| Hurricanes and gale force winds frequently visit the | | | | to the keeper's house to check on her father, she |
| coast of North Carolina, and its lighthouses have their | | | | found he had died from a heart attack. Stuart and two |
| share of ghostly comings and goings. Two lighthouses | | | | islanders placed Fripp's body in a sea chest, weighted it |
| actually share their ghosts. One is the daughter of | | | | down and left it at the low water mark saying, "Die by |
| Aaron Burr, and the other the pirate who held her | | | | water, live by water." Caroline never recovered from |
| captive. | | | | the shock and died a few weeks later. |
| The Blue Lady of Hiton Head | | | | People reported seeing a lady in a blue dress standing |
| Hilton Head Range Rear (Leamington) Light | | | | in the tower window or at its foot on stormy nights |
| Caroline Fripp braved a three-day hurricane climbing | | | | and during hurricane season. Some have reported |
| the lighthouse tower to bring her father, Keeper Adam | | | | hearing a woman sobbing near the keeper's house. |
| Fripp his dinner. The hurricane blew out tower windows | | | | Is the lady in blue Caroline searching for her father? |
| and the boards Keeper Fripp used to cover them, | | | | Ghost Share |
| while the wind kept blowing out the lamp needed to | | | | Old Baldy & Cap Hatteras Lights - North Carolina |
| steer sailors away from the rocks. | | | | It is rare that two lighthouses share the same ghost, |
| One evening, Caroline called to her father to re-light the | | | | but apparently, Old Baldy and Cape Hatteras Light do |
| lamp, and not hearing any response, found him on the | | | | exactly that. |
| tower floor clutching his chest. The next morning, during | | | | The ghost in question is none other than the daughter |
| an uneasy calm, she went to assess the damage and | | | | if Aaron Burr. Theodesia Burr Alston, anxious to visit |
| found the tower floor submerged in nearly two feet of | | | | her father after his trial for treason, booked passage |
| water, which meant the island, was under at least four | | | | aboard the sloop Poet. The sloop was caught in a |
| feet. Caroline was frantic to learn the fate of Frisky, | | | | ferocious ocean storm, and, the crew and passengers |
| her dog, the islanders and the island cattle. | | | | reportedly were lost. |
| When the hurricane returned at full force, an | | | | The sloop actually went aground at Shoals Head and |
| exhausted Caroline unable to summon medical help for | | | | immediately boarded by looting pirates. The pirate |
| her stricken father, fell into a troubled sleep. The storm | | | | chief's most valuable prize was the lovely Theodesia. |
| finally passed, and while the island remained under | | | | She was taken to the pirate camp where three men |
| water, the lighthouse keeper's cottage stood fast. | | | | were instructed to guard her with their lives. |
| Caroline replaced the wet wick, and urged her father | | | | Unfortunately, for the men the angry pirate chief |
| to stay above water as she tried to take them home. | | | | beheaded them when he learned that Theodesia |
| Fripp was so weak that when she finally reached the | | | | managed to escape. The pirates eventually |
| porch of the house, Caroline pushed him over the rail, | | | | re-captured her and returned to camp. The |
| placed a blanket over him and went for help. Island | | | | confinement was too much for Theodesia to bear. |
| fisherman, Donald Stuart helped her get her father into | | | | She died, her body buried on Bald Island. |
| bed, but when Caroline asked him to go for a doctor, | | | | Shortly after her death, several witnesses reported |
| he refused explaining that he needed to look for his | | | | seeing a woman roaming the shores of Bald Island and |
| family who were lost in the hurricane. | | | | Cape Hatteras, seemingly looking to escape. Others |
| Caroline descended into another troubled sleep and | | | | reported seeing three headless pirates spotted |
| had nightmares about the house being swept out to | | | | roaming the same shores looking for their heads and |
| sea. The next morning while looking out toward the | | | | their captive. |
| light, she saw the body of a dead child clutching her | | | | Some say they Theodesia and the headless pirates |
| doll and floating in the water. When Caroline returned | | | | still roam these shores at night. |