For those who love to explore Old Haunts,cemetaries and the unusual!
Ask for Directions from your front desk staff
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Along the Wheeling Walking Path |
Legend has it and facts as well, that the railroad put this tunnel underneath a cemetary. You can still see the old cemetary on the top of the tunnel with a bit of a hike. The Hempfield RR Tunnel, known to the locals as Tunnel Green (it's now a pedestrian tunnel), has murder written all over its walls. One spook has been reported by countless passersbys. It's the spirit of a young immigrant worker who was robbed and killed by an acquaintance.
He floats above the train tracks, seen with his mouth agape in a frozen scream and covering his face with a bloodied hand, still trying to fend off his attacker.
There have been reports of ghosts hanging from the roof of the tunnel, dripping slime, along with shadowy figures in the distance that disappear when approached. There was said to be an old cemetery
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(4 blocks from Hotel on Main Street |
In downtown Wheeling, the Main Street Bridge is allegedly haunted by a gent who was trampled to death by his own team of horses, after he spooked them by jumping down from his wagon to repair a loosened hitch. He's been seen on the bridge, asking if anyone has seen his horses. He probably wants to shoot the dang critters!
Another bridge ghost is of a local contractor. While building the bridge in the late 1840's, he was checking out the scaffolding that his workcrew used. He was walking it to make sure it was in good condition. It wasn't.
The structure collapsed, and he was carried away by the powerful currents of the Ohio below. His body was never found, but his spirit is still there for everyone to see. |
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(Elm Grove about 2 miles from hotel on Old National Road 40 |
Though there are no ghost stories persay about this grand old cemetery. The architecture is amazing from the chapel grave shown to the left to the larger than life monuments to the founding fathers of Wheeling, WV. Its a beautiful place for a walk, or to have a photography day. |
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National Road Highway 40 |
The Peninsula Cemetery is sometimes referred to as Foundry Cemetery, because it's near an abandoned WW2 armament factory. Visitors at the boneyard report they have seen the spook of a woman wearing a black cape, in the old southwestern part of the city of the dead. She stands guard at her own grave, as if protecting it from some impending danger.
And she may have good reason. The Peninsula Cemetery was first opened on May 2, 1842, and many bodies in the upper part of the graveyard date back to its opening. They were removed from the old Sixteenth Street Cemetery, which had the misfortune of being sold to become a RR right-of-way, and reburied there. Maybe she just doesn't feel like picking up her old bones and moving yet again.
The tombstone of Richard Moxley, who died at 64 in 1855 and was laid to rest at Penisula, reads thus:
"Stop Stranger as you pass by
As you are now so once was I
As I am now so must you be
Prepare for death and follow me."
Eerie but accurate parting words, no? |
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West Virgina's Own.....THE MOTHMAN |
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2 South about 3 hour drive. |
Mothman – Point Pleasant
Although the Mothman Legacy began nearly 40 years ago, it still has a strong hold on the small community of Point Pleasant and the thousands of townspeople and visitors who have hunted for him. Does he exist? Where did he come from? What really happened? Come and participate in guided tours of the areas where he was seen and hear the stories of eyewitness accounts and strange occurrences.
Contact: Call (304) 675-3844 to arrange for a guided tour or visit www.mothmanlives.com for more information. |
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Trans Alleghney Lunatic Asylum |
In Weston, WV about 3 hour drive but well worth the trip |
You saw it live with the Ghost Adventure team now you can experience the The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, formerly known as the Weston State Hospital, served as a sanctuary for the mentally ill from the mid-1800’s until it closed in 1994. The history of the building holds fascinating stories of Civil War tales, a gold robbery, the "curative" effects of architecture, and the efforts of determined individuals to help better the lives of the mentally ill.
Arguably one of the most haunted buildings in West Virginia, the asylum offers ghost tours and ghost hunts of the building. Tour this nationally recognized landmark and see how it left a lasting impression on local and national history. In addition, daily heritage tours are available for both small and large groups.
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The God's Acre Cemetery in Bethany goes by many common names, including The Campbell Cemetery, and simply, Bethany Cemetery. It is the final resting place of Alexander and Thomas Campbell, the first missionaries in the Bethany area.
A two and a half foot thick stone wall, erected from stones from taken from two local old flour mills, was added in 1866, after the death of Alexander. It is said that because of this wall, the souls of the those laid to rest are trapped in the cemetery, resulting in an eerie presence that permeates the entire place. |
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(By Tunnel Green ask directions |
Lewis Wetzel, born 1763 - died 1808, was a famous local Indian fighter, an accomplished woodsman and an expert rifle shot. Settlers in the Wheeling area relied on him for years as a trustworthy scout.
He was an American frontiersman who became a famous folk-hero in his own lifetime. When his father and youngest brother were ambushed and killed by Indians in 1787, Wetzel went on a lifetime crusade against the red man to avenge their deaths. Legend has it that he hunted Indians as if they were wild animals.
Lewis Wetzel was reported to have used Lewis Wetzel Cave as a hiding place along an Indian trail from which he shot eleven braves. |
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