Haunted Greenville, South Carolina

Haunted America

by Jason Profit

Rumor has it that water--still or flowing--is a medium for paranormal activity. Residents of Greenville, South Carolina, have gathered at Falls Park on the river for generations, so it is no coincidence that this upstate city is teeming with spirits whose stories have yet to be told. From the aggressive spirits trapped in the 1920s grandeur of the Westin Poinsett Hotel to the moans of the wrongly accused Willie Earle, these ghosts have unfinished business. Watch as phantoms of children drift through the rows of Springwood Cemetery and discover what lurks behind the Tiffany stained-glass hallways of the Gassaway Mansion, as paranormalist and owner of Greenville Ghost Tours Jason Profit guides readers through the chilling past of this historic city with an entertaining collection of tales.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

112 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2011

Reviews

[Jess the Shelf-Declared Bibliophile · Rating 4 out of 5]

I REALLY loved this book! I went to college in Greenville and me and my friends loved ghost hunting in our spare time. However, lots of these were hauntings I had no idea about! Fascinating, well researched history of one of my favorite cities. I definitely plan on checking out his ghost tour one day!

[Laren · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I move to a new area, I like to gather some of their local history and folklore through ghost stories. This book is written by the man who runs ghost tours in Downtown Greenville, SC, so the storytelling is interesting. Less interesting to me are the personal tales of ghosts and demons interjected here. His mother claims to have been attacked &/or harassed by various entities when the author was young, which I feel leads the author to be biased to ratify the stories. That is probably not a problem for many readers, but I don't prefer it personally.