The Castle: Ribaut's Jester

The year is 1859. James Buchanan, arguably the worst president in US history and by all visible accounts a very irritable gentleman, is still in office, though the Lincoln-Douglas debates are all the rage for the upcoming election of 1860. Not that you care too much about what goes on in Washington, as here in Beaufort, you’re preparing to build your dream home. You’re a physician, after all, and you deserve the best builders and materials the lowcountry has to offer. What you don’t know when you’ve purchased the piece of land right on the Beaufort River, is that it comes with its own permanent guest. Sure, you can lay out all the architecture aspects of the house you want, including columned-porches and an exterior kitchen…but what do you do when the house plans don’t include a 4 foot French ghost…? This is Buried Under Beaufort, The Castle edition.