True Stories

This story dates back to 1970, when I was just 18 years old. I will not give my name because people never believed me,...

I was young, maybe in first grade, when this happened. It was Christmas break, and my aunt had come home on leave from the...

It was a cold, dark Thanksgiving evening in rural West Virginia. My family and I were on our way home from my grandpa’s house...

I live in Wayne County, West Virginia. About 14 years ago, my wife, Jacklyn, and I stayed at Cabwaylingo Park for the weekend. We...

This happened just a few days ago. My girlfriend and I had gone to September Fest. We stayed out late eating and hanging out...

I myself never encountered this, but I have always heard the story as I was growing up, and my brother who is 8 years...

My dad’s mom and dad owned a small diner along the crooked road of U.S. 52, just north of Gilbert in Mingo County. I’m...

In the 1990s, I worked as a lifeguard at Cabwaylingo Pool. Late one evening, I was the only one there cleaning up. I was out...

I had just started working at a McDonald’s in Huntington. I was only in my first week, but I was already seeing a lot...

When I was a child, my family used to take vacations to visit West Virginia’s state parks, and my dad especially loved Droop Mountain...

I was 25 years old and dating the woman who is now my wife. My family was using the Dunlow Community Center for our...

I grew up in Gallipolis, across the Ohio River from Point Pleasant. In high school I found an old scrapbook of my mother's with...