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Step into the shadows of the Old Dominion as we investigate two bone-chilling Virginia vampire legends passed down through generations of folklore. In our first tale, we head to Richmond to retrace the infamous 1925 Church Hill Tunnel collapse. Legend has it that something far more terrifying than a railroad crew clawed its way out of the subterranean wreckage—a tall, Victorian-clad entity with razor-sharp fangs and a taste for blood. Witnesses claim the creature sprinted across the city before vanishing directly into the iron-grated vault of William Wortham Pool at Hollywood Cemetery. To this day, visitors report seeing a silent, shadowy figure standing atop the crypt, dissolving into the stone when the light hits. Next, we travel west to the rugged mountain town of Big Stone Gap in the late 1890s. Fresh off the publication of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a wave of panic gripped the community when prize cattle began turning up brutally mutilated and entirely drained of blood. When locals and travelers started meeting the exact same grisly fate, suspicion fell on Rupp, an isolated European immigrant living deep in the woods. When an armed vigilante mob finally stormed his cabin, they uncovered a house of horrors—and unleashed a dark Appalachian legend that haunts the mountains to this day. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Step into the shadowed hollows and mist-shrouded ridges of the mountains with a brand-new collection of bone-chilling paranormal accounts. In this special listener-submitted episode, we explore true, unexplainable encounters sent straight from the dark backroads and isolated hills of Appalachia. From phantom figures and inexplicable road terrors to eerie whispers in the night, these real-life ghost stories prove that some things lurking in the mountain fog defy all explanation. Turn down the lights, lock your doors, and journey deep into the unknown with us. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is it really like behind the scenes at one of America's most haunted former asylums? In this gripping witness interview, we sit down with Julie—a 10-year veteran of the legendary St. Albans Sanatorium who worked as an actor, security guard, and tour guide. Julie opens up about the harrowing history of the building, the heavy atmosphere of the grounds, and the unforgettable paranormal encounters she witnessed firsthand throughout her decade there. Among her many stories is a spine-chilling Halloween night from her early days volunteering as a scarier in the second-floor hallway. Set on terrifying her daughter's cocky new boyfriend who claimed nothing could scare him, Julie hid in a room, jumped out with a massive scream, and chased the group down the hall. While she successfully frightened the guys, she later noticed a bored-looking middle school girl in a hoodie tagging along behind them. The creepy twist? Her daughter later swore there was no fourth person in their group—just the three of them. Was Julie interacting with a permanent, restless resident of St. Albans? Tune in for an incredible conversation packed with local folklore, dark asylum history, and genuine Appalachian scares! Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Remember the absolute chaos of the 2016 killer clown panic? What started as a viral internet sensation turned into a living nightmare for many across the region. In this gripping episode of Spooky Appalachia, we dive deep into 5 true, bone-chilling encounters with creepy clowns reported during that infamous year. From a bat-wielding figure holding a red balloon on a late-night drive to an axe-carrying stalker lingering outside a forest-edge home, and a terrifying playground chase in Roanoke, Virginia, these real-life accounts will make you think twice before walking alone in the dark. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Venture deep into the dark, mist-shrouded hollows and winding mountain roads of Appalachia for 3 Terrifying True Encounters With Unknown Cryptids that defy conventional science and folklore. First, we travel back to 1963 on Mill Mountain in Roanoke, Virginia, where a young couple's late-night drive is abruptly halted by an eight-foot-tall, impossibly broad entity with a completely blank, featureless face and a chilling gap in their missing time. Next, a mother and her fourteen-year-old daughter recount a heart-stopping dusk sighting of a massive winged wolf with a ten-foot wingspan, effortlessly clearing a two-lane rural highway in a single bound. Finally, a routine father-son Saturday fishing trip turns into a desperate escape when they are stalked by a hunched, bark-skinned creature with impossibly long limbs, glowing red eyes, and a deep, cicada-like roar that still haunts the survivor to this day. Press play to uncover these terrifying unknown entities and hear the bone-chilling details of what truly haunts the hills after dark. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does the infamous winged harbinger of doom roam outside the wooded ridges of West Virginia? In this gripping special interview, we sit down with a direct eyewitness who shares their terrifying, up-close encounter with the Chicago Mothman. Skip the deep-dive research breakdowns this is a firsthand, unfiltered account straight from someone who stared into those glowing red eyes and lived to tell the tale. Hear how this modern urban flap matches up against classic Appalachian lore, what it feels like to lock eyes with the impossible, and why the legend of the Mothman continues to stretch far beyond Point Pleasant. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dive back into the definitive West Virginia cryptid mystery with a special 74th-anniversary deep dive into the Flatwoods Monster. On September 12, 1952, a group of local boys and Kathleen May watched a fiery object streak across the Braxton County sky before landing on a dark hilltop in Flatwoods. What they found waiting in the trees was a towering, 12-foot-tall metallic entity with a blood-red face, glowing eyes, and an ace-of-spades cowl that left the witnesses sick for days. Building on our most popular episode, this anniversary special expands far beyond the classic schoolyard legend to uncover a web of eerie, forgotten sightings from September 1952. Hear the chilling account of the Snitowsky family's Route 4 car stall, Audra Harper’s harrowing nighttime chase, and a terrifying pre-incident encounter in Weston, West Virginia. We also trace how these Appalachian roots intertwined with UFO investigator Albert Bender and the terrifying birth of the Men in Black mythos, concluding with a bizarre 1993 shape-shifting cryptid report from the exact same area. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when the darkness in the corner of the room suddenly moves? In this episode of Spooky Appalachia, we dive deep into the unnerving world of shadow people and anomalous entities through three chilling, fan-submitted encounter stories. First, we head back to 2008 in Massachusetts, where a sibling duo playing video games on a retro console turn around to find a towering, translucent six-foot shadow entity standing right behind them. Next, a night-shift couple in the early 1990s experience relentless activity in a strange duplex culminating in a terrifying face-to-face sighting of the classic Hat Man in a trench coat walking straight through a permanently padlocked door. Finally, a holiday movie night is interrupted when a solid black humanoid figure paces back and forth past a kitchen doorway, convincing a lifelong skeptic that the paranormal is all too real. Tune in as we break down these eerie visitations, shared witness accounts, and the lingering dread left behind by the unknown. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Something in the ancient hills of Appalachia is learning how to speak with the voices of our loved ones. In this episode of Spooky Appalachia, we dive deep into bone-chilling true accounts of entity mimicry sent in by our listeners. First, we head to Robbins, Tennessee, where security cameras capture a chilling, identical voice calling children from the woods when no one is home. Next, we join an Appalachian night patrol guard up on a lonely mountain ridge where a familiar voice cuts through the dark alongside strange supernatural omens. Finally, we travel to Pulaski, Virginia, to explore a decaying family home haunted by phantom footsteps, eerie door-knocks, and a mocking copycat voice known only as "Mr. Nobody." Turn on the lights, lock your doors, and step into the shadows of the mountains. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when a peaceful family dinner in downtown Roanoke turns into a harrowing close encounter with a massive, silent, propeller-driven UFO hovering right over your neighborhood? In this episode of Spooky Appalachia, we hand the mic directly to an eyewitness who comes forward to share her incredible firsthand account. Taking us back to the late 1970s along Route 419, our guest details the night she, her family, and their neighbor watched a strange, multi-tiered craft hang motionless in the sky—while simultaneously, her neighbor experienced a chilling entity visitation inside her home. But that is just the beginning. Our storyteller also pulls back the curtain on a second UFO sighting in the exact same area later in life, exposing decades of lingering high strangeness across Roanoke, Virginia. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Order Anita's book: https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Ever-Happens-Here-Strangeness/dp/1956522077/ref=sr_1_2?crid=3PQTPMT3K56N9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.QZwFLOFLAytJyTgj3FN74dRRhIxdzrHlHIcnbetTnUr1QqFpjTlg13VLQuOgz0w-.6nilXqlKcImvMdSHW1gxrvLk5Vt2zAei206yz3Rvij4&dib_tag=se&keywords=nothing+ever+happens+here+anita+allen&qid=1786966690&sprefix=Anita+Allen+%2Caps%2C157&sr=8-2 Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dive into three fan-submitted ghost stories sent in straight from the heart of Appalachia. First, we head to Floyd County, Kentucky, where a childhood memory in the 1990s involves an invisible man in steel-toed boots pacing a storage trailer, a turning doorknob, and an unseen presence waiting in the back room. Next, a county sheriff's dispatcher shares the spine-tingling account of a shift sergeant who spotted a hand pulling back drapes to peer out a window—only to find the homeowner deceased inside a completely empty house. Finally, we travel to Christiansburg, Virginia, to explore a middle school haunted by the infamous Black Sisters, where a young teen encounters a phantom figure and a mysteriously running sink in an empty restroom. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

New Jersey might be famous for its beaches, turnpikes, and bustling cities, but beneath its urban centers and dense wetlands lies a dark underworld of bizarre creatures and urban legends. In this episode, we explore five of New Jersey's most baffling and terrifying cryptids: The New Jersey Gator Man: A six-foot, bipedal, armored reptilian terror stalking the stagnant pools and drainage ditches of Sussex County.The Hoboken Monkey-Man: The 1982 urban panic that gripped a city's school system and left children and police searching for an apelike phantom in the alleys.The Beast of Lake Hopatcong ("Hoppie"): A massive, 40-to-50-foot serpentine lake monster complete with a horse-like head and deer-like antlers that famously shrugged off a rifle round.The Jersey Devil: The undisputed icon of the Pine Barrens born from a 1735 curse, this winged, horse-faced horror has been terrorizing locals and making statewide headlines for nearly three centuries.The Mantis Man of the Musconetcong: An 8-foot-tall, semi-transparent insectoid entity near Hackettstown that moves like a praying mantis and vanishes like a ghost.Tune in as we break down the history, the sightings, and the high strangeness behind New Jersey's most infamous monsters. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deep in the history of Christiansburg, Virginia, lies the dark tale of the "Black Sisters"—Mary Sneed, Caroline Martin, and Virginia Wardlaw. From their arrival at the Montgomery County Female Academy in 1902 to the series of suspicious deaths and insurance scandals that shocked the town, their legacy is one of the most haunting in the region. But the story doesn't end with the history books. In this episode, we explore the two primary locations allegedly haunted by the sisters: the site of the old Christiansburg High School and the historic Sunset Cemetery. We have compiled chilling, real-life stories of the hauntings shared directly by our followers. From phantom whispers and mysterious handprints in the school gymnasium to full-bodied apparitions appearing in the streets, these accounts prove that the Black Sisters may never have truly left town. Join us as we uncover the truth behind this terrifying Appalachian legend. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a previous episode, we shared a chilling listener encounter from Little Braxted, Essex—a childhood memory of glowing red eyes and a winged silhouette that haunted two sisters for decades. Today, we return to that story with a special investigative update. Mark, a paranormal investigator from Paranormal Reason who lives just minutes from the original sighting location, joins the show to share his findings. Mark has spent his time on the ground researching the area's history and, crucially, has successfully located additional witnesses who describe near-identical encounters. We break down these new reports, analyze how this UK encounter compares to the lore we cover here in the States, and discuss the importance of documenting these localized sightings before they fade into local legend. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A port from our YouTube: From the dense forests of Southwest Virginia to the shadows of the Great Dismal Swamp, the Appalachian mountains have long harbored legends that defy explanation. In this episode, we dive into the lore and chilling eyewitness accounts of five legendary Virginia cryptids. We explore the elusive "Wood Booger" of Norton, the shapeshifting menace known as the Wampus Cat, the bizarre Little Red Devil, and unsettling encounters with dog-like beings that continue to haunt local residents. Whether they are relics of an ancient past, results of a curse, or creatures yet to be understood by science, these stories remain a staple of Appalachian folklore. Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.php Sign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.php Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachia Stay Spooky. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.