Destination Fear at Old Hospital on College Hill

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Destination Fear fans may recognize the Old Hospital on College Hill from one of its episodes. (Specifically, season 2 episode 15.) WYMT reported that the haunted hospital in West Virginia is being “resurrected” as a tourist attraction and celebrating its grand opening this month! For those of us who didn’tContinue Reading

Greenbrier on a map of West Virginia

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Was Elva Zona Heaster Shue murdered on January 22, 1897, or on January 23, 1897? It depends on which reference source you consult. Both The Encyclopedia of Ghosts and Spirits and RoadsideAmerica.com say her body was found on January 23, but I found an article from The Independent-Herald dated FebruaryContinue Reading

Destination Fear's Dakota Laden, Chelsea and Tanner

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Destination Fear premiers on Travel Channel Saturday, October 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. Dakota Laden, his sister and his best friend embark on a terrifying road trip in search of America’s most haunted abandoned places. But which haunted places will they jaunt to? There are 10 hour-long episodes scheduled. Here’sContinue Reading

Indrid Cold Grinning Man caricatures

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Please enjoy this curious (and creepy) guest contribution from Strangilla. No one knows what’s out there in the Universe. Intelligent life forms or Galactic Empires? Super powered aliens or deadly plants? Here’s the story of ‘Indrid Cold’ aka The Grinning Man, one such uncertain creature encountered in human history. FirstContinue Reading

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Officials for the West Virginia Division of Tourism are taking applications for a new Haunted West Virginia Trail they want to offer tourists. From their site: The Mountain State has its share of ghosts, spirits and supernatural stories.  Reported ghosts of civil war soldiers, tragic deaths and murder victims seekingContinue Reading

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I was perusing the NBC channel on my Roku today when one story really caught my eye. It was about the abandoned, and rumored to be haunted, Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in Rock, West Virginia. (I’ve embedded it below.) If you watch shows like Discovery Channel’s “GhostLab,” Travel Channel’s “TheContinue Reading

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I wrote about Stranded back in November as one of the new crop of paranormal “reality” shows debuting on Syfy this year. Well, its time has come. Stranded will debut on Syfy on February 27 at 9/8 Central. It looks like it could be good. As I stated before, itContinue Reading

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I love visiting museums whether they’re haunted or not. However, check out what I’ve discovered: paranormal museums! Five of them, in fact. John Zaffis Museum of the Paranormal –  I found out about this from a post on Ghost Lounge some time back. John Zaffis has collected all kinds of supposedly haunted artifacts duringContinue Reading

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Okay, before I begin let me offer this disclaimer: A “real” haunted place is a tricky beast to define. As I’ve written about before, there really is no such thing as an “officially” haunted place. However, for the purpose of this post, the places mentioned herein are ones highly regardedContinue Reading

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I’m usually not one to say “I tried to warn you” or “I told you so.” Mainly because usually I don’t express my theories or predictions publicly. However, at the beginning of April I wrote “April,  Saturn, & Mercury Retrograde: Something Wicked This Way Comes.” It sure provoked a lotContinue Reading