Georgia – The Cursed Pillar, Augusta
Once upon a time, an evangelist wanted to preach in a marketplace in Augusta, Georgia. The authorities intervened and said thou shalt not ruin our market with hellfire and brimstone stories. So the evangelist put a curse on the market, saying it would be destroyed and only his favorite pillar would remain.
A short while later a tornado did in fact blow through town and destroyed the market, but left the pillar standing. Afterward, up through the 1950’s, stories spread of workers who died via thunderbolt or machinery malfunction when trying to move the pillar.
You missed the boat on New Jersey! THE JERSEY DEVIL is most definitely the official haunting creature of the Garden State. Long before NJ was even a state, the legend of the Jersey Devil began. It was the 13th child of Mrs Leeds, who had no desire for another baby. According to legend, she cursed the baby even before it was born. At its birth, the creature assumed otherworldly dimension and flew up the chimney of the home. Since then, the Devil regularly haunts the Pine Barrens of New Jersey, frightening all it encounters. On the eve of a National tragedy, the Devil is said to appear at many varied places in the state to warn of evils to come (most notably in December 1941, just before Pearl Harbor.)