True Stories

This story dates back to 1970, when I was just 18 years old. I will not give my name because people never believed me,...

I was young, maybe in first grade, when this happened. It was Christmas break, and my aunt had come home on leave from the...

It was a cold, dark Thanksgiving evening in rural West Virginia. My family and I were on our way home from my grandpa’s house...

This happened just a few days ago. My girlfriend and I had gone to September Fest. We stayed out late eating and hanging out...

I live in Wayne County, West Virginia. About 14 years ago, my wife, Jacklyn, and I stayed at Cabwaylingo Park for the weekend. We...

I would like to start by letting everyone know that I grew up in Widen. I have lived in seven different homes in this...

In the 1990s, I worked as a lifeguard at Cabwaylingo Pool. Late one evening, I was the only one there cleaning up. I was out...

When I was a child, my family used to take vacations to visit West Virginia’s state parks, and my dad especially loved Droop Mountain...

I had just started working at a McDonald’s in Huntington. I was only in my first week, but I was already seeing a lot...

My grandparents bought a farm in Wayne, West Virginia, and in the summer of 1998 my family came to visit them. One day, my...

I was 14 when my baby sister, Tinsley, was born. When Tinny turned 3, she started acting like she had an imaginary friend. She...

I was 25 years old and dating the woman who is now my wife. My family was using the Dunlow Community Center for our...