Somerset Place is known for being a famously haunted historic site, primarily due to legends surrounding a plantation owner's wife who reportedly screams for her son after he drowned in a canal on the property. This historic plantation and state park has been featured on various television programs due to its documented history of life and labor under slavery and the lingering spiritual presence associated with these tragic events. The haunting is tied to a specific tragic event where the plantation owner's wife's young son drowned in one of the plantation's canal ditches. On certain nights, it is said that the mother's disembodied screams can be heard as she cries out for her lost child.