The Rum Keg Girl

Exile_D · Oct 2, 2019

In the spirit of the Halloween season, I thought others might find this interesting. Cool bit of NC history.

https://northcarolinaghosts.com/coast/rum-keg-girl/

There's a cemetery in Beaufort that's simply called The Old Burying Grounds. It is undeniably an old cemetery, the earliest marked grave is dated to 1711. Its beautiful, peaceful old tombstones are covered with a shady canopy of moss-covered live oak trees. But there's one grave in the cemetery that has has story to tell that sadder and stranger than most, and it tells it on the simple wooden plaque that marks the grave and reads "Little Girl Buried in a Keg of Rum."

Sad to see her grave was vandalized a few years ago though.

Chdamn · Oct 3, 2019

Well since it’s halloween season, Lydia’s bridge is in Jamestown, NC. I used to drive under it all the time. A few years ago they built a new bridge to widen the road. You can still see Lydia’s bridge off to the side about a hundred feet. Bums sleep under it now.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/amp/artic...ced-to-real-tragedy-local-family/83-487001437

JT · Oct 3, 2019

When we lived in Asheboro, it was Naomi Wise. When we lived in Lumberton, it was the Beast of Bladenboro, the Devil's Tramping Ground, and the Maco light. When we lived in Greensboro, it was the girl under the bridge. My childhood was filled with NC ghosts.

Exspiravit · Oct 3, 2019

Anyone else read the Nancy Roberts NC ghost story books as a kid?

MikeDawg46L · Oct 3, 2019

Momeyer train tracks and Old Glory Rd bridge were the local spots when I was a teenager.

The Rum Keg Girl

Exile_D

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Chdamn

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JT

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Exspiravit

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MikeDawg46L

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