March 12th, 2015
Old City Jail, Charleston, South Carolina, Haunted Jail Tour, “Save America’s Treasures”, Historic Preservation, American College of the Building Arts
I don’t know what possessed me to even talk my poor cousins into this tour. They live in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is over 500 years old. Lol!! The thing is they went along with it. It was at 10:00 p.m. It was cold in Charleston that evening.
First clue was that our tour guide had been doing these tours for 6 years and had not seen or felt anything. Hmmmm. The second thing is that even though most of the structures are intact, inside there are too many reproductions. Hmmmm.
Our tour guide closes every night by herself with not a care in the world. Okay.
The stairs are original and they looked that they were not going anywhere.
The American College of the Building Arts acquired this building so this is also a school doing research and historic preservation.
The jail was in operation from 1802 until 1939. Infamous criminals of Charleston called this home. Federal prisoners during the Civil War were also housed here. The building has massive walls. Interesting to imagine being a prisoner in those times. The tour guide explained that well.
Some of the more famous inmates were John and Lavinia Fisher, convicted of robbery and murder. They said that Ghost Adventures crew got something on an EVP of her saying the last 2 words of her message before she was hanged…The Devil. I really don’t know. Another was Denmark Vessey who was accused of planning a slave revolt. High sea pirates were also inmates here.
I think there is too much commotion for entities to be hanging around. The Old City Jail is basically a lab.
Charleston has more than 1,400 historically significant buildings within the Charleston Old and Historic District, and this is one of them.
Well, to tell you the truth, it was scarier walking back to our hotel at that time of the night….churches, buildings, little alleys…Yikes, I am going to sleep.
I just remembered that Carrie, my favorite Concierge in Charleston said she was scared to death. That she felt something. Really?
Note: Bulldog Tours, located at 18 Anson Street. Tel. 843-722-8687 Website? http://www.bulldogtours.com
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