The Legend of the Headless Railroad Man and the Ghost Lights of Maco Station

It is said that one night back in 1867 in Brunswick County, perhaps a rainy or misty night, a tragic train accident occurred along a swampy stretch of the Wilmington and Manchester Railroad just west of Wilmington, killing brakeman Joe Baldwin. The caboose he was in was hit by a train from behind, catapulting the man from the train and decapitating him. Article Link