Haunted Places in Mineral County, West Virginia



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    Old Hampshire County Jail

    Romney, West Virginia

    11.2 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Built in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was ...

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    Kingwood Public Library

    Kingwood, West Virginia

    40 miles from Mineral County, 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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    Belle Grove Plantation

    Middletown, Virginia

    43.7 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Belle Grove Plantation, built between 1794 and 1797, was once the home of Revolutionary War veteran Major Isaac Hite, Jr. (President James Madison’s brother-in-law) and was the headquarters of General Philip Sheridan during the Battle of Cedar Creek. It is believed to be haunted by an apparition of a woman ...

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    Fallingwater

    Mill Run, Pennsylvania

    43.9 miles from Mineral County, 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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    Wayside Theatre

    Middletown, Virginia

    44.4 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Wayside Theatre is believed to be the forever home to a ghost of a former caretaker who perished in a fire. His activity centers on the back-porch costume storage, the basement, and the balcony. Seat CC1 is often found to be mysteriously lowered.

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    Wayside Inn

    Middletown, Virginia

    44.5 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Wayside Inn is reported to be the oldest inn in the U.S. that is still in operation. Room 14 is rumored to be haunted and is the source of the most unusual happenings in the inn. However, witnesses have seen and heard strange things all over the inn.

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    Cork Street Tavern

    Winchester, Virginia

    44.5 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The restaurant building here dates back to 1827, and Cork Street Tavern by name to 1985. Two ghosts are said to reside here, John and Emily. John Mann's spirit wears a long black frock coat, and Emily's voice is often heard calling John's name. The ghosts play tricks by moving ...

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    Abram's Delight

    Winchester, Virginia

    45.2 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Abram's Delight was the residence of five generations of the Hollingsworth family, beginning with Abraham Hollingsworth in the mid-1700s. It is now a historic museum complex and is rumored to be haunted by Mary, the daughter of David Hollingsworth, and perhaps one other gentleman ghost. The gentleman appears as a ...

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    Omni Bedford Springs Resort

    Bedford, Pennsylvania

    46.4 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Folks say that the ghosts at this 1800s resort want to be in pictures. They show up as oddities on the photographic images taken all over the hotel.

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    Jean Bonnet Tavern

    Bedford, Pennsylvania

    47.9 miles from Mineral County, WV

    This tavern building was a French outpost in the 1740s and a war headquarters in the 1750s. It became a tavern in the 1760s, and was also used as a courtroom. Several people were hanged here, and it is said that their spirits walk restlessly throughout the place. Witnesses have ...

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    Poor House Farm Park

    Martinsburg, West Virginia

    48.4 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The original stone house in the historic park is believed to be haunted. Witnesses say they have felt a heavy presence inside, during which it is difficult to breathe. Also, a soldier's apparition has been spotted on the park grounds.

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    Fort Frederick Maryland

    Big Pool, Maryland

    51.8 miles from Mineral County, WV

    A stone star fort in the Maryland Panhandle, Fort Frederick Maryland was built in the 1750s to defend Maryland from French and Indian raiders. During the American Revolution it was used as a prisoner of war camp for soldiers surrendered at Yorktown. It was a Federal outpost during the ...

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    Apollo Theatre

    Martinsburg, West Virginia

    52.5 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The vaudeville venue built in 1913 is the home of a ghostly former manager. He has been seen standing outside the building smoking a cigar. His cigar smoke has been smelled by witnesses as well.

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    Grand Midway Hotel

    Windber, Pennsylvania

    57.1 miles from Mineral County, WV

    This historic hotel has been in operation for over a century, but is now believed to be a private residence. The owners have been known to auction the rooms for a night, which is enough for some guests to leave the hotel in fear. Staff have reported a wild apparition ...

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    Graceland Inn and Conference Center

    Elkins, West Virginia

    58.9 miles from Mineral County, 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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    Allen’s Haunted Hayrides

    Smock, Pennsylvania

    60.4 miles from Mineral County, 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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    TWA Flight 514 Crash Site

    Bluemont, Virginia

    61.4 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Paranormal investigators were called to the forested area by passer-by's who reported hearing screams and seeing glowing apparitions moving around the forest at the crash site. Visitors have reported weird activity associated with a large limestone rock located at the site, and people have reported been pushed by unseen entities. (Submitted ...

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    By the Side of the Road Bed and Breakfast

    Harrisonburg, Virginia

    66.6 miles from Mineral County, WV

    This historic b&b was built just a bit after the American Revolution, and it was used a Civil War hospital in 1864. It is said that when the area was burned by Union soldiers, the flame-retardant building just wouldn't catch fire, so it became a sort of haven during the ...

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    Virginia Quilt Museum

    Harrisonburg, Virginia

    67 miles from Mineral County, WV

    This 1856 antebellum home was formerly known as the Warren-Sip House, and during the Civil War, it served as a hospital for wounded soldiers. Visitors to the current museum have reported sighting the apparition of a Confederate soldier on the second floor of the building. (Submitted by Callum Swift)

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    Phillips' Rangers Monument

    Saxton, Pennsylvania

    68.6 miles from Mineral County, WV

    In 1780 during the Revolutionary war, a group of rangers were engaged in a battle against the Iroquois who were fighting on behalf of the British. The natives outnumbered the rangers some five to one and the Rangers eventually surrendered. After their surrender the Rangers were tied ...

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    Conyers House

    Sperryville, Virginia

    71.2 miles from Mineral County, WV

    A man named Sim Wright lived here from 1924 to 1964, with his wife Martha. It is said that he still haunts the inn to this day.

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    Bridgewater College

    Bridgewater, Virginia

    71.6 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Cole Hall at the est.-1880 Bridgewater College is rumored to be haunted by its namesake, Dr. Charles Knox Cole. Built in 1929 by Cole's daughter, Mrs. Virginia Garber Cole Strickler, the hall is an auditorium, and Mr. Cole's ghost is said to attend the plays shown there. The ghost sits ...

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    Hutton House Bed and Breakfast

    Huttonsville, West Virginia

    73.6 miles from Mineral County, 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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    Edward G. Acheson House

    Monongahela, Pennsylvania

    75.8 miles from Mineral County, 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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    Railroaders Memorial Museum

    Altoona, Pennsylvania

    81.2 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The Railroaders Museum is said to be haunted by a spirit named Frank, who has been seen all over the museum. Other apparitions have been noted as well, and employees have opened to find all the gift shop items removed from the shelves and set on the floor, and Big ...

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    Carnegie Library of Homestead

    Munhall, Pennsylvania

    85.3 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, the library was built with a music hall and an athletic center with a heated swimming pool. It is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have reported apparitions of steel workers, books that fly off of shelves, shadowy figures and unexplained male and female voices.

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    Old Homestead Police Department

    Homestead, Pennsylvania

    85.5 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The former Homestead Police Department building is said to be haunted by something that taps folks on the shoulder, slams doors, turns on appliances and created unexplained footsteps. Ghost investigators caught slams and screams and video of ghostly activity.

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    3406 Brownsville Road

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    86.1 miles from Mineral County, WV

    3406 Brownsville Road is said to be haunted by a demon, known as "The Demon of Brownsville Road" in the book by Bob Cranmer. According to Cranmer, the demon manifested in many ways, including a black fog, a bad smell, or an unseen attacker. Cranmer also described blood-dripping walls, bent ...

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    Frick Mansion - Clayton

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    87.6 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The Frick Mansion was home to industrial magnate Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs, who began living there in 1883 and the family moved to New York in 1900. Their youngest daughter, Helen Clay Frick, kept up the mansion all those years and then moved back in ...

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    University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    89 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Four ghosts are said to haunt the University of Pittsburgh campus: a prima ballerina in the Tansky Family Lounge of the William Pitt Union; Harriet, who committed suicide in 1201 Bruce Hall; a grandmother who rumples the quilts and bakes phantom bread in the Early American Room of the Cathedral ...

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    Omni William Penn Hotel

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    90.2 miles from Mineral County, WV

    At this famous 1915-16 hotel where among other luminaries JFK has stayed, and Bob Hope proposed marriage in 1934, there are said to be two haunted floors. Floors 22 and 23, both unused, are visited by strange sounds, cold wind gusts, and ghosts that hide and watch folks, giving them ...

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    Allegheny Center, Building #7

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    91.3 miles from Mineral County, WV

    The student housing here has a high turnover rate believed to be caused by the poltergeist activity. Students report loud noises throughout and have yet to disprove the source. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)

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    Allegheny General Hospital

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    91.3 miles from Mineral County, WV

    Few people realize that, in paranormal aspects, living near a hospital is like living near a cemetery. Many who have died within this building are said to remain here; in the South Wing (where most of the activity occurs), voices and strange noises are heard. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)