Learn why a seismologist wants to go ghost-busting in Summerville, South Carolina, and how earthquake lights could help us ...

A scientist believes she has solved the decades-old mystery of a ghost haunting in a South Carolina town. Since the 1950s, people in Summerville, South Carolina have told stories of a ghost ...

A seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey believes she's solved the mystery of why lights appear and cars rattle in a ...

By Carolyn Wilke Summerville, a town northwest of Charleston, S.C., has its share of ghost stories. One yarn that has stuck around for decades is the tale of the Summerville Light. In the dead of ...

Gather around, and let Susan Hough tell you the tale of the Summerville Light. Legend has it that the strange orb sometimes seen hovering over the railroad tracks in the remote area around ...

In recent years, Hough has worked extensively, with Roger Bilham at the University of Colorado, Boulder, to identify the fault responsible for the famous 1886 Charleston, South Carolina earthquake.