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Folly's History Walk

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Folly Civil War Walk-10am daily. Thanks y'all!
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Coffin Island Ghost Wallk-6:00pm Stories from the SC Sea Islands Walk (stories of ghosts, hags, Indians, mermaids, pirates, rootdoctors, and shipwrecks)-6:00pm daily, reservations required.

10/31/2024

A couple great pictures of a recent group that went out on The Coffin Island ghost walk. Come join us sometime. We'd be happy to have y'all. Thanks George, and support your local small businesses.

10/30/2024

Happy Falltime! Halloween has its roots in old Celtic rituals which claim the spirit world opens up to the physical world on October 31st.,and large bonfires were lite for protection. I have found two ghost stories involving pirates here on Folly Beach.The first involves Blackbeard who spent 6 days blockading the Charleston harbor and presumably anchored his vessels ( he had six vessels with him and over 300 pirates and had been on a successful year of plundering ships) at Five Fathom hole, a popular and safe location to anchor ships that is located just off the east end of Folly island.
Some believe Blackbeard may have buried some valuables here on the island at the time. And the story surrounds the ghost of Blackbeard seen here on Folly Beach. Older locals have been passing the story down.
The other ghost story on Folly was actually first told in Deadwood, SD in 1903 at a reunion for Union soldiers. Francis Moore was an officer in the 62nd Ohio regiment, one of the first regiments to reach Folly island. He had two officers, Lt Hatcher and Lt. Yokum who were removing former slaves from Folly island to Hilton Head, SC. The officers came across an elderly woman named Jettie who lived in a slave cottage on the west side of the island who claimed to be 112 years old and had been on Folly for 50 years. She also told the soldiers about her former master, a Captain Watson who was involved in piracy and that he was drowned at sea along with his other men. Earlier the pirates had buried some chests of considerable value "between this here two big oak trees", she said. Jettie went on saying that after digging a hole deep enough the chests were placed in the ground and at the same time a large black slave was murdered and placed in the hole along side the valuables and filled in. The former 112 year old slave woman said how the spirit of that black man still guard the valuables even today still held in the ground and that no one is able to recover them. To be continued...

10/04/2024

Happy Falltime! We are offering are popular Coffin Island Ghost Walk for free on Oct 28th and 29th, at 7pm. The ghost walk departs from 1746 E. Ashley Ave here on Folly Beach and lasts 80 minutes. Come enjoy the twilight with us as we tell a couple good Folly ghost stories and my personal favorite ghosts of Charleston (from twenty years of experience) and also many coastal stories from the SC sea islands. I also include gullah stories of hoodoo, hags, and rootdoctors. The stories can be a little scary, if you're wondering about kids. Reservations are required and gratiuties are appreciated. Thanks y'all!

09/24/2024

Happy Falltime! Come hear some great ghost stories right here on Folly Beach with The Coffin Island Ghost Walk. We depart nightly at 7pm. from 1746 E. Ashley Ave. The ghost walk lasts 80 minutes and is $10 a person and kids 14 and under are free. Come hear a couple great Folly ghost stories and my top favorite ghosts of Charleston (from 20 years exp.) as well as other great coastal ghost stories and also includes stories of hoodoo, hags, and rootdoctors. Reservations are required. Thanks y'all!

08/24/2024

The Coffin Island Ghost Walk is back for good starting Sept 1st. Come enjoy the end of day with us (twilight) and hear a couple of good Folly ghost stories. Hear the Folly pirate ghost story that was told by union soldiers at a reunion in 1908 in Deadwood, SD and a story called, "The Half Pint Flask" written in 1925, by a former local Folly resident Dubose Heyward, author of the book Porgy. In addition to other great coastal ghost stories, and my top favorite ghosts of Charleston. (from my 20 years of experience) I also include gullah stories about hoodoo, hags, and rootdoctors from the SC sea islands.
The ghost walk departs from 1746 E. Ashley Ave.(outside the gate) right here on Folly Beach at 7:30 pm daily. The walk lasts 80 minutes and the cost is $10 dollars for adults 15 and up and kids are free. Reservations are required. Please be aware we pay a dollar for each person to Charleston County Parks. Thanks y'all!

08/16/2024

In honor of Folly Beachs decision to build a history museum, Folly's History Walk is offering our popular day history walk for free for the remainder of the month. The history walk is based on the book, "To Take Charleston, The Civil War on Folly Island", written by James W.Hagy, a former Folly resident and college professor. Folly Island became the base of operations for the federal army in an attempt to capture the city of Charleston, from April of 1863 until March 1865. Come hear some of the personal stories we uncovered as we relive the 58 day siege that took place on nearby Morris Island. The walk departs from 1746 E. Ashley Ave here on Folly Beach, and departs daily at 10am. Reservations are required, and gratiuties are appreciated. Thanks y'all!

08/15/2024

The picture on the left was July 24th and the picture on the right is today I figured out how to keep my sunflowers blooming for three weeks and they are still flowering. I love gardening on the beach.

08/03/2024

Happy summertime still! Since we've had such a good response bringing back "The Coffin Island" ghost walk , we decided to make it a permanent walk, in addition to our other two walks. The ghost walk having a bit more of an edge. We will start up on Sept 1st and will be donation based in order to allow as many people as possible to join us. Please be aware we pay a dollar for every person on the walk to the Charleston County Parks. Come enjoy the end of day with us (twilight) and hear a couple good Folly ghost stories, in addition to other coastal ghost stories and my top favorite ghosts in Charleston.I also include gullah stories of hoodoo, hags and rootdoctors. I hope to preview "The Coffin Island" ghost walk, by telling stories on the pier for free for the rest of the month of August. Reservations are required. Thanks y'all!

07/24/2024

It's the first time I have successfully grown sunflowers I took up gardening during the pandemic.

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Folly Beach, SC

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Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

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