Case file · Haunting
St. Simons Island Light
In March 1880 lighthouse keeper Frederick Osborne was shot by his assistant John Stevens after a quarrel on St. Simons Island, Georgia; ever since, keepers and visitors report footsteps on the spiral stairs.
1880 CE · 31.13, -81.39 · status: legend
The account
Stevens was tried and acquitted. Later keepers' families said they heard the climb at night.
The sceptical view
The killing is documented; the footsteps rest on anecdote and the building's acoustics.