This is most definitely not true. I have been to Cumberland Island myself, and like Amy said, what really happened was that it burned down, they tried to rebuild it, and it only burned down again. Nobody died, either. But, I’m not sure if this was just coincidence, but what did happen that was kinda freakish was that a family friend actually took a stone from the building because she couldn’t resist, and when she came back from vacation, her favorite dog(she had more than one) was gone! This is true, really.

I grew up in Savannah Ga and I believe this story refers to Bonaventure cemetary. I heard a simalar story told. I remember they had a hard time keeping kids out. I did check it out. I do belive you could hear glasses and party sounds on some nights. It was better from the water side. I have been to Cumberland many times. It is protected and only a small number of people are allowed at a time. I heard about no such story. There may have been some truth but I think the real plantation existed in Thunderbolt

HI Jenny I think you are the most successful. You story sounds alot better than all the others. Sorry that I have nothing more to say.
I just think that it is so awesome!!!

What kind of house just friggin burts into flames!?!?!

Ariel, if you don’t believe in ghosts, then y r u on this site?

I trided the lock yourself out the car trick but I left the keys in the car. She poped out at me and burned my car. One time I left all by myself and waited in the car this time.She got on my car and tried to get through And I ran out of gas.

Oh my God I went there last night man it freaked me out.I saw the man just sitting there saying join the party with red eyes.Here’s some pictures lol.

I will show you people later my website but they want to do it again

I want to read the whole story!!!!!!!!! How in the hell do guys know bout this place. I want to hear the whole damn story!! Thank you send the story to me at tweetybird9790 @yahoo.cm thanks

Yeah ARIEL,Sharon is right then y r u on this website????

Yea uh the chick really did die in the fire and according to her will the horses she owned were set free, and the house was given by her decendents to the government because they werent not allowed to sell it.

Yeah I agree with sharon and jasmine. ARIEL not to sound rude but y the hell r u on this web if u dont believe in ghosts. That is just bloodly FU*KN stupid to be on a site like this and say that sort of thing cause thats just given people reasons to pick on u
(-sigh- idiot)

Apparently, this site is full of dyslexics.

I go to Cumberland at least twice every year and I’m even doing a project on it. This story is nowhere near being true. Here’s what happened: Thomas Carnegie, Andrew Carnegie’s brother, built a mansion on Cumberland for his wife and family. Thomas never got to see the finished product because he died a natural death away from the house. It was a summer house for the family. It was abandonded before it burnt down in 1959 because the family didn’t want to pay property taxes anymore. It was burnt down because a man wanted to hunt on the property, and was forbidden to. He was angry and burnt the house down but no one was in the home at the time… There is no ghosts in the house. Thats the true story…

SCARY!! I want 2 no more!!!

ARIEL..is bull@@@$%$% i am 23 and Christian and we dont all believe that!! but on this hand i totally do not believe that a dead body could at all raise from the dead!! its ludicrous its like a bad movie!!!

As an earlier poster mentioned it is Dungeness not Dungeon, named after a European river. No it’s not haunted, no one “died” in a fire there. I am from South Georgia where the Golden Isles are located and am also a historian.
Dungeness for all its beauty, didn’t last very long. The grounds are part of an old plantation and as was mentioned it was built by members of the Carnegie family. The house was only used for part of the year and actually had a bit of a hum-drum existence as nothing major ever really happened (at least not in the ghost making sense) other than rich folks having fancy parties while on vaction.
The house was abandoned due to tax issues and unfortunately was destroyed by fire in the fifties.
Of course the funny thing is that now that someone has decided to “create” a haunting there it is already becoming urban legend…at least in this blog and after all isn’t that how many hauntings start!

The original house was built by Catherine Greene, the widow of Nathaniel Greene, that married Phineas Miller, the tutor of her children. The house burned and set in ruins until years later when Thomas Carnegie brought his wife, Lucy & their children to Cumberland and his wife fell in love with the island. They purchased most of the island & built Dungeness on the original foundation.
This link will take you to the history of Dungeness.
http://www.camdencounty.org/history/cumberland_island.html

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the house was owned by andrew carnegie along with his 6 other mansions on the island. it was burnt down by poachers.