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…
Ohio Melon Heads legend: Melon Heads are described as small, childlike creatures, typically 3–4 feet tall, with disproportionately large, bald heads that resemble melons—hence the name. Their skin is pale or grayish, often described as sickly or corpse-like. They have sharp, jagged teeth and dark, sunken eyes that give them a menacing appearance. Some accounts…
In the late 1890s, the small, rugged town of Big Stone Gap, nestled in the remote southwestern corner of Virginia, became the epicenter of a chilling mystery that gripped the region with fear. The publication of Bram Stoker’s Dracula in 1897 had already set imaginations ablaze with tales of bloodthirsty creatures lurking in the shadows,…
Gallipolis airship sighting: On Saturday, October 10, 1931, Harold Mackenzie was at the Ohio Riverfront when he claimed to witness a strange sight—an unidentified airship hovering in the sky above Gallipolis, Ohio. Intrigued, he contacted his friends at the Foster Dairy plant to come see it for themselves. Among those who responded were Robert P….
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…
It was back during the Great Depression that a beloved camp ranger passed away at a small Boy Scout camp in northeastern Ohio. During a hike his heart gave out on him. Unfortunately, the only coffin they had at the time was a small child sized one, they couldn’t afford anything else and the problem…
Black Eyed Kid Mall EncounterKerrie Kisner hadn’t intended to stop at the Triangle Town Center mall on her way home from Wake Tech Community College near Raleigh, North Carolina, but she did. She wished she hadn’t. “There were very few people there that day and I found it strangely eerie how quiet it was,” Kisner,…
The Randolph House in Pulaski, Virginia sits on a quiet ridge like a shuttered stage, its windows clouded, its hallways still holding the faint echo of lives passing through. Long before it became one of Pulaski County’s favorite ghost-story backdrops, the building began humbly in 1926 as a seven-bed hospital. In those days the region…
Black Sisters of Christiansburg: The three sisters were called The Black Sisters because they wore all black clothing. They wore black dresses, shoes, gloves, hats and veils, as though they were going to a funeral, or mourning. Because the way they dressed and the fact that they only came out at night, they quickly became…
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