IslandVibesIOP.com 19 Brussels, Belgium, flew to Charleston for a conference at the Medical University of South Carolina. She arrived late, weary from travel and went straight to her hotel to check in. The Embassy Suites to be exact. One of the guests shrieked, “Oh Lord have mercy, that’s where we’re staying!” Lavender grinned and proceeded. story went back home to Tennessee the next day. When they arrived home, they noticed a message flashing on their answering machine. As soon as it began to play, they froze. It was Lavender’s voice, recounting the very same ghost story he had told them the night before. Cell phones were prohibited on Lavender’s tour, but apparently eavesdropping ghosts aren’t. To book your next ghost tour of Charleston, visit bulldogtours.com. The first night, all seemed normal. Dr. Fletcher turned on the bathroom light, cracked the door for comfort and slept soundly. But the second night was a different story. Restless, she felt a weight in the room, like someone was watching her sleep. The clock read 3 a.m. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw movement at the foot of the bed. She spun her head and froze. A tall man stood there, clad in a gray uniform. Dr. Fletcher rubbed her eyes, convinced it was an illusion caused by severe exhaustion. But when she looked again, he was still there. Except this time she noticed a drastic difference. He was headless. Dr. Fletcher fled the room, changed hotels and caught the next return flight home to Brussels. She told everyone about her terrifying stay. End of story. But not quite. The couple to whom Lavender told the blestone streets were quiet now and the glow of gas lanterns lit the way. Lavender had just five minutes left before the tour ended, but he decided to tell one more ghastly tale.“Let me tell you a story,” Lavender said, “just as I first told it that night.” In 2010, Dr. Anna Fletcher, a world-renowned cardiologist from FEATURE A man stands beside a wheelchair that belonged to a boy named Alonzo at the Old City Jail in downtown Charleston Philadelphia Alley.
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