đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Listen to this story on YouTube below, or on most podcast platforms. Back in the mid 1970’s I lived for a couple of years with my great uncle Marvin and aunt Elsie down to Susie Kentucky to help them with their tobacco farm. When uncle Marv pased and aunt Elsie…
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Appalachian childhood ghost encounter: A haunting memory from 1954
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Listen to this story on YouTube below, or on most podcast platforms. This occurred in 1954, when I was 9 years old. Daddy had just finished building, an addition to our house, so I got my own bedroom, my sisters shared another bedroom, and Mama and Daddy had their bedroom….
1987 Virginia UFO sightings: Witness Stories Beyond Wytheville
A Galax Virginia sighting October 26th, 1987, is a date that sits in my memory with absolute clarity, anchored by a moment that defied everything I understood about the sky. We were driving back home to Galax after a birthday visit with my grandmother. When we were nearing Wytheville, the conversation simply stopped. It wasnât…
Owlman encounter Kentucky: A Haunting Appalachian Legend
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. I had an experience back in 2005 that Iâve never forgotten. Honestly, itâs probably something very few people have ever heard of. You always hear about Bigfoot, Mothman, or the standard cryptids, but let me ask you this:…
Haunted North Carolina Jail: Three Chilling Tales from a Detention Officer
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. I work as a detention officer in a small-town jail tucked away in North Carolina. If youâve ever spent time in a correctional facility after the sun goes down, you know the atmosphere shifts. The air gets heavy,…
Pulaski Virginia Haunted House: The Mimic in the Hallway
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. The old family home in Pulaski, Virginia, is a skeleton of its former self now a sprawling, silver-grey ruin that the mother nature is slowly trying to drag back into the earth. To look at it today, youâd…
Appalachian DoorDash Horror: The Todd, NC Delivery
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. I’ve been at App State in North Carolina since the Fall of 2023. I transferred in from my local community college in order to save some money. I really did not have much time for a job my…
Trap in the Holler: A Terrifying Appalachian Encounter
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. My sonâs friend, Camron, was looking to buy a pull-behind camper heâd found online out near the South Carolina/ Tennessee Border. His dad couldn’t make the trip, so he asked me to tag along and help him inspect…
Mothman sighting Point Pleasant: Terror on West Virginiaâs Route 2
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. It was late in ’91, and the air around Point Pleasant had that heavy, electric charge it gets right before a storm breaks. I was hauling a load through the winding stretch of Route 2, the river mist…
Appalachian Pale One sighting: A Truckerâs West Virginia Nightmare
đ„ Prefer to hear this story told aloud? Watch this ghost story on YouTube below, or listen on most podcast platforms. The blacktop in West Virginia doesnât just run through the mountains; it feels like itâs being swallowed by them. I was hauling a heavy load of industrial coils toward Columbus, and by the time I hit…









