Since its construction in the 1950s, manmade Lake Lanier has had countless tragedies. Over 700 people have lost their lives here, making it one of the most dangerous lakes in the world. The land is also rooted in a dark and senseless history of racism, violence, murder, and greed. Is the Georgian lake haunted? Is there a Lady of the Lake? Is it cursed? Is it just plain dangerous? Let’s get into it.

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SOURCES:

An article from USA Today by Francisco Guzman: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/07/31/lake-lanier-deaths-history-georgia/70498888007/

An article from Travel Noire by Parker Diakite: https://travelnoire.com/lake-lanier-death-sparks-debate

An article from 11Alive by La'Tasha Givens, Makayla Richards, and Daris Schneider-Bray: https://www.11alive.com/article/news/community/voices-for-equality/oscarville-lanier-lake-black-town-riot-mae-crow-chattahoochee-beulah-rucker/85-8647e2be-a07b-4e80-91cc-61613d0ff472

An article from A-Z-Animals by Cindy Rasmussen: https://a-z-animals.com/blog/discover-why-lake-lanier-could-be-americas-most-dangerous-lake/

An article from Oxford American by Anjali Enjeti: https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier

An article from CNN by Faith Karimi: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/31/us/lake-lanier-urban-legends-trnd/index.html

An article from NewsOne by Victoria Kim: https://newsone.com/4513448/black-folklore-in-video-episode-2-the-ghosts-of-lake-lanier/

An article from Unilad by Stefania Sarruba: https://www.unilad.com/news/lake-lanier-most-haunted-explained-217864-20230707

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An article from YourTango by Livvie Brault: https://www.yourtango.com/news/is-lake-lanier-haunted-by-racist-history-ghosts-curse