THE STORY
Reported Haunting
An old Lowcountry ghost tale associated with Cuckolds Creek tells of a mysterious passenger encountered along the isolated creek country. Preserved by Margaret Rhett Martin as "The Passenger from Cuckols Creek," the story became part of the region's tradition of spectral travelers appearing on lonely roads and waterways.
Cuckolds Creek winds through the ACE Basin near Green Pond in rural Colleton County before joining the Combahee River. Its isolated roads, former rice fields and waterways provide the setting for an old Lowcountry supernatural tale preserved by Margaret Rhett Martin in Charleston Ghosts as "The Passenger from Cuckols Creek." The story belongs to the widespread phantom-traveler tradition in which a mysterious passenger appears during a journey and is later discovered to have an uncanny or supernatural connection to the location. Because the original story concerns the wider Cuckolds Creek area rather than a surviving building, this entry is positioned at the modern Cuckolds Creek Landing as the most identifiable public location associated with the historic waterway.