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LBH Glenville State College

LBH Glenville State College

Shortly after my retirement as a police officer, I went to work for a public safety training agency. They had a satellite location at Glenville State College, on the third floor of Lewis Bennett Hall. I was the training coordinator, and in addition to assisting with some criminal justice classes,...
Ghost Encounter at Moundsville

Ghost Encounter at Moundsville

About 3 to 4 years ago, my best friend Brittany, her mother Shannon, Shannon's best friend Shina, and myself decided to take a trip to Moundsville State Penitentiary for Halloween. I wasn't expecting anything too major other than the normal creepy clowns dressed up, people jumping out at you,...
Hurricane Creek Road – Roadside Ghosts

Hurricane Creek Road – Roadside Ghosts

My encounter happened in the winter of 1983. I was a senior in high school during this time. I was picking up a friend of mine who was visiting her boyfriend who lived on Hurricane Creek Road in Putnam County, WV. It was early evening and already completely dark...
A Night at the Unmarked Graves

A Night at the Unmarked Graves

While growing up in Richwood, West Virginia, I had always heard local tales of the paranormal. There was a couple of friends of mine who had been visited by a Sasquatch-type creature in the Cranberry backcountry. There was the tale of the nearby Braxton County Green Monster. Ghost stories...
Green Eyes, Black Shadow

Green Eyes, Black Shadow

The story that I am going to tell is true. I know because I was the one who saw it. One morning the alarm went off at four o clock like it always does to get my wife up for work. I had to get up also because it...
Animals that Haunt

Animals that Haunt?

When I was a little girl I had pets, a black cat and a mixed German Shepherd dog. They didn't get along very well of course. The dog always just wanted to play, but the cat wouldn't have no part of it. She would sit on the footstool in...
The Ghost of Benedict Road

The Ghost of Benedict Road

This story took place in the 1980's. We were out partying one night, but before we could enjoy it, something huge started walking around us. The guys we were with decided to check it out. They all started walking around the perimeter. I could hear it, but never could...
Ghost of Burlington

Ghost of Burlington

A few years back I was working at a home for troubled teens called Burlington. One night I was sitting in the hall monitor chair, I seen a figure walk across the hall in front of me, and go into a room that is padded for when the teens...
The Little Blue House

The Little Blue House

So this story didn't happen to me personally, it happened to my dad's brother and sister-in-law and their two kids, however, I've heard it told so many times I feel like I was there. Anyway, it was around 1983-1984, my family lived in this little blue house in Guyandotte, WV. To...
Mist

Mist

I had moved back to my grandparents farm near Lost Creek, WV.  The old house had a bedroom upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs. My parents were upstairs, I was staying downstairs. My parents had a cat that I loved with all my heart. He hated me and would hide behind doors...
Moundsville Penitentiary

Moundsville Penitentiary

Me and my team did an all night ghost hunt at the prison. This was in 2011. We were down in the hole sitting in complete darkness asking questions when all of a sudden a brick comes flying through the air! A little later, as I was sitting in the...
Lilly

Lilly

Five or six years ago on Halloween, my daughter Jennifer, myself and two other friends visited Weston Hospital for one of the tours. My daughter who was in her mid-twenties at the time, had spent a significant amount of time working in a daycare in Charleston, WV. As we waited for the...

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