The Ghost of Alice Flagg

September 8th, 2008

Alice Flagg was a member of the prominent Flagg family in the mid-1800s. The family lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina in a house called the Hermitage. She lived there with her brother Dr. Allard Flagg and her mother. Alice fell in love with a man who was far below her social status. Due to this, she became secretly engaged and wore her ring around her neck instead of her finger to make it invisible.

However, her brother found the ring and tossed it away into a river. He then sent her to a boarding school in Charleston so she would be away from her love. Shortly after, she became sick with typhoid fever and was sent back home. Her last request was to have her engagement ring back which was impossible since it was in the river somewhere. She died two days later. Alice was buried in a cemetery nearby in an unmarked grave.

There is a gravestone that only says Alice on it and this is believed to be hers. She has been seen in a white gown around the Hermitage, perhaps looking for her lost engagement ring. The local legend is that if you walk-backwards around the marker 13 times, you will come into contact with her lonely spirit.

(Source: Cohen, Daniel. Hauntings and Horrors. 2002)

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  1. jessie
    February 28th, 2009 at 08:19 | #1

    this is nothing more than an old ghost story. the alice legend was debunked recently by local paranormal investigators.

    the grave thats supposedly hers is not, they found her real grave and she died at 85 years old.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2plHV2XnDAw

  2. Josh
    June 24th, 2009 at 23:49 | #2

    a couple of friends and myself actually found the real grave in september 2007. these guys were a year late! ;)

  3. October 20th, 2010 at 10:44 | #3

    Nobody should really be scared of alice, because she is just trying to find a ring that her true love gave her. Maybe if somebody would just try to fid the ring, and we put it to rest with her, maybe she can rest in peace.

  4. Seananners
    January 24th, 2011 at 15:58 | #4

    people think im stupid

  5. January 24th, 2011 at 15:59 | #5

    people think im stupid in the brain. but id like to tell them that im not.

  6. Chad
    November 22nd, 2011 at 00:46 | #6

    @jessie
    Hi Jessie &/or Josh,
    What is the real story of Alice Flagg and where is her real grave? Who is burried under the “Alice” marker at All Saints Waccamaw? I couldn’t get the youtube link to work.
    THANKS!
    Chad

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