Charlotte’s haunted history: Ghost stories linger at historic sites

Charlotte is a very historical city. Right now we are sitting in Old Settler Cemetery where some of the first people that lived here were buried, going back to before the country was started in the 1770s. And even before that, the Catawba tribe was here. So this area is extremely historic. If we go up 6th Street just a little bit, you'll find the Dunhill Hotel. It is one of Charlotte's oldest hotels. It's coming up on 100 years old now. There was a period in the 80s where it was actually abandoned when it was changing ownerships. And when they started renovations, they found an intact skeleton at the bottom of the elevator shaft. They named the resident ghost Dusty, the Dunhill ghost. He's a little bit mischievous. So also right next to us is First Presbyterian Church. Back during the Civil War, the head of the church instructed their staff to build tunnels underneath it so they could store more of their valuable items to make sure it didn't get looted during the war. When that was happening and they were digging those tunnels, There was actually a collapse where a man was crushed to death. His name was Ambrose. And to this day, they still say that he haunts the church. There's Alexander Michael's, which is an older restaurant. They have a unique booth that only fits one person. And staff and patrons say that there's a ghost that hangs out in that corner. I think that we have so much history to share. There are cities like Savannah and Asheville and Wilmington that have all really kind of taken that to heart with their haunted history, and I think Charlotte can do the same.