Ghosts

BURNT HOUSE, W.Va. — For generations, the unusual name of this Ritchie County community has been explained by a dark tale involving murdered travelers, a burning tavern, and an enslaved woman whose ghost reportedly haunted the site. But one of the county’s earliest published histories tells a substantially different story, raising questions about how much … Read more

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 “Greenbrier Ghost,” as the specter of the late Zona Heaster Shue came to be known, has been retold time and again, but, as is the case in most such tales, the … Read more

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Some of the most chilling tales of hauntings in West Virginia are based on actual events, and one of the most horrific is that of the Screaming Lady of Mason County. Her ghost is said to haunt or to have haunted the woods south of the Great Bend in the Hay … Read more

GILBERT, W.Va. — As the tale goes, folks in the neighborhood of Codger Town in Wyoming County were haunted by a thundering rumble, the origins of which were attributed to a ghost they called “Old Thump.” Reuben Mitchell heard it himself as a boy in the ’60s. “I’ll never forget it! One night, I was … Read more

Need help finding a ghost? Ghost hunters who are exploring West Virginia will have an easier time sharing and investigating experiences thanks to a new interactive map of hauntings being published by WVGhosts.com. Available at haunts.WVGhosts.com, the map locates the sites of more than 200 reported encounters with ghosts and other supernatural phenomena across the … Read more