True Stories

One cold winter night, my friend J. and I were returning from an early movie at the old Palace theater in Parkersburg West Virginia. We took a short-cut down over Ambrose Hill to get to Sixth Street. As usual a slow moving freight train was passing by and we...

It was a terrible time in my life. My wonderful Mother lost her life to Cancer and I was at the funeral home saying my last good-byes with all the rest of my family. I was trying to be strong for my Dad and my sister Thelma. They were...

My grandmother lives in Terra Alta WV. It is a very small town where everyone knows everyone. She lives on top of a hill that somewhat overlooks the town, on the same road my Great Aunt has a house there and so does my great grandmother. My grandmother is...

So many things took place at my childhood home, so many that it's hard to know where to begin. I'm 27 years, married w/child, and moved to a different part of the county, however, I feel as though I am still visited on occasion. I suppose I should narrow the...

My wife and I were witnesses to a specter on the side of the road about two and a half weeks ago. It was 4:30 am on a country rural road outside Charles Town. This area by the way had vast amounts of Civil War activity. The white cloudy object...

In 1990, I was a civil war reenactor with the 17th Virginia Cavalry. We had gone to Droop Mountain for the reenactment in October. I rode to Droop with Joe Hoff, another member of the 17th. It was raining hard and had been all evening. We arrived about ten...

"It was making maneuvers over the two Sycamores, going up and down, end over end, right to left...very rapidly. It was cigar-shaped, rounded on each end," recalled 92-year-old Bernard McDonald of Mt. Zion. McDonald, a former Calhoun teacher and farmer was 43 when the sighting occurred, and is still...

On September 12, 1952, just before dark four boys were playing football on the playground at Flatwoods School. These were local boys and they often played at the school in the evenings. Today would be special because what was seen this evening would cause people to talk for many...

I was told this story by my adoptive mother, who was born in Wirt County. I've also heard it from older family members. Way back up in a holler in Wirt County is a two-story, white house. It has been unoccupied since the early 1900's. Rumor has it that nobody...

It was a cold Winter night, me and my cousin Maria were on our way to see our Aunt Kate and Uncle Max. We were driving on a concrete country road and we slide on a patch of ice. As we were spinning there was this Icy face right...

My Family moved to a house on North Walnut when I was 5 years old. It was then that I started to see this old woman on a regular basis. From my second story bedroom she seemed to float in through the window. A cold air rushed over me as...

While growing up in WV, I have heard many ghost stories. I originally lived in Coal City, and had heard the headless Hannah story of the girl who walked the train tracks located behind Independence High School. As a child, me and my friends often walked the tracks late...