The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories

by Visionary Living, Inc.

Overview

More than 100 of the best, most thrilling accounts of hauntings from the Mountain State from one of the nation's leading experts, including... • Headless ghosts and wandering soldiers at Droop Mountain • The Weeping Woman tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg • John Brown's restless spirit in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town • The violent ghosts at the Western State Penitentiary in Moundsville • Hauntings of the murdered Mamie Thurman • Tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston"There are few names in the field of paranormal research as prestigious as Rosemary Ellen Guiley. The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories is a fantastic collection of the Mountain State's ghostlore. Guiley takes readers into the legends and the phenomena like no one else can. She puts new perspective on the stories you knew and digs up new ghosts still waiting to be discovered by the masses."—Jeff Belanger, author of The World's Most Haunted Places and host of 30 Odd Minutes"Rosemary Ellen Guiley's latest book leads you on a phantasmagorical passage through the mountains and valleys of the state. From the earliest specters spawned by George Washington's family to the ghosts presaging the bloody Civil War in Harpers Ferry to the still-perturbed spirits of the Hatfields and McCoys, she casts a wide web over the small state. Entertaining, enticing, and totally enjoyable, The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories is a worthy addition to her writings on the paranormal."—Mark Nesbitt, author of Civil War Ghost Trails and The Ghosts of Gettysburg series

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811711159
Publisher:	Stackpole Books
Publication date:	03/01/2014
Series:	Big Book of Ghost Stories
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Rosemary Ellen Guiley lives in Connecticut and is one of the leading experts on the paranormal, with more than 50 published books on the subject, including The Encyclopedia of Ghosts & Spirits (978-0-8160-6737-4) and The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft, & Wicca (978-0-8160-7104-3). She has worked full time in the paranormal since 1983, researching, investigating, writing, and presenting at conferences and seminars. She has been featured on the History Channel, A&E, SyFy, Discovery, Animal Planet, and Travel Channel.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

The Eastern Panhandle

Harpers Ferry and Environs 9

Harper House 14

Wager House 15

Fire Engine House 15

Hog Alley 16

Camp Hill Soldiers 16

Maryland Heights 17

St. Peter's Church 18

Jefferson Rock 19

Harper Cemetery 19

The Iron Horse Inn 20

Hilltop Hotel Site 21

Charles Town and Environs 22

Jefferson County Courthouse 23

Old Jail Site 26

Gibson/Perkins House 27

Zion Episcopal Church and Cemetery 27

The Ghost of William Bailey 29

Edge Hill Cemetery 29

Washington House Inn 30

The Old Opera House 30

Paddy's Irish Pub 32

Shepherdstown and Environs 33

Shepherd University 34

Ender Hotel and Historic Shepherdstown Museum 39

Shepherdstown Sweet Shop Bakery 40

Devonshire Arms Café & Pub 40

Elmwood Cemetery 41

Apollo Civic Theater 42

Berkeley Springs and Environs 43

Berkeley Castle 44

Lot 12 50

Dutch Cemetery 51

Panorama at the Peak 52

Cacapon Resort State Park Golf Course 54

Middleway and Environs 55

Legend of the Wizard Clip 56

Priest Field 65

Potomac Highlands

Droop Mountain 69

Denmar Correctional Center 75

Watoga State Park 76

The Cole Mountain Ghost Light 76

The Screaming Ghost of Darkish Knob 77

Seneca Caverns 78

Seneca Rocks 79

Davis & Elkins College 81

Phantom Hitchhiker 83

A Peddler's Ghost 83

Mountaineer Country

Morgantown and Environs 87

West Virginia University 87

Morgantown Public Library 89

Cheat Lake 90

The Headless Horseman of Rivesville 91

Fairmont and Environs 92

Marion County Historical Society and Museum 92

Headless Railroad Ghost 93

Fairmont Avenue 93

Pricketts Fort 95

Pricketts Homestead 98

The Ghost Lights of Benton's Ferry 99

The Flattened Man of Vinegar Hill 100

The Coffin Rider 100

Waldomore Mansion/Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library 102

Flinderation Tunnel 103

The Northern Panhandle

Wheeling and Environs 107

Main Street Bridge 108

Capitol Theatre 108

Tunnel Green 109

Peninsula Cemetery 110

Wetzel's Cave 111

Monument Place 112

West Virginia State Penitentiary 114

Grave Creek Mound 121

Aspen Manor 122

Bethany and Environs 125

Bethany College 125

Alexander Campbell Mansion 127

God's Acre Cemetery 128

Sistersville and Environs 129

Wells Inn 129

Greenwood Cemetery 131

The Ghost of Gamble's Run 131

The Jennings Gang and Doolin Run 133

The Mid-Ohio Valley

Parkersburg and Environs 139

Blennerhassett Island 139

Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History 145

Blennerhassett Hotel 146

Riverview Cemetery 148

Holliday Cemetery 152

Quincy Hill 154

Trans Allegheny Bookstore Building 155

Eaton's Tunnel 156

Marrtown Banshee 157

Silver Run Tunnel 159

Former Ravenswood Theater 160

Burnt House 161

The Gale Betts Ghost 163

Mountain Lakes

Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum 169

Millstone Run 181

West Virginian Wesleyan College 182

Hacker's Creek Hill 183

Glenville State College 184

The Hellfire Band of Gilmer County 187

Third Run 188

U.S. Route 19 188

The Headless Ghosts of Braxton County 189

Powell's Mountain 190

Haunted Valley 192

New River-Greenbrier Valley

The Greenbrier Ghost 197

Greenbrier County Courthouse 205

Beckley and Environs 206

Soldiers Memorial Theater 206

Raleigh County Courthouse 207

Ghosts of Cherry Creek Dip 207

The Cranberry Coal Miner 208

Kate's Mountain 208

Bluefield and Environs 210

Bluefield State College 210

Mercer County Airport 211

The Sandstone Ghost Light 212

The Phantom Dog of Peach Tree 212

John Henry and Big Bend Tunnel 213

Babcock State Park 215

Big Sewell Mountain 217

Pax School House Cemetery 219

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park 219

Metro Valley

Point Pleasant and Environs 227

Tu-Endie-Wei State Park 229

Lowe Hotel 231

State Theater 235

TNT Grounds 235

Huntington and Environs 237

Former Frederick Hotel Building 239

Keith-Albee Theater 240

Marshall University 241

Spring Hill Cemetery 243

Colonial Lanes 244

The Hitchhiking Ghost Girl of Fifth Street Hill 245

Guyandotte and Environs 248

The Lady in Black 250

Madie Carroll House 251

Buffington House 253

Grace Methodist Church Cemetery 253

Charleston and Environs 254

State Capitol Building 256

West Virginia State Capitol Center Theatre 257

University of Charleston 258

Woolworth Building 260

Former Shelton College 260

Hatfield-McCoy Mountains

The Ghost of Mamie Thurman 265

Hatfield Cemetery 273

Spry Cemetery 275

Bibliography 277

Acknowledgments 279

About the Author 280