trunk, urban legend had it of alot of unexplaned deaths around thomsons childrens home, also in the early 80's of a double homicide where the trailhead to mcalpine greenaway is now at independence and margret wallace rd it was some kind of satanic ritual killing from what i had heard growing up there, in closing i have to say there is something very creepy about the woods around thompsons childrens home maybe someone else who lives in this area can confirm this too.

[Constitutionalist]

also in the woods behind olde creek subdivision off of margret wallace rd i found as a kid an old pet cemetary in the woods i stole a tombstone and took it home to show my dad, i must have been 14, and he got mad and made me take it back to where i had found it, i remember how scared i was to take it back because it was getting dusk outside

[DJThirteen]

Originally Posted by TIGERFAN66

I live in Gastonia, NC. Have any of you heard about Lincoln Academy? It is a scary place- yet I have to admit, I don't want to go again...just wondering if anybody has actually seen anything here besides the NC Paranormal people?

I've been there, this guy that had moved next door to me told me about it. He took me and my friends there and told us all these crazy stories (local folklore and such)..and then he told us this;

"Sometimes, they say when you're driving down this road..a big red truck will appear out of nowhere and be behind you with its bright-lights on and it basically is riding your tail..then when you get to the end of the road, if you go one direction, the truck will speed off in a different direction."

By this point, my friends and I were thinking his stories were full of crap and they were just what we thought they were, local folklore. At this point we had made it about halfway down the road (it was dusk-ish..just starting to get dark), and then all of a sudden from "nowhere" headlights appeared behind us and it seemed like the car was riding our tail very closely..so we sped up to let the car back off..he didn't..and that is when we realized it was a truck. We all freaked out and my buddy started driving faster, and when we got to the stop sign at the end of the road we turned right as fast as we could without wrecking....and we watched behind us as a big red truck turned a left off the road and disapered into the night. We never went back.

[Danpire]

Originally Posted by kmway

I love these stories, fun thread! I've heard a lot of those stories, but I never get lucky enough to see any ghosts.

I hear that the bell tower at the NC School of the Deaf in Morganton is haunted. You can sometimes see a girl looking down from there.

Why would a school for the deaf have a Bell Tower?

[Eva2012]

Originally Posted by neid5792

You mention that the Mcalpine Park Greenway is haunted. I have walked this area numerous times and can't seem to locate the old mill or bell youspeak of. I am new to the area, so I'm probably missing something hear. Could you help me out? Greatly appreciated!!

Follow the trail down until you cross Margaret Wallace Blv.
Continue to follow follow the trail across the road. at the top of the first hill [the which hill im talking about will become obvious when you're there], look to your right.

the mill is across the creek.
its especially hard to see at twilight and night because of the distance from the trail and the fact that only 2 walls stand now.
i suggest you first find it during the day before you try to find it at night

there is a gate around it, but its fallen in the front and theres a gate around back.
to get to that, follow around the left side of the fence and continue up, it'll be at the top.

go when the creek is shallow, you're going to need to cross it

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it really is a neat place to explore,
but make sure you bring a flashlight at night, you WILL need it.