02/17/2026
North Carolina’s Outer Banks Creepiest Places Road Trip takes you to eight coastal spots filled with mystery and old ghost stories. At Bodie Island Lighthouse, people say a spirit knocks from behind the keeper’s cottage fireplace every day at 4 PM. The Gray Man is said to appear on Cape Hatteras beaches before hurricanes. At Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, locals talk about a Ghost Cat you can pet but never pick up. Roanoke Island’s Lost Colony marks a settlement that vanished without a trace, and the Elizabethan Gardens’ old brick gateway still stands watch. Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station is said to echo with surfmen spirits. Ocracoke’s British Cemetery honors fallen WWII sailors. Portsmouth Island sits empty, reached by ferry, and Springer’s Point feels thick with Blackbeard’s past.
📍Bodie Island Lighthouse
📍The Gray Man (Cape Hatteras)
📍Cape Hatteras Lighthouse
📍The Lost Colony of Roanoke
📍Springer’s Point (Teach’s Hole)
📍The Old Brick Gateway (Elizabethan Gardens)
📍Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station
📍British Cemetery
📍Portsmouth Island