Legend has it that a strange orb sometimes seen hovering over the railroad tracks in the remote area around Summerville, South Carolina, is a lantern borne by a ghost whose husband lost his head in a ...

A decapitated train conductor is said to prowl a section of railroad in Maco Station, North Carolina, illuminating the tracks with a lantern. But this ghost is far from the only reported rail sighting ...

For decades, these mysterious lights have haunted the residents of Summerville, South Carolina, appearing mysteriously near an abandoned railway track. Local legends tell of a grieving woman searching ...

Want to know when an earthquake is afoot? Watch for the lights. Geologists say they have proof of a rare, elusive phenomenon called "earthquake lights," according to USA Today, when "balls of light" ...

Railroad tracks and even scrap metal could have been a catalyst for the sparks identified as the Summerville Light, the report states. Facebook screengrab Enduring folklore of “ghost lights” haunting ...

Earthquakes cause fault rupture, displacement of the ground, strong shaking, and tsunamis. These are all fairly well-understood phenomena. But there are other things associated with earthquakes that ...

Enduring folklore of “ghost lights” haunting a Lowcountry town in South Carolina may be more fact than myth, a new study suggests. However, the so-called “Summerville Light” isn’t the work of a ghost, ...