The name 'Old Woman Run' in West Virginia boasts a surprising...
SUTTON, W.Va. — Sharp-eyed travelers visiting the historic district in downtown Sutton may observe two streams tumbling out of the hills to join the...
The ghosts of Sliding Hill are not forgotten by an older...
HARTFORD CITY, W.Va. — Old-timers still tell of the ghosts that are said to haunt Sliding Hill in Mason County, though only the very...
West Virginia museum curator: locals know there's a Bigfoot out there
SUTTON, W.Va. — Locals know there's a Bigfoot, or several of the creatures, living in the forests of central West Virginia, according to the...
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 tale of Burnt House lives through strange W.Va. town name
BURNT HOUSE, W.Va. — Motorists traveling WV-47 between Weston and Parkersburg are sure to have noticed the sign for the village of Burnt House...
A silver rush in the Ohio Valley near Ravenswood, W.Va., came...
SILVER VALLEY, W.Va. — Is there silver in the hills of West Virginia? Parts of what's now western West Virginia enjoyed a kind of...
Tale of West Virginia monster may have first been documented in...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The legend of a now well-publicized West Virginia monster known regionally as the "White Thing" may have first been documented by...
Though a rarity in West Virginia, this Clarksburg duel was fought...
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — Possibly because of a resurgence of ideas about chivalry and codes of conduct, dueling surged in popularity in the U.S. in...
Tale of Petrified Witch of Kanawha County has been nearly forgotten
WITCHER CREEK, W.Va — It's likely that few English speakers who have observed the "Witchers Creek" road sign on US-60 have done so without...
The full tale of West Virginia's remarkable Greenbrier Ghost
LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Whether you believe in ghosts, it's a fact that a ghost enters the lawbooks in West Virginia. The account of the...
Do three legendary monsters inhabit the Monongahela River in W.Va.?
FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Far from the city lights that shimmer about its mouth at the Golden Triangle at Pittsburgh, the Monongahela River rises more...
Bizarre tale of the W.Va. woman whose feet never touched the...
CANVAS, W.Va. — Mountainous and often remote, West Virginia may enjoy more than its fair share of strange stories. Still, the tale of the...
