The Summerville Light is a local ghost story that has been around for decades. There is a new theory from a USGS researcher ...

One yarn that has stuck around for decades is the tale of the Summerville Light. In the dead of night, along a dirt road in the nearby pine forest following abandoned railroad tracks, people have ...

A South Carolina ghost story could have a very earthly explanation.

As you might have guessed, given that Hough is a seismologist for the USGS, the study she and her team recently published in ...

In a new research article, a seismologist argues that earthquakes are the reason for the mysterious lights associated with a ...

From the folks who brought us BKeDSHop doughnuts comes a new concept — Wakey Bakey Bagels. Now open at 1116 Metropolitan Ave. in Summerville’s Nexton development, Wakey Bakey specializes in breakfast ...

Susan Hough via Seismological Society of America In Summerville, South Carolina, a mysterious light has been seen hovering over old railroad tracks. Legend has it, it’s the glow of a lantern ...

The Summerville Town Council met Thursday evening voted on a proposal to move Dominion utilities underground. Councilwoman ...

Dr. Susan Hough from USGS suggests that the hauntings in Summerville, South Carolina may have scientific explanations. She believes the glowing orbs are earthquake lights, and the shaking is from ...

Experts Find the Real Reason Behind 'Ghosts' Roaming in This South Carolina Town People tend to mistake a lot of natural ...

The Summerville Light sightings apparently began in the 1950s and 1960s, within a few kilometers of three magnitude 3.5 to 4.4 earthquakes that took place in 1959 and 1960, she found.