The Ghostly Blue Light
What if you were five or six years old and suddenly found yourself lost in the woods? As it grows darker you become increasingly afraid. Then a mysterious light appears. Would you follow the light, hoping that it would lead you home? Here is a story from West Virginia...
The Ghost Who Loved Music
My sister's ex-boyfriend Eric invited me to stay with him and his college friend, who is paralyzed from the waist down. He warned me of the strange things that happen there. One day as I was reading comic books on the computer chair Eric turned on the stereo.
As we...
The Ghost That Followed Me Home
When I was four years old, my family and I went to visit a cemetery near Fairmont, West Virginia. Since I was only four, I didn't know the name of the cemetery. We stopped and took a walk through the cemetery. It was only my dad, my older sister...
The Ghost Of My Best Friend
About two years ago my friend Stacey died of cancer. She used to stay at my house all the time. Well a few months ago I kept hearing someone sing me and Stacey's favorite song off of the movie Little Rascals, called "Love". I don't remember who sings it....
The Ghost Of Miller Hall
I was recently a resident of Miller Hall at Shepherd College. Here, other residents and I experienced bizarre findings. For one, we have all heard of the girl in the attic who hung herself. We decided to check it out, take some pictures, and the pictures we got back...
The Ghost Of Glenville State College
It is common knowledge in the community of Glenville that there is a ghost on the campus of the local state college. As far as known, it has never been seen but has been heard on numerous occasions by certain students, faculty members, and building caretakers as it passes...
The Ghost In My Attic
One night I was sitting in my living room watching TV with all the lights off by myself. Then all of a sudden I heard something. I looked around and thought maybe it was one of my dogs, but then I heard it again and my dogs were right...
The Ghost
My boyfriend is, to say the least, a very levelheaded individual, not at all one to make up stories. Therefore, whenever he told me these two stories, I believed him instantly, because he just does not have it in him to create such wild stories.
Anyway, one night he was...
The Evil Ghost
My brothers and some of their friends live in a big, old house in Fairmont, WV for college. Soon after they moved in, they began hearing weird noises and doors slamming. They checked with the most recent owners of the house and they had a picture of the house.
Nothing...
The End Of My Doubt – Jackson Co.
I had just turned 16, and I had just started dating a cousin of my friend. We all decided to stay at his grandmother's that night, and all of us were very excited and we were planning a night of fun. Mostly we stayed on the large porch on...
The Drunken Sailor
About 12 years ago, my high school history club went to Harper's Ferry for the ghost tour. My friend had to go to the bathroom, so we went to the public rest rooms. The way the town is set up, there are streets that run down the hill to...
The Demon In My House
I use to not believe in very many paranormal things that supposedly run around in this world. But that all changed one night about a year ago...
I was up late one night just lying down on the living room couch when I realized I needed to go use the...
Latest Ghost Encounters
Silver Gap Ghost near Oak Hill
I was walking with friends at night along the tracks that lead west out of Oak Hill toward Dothan. This gap is where the...
The Spirit that Stayed Around
This is a true short story from my newest book, Stories of the Fire House. Enjoy!
No collection of firehouse stories would be complete without...
Buried Secrets
This story took place at my parent's home in Brooke County in a town called Wellsburg, WV. My parents purchased this home back in...
The Shadow People
I have lived in the small town of Burlington my whole life. Burlington is rich in history that is extremely hard to find. One...
Log Cabin 1766
We bought a house which was also a log cabin that was built in 1766. It was located on WV 9, 3 miles west...