Ghostly Face
My wife and I, along with our two children moved into an apartment located on Main Street, Oak Hill. Shortly after moving into the residence my oldest daughter, who was 3 years old at the time started acting a little out of her ordinary.
One night while I was watching...
Browning Fork Haunted?
I had just moved to Browning Fork around 5 years ago. Nothing ever bad had happened to me, I never saw anything at all.
Then one day I met a girl, we became best friends. Ever since that day I have had scary things happen to me. You would never...
Banshee
One evening as I was reading, I started to hear a faint wailing noise. I did not pay much attention to it until it got louder. I asked my son if he could hear anything but he said no. Thinking I had a headache I took some aspirin but...
When The Trees Fade
In April of 2009 my sister and I visited our grandmother in Nice, France. While walking the streets we came across a voodoo shop and decided to go in. The priestess asked us where we were from and we told her Elkins, WV in the US. She said, "I've...
Weirdness At Weirton Medical Center
For five years, I worked 3-11 in the Housekeeping department at Weirton Medical Center in Weirton, West Virginia. There were several ghosts in that building, and I have a few short tales here. My ghost tales are amusing now, but weren't at the time. My job at WMC was...
Sister’s House
My sister died in bed at her home in 1988. Although she was ill, her husband was also caught at one time by his sons trying to smother her to death. A few days after she died, my niece was in the house. There was a small hallway between...
Light At The End Of The Tunnel
The weekend following the assignation of President John F. Kennedy at his reported assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, two of my neighborhood friends and I walked off across the railroad tracks from the old C&O Depot at 53rd Street and Lancaster Avenue. We were on our way up the side...
Death Messenger
My grandfather, Christy Minks, had a farm by Silver Run south of the East Tunnel cut and part of the farm was actually on top of the tunnel. My dad was born 1894 in a log cabin by the tunnel. Dad claimed to have seen the "Ghost". He also...
Guardian Angel?
I had lost my dad at a young age of 14. My dad was my hero. He was our world. My family is a close family in which we share our happiness, dreams, sorrows, disappointments... all of it!
I was on my way home after visiting with my mother. There...
Back In The Holler
Newly married, my husband was excited to be taking me to visit and meet his Grandparents. All I knew about them and the area in which they lived was that it was back in what was referred to as a holler and that they continued to live without many...
Apartment 17
It all started about ten years ago, I had just lost my job and was looking for a cheap place to live. I was looking in the paper when I found a low-income apartment for rent. I called about it to make sure it was still empty. When I...
An Encounter With The Unknown
One day I was walking the four-wheeler paths back in the woods. I walked about a mile and came on the top of a hill and out of the corner of my eye; I saw what appeared to be some type of ghost or creature with wings in 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...