No matter where you go, and whether you believe them or not, there are always ghost stories and stories of hauntings, and the Upstate is no exception. Downtown Greenville even has a ghost tour, founded by paranormal researcher Jason Profit, who died suddenly last month."His friends and family have decided that a fitting tribute to Jason is to keep the Greenville Ghost Tour going this season." their Facebook page says. "Laura Smith, Jason's long-term guide, will be leading the tour and including new information Jason uncovered a few weeks ago."The tour takes visitors to some of the sites where many people have had what they call paranormal experiences. One of downtown's oldest businesses, the Army & Navy Store on South Main Street, has been the site of multiple paranormal experiences. Veteran Harry Zaglin opened the store in 1946. He died in 1995, and his son, Jeff, now runs the business. A paranormal investigation group exploring the store after hours in 2011 heard a disembodied voice they believed to be Harry's say, "Get out! We're closed," and "Come back next week." Other paranormal activity in the store includes boots that move on their own, flashing lights and a drawer than won't stay closed. In his book, "Haunted Greenville," Profit said Springwood Cemetery on North Main Street has been the site of numerous paranormal occurrences, including full-body apparitions, disembodied voices, lights and ghostly apparitions caught on camera. He said children who go into the centuries-old cemetery see ghosts that adults cannot see. One of the most well-known ghost stories in the Upstate is that of a woman many people say haunts the Abbeville Opera House. The venue has a seat that is kept empty for the woman, and legend has it that if anyone touches the seat, something will go wrong during the performance. Some people also say the balcony of the opera house is haunted by a black patron who was murdered when the opera house seating was segregated. Back in 2009, News 4 looked into reports of a ghostly apparition caught on camera in an Anderson municipal building. To see the story and video, click here. Many places in the United States have legends surrounding "cry baby" bridges, believed to be the sites where babies died, either as the result of tragic accidents or at the hands of murderous mothers. In the Upstate, there are multiple locations with similar stories, including Cry Baby Bridge on High Shoals Road just south of Anderson, and in Union, near Rose Hill Plantation on Sardis Road. Some believe there are ghosts at The Inn at Merridun bed and breakfast in Union. There are reports of up to 10 different identifiable ghosts in the Inn. Guests often say they've caught a whiff of cigar smoke and rose-scented perfume believed to be the spirits of late residents T.C. and Fannie Duncan. Another legend says that there is a ghostly hitchhiker on Highway 76 who is looking for a ride to Pickens Street in Columbia. Some say that the ghost is a woman who was killed on a bridge in the 1940s while trying to go home to see her mother. In Anderson, a ghostly figure from the 1500s is believed to appear on Cobbs Way, according to the Shadowlands website, and the Sullivan Music Center at Anderson University is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of a young girl who hanged herself because her father wouldn't let her be with the man she loved. All over South Carolina, and in several locations in Columbia, people have claimed to have encounters with the paranormal, according to the site. Legend says a slave named Eloise haunts Three Bridges Road in Powdersville. The story is that Eloise was traveling with her master through Powdersville, where Confederate soldiers stored gunpowder during the Civil War. Union soldiers killed her master, and distraught by his death, she stayed with him and was also killed. People have reported seeing an apparition along the road, and hearing screams and crying. This year, MSN’s Travel section named Poinsett Bridge one of the country’s 50 most haunted places, with ghosts of a mason who died while building the bridge, a slave who was lynched and the victim of a car crash in the 1950s. South Carolina Paranormal Research and Investigations also list dozens of allegedly haunted sites all over the state. SCPRI says Gaffney is one of the most haunted areas in the Upstate, with paranormal experiences reported on Highway 11 near Crestview Church that include gunshots, cannon firing and the sounds of sword fighting. A bridge just off Highway 329 in Gaffney is said to be haunted by a victim of Leroy Martin, a serial killer who murdered four young women in the late 1960s. People say if you walk on the bridge at night, you can hear the sounds of a girl moaning. SCPRI also lists a graveyard near Furman University where many children were buried from the late 1700s to the late 1800s. People have reported lights, laughter and the sound of running footsteps in the cemetery.On Route 107 in Greenville County, there have been reports of a man who was killed in a crash in the 1950s who is seen walking along the highway on dark rainy nights who then disappears. People refer to him as "the hitchhiker."Not all of the locations believed to be haunted are old. There are many reports of paranormal activity at the Embassy Suites on Verdae Boulevard. There have been reports lights turn on and off at will, doors swinging open by themselves.Most disturbingly, SCPRAI says Greenville police received numerous reports, before the building had the electricity turned on, that lights were seen in the building and someone was living in the rooms. Even though the police investigated and found the building secure, the reports continued to plague the department. The golf course has patches where grass won’t grow, and golfers say they have heard disembodied moaning or wailing. Guests have reported similar sounds inside the motel.SCPRI says that in Gray Court, there is a story of an old lady who lived at the end of the road near the tunnel. A neighbor boy went to borrow eggs one day, and he thought that the old lady had a lot of money, so he planned to knock her out and take it. Instead, when he hit her, he killed her. The story, says that on rainy days as you pass through the tunnel, you can see the old lady and hear her cries.It has also been said that if you stop in the tunnel and turn off your car, it will not start again, and the old lady will get in the car with you. Scary stuff.