by Rosemary Ellen Guiley
From hauntings at state prisons and mental
institutions to unexplained phenomena at abandoned railroad tunnels and Civil
War era battlefields, this collection features more than 100 accounts of ghosts
and the paranormal in the Mountain State.·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
"There
are few names in the field of paranormal research as prestigious as Rosemary
Ellen Guiley. The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories is a fantastic
collection of the Mountain State's ghostlore. Guiley takes readers into the
legends and the phenomena like no one else can. She puts new perspective on the
stories you knew and digs up new ghosts still waiting to be discovered by the
masses."
--Jeff
Belanger, author of The World's Most Haunted Places and host of 30 Odd Minutes
"Rosemary
Ellen Guiley's latest book leads you on a phantasmagorical passage through the
mountains and valleys of the state. From the earliest specters spawned by
George Washington's family to the ghosts presaging the bloody Civil War in
Harpers Ferry to the still-perturbed spirits of the Hatfields and McCoys, she
casts a wide web over the small state. Entertaining, enticing, and totally
enjoyable, The Big Book of West Virginia Ghost Stories is a worthy addition to
her writings on the paranormal."
--Mark
Nesbitt, author of Civil War Ghost Trails and The Ghosts of Gettysburg series