Rumor has it that water--still or flowing--is a medium for paranormal activity. Residents of Greenville, South Carolina, have gathered at Falls Park on the river for generations, so it is no coincidence that this upstate city is teeming with spirits whose stories have yet to be told. From the aggressive spirits trapped in the 1920s grandeur of the Westin Poinsett Hotel to the moans of the wrongly accused Willie Earle, these ghosts have unfinished business. Watch as phantoms of children drift through the rows of Springwood Cemetery and discover what lurks behind the Tiffany stained-glass hallways of the Gassaway Mansion, as paranormalist and owner of Greenville Ghost Tours Jason Profit guides readers through the chilling past of this historic city with an entertaining collection of tales. Jason Profit is an internationally trusted psychic and paranormalist based in Greenville, South Carolina. Most people recognize him locally as the guy who created the Greenville Ghost Tour. When he is not chasing ghosts and researching history, he spends his time reading palms and tarot cards and helping his clients make the most out of their own lives. Jason is also a public speaker and educator on numerous spiritual and metaphysical topics. His life has been one paranormal adventure after another. As detailed in this book, Jason's mother was thrown into helping people get rid of troubling spirits when Jason was only two years old, and from there a lifetime of ghostly experience has been earned. Haunted Greenville South Carolina By Jason Profit The History Press Copyright © 2011 Jason Profit All rights reserved. ISBN: 978-1-60949-321-9 Contents Acknowledgements, Introduction. Ghosts, Ghost Stories and Real Life Adventures, Greenville Army Store and the Ghost Within, Yellow Cabs and Willie Earle's Ghost, The Wandering Soul on Boggs Street, When Moving the Store Doesn't Get Rid of the Ghosts, What Is It about the Reedy River?, Casablanca Bar and the Tale of Ghostly Brothels, The Ghost Kills the Tenants?, Locked in a Closet at the Poinsett Hotel by a Ghost?, Ghosts of Prohibition Still Guarding the Speakeasy, Who Is the Ghost in the Blu Martini Bar?, Pizza by the Haunted Slice, Why Do People See Ghosts at the Hyatt Downtown?, Springwood Cemetery and the Increasing Ghostly Reports, Tower of Two Orbs, The Specters of Heritage Green, Paranormal on Pendleton, Incubus Attack at Gassaway Mansion, Haunting at Herdklotz Park and the Many Who Died There, Parsonage from Hell, Misery at the Odd Fellows Orphanage, It Ran Right Through Her, Conclusion, Selected Bibliography, About the Author, CHAPTER 1 Greenville Army Store and the Ghost Within Sometime around 1946, Harry Zaglin opened the Greenville Army-Navy Store on Main Street downtown. Located at 660 South Main Street, it is one of the longest-running businesses downtown. The warehouse used to be located at 702–708 South Main Street and is rumored to have been one of the oldest commercial buildings in the city. There seems to be some controversy as to exactly when the warehouse was built, but it is thought to have been built in either 1869 or 1872. Sometime prior to the end of the Civil War, it is said that General Wade Hampton was the speaker at an upstairs meeting of the South Carolina Democratic Party. This historic building used to be located directly across the street from the current Army-Navy Store. As of this writing, there is an open field of grass where the building once stood. As far as the Army-Navy building itself, it was constructed around 1890. Three generations of Greenvillians have shopped at the Army-Navy Store, and little has changed in that time. Harry Zaglin was a big proponent of preserving the historic heritage of Greenville, so the store has always been a blend of retail space, odd museum and all-around meeting place. Many passersby have seen the now chipped oversize painting on the side of the Army Store that encourages the preservation of the historic West End district. It was this connection to the preservation of Greenville history that led me to begin the Greenville Ghost Tour at this very location years before writing this book. Jeff Zaglin is now the owner of the Army-Navy Store and has been running the show since his dad passed away. After the Halloween tour season of 2009, Jeff had some interesting things to share with me. He explains that very little has changed since his father passed away and left him in charge of the shop. When you walk inside the store, you will see the old-style cash register on the counter, along with the old dusty war memorabilia, and you will feel like you have stepped into the past. Jeff went on to explain that the office is still pretty much the same as his dad left it. He still uses the same file cabinet and even his dad's old desk. Since Jeff is the one who usually closes and opens the store, when things are out of order he is the first to notice. Well, one drawer