Famous+Charleston+Ghosts

**Sue Howard Hardy**
Sue Howard Hardy was born in 1858, she was the wife of Gaston Hardy. The two lived in Charleston, SC and worshiped at St. Phillips’s Episcopal Church. Unfortunately Mrs. Hardy was not to live to an old age She was not destined to see her children grow up and have children of their own. Sue was pregnant, but her baby was never to breathe. The child was stillborn on June 10, 1888. Only six days later, on June 16, 1888, Mrs. Hardy took her last breath and rejoined her child. People say she died from childbirth complications, and depression from her child’s death. June 10, 1987. A man taking pictures of St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church and cemetery, and it was dusk. Once he finished taking pictures, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, so he sent the pictures to a lab, and went home. Once he received the pictures from the lab, In one photo, kneeling over Sue Howard’s grave, is a figure. Wrapped in a shawl, she appears to be grieving. But she is only a trace of her former self. It has even been examined by Kodak and they said that they could not prove it to be a fake. shoutabout. GHOST OF SUE HOWARD HARDY. 1843. tourcharleston.com. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. .


 * The Headless Torso at the Battery Carriage Inn**

The Battery Carriage hotel was built in 1843. Since it became a hotel its first reported sightings were in 1992. The inn has gained a reputation as the most haunted inn. people describe the headless torso ghost as a “a decidedly less friendly spiritual presence” He is located in room 8 in the Battery Carriage Inn. Also people say he is very ugly, and his countenance is brutal Hence the term “headless torso”, he is headless. He marks his presence with a moan as if he was in deep pain. Other times he hovers over the person sleeping in the bead an arms length away from them. He “sleeps” at the front of the bed in a military position. People day that he is the ghost of a confederate soldier who lost his head and the greater part of his limbs during explosions.Battery Carriage Hotel. 2008. shoutaboutcarolina.wordpress.com. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://shoutaboutcarolina.wordpress.com/2008/05/01/gentleman-and-headless-torso-ghosts-carriage-inn-spooky-residents-charleston-free-and-scary-things-to-do/>.

Zoe St Amand is said to haunt the restaurant known as Poogan's Porch in downtown Charleston South Carolina. Zoe died in the house in 1954. People in the restaurant say that Zoe is still there and still very alive. She likes playing tricks and as been known to move things and at times she has appeared angry slapping or pushing things off tables. People in near by buildings have seen Zoe often over the years looking out the windows of the restaurant when the building is closed and locked with no one inside She is also known to appear in the women’s bathroom, to appear in the mirror when somebody is washing their hands or putting makeup on, as a black figure in the mirror, and when the person looks back they don’t see anything.
 * Haunted Poogan's Porch Restaurant Charleston South Carolina**

Haunted Poogan's Porch Restaurant Charleston South Carolina. 1954. crazyhorsesghost.hubpages.com. Web. 15 Mar. 2012. <http://crazyhorsesghost.hubpages.com/hub/Haunted-Charleston-South-Carolina>.