Case file · Haunting
Boyington Oak, Mobile
Charles Boyington, hanged in Mobile in 1835 for murdering his friend, swore that an oak would grow from his grave to prove his innocence; a large oak stands beside the Church Street Graveyard.
1835 CE · 30.69, -88.05 · status: legend
The account
Some say whispering can be heard near the tree at night.
The sceptical view
Live oaks grow quickly in Mobile; the conviction was never overturned.