What is the deal with Lake Lanier?

Legend has it Lake Lanier is haunted. The perpetrators vary. Some blame spirits from the graves the Corps of Engineers never relocated in 1956. Others fault the phantoms of the twenty-seven victims who have died over the years at the lake but whose bodies were never successfully recovered.



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Although an impressive size, the lake's reputation is usually linked to its dark past. Since its creation in 1956, 700 people have died at the lake and 200 of those fatalities have been since 1994.

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LANIER. GET LANIER ON VOD! “Lanier” is inspired by the true events of Oscarville, Georgia, and the story of a detective who's forced to come to a realization of the dark truths hidden at the bottom of Lake Lanier.

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27-year-old man's body recovered from Lake Lanier days after disappearance. HALL COUNTY, Ga. - The body of a 27-year-old man has been recovered at Lake Lanier. Game wardens located and recovered the body of Leonardo Martinez of Buford at approximately 9:30 a.m. Aug.

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If you're one of the fortunate few who own a home or two bordering on Lake Lanier, you might think you're the king of your castle. That's true, to an extent; but, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) manages the lake and all the shoreline because that's public property and cannot be purchased by homeowners.

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Within a few days after lake turnover, the dissolved metals become insoluble and settle to the bottom. This leaves the lake water clear from the top to bottom, and the river water clears as well. Metals that have settled on the river bottom are eventually washed downstream by the daily generations.

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