The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories
- ISBN-10
- 0811711153
- ISBN-13
- 9780811711159
- Category
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-03-01
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Author
- Rosemary Ellen Guiley
Description
More than 100 of the best, most thrilling accounts of hauntings from the Mountain State from one of the nation's leading experts, including... • Headless ghosts and wandering soldiers at Droop Mountain • The Weeping Woman tombstone at Riverview Cemetery in Parkersburg • John Brown's restless spirit in Harpers Ferry and Charles Town • The violent ghosts at the Western State Penitentiary in Moundsville • Hauntings of the murdered Mamie Thurman • Tortured spirits of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston
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