Haunted Object?
I live in rural West Virginia and I sell vintage and collectible items. One evening in the early fall of last year, I was alone and up quite late doing research on the Internet. My computer is in the living room, which is open to the dining room area,...
Green Eyes, Black Shadow
The story that I am going to tell is true. I know because I was the one who saw it. One morning the alarm went off at four o clock like it always does to get my wife up for work. I had to get up also because it...
Cat Seen Her First
In the 1960's, when I was about 8 years old, my family lived in a small hollow down off Fort Hill in Charleston. Our house had been built in the 1920's, and my deceased aunt & her family had lived there before I was born.
One night, I was asleep...
Ghost Train
I have heard stories of train wrecks in Terra Alta that have killed railroad workers. Well one evening I and my friends were driving across the tracks near Washington Ave, when we were in the middle of the tracks we saw this bright train light within feet of our...
My Great Aunt In The Attic
This woman, Moll Tickey, I am not sure how I am related to her; I think she is my great aunt. She had died sometime ago. She was a very old woman and had gray hair, which she always kept in a bun. My family had said she was...
E. Olive St. Ghost
One evening around 1 am a friend of mine and I was out driving through a heavy residential zone of Bridgeport. We were driving along E. Olive St. heading towards West Olive and the extremely aged Bridgeport cemetery (which is about 3/4 mile away and probably has nothing to...
Haunted Rich Mountain
I am 15 years old and live in Huttonsville, WV. I haven't had any encounters with any of the ghosts on Rich Mountain but, I do know people who have.
My dad has told me stories of when he was young and has heard noises and he has seen strange...
Seneca Caverns Ghosts
On occasion, the staff at Seneca Caverns goes through the cavern between tours to sweep the steps free of the gravel and pick up trash that tourists sometimes leave behind. On many occasions while sweeping the steps, particularly while sweeping the set of stairs directly above the area known...
Dad’s Grave
I use to hunt doves every September when dove season came in. Also, my two son's and friends would go, we would have a great time wing shooting doves, and I looked forward to this time every year. I grew up in a hunting family, and I tried to...
Little Boy Phantom
It was winter of 1994 and my mother had just gotten home from work. My babysitter was taking care of me. As my mom was going upstairs to her bedroom, she saw a little boy run across the upstairs hallway. She screamed and my babysitter almost dropped me. My...
Trailer In Wayne
We had not had any problems anywhere else we lived until we moved into a trailer just above Wayne. Nothing really happened for a long time; you just had a very uneasy feeling and many cold spots.
Then my son started complaining of seeing what he said was great big...
Spooked By The Light
This story is similar to the Fayette County - Lick Fork Rd. (Witchy Hollow) Story. I was driving South on Rt. 79 in 1991. I was between the Sutton exit and Rt. 19 exit. While driving I saw bright headlights coming at me in my rear view mirror, but...
Latest Ghost Encounters
The White Wolf of Whitlock Farm
I guess a lot of people know about Wolf Creek near Fayetteville because it drops into the New River Gorge in a series of...
The Unrestful Spirits of Institute, West Virginia
The festivities of Halloween bring about tales of ghosts, goblins, witches, and of course the Devil himself. Year after year, we engage in the...
Ghost Solider
My three friends and I were headed home from the Wayne Pioneers football game Friday night around 10 pm. We were talking and listening...
Yellow Boots
I live in Mingo County. I was 18 when this happened to me. Since this was our Senior year in 1999, my friends and...
Valentine Ghost
It was 1995 and I was 16 and had my first boyfriend, I'll call him James. James was 18 and had a 77 Charger...