SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCBD) – Guerin’s Pharmacy is not only South Carolina’s oldest pharmacy , but it is also Summerville’s longest-running business dating back to 1871.
A place that will take you back in time, inside the drugstore spirits are believed to be wandering through its aisles.
“You can sense, you just know somebody’s watching you, you know, somebody’s near you,” said owner Barbara Dunning.
A firm believer, Dunning also admits that she talks to the ghosts. She doesn’t believe the spirits are malicious or mischievous, but rather curious.
“Really I don’t think it’s scary. It’s very comforting to know that somebody is here sometimes at night when I’m by myself,” shared Dunning.
Although she does not know for sure who haunts the historic building, Dunning has an idea of who the ghosts could be.
“I have seen a gentleman in the back in the pharmacy area, and I don’t know if that’s my great uncle or not. I know what he looked like, and I remember him, but I’m not sure because you see him out of the side of your eye and then when you look, there’s really nothing there, and but, you know something was there,” explained Dunning.