A Haunted Southern Book of Days–December

Explore this month through the lens of Southern spirits with this haunted book of days.

1 December

2 December

  •  1974 – Dunleith in Natchez, MS is designated a National Historic Landmark.

3 December

 

4 December

 

5 December

 

6 December

  • 1889 – Jefferson Davis dies in New Orleans, it is reported that his spirit is still in residence at his home, Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi.

7 December

  • 1946 – Fire breaks out in the early morning house of this date in the supposedly fire-proof Winecoff Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia killing 119 individuals. The building is now The Ellis Hotel.

8 December

 

9 December

 

10 December

 

11 December

 

12 December

 

13 December

 

14 December

15 December

 

16 December

 

17 December

 

18 December

  •  2016 – Augusta, Georgia’s infamous Haunted Pillar is destroyed in an automobile crash.

19 December

 

20 December

 

21 December

 

22 December

 

23 December

 

24 December – Christmas Eve

25 December – Christmas Day

 

26 December

 

27 December

 

28 December

 

29 December

  • 1955 – A photographer captures an image of a ghost aboard the USS Constellation in Baltimore, Maryland. 

30 December

 

31 December – New Year’s Eve