The Headless Man
I was seven years old and living in Mingo County, West Virginia, in a small community called Chattaroy. My father, uncle and my four brothers were on our front porch at dusk and beginning of dark. We were laughing, talking, and swinging, when we heard a noise coming from...
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 spectacular cascades. But I don't suppose many know that the creek heads up in the plateau near Oak Hill and that it was named because...
Seen By Only One
It was a couple of months ago, my friend Sarah and I were exploring a grave yard near Sarah's house. We looked around and saw only graves. Then my friend looked at a cross-shaped grave and saw an old lady. She then told me that there was an old...
The Glen Jean Sisters
About 12 years ago there were these two sisters who loved the outdoors. They were also fascinated with trains and they lived in a little town full of trains, and some nights they would just sit out side and listen to the trains.
One warm night on June 07, 1989,...
The House Ghost Of Relatives
It all started one night when I was in my room and all of the sudden something woke me. It was like a cold chill or feeling it was just something not normal, something not right at the time. When I was five years old, I opened my eyes...
Apartment 17
It all started about ten years ago, I had just lost my job and was looking for a cheap place to live. I was looking in the paper when I found a low-income apartment for rent. I called about it to make sure it was still empty. When I...
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...
Hallway Ghost
In the summer of 2002, I was in the bathroom with the dog, brushing my teeth when I saw something run past the door. This black shadow looked like a person dressed in black with a black mask on. It ran past the door, but it was hard to...
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...
Ghosts of Droop Mountain
The stories that I am going to tell you didn't happen to me but it happened to my mother, my aunt, and my mother's cousins. My mother was raised on Droop Mountain, West Virginia right beside where the Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is. At that time there was...
Haunted Welcome Center
In the early morning hours of September 9, 2018, my family and I were on our way home from vacation in Florida and my husband decided he was too tired to drive anymore so he pulled over at the I-64 Welcome Center. I was frustrated because we were only...
Pool of Blood
I was all alone in my house on a rainy night. I just started to pop some popcorn and I heard someone call, "Jessica." I froze where I was and waited a second. I saw a shadow in the hallway and went to investigate. I heard, "Jessica" in a...
Latest Ghost Encounters
The Shadow People
I have lived in the small town of Burlington my whole life. Burlington is rich in history that is extremely hard to find. One...
Log Cabin 1766
We bought a house which was also a log cabin that was built in 1766. It was located on WV 9, 3 miles west...
Grocery Store Ghost
I refuse to mention the grocery stores by name but 7 years ago I was a manager at one in Southern West Virginia. It...
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...