Comments on: Dungeon

By: Dawn

Dawn — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 15:16:53 +0000

Cumberland Island is a National Seashore run by the United States Department of Interior. My dad was the Superintendent there for a time back in the 80′s. Yes. Dungeoness burned. No one was killed. Yes. People do live there. The state leases the land to them for 99 years + – some weird formula for youngest family member alive at the time of the lease… Blah blah. If you don’t live there, the only way you can get there legally is via ferry operated by the DOI. There are two trips that leave from the HQ near the St. Mary’s Pavilion. Most of the families out there are related to the Carnegies, Rockefellers, Millers, and others I can’t think of right now. I was married to a Miller and they have a house out there. Actually, I went to the funeral of Mary Miller (my exes Aunt) who was buried out there. Try making a boat trip to the island with a corpse…now that’s creepy!

By: Ashley Martinez

Ashley Martinez — Fri, 27 May 2011 14:38:56 +0000

i am looking for a REAL haunted house or cemetary here in Ga but everything gets disaproved!

By: V. Li

V. Li — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 20:23:22 +0000

I’ve been to Dungeness, but I’ve heard of no ghosts. There is another ghost on Cumberland Island, it’s a ghost of a young girl who died of disease. Some people took photos of the window she would look out each day, and you can see a faint, ghostly outline in the window on a digital camera.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:07:27 +0000

One of the most famous estates on the Georgia coast was Dungeness, owned by Revolutionary War hero Gen. Nathaniel Greene, who commanded the Southern Department of the war. While he owned Mulberry Grove Plantation near Savannah, he also planned to build a huge mansion on Cumberland Island near the site of Oglethorpe’s Dungeness hunting lodge. He died in 1786 before he was able to complete his plans. His wife, Catherine, remarried 10 years later to Phineas Miller, and they followed through on Greene’s designs, building a huge, four-story tabby mansion on top of an Indian shell mound. The mansion, with 6-foot thick walls at the base, featured four chimneys and 16 fireplaces, and was surround by 12 acres of gardens. Dungeness was the scene of many special social galas where statesmen and military leaders enjoyed the Millers’ hospitality. When the island was briefly occupied during the War of 1812, the British used Dungeness as their headquarters.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:57:47 +0000

This has nothing to do with Dungeoness Mansion, but I did have a strange occurrence on Cumberland Island back in January of this year. My girlfriend and I were camping at Stafford Beach. That night we were hanging out at the beach, and we saw a black figure down the beach racing straight towards us. It appeared to be the size of a large animal, and it almost seemed to be gliding rather than running. When it got about 20-50 yards away, it took a 90-degree turn and seemed to just disappear. It freaked us out because we had no explanation for what we saw. I’m not saying it was anything supernatural – most likely it was some kind of animal – but the way it moved and seemed to just vanish make me wonder. Anyone else experience something like this?

By: josh

josh — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:36:58 +0000

lol what a bad cook fair enough burning your hand but burning yourself to death twice lol

By: Gaby

Gaby — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:20:05 +0000

!!WOW!! that is some scary stuff!! I cant really believe that but i guess stuff happens, I do really actually think its true because one day i saw my grandma walking threw the woods but then she turned around to look at me and it wasn’t any one i knew!!

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:11:26 +0000

Supposedly some Poachers were caught on the island earlier and told not to return back. The poachers came back later on when the Carnegie’s were out of town and the Mansion was set on fire. No one was killed and the Butler escaped.

By: idk_a_fake_name

idk_a_fake_name — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:29:40 +0000

I am not sure I believe this has someone actually been in this house to say that it is real? If so please speak up I would love to visit.

By: Brandy

Brandy — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:39:31 +0000

OK, I don’t want to tick anybody off, so… if someone really had died in that fire, why would the ghost need his old body? I believe in ghosts, and I am a christian, cause the bible talks about supernatural things human can’t see… but I do know that a ghost might not need his body… so who cares if the body is missing? Try finding a grave robber, not a spectrum…