Spooky Appalachia

Happy Halloween! As a special treat for the spookiest of holidays, we have a story from Julie, a volunteer at St Albans Sanatorium and friend of Spooky Appalachia who was kind enough to do a livestream with us a while back. You can hear this story, which she told us when we first met her while touring St Albans, as well as many others on our livestream from August 27th. This happened around the ti...

The following story and associated materials were sent to us from our friend from Kentucky Ghost Searchers. Be sure to check out his YouTube channel. I live in Greenup County, Kentucky, this happened on Thursday September 29th around 6:00 PM. I was outside in the front yard standing there looking over the top of the house because I saw some birds and that’s when I noticed this white object in the...

 We’re sure if you are into the paranormal you’ve at least heard of Point Pleasant West Virginia. We decided to do this video since we’ve had some many stories originate from this town, and a lot of our viewers saying they wish they could see it. The Town of Point Pleasant was first settled in 1774 along the banks of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers, but wasn’t officially chartered just yet. Not long...

The following story was brought to our attention by our good friend Julie. We were then given permission from a local artist, Stefanie, to use this amazing and creepy story! Thank you Stefanie for allowing us to share your story. If you end up having more encounters let us know!  Remember, if you’ve had a paranormal encounter like this and want to send it in, you can email us at webmaster@spo...

St. Albans Sanatorium has been many things over the years, a boys school, a mental hospital, an ill-considered daycare facility, and, today, a site for those seeking an experience with the paranormal. Built on a hill overlooking the New River outside of Radford, VA at the site of a bloody battle from the American Civil War, the location’s violent history has led to many locals viewing it as a nexu...

This story was sent to us by one of our fans named Linda. This was one of the outside of Appalachia stories that made us decide to start the new submissions From Beyond Appalachia section on the site. Thank you Linda for this great story! I know you have more stories you said you’d send along and I can’t wait to hear them! If you have a submission you’d like to see make its way to the blog and our...

Join us for our conversation with The Best Virginian about spooky and haunted locations throughout West Virginia! You can check out more of his content on his channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBestVirginian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today’s story was sent to me by a friend of mine that lives in Gallipolis, OH named Amy. For those unfamiliar with the area Gallipolis is right across the bridge from Point Pleasant. It is considered to be a sister town to Point Pleasant by many of the people that live there.  I live in Gallipolis, and an elderly neighbor said that when her children were little, during the time of the sightin...

This cryptid is one that just kept coming up and I always forgot to cover it. I first heard of this one from our good buddy The Best Virginian. It’s also known as the Rivesville Monster or Hoult Monster.  The Ogua is a freshwater cryptid that is said to look like a giant two headed alligator snapping turtle that weighs about 500lbs and is 20 feet long. It roams the West Virginia and Pennsylva...

I’ve been wanting to cover The Black Sisters since I started Spooky Appalachia, but I’ve been waiting for the right time. With a movie coming out soon I thought now might be a good time. I grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia, and I’ve heard many stories about the Black Sisters. Today I will share with you some of the local legends and stories I’ve heard. From what I can find, the three sisters wer...

Today’s story was sent to us by a fan who asked that we just refer to her as “Sally” who sent us a UFO sighting from Moneta, Virginia. She said it occurred around 2014. I lived in Moneta for 17 years on Diamond Hill Rd. There's a neighborhood behind it called Virginia Woods, very close to the lake. On a 4th of July weekend maybe 8 years ago I was sitting on my deck with my ex-husband. It was late....

Enjoy our livestream with Julie from St Albans Sanitorium! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Lowe Hotel is located just across the street from the Mothman Museum in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Originally named the Spencer Hotel in honor of J.S. Spencer, a local judge and steamboat-company operator, the hotel opened in 1901 to cater to those traveling along the Ohio River. Sleeping arrangements for guests occupied the top floors, while the lower floors housed businesses such as a ba...

This story is a bit special to me since I grew up very close to Radford. I found out about this haunted location many years ago. I think I was at a cross country meet and someone pointed to the bride and asked if I had heard it was haunted. Flash forward to many years later when I’m on a family walk, and we come upon the bridge. I remembered hearing the story, and after some internet sleuthing, he...

This story of a possible bigfoot sighting was sent to us by a fan who requested that we refer to her as “SW”. I was born in Roanoke, but when I was maybe 11 or 12 years old, around 1978, my family had a small weekend cabin on the Bedford end of Smith Mountain Lake. We were on a cove, and so to the left was the lake and the right was forest and open land. There was a barbed and cattle wire fence th...

For today’s story we have a possible Mothman encounter story sent in by Natasha. This one is particularly interesting because it’s a very recent Mothman sighting in West Virginia and her friend got a photo! I hope you all enjoy this as much as we did!  I've seen a few posts now for people looking for something fun and scary to do, so what better time than to tell you about our trip to Cairo,...

The Flatwoods Monster Museum in Sutton, WV is themed after the famed monster that first appeared in the area in 1952. The museum opened in 2018 and is located on Main Street, just two miles from Exit 62 on I-79. It is easy to spot from the road due to its awesome window stickers and displays. Inside the museum, there are many Flatwoods Monster themed displays, such as costumes, video games, figuri...

Enjoy the audio of our first livestream, where we discuss the black-eyed children and everyone's favorite cryptid, Mothman! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For today we have a story sent in by a fan named Clifton from an encounter he had in Virginia back in 1974. I hope you enjoy it! Thank you Clifton for sharing this story with me to use on the site. This has been one of my favorite stories I had sent in so far. Remember if you have had a paranormal encounter like this and want to send it in you can email us at webmaster@spookyappalachia.com. A big...

Wood Booger is really just another name for Bigfoot used in the Southwest Virginia area, notably in Norton City and Wise County. According to a newspaper from The Old Post on November 24, 1892, the creature was given the name Wood Booger after the Boogeyman, because it was rumored to carry off children who wandered off into the woods at night.  If you go to Norton, Virginia these days you’ll...

Given the popularity of our Brown Mountain Lights posting and this phenomena’s location in Mason County, West Virginia (the home of The Mothman), I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to do a story on The Ghost Lights of Sliding Hill in Mason County West Virginia.  A newspaper article from The Point Pleasant Ledger indicates that the hauntings began around 1810. When this story took place the Oh...

If you find yourself in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, be sure to check out this beautiful 5.5 mile scenic route: The Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, located on the border of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. On this route not only will you get a great view of the river and the falls during the drive, you’ll also find the Noah Ogle self-guiding nature trail, as well as a few other trails and histo...

For this week’s story, given the popularity of Mothman, I decided to reach out to our friends at The Mothman Museum. This story is the first of about 22 sighting stories sent to us by the museum. The encounter happened in Arkansas, but I decided to go ahead and use it since Mothman is well known to be primarily an Appalachian cryptid, and because everyone loves him so much! Another great possible...

If you ever visit the Cherokee County Historical Museum in Murphy, North Carolina, you’ll find tons of Cherokee artifacts, tools, and dolls. If you head to the museum’s basement, you’ll notice a strange statue inside of a glass box. Two strange conjoined figures, standing at about 3 feet tall and with alien-looking faces, will stare back at you through the glass. Unearthed sometime in the 1940s, t...

A fan from Christiansburg, Virginia, reached out to me recently and said that he believes his garage is haunted. He told me that when he bought the house in 2020, it had been on the market for a while. After buying it, a neighbor informed him that the lady who previously lived in the home had died there. He began hearing banging sounds coming from the garage at night and the motion lights would ju...