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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · Hotel
The old Hill Top House Hotel acquired stories of soldiers marching through its rooms. Haunted Places records those apparitions as part of the hotel’s reputation. The haunted historic structure was later taken down for redevelopment, so these accounts describe the former building rather than an operating hotel or a surviving interior available to explore.
Lewisburg, West Virginia · Hotel
The inn’s best-known apparition is a woman in white associated with Room 208 and a portrait there. Haunted Places also recounts a child seen in Room 202 and heard laughing or crying in nearby rooms. A separate dining-room legend describes a seated figure called Reuben; the violent backstory attached to him is folklore, not established here.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · Other
Hog Alley’s ghost is identified in local retellings as Dangerfield Newby, one of John Brown’s raiders. GhostQuest describes a tall shadowy man with a wounded neck encountered by pedestrians. The tale connects the alley with the brutal treatment of Newby’s body after his death.
Morgantown, West Virginia · Hotel
Room 314 is the focus of a story about a young girl said to have drowned in a bathtub. The regional ghost-tour compilation R.I.P. Tours describes visitors sensing a presence and sudden sadness in that room. The reported death is part of the story and has not been independently documented here.
Hurricane, West Virginia · Road or bridge
A submitted account on Haunted Places describes a woman and a small child in old-fashioned clothing who disappear after being seen along Hurricane Creek Road. Their identities are unknown, and the report gives no backstory explaining why they would be there.
Lesage / Green Bottom, West Virginia · Historic house
General Albert Gallatin Jenkins is said to return to his family’s former home. Haunted Places records sightings of a figure identified as the general, accompanied in other accounts by the sound of heavy boots walking through the building.
Huntington, West Virginia · Theater
A woman in a red dress and red heels is said to appear around the mezzanine and its women’s restroom. Haunted Places also records shadowy activity in the projection room. Local stories connect different areas of the theater with former workers, but the identity of the Lady in Red remains uncertain.
Kingwood, West Virginia · Other
The library’s ghost stories involve footsteps, doors opening or closing, objects shifting and books falling from shelves as though pushed. Haunted Places says some locals connect the activity with a jail formerly associated with the site. The library commission also records its history in former jail buildings.
Rock, West Virginia · Natural landmark
Paranormal investigators describe childlike whispers around the surviving swing ride and sensations of a young girl nearby. The site’s best-known story concerns a girl said to have died on that ride. Iron City Paranormal’s account of its own visit reports a moving bag and sounds interpreted as responses.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia · Hotel
Lowe Hotel lore places a dancing woman on the mezzanine and a small child riding a tricycle on the second floor. Other stories collected by Haunted Places describe a maid and a river captain on the third floor, while music from an invisible string quartet is said to drift from the fourth-floor ballroom.
Romney, West Virginia · Prison
The jail’s legend describes a sheriff shot on the connecting staircase between the cells and the jailer’s residence. According to Haunted Places, people later heard the sound of a body tumbling down those stairs at night. The narrative is preserved as a local story, without treating the alleged shooting as verified history.
Williamson, West Virginia · Hospital
The hospital’s operator tells of a patient being sent home by a nurse who did not appear on the shift roster, and of a deceased nurse continuing her rounds. Other reported events include an elevator stopping at locked, unused floors and a basement recording interpreted as a plea for help. These are operator-collected stories from the former hospital.
Parkersburg, West Virginia · Other
Staff and visitors have reported phantom popcorn smells and heavy objects apparently moving or dropping without a visible cause. Haunted Places connects these stories with the former Camden Theater, suggesting its ghosts remained after a fire. That historical linkage is a folklore explanation; the specific reported smells and movements are the core account.
Martinsburg, West Virginia · Historic house
Reports collected by Haunted Places focus on a heavy presence inside the old stone house, sometimes described as making breathing difficult. A separate sighting concerns a soldier on the grounds. The house and park are treated as one location, with interior access distinct from ordinary outdoor park use.
Parkersburg, West Virginia · Cemetery
The Jackson family monument’s mourning woman is said to shift position or walk through the cemetery under a full moon. Local stories also claim she grants sincere wishes. A separate cemetery apparition is a man in a dark overcoat bending over Captain George Deming’s grave, interpreted as the captain mourning his child.
Valley Grove / Triadelphia area, West Virginia · Hospital
Weelunk’s reporter describes a longstanding reputation for hostile spirits at the abandoned hospital, including visitors’ claims of being touched or scratched. During his own authorized return, he experienced dampness and decay but no haunting. The article also corrects sensational stories about the institution and its neighboring mansion.
Cairo, West Virginia · Road or bridge
The White Woman of Silver Run is said to stand on the tracks in a pale gown, forcing engineers to stop before vanishing. In a well-known version, a skeptical engineer drives straight at her; witnesses farther along the line then see her riding the locomotive’s cowcatcher. The story belongs to Tunnel 19 on today’s North Bend Rail Trail.
Parkersburg, West Virginia · Theater
People at the restored theater have reported nighttime shadows and unexplained sounds, along with localized cold spots and electrical disturbances. Haunted Places records this collection of phenomena without assigning the activity to a particular named ghost.
Beckley, West Virginia · Theater
Accounts collected by Haunted Places describe an older man dressed in 1930s clothing appearing in the theater. Other visitors report children playing where no children are present and saxophone music with no visible musician. These recurring figures and sounds form the venue’s local ghost tradition.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · Other
A submitted ghost account describes a clergyman praying at the church altar late at night when no living minister is believed to be there. Haunted Places does not name the figure. The sighting tradition is attached specifically to the historic church, not to Harpers Ferry as a whole.
Sweet Springs / Gap Mills, West Virginia · Hotel
Regional tourism accounts describe voices in the corridors and humanlike shapes drifting through the old resort grounds. The building later served as a care institution, and paranormal visitors connect its empty rooms and unexplained activity with people who once stayed or lived there.
Charleston, West Virginia · Other
A former bartender is said to select songs on the jukebox after death. Haunted Places recounts a staff member approaching the machine after it started in an empty bar and seeing a man’s shadow pass. Upstairs, other reports describe objects moving and restroom doors becoming stuck.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia · Hotel
GhostQuest lists a soldier and an unidentified woman among the inn’s reported apparitions. Employees are also said to find objects moved or rearranged without a visible person responsible. The stories concern the adjoining stone houses operated together as the Town’s Inn.
Sistersville, West Virginia · Hotel
Guests and staff have reported footsteps, doors moving without an obvious cause and the sound of someone writing in an otherwise quiet area of the inn. Haunted Places also mentions an abrupt chill or sensed presence. The cluster of small, domestic disturbances is central to the building’s haunted reputation.