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Cole Mountain Light  The orange and red light that has been seen on the slopes of Cole Mountain have mystified the local residents for well over 100 years... what secrets lay behind the origins of this southern ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Frist House The years of the Civil War wreaked a terrible toll on the citizens of West Virginia and on the slaves who were held captive in points further south. For many years, there have been stories ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Ghost Of Darkish Knob During the years prior to the Civil War, the Underground Railroad was the path to freedom for many slaves who were held in the south. The route through the rugged hills of what is now West ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Greenbrier Ghost Besides being a unique case in the annals of West Virginia ghost lore, the story of the Greenbrier Ghost has made history in other places also, like in the documents of the American court ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 John Brown's Ghost Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery...... John Brown, 1837Along the streets of Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, a strange, ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Livingston Wizard One of the strangest poltergeist cases of all time haunted the home of a farmer named Adam Livingston, who lived in this small community at the end of the 1700's.... some say, these strange ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Mothman "Mothman" is perhaps one of the strangest creatures to ever grace the annals of weirdness in West Virginia, or even in all of America for that matter. Even though this mysterious and ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 The Haunted Moundsville Prison The prison was built on the edge of Moundsville in 1866, just three years after West Virginia was admitted to the Union. Within a short time, it was surrounded by the town and the tall ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004 Van Meter Farm Located just south of the present site of Petersburg is a hollow where the ghost of a headless man walks... a lingering spirit born of tragedy that occurred here long ago.George Van Meter's ... Author: Troy Taylor | Editor: JMoore | Added: 07-14-2004
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