Lake Normon, built in the 1960’s is the largest manmade lake in North Carolina. It spans 4 countries and around 34 miles. Before it became a lake, it was originally home to the indigenous people of the Catawba Tribe. Later settlers built towns there, cemeteries and there was even a battlefield there. Some folks think…
As always you can listen to this story on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9QWzIP-a7Q Daddy was a preacher, an angry violent man behind closed doors. As a husband & father: arrogant, condescending, demeaning, humiliating, self-absorbed & pathologically narcissistic. In 2013, I hadn’t spoken to Daddy in a couple of years & woke up in the night with the…
Listen to the story on YouTube: https://youtu.be/pBfFt1ffvb0 When I was in my twenties I had come on some hard times through divorce and I had a friend who invited me to stay with her for a few days . I agreed and we went over the rules of the house and she wanted to let…
Funny but creepy experience in a church bathroom Hey folks, welcome to Spooky Appalachia, where each week we cover a fan submitted story from you the fans. This week we’ve got a good one from our good friend Allie, that’s both creepy and funny! When I was a kid, I was part of a youth…
When I was 12 years old I stayed up late watching MTV. I had just turned off the TV and decided to sleep on the couch. As I laid down the VCR started ejecting a tape and then taking it back in, then ejecting over and over, I got spooked and looked around. As I…
Audio version of this story, as well as some other Virginia cryptids on our YouTube: https://youtu.be/HUWg82f3UQ4?si=sMhvJ5DZ4cGyuvpL&t=1292 This is one we keep hearing a lot about but didn’t really know a lot about. I was surprised to see when looking into it that this was a Virginia and Tennessee cryptid. It’s said to walk upright like…
The Lyric Theater opened in 1909, on the corner of Wilson Ave and North Main ST in downtown Blacksburg. In the 1930 it moved to it’s current location with a 900 seating capacity (reduced to 477 in 1990’s reconstruction), state of the art equipment, an orchestra put, and a pretty big luxury for the time,…