Florence Martus, The Waving Girl of Savannah
Savannah’s Eternal Greeter Welcomes Ships with a Ghostly Grace. Florence Martus, often referred to as the Waving Girl, is a beloved figure in Savannah’s maritime history. Born in 1868, she became a local legend for her daily ritual of waving to ships entering the Savannah River from 1887 until 1931. Standing on the bluff at […]
Is there a Ghost in House? A Message to Non-Believers
Is there a Ghost in the House? How do you tell if a place is haunted? While there are tools to record images, sounds, phantom lights, and apparitions, most people get a general “feeling” or experience something without using paranormal equipment. It’s a question raised on ghost tours often: “Is there a ghost in the […]
Glenn Irwin is 2024 Ghost Storyteller of the Year
Ocean City Tour Guide Glenn Irwin Recognized as Storyteller of the Year for 2024 Glenn Irwin, Chesapeake Ghost Tour guide for Ocean City Ghost Tour has been recognized as Storyteller of the Year for 2024. Glenn gained this recognition by receiving the most 5-star reviews from TripAdvisor during the 2024 season. Glen received a […]
The Haunted Mar-Va Theater in Pocomoke City, MD
The Mar-va Theater was built on Pocomoke City’s Market Street in 1927 as a vaudeville theater, and the spirits of two mayors, and a little girl are believed to haunt the place. At least those are the spirits people have seen or felt. The theater was named Mar-Va because of its location on the Maryland […]
The Eastern Shore of Maryland and Its Ghosts
Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Its Ghosts The Chesapeake Bay – the third-largest estuary in the world, and the largest in the United States – cuts the state of Maryland in half leaving two-thirds of Maryland’s landmass to the west and one-third to the East. The Bay is 200 miles long and about 30 miles wide […]
The Haunted Dome of the Maryland State House
The Maryland State House’s dome is haunted. This iconic symbol in Maryland’s Capital of Annapolis had a plasterer fall to his death from the 96-foot tall, all-wooden dome that caps the building. And he’s still hanging around… and apparently, he’s not too happy. Is the Spirit of Thomas Dance Still Hanging Around? The Maryland State […]
