Talking crow Black Mountain: A few weeks ago, I had an experience near Black Mountain, North Carolina, that I can’t quite explain, one that feels like it belongs in the pages of an Appalachian ghost story. I was driving to work along a desolate, winding road, the kind where the dense forest seems to swallow…
The Ghost of Wilderness Presidential Resort Wilderness Resort ghost girl: Summertime, 2015. I was 15 and was doing some campground activities such as karaoke, cornhole etc. This place Called Wilderness Presidential Resort in Virginia was a nice campground full of trails, lakes, and the pool. Everyone’s favorite place. It was dark next to our Camper…
The Thunder That Never Was: This story was shared with me by a distant cousin. It’s something his great-grandpa experienced way back in the early 1900s, deep in the old mountains of East Tennessee. Back then, his great-grandpa lived close to his mother-in-law, a widow who was absolutely terrified of storms. One evening, a big…
An East Tennessee UFO encounter: This story was shared with me by a distant cousin. It’s something his great-grandpa experienced way back in the early 1900s, deep in the old mountains of East Tennessee. Back then, his great-grandpa lived close to his mother-in-law, a widow who was absolutely terrified of storms. One evening, a big…
It was a warm summer night in 1963, the kind where the air hung thick and heavy, and the cicadas droned like a feverish choir in the trees. I was tucked into the passenger seat of my boyfriend’s old Chevy, the headlights slicing through the ink-black darkness as we wound our way up the switchbacks…
A Ghost Story from Roanoke Virginia: So about 10 years ago, I was working at a haunted hospital in Roanoke Va. This hospital was currently being used for outpatient mental health care. I won’t bore you with all the details so you’ll just have to trust me when I say that we had a very…
Hey, Spooky Appalachia! I just watched your Bostian Bridge story, and it sent chills down my spine because I actually used to live right next to it. I have a story of my own—one that I’ll never forget.This happened about four years ago, in the dead of night. It must have been around 2:00 AM…
Elliston doppelgänger story: Have you ever seen yourself—or someone who looked exactly like you—when you knew it was impossible? That’s what happened to one couple in the quiet Appalachian town of Elliston, Virginia, and their eerie story might just be one of the most unsettling doppelgänger encounters we’ve ever heard. A Peaceful Life in Elliston……
Listen to this story on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bDeKHh-XgC8 On Labor day weekend, 2023, we were demonstrating blacksmithing at Watoga State Park. It was a 2 day event so we planned to camp out at our site. That Saturday evening, everyone except the two of us, and one other person at the other end of the site, had left the…
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