Haunted Places in West Virginia
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West Virginia practically feels haunted before a ghost story even starts. Mountain isolation, coal-country history, old asylums, bridges, backroads, and small towns with deep local lore all give the state a powerful paranormal identity. If you are looking for haunted places in West Virginia, this guide explores eerie landmarks, strange legends, and the ghost stories that make the Mountain State such a natural fit for the supernatural.
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The Greenbrier Ghost: Testimony From a Murdered Wife
One state historical marker in the United States credits testimony from the dead with helping to convict a murderer, and it stands beside a…
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Room 208 and the Lady in White: General Lewis Inn
The General Lewis Inn sits on Washington Street East in Lewisburg, West Virginia, a few blocks from the spring where the town’s namesake pitched…
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Cole Mountain Light: The Lantern That Never Came Home
Drive the Hardy County stretch of Highway 55 after dark and you may hear about the Cole Mountain Light, a pale glow said to…
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Thirteen Graves Beneath Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, WV
Rust, a collapsed ferris wheel and a swing set that still moves in the wind: the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement Park sits on a…
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Why Haunted Shepherdstown Claims the Title of America’s Most Ghostly Town
Haunted Shepherdstown is a marketing line before it is a ghost story, and it is worth saying so plainly. This small town in Jefferson…
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Phantom Drums on High Street: Haunted Harpers Ferry
Two rivers collide at a rocky point where three states almost touch, and the town wedged into that gap has been shelled, burned, flooded…
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The Scream on Darkish Knob Above Parsons, West Virginia
Darkish Knob is not a landmark you notice from a distance. It is a steep, awkward hill on the edge of Parsons in Tucker…
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Parkersburg’s Blennerhassett Hotel and the Ghost Called Helen
The Blennerhassett Hotel has been standing at the corner of a Parkersburg street since 1889, back when West Virginia oil and gas money was…
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Flatwoods Monster: The 1952 West Virginia Encounter, Sightings & Legend
In the small town of Flatwoods, West Virginia, as the sun set on a crisp evening in September 1952, a series of events would…
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The Haunted Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia
Address: 71 South Asylum Drive, Weston, West Virginia 26452Phone: (304) 269-5070Website: trans-alleghenylunaticasylum.comTour Hours: Historic and paranormal tours generally run from March through November. Private investigations are available year-round…
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The Haunted Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia
Address: 320 Market Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia 26101Phone: 304-422-3131Website: booktheb.com History of the Blennerhassett Hotel The Blennerhassett Hotel, located in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, opened in 1889. It was…
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Berkeley Castle West Virginia: History and Reported Hauntings
Berkeley Castle West Virginia sits on a hill above the spa town of Berkeley Springs, a Gilded Age fantasy in stone that has been…
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West Virginia State Penitentiary
The Dark Legacy of West Virginia’s First State Prison Deep in the heart of West Virginia, the construction of the state’s inaugural prison commenced…