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Explore 55 haunted places in West Virginia. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
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Weston, West Virginia · Hospital
Haunted Places describes unexplained sights, sounds and sensations inside the former Weston State Hospital. Its ghost lore identifies some presences as former patients who died there. The old hospital’s paranormal reputation has attracted television investigations and organized ghost tours.
Moundsville, West Virginia · Prison
Behind the imposing stone façade of West Virginia’s former state penitentiary, visitors now book historic walks and structured paranormal investigations.
Charleston, West Virginia · Other
A woman and a maintenance worker are the two figures most often attached to the Capitol’s ghost lore. Haunted Places describes the worker as a man who died while on the job. Older stories sometimes confuse them with victims of a fire at a different capitol building; the current-site tradition should not be merged with that earlier fire.
Scarbro / Whipple, West Virginia · Other
Investigator Sherri Brake reported unexplained cigar smoke and recordings interpreted as voices during a 2010 visit. The company store also contains a ballroom and spaces linked with funeral services, settings that helped build the building’s ghost reputation.
Sutton, West Virginia · Historic house
The Braxton County visitor bureau relays owners’ reports of a large glowing oval in the basement, footsteps pacing upstairs and a woman in white moving between second-floor rooms. A tall gray figure and a smaller shadow have also been reported. The owners describe the presence as welcoming rather than uniformly threatening.
Morgantown, West Virginia · Other
An unusual WVU campus legend says a phantom cow can still be heard mooing from Woodburn Hall’s bell tower. HauntBound records the tale as student folklore, linked to stories of a cow taken upstairs as a prank.
Ceredo, West Virginia · Historic house
The Ramsdell family is said to linger in its former home. Haunted Places records lights and doors behaving unexpectedly, with moaning and chain sounds coming from the basement. Other local stories describe apparitions associated with the Underground Railroad.