While the ghost of Theodosia Burr Alston is a prominent legend on Bald Head Island, there is no specific information connecting her haunting to The Inn at Bald Head Island (which is sometimes referred to as "Theodosia's Bed & Breakfast"). The Inn does not have a haunted reputation of its own; rather, the stories of Theodosia are a general part of the island's folklore. The ghost stories associated with Theodosia involve her disappearance in 1812 while traveling by sea from Charleston to New York. The ship she was on, The Patriot, vanished and was found shipwrecked off the North Carolina coast with no survivors. The legend claims that Theodosia's ghost now haunts the shores of Bald Head Island, frantically searching for an escape. Tourists and residents have described seeing her apparition in several ways: A transparent young woman walking along the beach, leaving no footprints in the sand. Her specter emitting a soft, ethereal glow. The vision of her being chased by three other ghosts, believed to be the pirates who murdered her.