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Tybee Island Ghost Stories: The Lazaretto, Lighthouse Keeper George Jackson, Memorial Cemetery Mysteries & the Dune People
Recorded in the Ship Watch Loft from the Tybee Island Marine Science Center, host Jessica welcomes back Jacilyn Ledford of Tybee Tour Company for a Halloween-themed episode blending local history with island ghost lore.
They discuss the Tybee Lazaretto quarantine station, used in connection with over 10,000 enslaved West Africans, and reports of shadowy apparitions near the docks. Ledford shares a lighthouse tale about former head keeper George Jackson supposedly pacing between the lighthouse and his home while guarding his teenage daughters from Fort Screven soldiers.
They explore mysteries…
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