THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The historic Prince Frederick's Episcopal Church ruins—locally known as Old Gunn Church in Plantersville, South Carolina—are allegedly haunted by a contractor who fell to his death from the roof during construction. Visitors frequently report hearing phantom screams echoing near the site, unexplained phantom bells ringing, and strange supernatural lights flickering near the peak of the abandoned bell tower. Some witnesses have even claimed to hear the disembodied music of a phantom church choir drifting through the crumbling Gothic ruins when no one else is around.
Construction of the church was begun in 1859, but screeched to a halt when the lead architect Mr. Gunn slipped on the steep roof and fell to his death. Folks have seen Mr. Gunn’s ghost around the ruins of the church and tower and heard his scream, and locals say they’ve seen lights moving in the upper portion of the tower at night–although that bit of the tower is inaccessible. Some say a ghostly church choir can be heard on the grounds.