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0Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia
23.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Once the Weston State Hospital, the asylum is said to be haunted by former patients who passed away there. The plentitude of paranormal phenomena heard, seen, and felt here has prompted its appearance on TV shows such as Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.
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0Hutton House Bed and Breakfast
Huttonsville, West Virginia
36.2 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Built in 1898 by Eugene Elihu Hutton, the Queen Anne-style Victorian home is now an inn, and is believed to be haunted. Folks say that at 5 a.m. the unexplained smell of baking bread wafts through the inn, although the kitchen is closed and the ovens are cold.
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Graceland Inn and Conference Center
Elkins, West Virginia
45.4 miles from Flatwoods, WV
This inn, restaurant and conference center is said to be haunted by several entities: a ghost named Grace, senator Henry Davis, and a former servant named Katie.
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Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Flatwoods, West Virginia
46.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The Droop Mountain Battlefield was the site of an 1863 battle. Folks have reported soldiers' apparitions, some headless, in the fog that comes rolling over the mountain.
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Hawks Nest State Park
Ansted, West Virginia
48.7 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The site of the famouse cliff Lovers' Leap, this park has a long history of being haunted. Its legend tells of 1800s lovers who leapt off the cliff. Some say the pair were Native Americans, others say they were pioneers. In some tales the girl became dizzy and fell, and ...
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Glen Ferris Inn
Glen Ferris, West Virginia
50 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The 1839 inn is thought to be haunted by a ghost of a Confederate soldier with a long beard, nicknamed The Colonel. He is a friendly and playful ghost, known to close doors behind people, make the birdbath water bubbly and frothy, and walk around with audible footsteps. His apparition ...
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West Virginia State Capitol
Charleston, West Virginia
58.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The 1930s Capitol building is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman as well as the spirit of a maintenance man who perished of a heart attack on the job. Some believe the 2 ghosts actually died in a 1921 fire; others dispute that claim.
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The Empty Glass
Charleston, West Virginia
58.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The haunt at this bar is rumored to be a former bartender who was killed in a car accident. Witnesses say the ghost plays pranks on both employees and bar patrons, such as playing his favorite songs on the jukebox. One report says that when the jukebox came on by ...
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Empty Glass Cafe
Charleston, West Virginia
58.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The café and bar is haunted by a former bartender who died in a car crash. He has been known to change the jukebox music and has been seen walking through the bar area by patrons before vanishing. Staff have also encountered another entity on the second floor who slams ...
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Capitol Plaza Theatre
Charleston, West Virginia
59.2 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The ghost of John Welch and his daughter Molly are said to haunt the theater. Welch was the owner of a mansion that stood on the property in the 1830s to 1860s, before it was torn down to build the theater. Molly died of pneumonia at age 8, and her ...
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0Wells Inn
Sistersville, West Virginia
60.9 miles from Flatwoods, WV
At this 1890s inn, both the guests and the staff have heard the sounds of writing and footsteps, witnessed doors that open or close by themselves, and felt a chilly presence.
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Parkersburg Art Center
Parkersburg, West Virginia
61.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The ghosts here are transplants from the former haunted Camden Theater, which once stood on this site. The theater burned down in 1928, and its resident ghosts remained to haunt the land where the theater once stood. When the Parkersburg Art Center was built, the "homeless" ghosts moved right in. ...
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0Blennerhassett Hotel
Parkersburg, West Virginia
61.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
A wide variety of ghosts and haunted activity is claimed about this hotel with the hard to pronounce name. Allegedly there is a man in grey who haunts the second floor and this floor is also where the elevator makes frequent, unplanned and unasked for stops. Is the ...
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Smoot Theater
Parkersburg, West Virginia
61.7 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Built in 1926, the now-restored Smoot Theater is believed to be the site of some strange goings-on. Witnesses have reported strange sounds and shadows at night, cold spots, and unexplained electrical issues.
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0Comfort Inn Marietta
Marietta, Ohio
62.9 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Some surprising reports have come from people who have stayed at this Comfort Inn. Doors open when there is no one there, curtains are closed by unseen hands, and TVs turn on by themselves. Some even say they have felt the touch of an unseen presence on their shoulders.
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Levee House Café
Marietta, Ohio
64.1 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The Levee House, built around 1826 as a dry goods store for merchant Dudley Woodbridge, later became La Belle Hotel and was rumored to have been a brothel at some time in its history. Its legend says that a brothel employee and a man who was visiting her were both ...
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Lafayette Hotel
Marietta, Ohio
64.1 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Voices and footsteps have been heard in empty hallways and rooms, while appliances turn on and off by themselves, doors open and close on their own and furniture and luggage is moved around suites. Staff and guests have seen misty apparitions in the corridors, and a ghostly maid in a ...
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Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre
Marietta, Ohio
64.4 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre is home to specters who move objects in the prop room, create icy breezes, and grab the living by the shoulder. Rumor has it that the ghost is a former theater owner.
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Marietta College - Alpha Xi Delta
Marietta, Ohio
64.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Marietta College's Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, built in 1855, is said to be haunted by a former Ohio governor. George White and his family lived there after the turn of the century, and he became governor in the 1930s. George's apparition has been seen by witnesses, wearing a gray ...
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The Castle
Marietta, Ohio
64.7 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The Castle was built in 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Melvin C. Clarke, who died in the Civil War battle Antietam. In 1889, the Castle was owned by newspaper publisher E.W. Nye's daughter Lucy Nye Davis. She and her husband Theodore Davis had two daughters named Jessie and Grace. Jessie ...
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Historic General Lewis Inn
Lewisburg, West Virginia
64.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The 1929 inn is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts. The most well known is a Lady in White who haunts Room 208. Her identity is unknown, a portrait of her hangs in the room. Also residing here is the ghost of a slave named Reuben, rumored ...
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Soldiers Memorial Theatre
Beckley, West Virginia
71.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Built 1931-32, the theater is believed to lie near a Civil War-era cemetery, although this fact doesn't seem to have to do with the hauntings here. Witnesses say they've seen an apparition of a man in his 60s wearing 1930s clothes. Also, ghosts and sounds of children playing have been ...
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Kingwood Public Library
Kingwood, West Virginia
73 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The circa-1966 library is said to be haunted. Witnesses report noises and footsteps, objects that move on their own, doors that open and close by themselves, and books that jump off the shelves. A jail that once stood on the site is believed by some to be the source of ...
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Hurricane Creek Rd
Hurricane, West Virginia
74.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
A woman and a small child in out of style clothes have been seen, before vanishing. Not much is known about them. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Wildermuth Mansion
Pomeroy, Ohio
76.7 miles from Flatwoods, WV
My family has been restoring the old Wildermuth mansion for the last 18 years now, have had lots of interesting things happen there and sightings too. Hhave seen animals several times in the house as well as seeing Mothman twice flying over the house! Yes twice! In the process of putting ...
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The Historic Lowe Hotel
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
80.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Opened in the early 1900s, the historic hotel is believed to be haunted by many ghosts. The most well known may be the apparition of a beautiful and disheveled young woman seen dancing on the mezzanine between floors 1 and 2. There are also rumored to be many other ghosts ...
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0West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia
82.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Once considered one of the most violent prisons in the US people believe that this prison's violent past has left an indelible mark on the building. People believe it is haunted by both active ghosts, possibly men who were murdered there, and also residual hauntings that take the form ...
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0Athens Lunatic Asylum - The Ridges
Athens, Ohio
88 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Featured on TV's The Scariest Places on Earth, the asylum has long been a place of mystery and hauntings. There are 1,930 graves at three cemeteries nearby, all marked with only a number. Research has shown that some of the mysterious dead mental health patients may have been veterans, victims ...
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Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
88.3 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Ohio University has a few different spots that are said to be haunted: The Brown House is haunted by donor Millie Brown, who peers out a window; also the phantom sounds of kids splashing in a long-gone pool have been heard in the back yard. The Delta Tau Delta fraternity ...
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The Mather Miners
Mather, Pennsylvania
89.2 miles from Flatwoods, WV
In the center of the town there is a small church, the post office, an apartment building(which used to be a general store) and a baseball field. Up a small connecting road is the old schoolhouse ( now converted into a persons home). Right before dawn when walking ...
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Twin City Opera House
McConnelsville, Ohio
90.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The 1890s Twin City Opera House is said to have been haunted since at least the 1960s, when a janitor wan out never to return. The apparition of a little girl named Elizabeth, age 10, has been seen peeking down from the catwalk and giggling. Another apparition of Everett Miller, ...
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Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, Virginia
92.2 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Virginia Military Institute, which originally opened in 1839 and has boasted famous professors of the likes of Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, is said to be haunted by many ghosts, including an apparition of a hanged man. Jackson’s possessions and the skeleton of his horse are displayed in the chapel. Students have ...
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The Natural Bridge Hotel
Natural Bridge, Virginia
96.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Legend has it that a former owner went mad and killed his wife and children in the hotel. Some say the apparitions of various members of the family have been seen around the grounds in the night.
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Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, Virginia
97.9 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The former Southern Virginia College, now Southern Virginia University, is said to be haunted by a young boy who rides his bicycle up and down the hallway of the fourth floor od a woman's dormitory carrying a red balloon. Some also say his mother's ghost haunts the third floor, looking ...
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0Century Inn
Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania
99.1 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Reported to be the oldest inn along Route 40, this inn is said to have a mysterious presence. There is one unexplained very cold room, and an innkeeper there has described a mysterious figure that appeared near its door. As well, strange footsteps have appeared in the snow outside the ...
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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
101.4 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Psychics say that the energy here is high because there an Indian burial ground beneath the land. This may be the source of the glowing white figures that are reported, or the strange light manifestations. The hayrides are year-round so visit freely! (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
103.3 miles from Flatwoods, WV
A solitude woman is said to be seen staring out of the window of the master bedroom. She is believed to the first wife of Edgar Kaufmann, depressed by his unfaithfulness. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Colonel Taylor Inn Bed and Breakfast
Cambridge, Ohio
103.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The people here say that Colonel Taylor and his lady still haunt this 1878 Victorian mansion. Guests have seen both of their apparitions on the stairway, and they may shake the beds from time to time. The ghosts are said to be friendly and angelic, watching over the guests.
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Holiday Inn - University / Blacksburg
Blacksburg, Virginia
103.7 miles from Flatwoods, WV
This hotel lies on the site of a former plantation called Jacob's Lantern. At Attitudes, the hotel bar and nightclub, laughter and voices can be heard after hours when the place is closed and empty. Guests often ask the hotel manager to turn the music down when no music is ...
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Lyric Theatre
Blacksburg, Virginia
103.9 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The historic theater opened in 1930, and at least some the weird occurrences here, some say, may stem from a workman who was killed during its construction. Employees have described footsteps on stairways, phantom muttering, cold breezes, and a woman shrieking, sometimes saying over and over "Let me out!"
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Cambridge Northwood Cemetery
Cambridge, Ohio
104 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Cambridge Northwood Cemetery, burial place of congressmen John Earl Henderson, James Joyce and Charles Ellis Moore, is said to be home to a ghostly woman in a white formal dress from circa 1920. She has been seen for a short time before fading away, usually on clear summer nights.
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Siesta Motel
Norwich, Ohio
106.1 miles from Flatwoods, WV
This motel is said to be haunted by the spirit of an angry man who had been staying at the night there after a fight with his mother. And as it so happened, that night he was the victim of a burglary. The still-enraged man attacked the burglar upon finding ...
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Jeters Chapel of the Brethren Cemetery
Vinton, Virginia
107.5 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Jeters Chapel of the Brethren Cemetery, according to reports, is haunted by a man in a white robe who floats near the center of the cemetery.
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0The Patrick Henry Hotel
Roanoke, Virginia
107.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
At this 1925 hotel, not only living guests can be found. Three ghostly men are said to stand around in the ballroom, keeping an eye on things. On the second floor, there is a man's apparition who smokes a pipe and sits at one of the tables. Those with sharp ...
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Edward G. Acheson House
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
109.3 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The ghost of a little girl has been seen here. Two other ghosts, seen as orbs, also have been seen. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Avenel Plantation
Bedford, Virginia
113.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Built around 1838 by William M. Burwell and his wife Frances Steptoe, the historic home eventually, in 1985, was purchased by the Avenel Foundation, a non-profit organization known to restore and preserve historic Avenel. A ghostly Lady in White has been seen walking on the grounds and in the halls, ...
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Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia
119.8 miles from Flatwoods, WV
Randolph College, founded in 1891 as Randolph-Macon's Woman's College, is said to be haunted. One haunted spot is Mary's Garden, named after Mary Stokes. Student legend says if you stray from the path and cross the garden, you will never graduate or never marry. Another story tells of a student ...
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0Prospect Place
Trinway, Ohio
121.6 miles from Flatwoods, WV
The 29-room mansion built in 1856 by abolitionist G.W. Adams is said to have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. The house is said to be haunted by ghosts from its past, and has been featured on TV shows such as Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.
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