Horrific origin of West Virginia city name Wheeling: "Place of the...
WHEELING, W.Va. — To the average motorist hurtling through the City of Wheeling on Interstate 70, nothing about the place might seem particularly nefarious.
An...
Bizarre tale of "Moon Man" lives on in remote Braxton County...
CENTRALIA, W.Va. — The ghost town of Centralia, with no more than a dozen houses and a country store, might seem one of the...
Ghostly thunder in W.Va. mountains tied to subterranean source
GILBERT, W.Va. — As the tale goes, folks in the neighborhood of Codger Town in Wyoming County were haunted by a thundering rumble, the...
Twin Falls Resort State Park in West Virginia boasts its own...
SAULSVILLE, W.Va. — While reports of the Polk Hollow Monster haven't reached the frequency they had in the 1970s and '80s, there's no doubt...
Remote campground in central West Virginia includes its own ghost
CENTRALIA, W.Va. — While there are many remote campgrounds in West Virginia, few are as remote as Baker's Run Campground and boast their own...
Bigfoot sightings near Sutton, West Virginia, have historic precedent
SUTTON, W.Va. — Sightings of a bigfoot alleged in the wilderness surrounding Sutton Lake in central West Virginia may have a historical precedent.
According to...
Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia...
In the late 1990s, I was asked to pen a book of West Virginia folklore. I opted instead to create my own tales based...
Prehistoric mystery underlies ancient "Egypt" in Mount Hope, W.Va.
MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Due to its remarkable fertility, the valley of Dunloup Creek in south-central West Virginia was once called by settlers "Egypt."...
Did one of earliest UFO reports in the U.S. originate over...
MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Though details are obscure, one of the first UFO sightings reported in the U.S. may have originated in West Virginia...
Mysterious worm invasion wreaked havoc in Wetzel County in 1918
LITTLETON, W.Va. — In the summer of 1918, a procession of billions of ravenous "worms" passed through the hills of eastern Wetzel County, wreaking...
LOVE-HATE tattoos have terrifying origin in West Virginia nightmare
MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — The iconic LOVE-HATE tattoos that adorn many thuggish fists in the U.S. are tied to one of the most horrific events...
Tale of historic tragedy haunts the hills of northern Putnam County
LIBERTY, W.Va. — Eighteenmile Creek wanders quietly through the low hills of northern Putnam County, revealing not in the least any potential for tragedy...