Yesterday I had the privilege to pick up a nice young lady, Ella, at the airport and shuttle her downtown.
So, since she was my captive audience, I asked if she had visited Charleston before? Our entire ride downtown was full of historic stories about Charleston, some suggestions on restaurants and bars; I even had time to tell her a ghost story about Lavina and Edgar.
I enjoyed entertaining Ella, as she seemed to really enjoy the back-and-forth stories and questions. By the time she stepped out of my car (Exit package #2), she felt like family. I am looking forward to taking her back to the airport at the end of the week. Thanks, Ella, for the fun conversations, trust, and of course, putting up with me, in addition to your very complimentary post on IG. See you Thursday Ella!
Have you about all the ghosts at the old city jail?
Some of you may know or not know, I have 2 fabulous daughters! That’s the reason this whole blog was started. Gosh, I hate to think how long ago that was? Twelve years? Fifteen? I saw a few readers were looking for back to school pictures, so here you are:
Yes, the sign reads, “SENIOR VIBES”! The sign is NOT talking about me however. That’s right…my oldest is a Senior this year! Time flies. Remember when…. wait, don’t get me started.
So here is Back To School 2025!
Ok, two of the three ladies in the picture are actually my daughters. I want to see if you can remember which two? Here’s a hint, they’ve grown!
Did you guess the right two?
As you can see one is totally excited to go back to school. My other daughter, not so much.
So here’s to a fantastic Senior year as well as an exciting Sophomore-soon-to-be-Senior year. I’m accepting Venmo donations to help cover the costs of Senior year… and this unwritten rule you can only wear a fancy dress once (!).
People say Charleston is one of the most haunted cities in the US. We will let you decide. Here is a 3 block walk down Meeting Street in Charleston, starting at the Circular Church and ending with a poem from Edgar Allan Poe as he walked down Meeting Street, looking for his Annabelle Leigh.
Not mentioned in the video is the ghost of the first female serial killer in the States. Lavina Fisher is a very evil woman in life and in death. But that story will have to wait. I don’t have a picture of her ghost. But she can be found at night walking around Washington Park, the site where she and her husband were hung.
If this piques your curiosity, stay tuned for more haunted stories. Then reach out to Charleston Historic Tours and Transportation for more ghost stories and their sorted grisly details. Find out how many people were buried alive! Or the chilling sounds of grave robbers.
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The ghost of Sue Howard Hardy at St. Philips Church
Friday, a week ago, my tour and transportation business was hanging onto the hope of big business like a cat on a Roomba! It was Friday, right before a long weekend. I checked the weather to see what to expect. Thursday had been lovely, but Friday? Well, apparently it was set to rain, with forecasts calling for rain and stating: “it may be heavy at times.”
So, not knowing what to expect, business wise, I packed my umbrella, some chilled bottles of water, a big smile, and some business fliers to handout to resorts if I wasn’t busy (again).
I dropped our convertible off at the airport early that morning. It was being rented for the weekend. It started to rain and quickly became a very busy electrical storm. We are used to a lot of rain in Charleston, but by the time I got up enough courage to leave the airport and drive downtown to work, the airport was underwater.
I took my time driving downtown, some parts of the highway were worse than others. Southerners may not be very good at driving in the snow but they won’t win any awards for driving in the rain either!
I finally arrived downtown and exhaled that I was finally out of the downpour on the highway. I headed down Meeting Street and it wasn’t long before I was making and driving through waves. Our downtown was underwater in less than 2 hours.
Calling for rain this Friday
It may be heavy at times
Build the Ark
I kept driving (enter your comments on my smartness in the comments) thinking there would be a lot of people needing rides! I knew, from experience, where the low-lying places in town are. If I haven’t told you yet, parts of Charleston are actually below sea level. In those areas, the runoff has nowhere to go. Yeah, “a little rain might be hard at times.” It was a lingering tropical storm minus the wind.
Sadly, we will get flooding like this several times a year. People that live here have been through the drill. If you noticed, there were not too many cars on the side of the road. People that live here know all our parking garages open to the public downtown during a storm.
However, like I mentioned earlier, not all of us know how to drive in a storm. Here is an Uber driver that took a right turn and drove down a boat ramp on the Isle of Palms (marketing hint for Historic Tours and Transportation…I’ve never done that!).
Some people say thats proof that God loves me. I said I know. He’s saving me for something special!
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