Graniteville Cemetery

Near Aiken, this old mill town cemetery has a witch ghost who leaves flowers on children's graves — and on full-moon nights, screams rise from the unmarked burial sites.

Graniteville Cemetery serves the historic textile mill town founded in 1845 by William Gregg, one of the first planned industrial communities in the South. The cemetery holds generations of mill workers, many of whom died young from the harsh conditions of 19th-century textile manufacturing. Late at night, visitors have reported a spectral woman -- described as a "witch ghost" -- who walks through the cemetery placing flowers on children's graves. The back section, where unmarked graves are clustered, is particularly active: screams, gunshots, and laughter have all been heard on cold full-moon nights. The area's tragic history extends beyond industrial deaths -- the devastating 2005 train derailment released toxic chlorine gas and killed nine people near the cemetery, a more recent tragedy layered onto already haunted ground.