New podcast series revisits gruesome murder of WVU co-eds
Even after half a century, new information is coming to light regarding the gruesome murders of two hitch-hiking students who disappeared from the campus of West...
Strange haunting near Summersville Lake may be largely forgotten
Paddlers who run the lower Gauley River may have gotten to know W.Va. Route 129 west of Summersville Lake in Nicholas County, but this...
W.Va. brewery names new beer after famous local ghost
Officials at the Greenbrier Valley Brewing Company announced today the unveiling of a new beer created in honor of the legendary ghost of Zona...
Lilacs associated with a haunting West Virginia ghost story
Lilacs are in bloom in May in the Alleghenies, where spring comes late, and when traveling through these mountains I can't help but recall...
Powell Mountain Goat beloved inhabitant of central West Virginia
Photojournalist Anne Johnson on May 1 stopped on the flank of Powell Mountain in central West Virginia to visit its regionally famous inhabitant -- a...
Tale of Green-Harrison Tragedy haunts the hills of Putnam County
Eighteenmile Creek wanders gently through the green hill country of northern Putnam County, revealing not in the least any potential for tragedy along its banks....
Tale of Petrified Witch of Kanawha County nearly forgotten
Surely few English speakers who have observed the "Witchers Creek" road sign on U.S. 60 have done so without considering the association with the...
Windy nights recall legend of Sam Hart and race with the...
Windy nights such as come sweeping through the hollows in spring in West Virginia may put many residents of the town of Lewisburg in...
Interest growing in W.Va. haunted places, says Web developer
PAX, W.Va. -- Interest in West Virginia's haunted places is growing, says a Web developer whose guide to West Virginia ghosts is now ranked...
Did a lunatic first discover what would become West Virginia?
Crazy as it might seem, an enduring legend posits that the land now within the boundaries of West Virginia was first visited by a...
Introducing the 5 most haunted places in W.Va.
The Travel Channel ranks two West Virginia landmarks among the most haunted in the United States, but ghost hunters know there are many more....
Ghost in the Machine: Moore returns after 14 years
The 2014 relaunch of West Virginia Explorer has been deputied not by a jet-setting newcomer to the industry, but by our publication's first webmaster....
