Haunted West Virginia
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General Jenkins Plantation
Here is a link to the Jenkins Plantation
in Lesage, WV.
That site has links to lots of great
information...even newspaper clippings.
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Keith Albee Theater
Keith-Albee Homepage:
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Swann Cemetery This is the catchall site for Swann Cemetery.
On it you can find the inscriptions for both the Ousley's Gap
cemeteries, pictures of the family, genealogy, and most importantly, the email
address of George Swann, who now takes care of the cemetery (and also gladly
answers any inquiries!).
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Western Regional Jail
Apparently not only was the jail built
atop the site of the William Merritt family Cemetery (which was relocated) but
further evidence concludes that the area was also once a Woodland Indian
campground, dating back at least 1000BC to AD 10000. There is also evidence to
show that the area was possibly inhabited as long as 10,000 years ago in the
Early Archaic period.
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WV State Penitentiary
http://www.horrorchannel.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=262&page=1
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General McCausland House AKA "Grape Hill". This is located just outside Pliny, on the border of Putnam and Mason counties . I've never been in it, but apparently it has some weird architecture, from what my mom's friend told me. Gen. McCausland was quite paranoid after the war...being a Confederate general in Union territory...and as a result made the inside of the house in a way that you couldn't just enter a room straight on.
The person inside always
had the advantage of having a maze of twisting corridors. http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/WV/Mason/vacant.html http://www.dixieresearch.com/WV/GenMcCaus.html http://www.wvculture.org/HiStory/civilwar/mccausland01.html http://www.civilwarhome.com/McCauslandbio.htm http://new.vmi.edu/archives/Civil_War/CWGenerals/mccausld.html
New link with picture and a synopsis of
the architecture...quite interesting in my opinion....
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Marshall University
http://www.marshall.edu/parthenon/archives/19961029/news4.html
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Berkeley Springs Castle
It used to be open as a museum, but apparently the
new owner shut the museum down.
Rosa spent the family silver on throwing lavish
parties and died in poverty. It is thought her spirit still lurks in the castle,
a faded shell of its former grandeur. Laptop computers and cars break down
inexplicably anywhere near the vicinity, the Baltimore Sun reports, and photos
have strange images on them and apparitions appear in mirrors.
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The Lowe Hotel
http://www.ourstrangeworld.net/?p=7385#more-7385
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The General Lewis Inn Located in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV. Named for Revolutionary War hero, General Andrew Lewis. The inn opened in May of 1929, and was built atop a Civil War battlefield of 1862.
The east wing
of the inn is the site of the John Withrow House, built in 1834, with the lobby
and a west wing being added in 1928.
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5th Street Hill Ghost
Joseph Platania's Huntington Quarterly
Magazine article about the ghost:
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Spring Hill Cemeteries Charleston/Huntington
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Frederick Hotel
Various facts of interest taken from the
Spring/Summer 1997 issue of Huntington Quarterly...by Joseph Plantain:
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Woodmere Cemetery Established in 1918 in Huntington, WV.
I've heard several reports over the past
few years from this place being haunted, but most of these reports have come
from less than reliable witnesses, and generally involved activity that can be
dismissed---seeing someone walking along in the moonlight and various noises and
light anomalies.
When trying to find information on this
place online, all I kept getting was info about numerous sexual assaults and
copper thefts that occurred on the property. http://www.dignitymemorial.com/0282/LocalHome.aspx?id=home&LocNumbNLang=0282&LoadDefault=0
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Lake Shawnee
This is the old amusement park in Kegley,
WV which was featured last year on the Family Channel's Scariest Places on
Earth.
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John North House
A story of a romance ending in tragedy
makes a perfect ghost story. The John North Second House in Lewisburg is home to
such a story. Legend has it that a young lady was sent to live with her aunt and
uncle to keep her away from a soldier with whom she had fallen in love. She
spent much time in her room, sinking into a depression. During a Christmas visit
to her parent's house, she met her true love and he vowed to come to Lewisburg
to visit her. He kept his promise, but was only allowed to speak to her from the
corner of the street next to the house. After his departure, he paid children to
deliver spring flowers to her each day. He was never able to visit again, and in
despair, the young woman hanged herself in the only closet in the house. Since
then, owners of the house report smelling flowers, even in the winter, and
seeing a female apparition. One owner grew tired of hearing the sounds coming
from the closet, so he boarded it up, even though it was the only closet in the
house.
Now a museum noted for its unusually fine architectural detail, the
building features a carved entrance and elaborate hand carved interior woodwork.
Extensive genealogical studies are available.
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Parthenon Article:
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Ramsdell House
Built by shoemaker Z.D. Ramsdell in 1858
and located in Ceredo, WV. Supposedly there are former slaves buried on the property, and it is they who haunt the house, which is now a museum. http://www.wvculture.org/HiStory/wcn/wcn270317.html
Shadowlands Listing Description: Doors close on their own accord and lights are known to switch on and off.
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The Empty Glass
http://www.emptyglass.com/
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Lakin Industrial School for Colored Boys * Torn Down in 2006* My own summary followed by
the links. Not to be confused with Lakin State Hospital (or as it was formerly
known...The WV Hospital for the Colored Insane which was located across the
street). It was established by three
African American legislators, T.G Nutter, Harry Capehart, and T.J. Coleman, as a
state funded institution. It was the first of several institutions of its kind,
built just outside Pt. Pleasant in Lakin, WV. In 1956, the school shut down as
Brown v. Board of Education led to the gradual desegregation of public schools,
and the boys were sent to the industrial school in Pruntytown, WV. Today the hospital is mostly torn down, and what
is left is now part of a nursing home.
The original Lakin Industrial School and several surrounding buildings were
torn down in November, 2006 to make room for AEP's River Operations.
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Shelton College This former "college" has been a private residence for over 100 years now.
The Shadowlands listing for it is very brief,
mentioning only a "Pink Lady" apparition...for a complete story of the Pink
Lady, you can check out the book "The Greenbrier Ghost" by Dennis Dietz.
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Vandergrift Mansion
http://www.brookecountywvgenealogy.org/ksg.html
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Capitol Plaza Theater
http://capcenter.wvstateu.edu/
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The Red House Taken from the website:
http://eleanorwv.20m.com/p8.htm
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Charles Washington Inn Located in Jefferson County, WV and not to be confused with just the Washington Inn located nearby.
This house was
originally known as the Tiffin House, home of Senator Edward Tiffin. Guests utilizing that same upstairs bathroom have sometimes reported "boiling water in the toilet."
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River Park Hospital
http://media.www.marshallparthenon.com/media/storage/paper534/news/2003/10/31/hauntedhuntington/A.Spooktacular.Guide.To.Some.Ghostly.Fun.Around.Town-545480.shtml
She said other reports,
such as hearing someone walk down the hallway only to find no one is there and
lights turning on and off have mysteriously occurred.
She said other reports,
such as hearing someone walk down the hallway only to find no one is there and
lights turning on and off have mysteriously occurred.
The
supervisors did not stay in the room for long. They moved into a different room
because they reported that they could feel Edith's presence.
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WV Turnpike The WV Turnpike between Princeton and Charleston is plagued with many ghostly happenings.
Phantom hitchhikers, strange
lights, and UFOs are just some of the things that have been reported since
construction of the highway began in 1952.
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Poor House Farm - Martinsburg
WVGhosts Listing:
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Mai Moore Mansion Located in Apple Grove WV, the Mai Moore
mansion was once the home to Charles Page Thomas Moore, his wife Urilla Kline,
and four daughters, Ida, Rebecca, Lauretta Mai, and Elizabeth. After his parents
died when he was 14, he was adopted by his uncle George Moore and moved to Mason
county. He went on to become a justice of the WV Supreme Court
of Appeals and died on July 7, 1904. He is buried in nearby Bruce Chapel
Cemetery.
It was gutted by fire in 1968 and not much remains as of
today.
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Weston State Hospital
http://www.westonlandmark.com/links.htm
Lots of history on this site.
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Hale House
This house is located outside of Charleston, WV in the town of Malden. Built in
1838 by Dr. Joseph P. Hale as his private residence, it is now owned by the
Cabin Creek Quilt Cooperative.
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Colored TB Hospital at Denmar In February of 1917, the WV Legislature approved the building of a TB sanitarium in Pocahontas County for African Americans.
The site was chosen
for its high altitude, and thus healthy, fresh air. Several buildings and a
tract of land were purchased from the Maryland Lumber Company, and in January of
1919, the hospital admitted its first patients.
Soon after,
though...patients began being sent to the hospital by court order in an effort
to control the disease...and even the WV State Penitentiary in Moundsville sent
infected prisoners to the Denmar site.
It too was was shut down 8 years later and
also turned into a hospital for the chronically ill.
. This is a very isolated and active
paranormal location. In the mid 1990's the location was renovated and turned
into a correctional facility and is not available for the public to visit.
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Alderson Junior College The school opened in the fall of 1901 as Alderson Academy and then gained the status of junior college several years later. It was founded by Emma Alderson under the
sponsorship of the Greenbrier Baptist Church. (There is now a scholarship in her
name for students in Greenbrier Co.) Both shared a strong liberal arts Baptist philosophy. The merger was completed in 1932.
Apparently,
this was quite upsetting to Emma, and even though she was elected to the Board
of Trustees and many of the students and faculty of the junior college went to
AB, she chose never to even visit the campus.
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Hawks Nest State Park
Hawks Nest State Park is located in Ansted, WV...in Fayette County. In the
paranormal community, it is known for its long legacy of tragedy, and the
subsequent hauntings that tend to follow such.
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Blume Haven Inn
Located in
Fayetteville, WV.
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Monongalia County Cemetery This cemetery, located on West Run Rd. in Morgantown was once known as Potter's Field, the local pauper cemetery.
Today, renamed as Monongalia
County Cemetery, the property is maintained by the County Commission. Nothing concrete showed up on camera or on audio, but we did have a few personal experiences. There is an overwhelming sense of paranoia about the place...like someone is watching you the whole time you're there.
Going back down the path,
we could hear what sounded like footsteps a few paces behind us. Turning sharply
around to try to catch the "phantom" stalker...we both saw three shadows
illuminated on the hillside...yet there were only two of us present.
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The Madie Carroll
house is located in Guyandotte, WV and has quite the unusual history,
arriving by flatboat from Gallipolis, OH in 1810, and over the years serving
as an inn, church, and private residence.
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Glen Ferris Inn
Home Page:
In 1853 the "common room" was expanded into
what is now known as the Glen Ferris Inn.
In fact,
according to some web sites, the house served as a makeshift hospital
between 1863 and 1865. Renovations occurred in the 1960's and the 1980's.
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Wells Inn
Originally known as
the Hotel Wells, this inn is located in Sistersville, WV. It was established
by Ephraim Wells in 1894 as a much needed luxury hotel, catering to the oil
barrens who had made their fortunes off of the recently discovered oil
reserves in the area.
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Elk Garden Mine
The Elk Garden Mine
in Mineral County, plagued with a violent past, suffered a major fatality on
April 24th, 1911.
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Sunrise Carriage Trail
The Sunrise carriage trail
is a trail connecting the C&O Train Depot with the mansion home of the 9th
governor of WV, William MacCorkle.
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Beech Fork Lake State Park
The Bowen Cemetery
at Beech Fork is said to be haunted...despite talk that when the land was
flooded to create the lake, they left the bodies and moved the headstones.
There are also a few historic cabins that could be promising.
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Greenbrier Ghost
As this ghost only showed
herself to her mother 4 times and then was never seen again...there really
isn't much to investigate. Nevertheless, its an interesting story, from both
a legal and a paranormal view.
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Spencer State Hospital
In 1885, crowding at the state
mental institution at Weston became so great, that the need for a new
facility was a top priority.
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Harpers Ferry WV
http://www.harpersferrywv.net/ghost_stories_of_harpers_ferry__.htm
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Monument Place
Monument Place is located in Wheeling, WV and is
said to be the home of a ghostly lady. People have also heard the sounds of
music and dancing coming from the second floor of the mansion.
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Soldier's Memorial Theater
The
Soldier's Memorial Theater opened up in Beckley, WV in 1932 as a memorial to WWI
soldiers and sailors. http://www.forgemtn.net/~smtac/
Newspaper
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