JAMESTOWN, N.C. (WGHP) — If you grew up in Jamestown, you know the story. Lydia’s Bridge is one of the most well-known ghost stories in the Piedmont Triad.
We began investigating this story in 2020, just a couple years after paranormal authors Michael Renegar and Amy Greer announced a surprising discovery: they believed they had found the truth behind Lydia’s Bridge.
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Renegar passed away just a couple weeks before we started our investigation, but Greer met up with us to tell their story.
She said the story dates back to June 1923.
“She was coming home with her boyfriend from some dance, and she came in and they got into the curve and had an accident,” Greer said. “They crashed, and it killed her instantly.”
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In the years since, stories have been passed around of a girl or woman, still lurking near the bridge where she lost her life…