True Stories

I will never forget the morning when I was heading to work as an RN at the old Stevens Clinic Hospital in Welch, WV. It was early as I was on the 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. shift and I had approximately a 45 minute drive from my home...

I was working at a little store on the Elk River, near Elkview. I always got stuck with the night shift and it was boring most of the time. One night at about 3AM I was standing behind the counter looking out the window when a car pulled in,...

I was all alone in my house on a rainy night. I just started to pop some popcorn and I heard someone call, "Jessica." I froze where I was and waited a second. I saw a shadow in the hallway and went to investigate. I heard, "Jessica" in a...

After my story circulated, another officer described something peculiar that happened to them. One night this officer was working in Davis Hall alone. At that time, the newly committed inmates to Federal Prison Camp Alderson were housed temporarily in Davis Hall before receiving their permanent assigned living areas in...

About two years ago, I lived in Madison, West Virginia with my mother and her former husband. We rented an older house there that sufficed our needs. The house appeared to be an ordinary, quaint, living space. I did find out there had been many owners prior to our...

During the fall of 1980, my husband and his father were hunting a wild and remote part of Ritchie County called the Oxbow. My father-in-law had a passion for collecting old bottles and spotted an old house down in a field below where he was squirrel hunting. He walked...

Since my mildly autistic 12 year old has no siblings and lacks somewhat in the social graces, I've been, equal parts father and playmate while spending, as you might expect, considerable time in the park. Tomlinson Run State Park, that is. In fact, when his homework-obsessed mother leaves for...

My family who grew up on Ward Road has experienced these series of encounters. Growing up, going to my grandmother's house was an every evening thing. I would hear my mother and her siblings talk about the things they have experienced growing up beside the woman whose feet never touched...

One day about a week from Halloween, I was outside riding my bike close to the steps that take you up town. The second time I passed the steps I heard someone say, "Hello". I had no clue who it could be but I was curious so I turned...

The two stories I am about to tell was told to me by my second and third cousins. The first story happened to my third cousin when he was a baby. He had a wind up mobile that would play music and would turn as it played; the only...

The following takes place near Parsons, WV. Late one night, my husband and I, were on our way home from my parent's house. They live out in the country on an old back road on a stretch of road called, Slip Hill. It is very dark there at night. We were...

When I was about 3 or 4 years old, we lived in West Virginia for a brief time. I will always remember the moment when I saw the ghost in my closet. It is one of my earliest and most vivid memories. I really have not told many people...