The iron gate does not lock, but some places do not need locks to keep people out. This South Carolina churchyard looks peaceful in the daylight, with moss draping over headstones and sunlight filtering through live oaks.
But locals have a simple rule: do not be here when the sun goes down. The graves date back to the seventeen hundreds, and the stories that come with them are older than the state itself.
Footsteps on gravel when no one walks. A whisper in a language you cannot name…