The Lost Colony Coverage

New clue: Lost 400-year-old village of Roanoke could have stood in Elizabethan Gardens

The mystery surrounding the Lost Colony, Roanoke and Sir Walter Raleigh's early explorers is one that's fascinated generations of North Carolinians.

JOHN RAILEY: Andy Griffith delivered "Mayberry Miracle" for Mike Easley, lively times kept going

Sunday, April 10, 2022 -- In 1989, some North Carolina Democratic leaders had tried to recruit Andy Griffith to run against incumbent Republican Jesse Helms for the U.S. Senate. Internal polls showed Andy could win the race, some said. Andy rejected the push and was wise to do so. He might well have won and his very private self would have hated the very public job.

Forest Theatre: Century-old amphitheater has hidden connection to Lost Colony

Nestled in the woods, just around the corner from the historic Gimghoul Castle, is a century-old theater that looks like something out of a fairytale.

Heather Leah, WRAL multiplatform producer

Archaeologists hope for historic discovery on new dig at 'Lost Colony' site

The "Lost Colony" has been one of North Carolina's most iconic mysteries for centuries, and now a new effort is underway to find out what happened to the state's first English settlers.

Keenan Willard, WRAL Eastern North Carolina reporter

Archaeologists resume search for 'Lost Colony'

Archaeologists will probe new locations at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site over the next two weeks as part of ongoing efforts to solve America's oldest unsolved mystery - the fate of Sir Walter Raleigh's "Lost Colony" that went missing more than 400 years ago.

'The Lost Colony' production in Outer Banks cut short due to COVID-19

The 2021 season of "The Lost Colony," a play based on one of North Carolina's most famous mysteries, has come to an end after a cast member tested positive for COVID-19.