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Loud Footsteps, Locked Doors and No Footprints in the Snow
At 2 a.m., the director of Historic Jordan Springs heard someone climb the stairs above him. Every door was locked, and the snow outside was unmarked.
The Weeping Woman in Bronze
At VMI, a bronze statue is said to weep, a ghost wakes cadets for guard duty, and something throws apples at night on a battlefield.
Something is in the Courtyard
Voices cry out in the courtroom. During the renovation, the scaffolding moved and three workers walked off the job.
The Woman in Blue Beside the Fireplace
Guests at Middletown's Wayside Inn report a chill in the lobby, coins rearranged into a letter and a clipboard that wandered downstairs. A short walk…
 • Brad Thomas
The Gentleman on the Front Steps
Abram’s Delight has stood in Winchester since 1754. Its ghost stories center on a tall man in Quaker dress and a woman the local historical society says…
 • Brad Thomas
Disappearing at Dawn
A clear night, a river and two mountain ranges do most of the work. A forecaster’s rule of thumb tells you when to set the alarm.
 • Brad Thomas
Initials on the Wall, Children in the Hall
A young George Washington is said to have carved his initials into Natural Bridge, and a murdered family is said to run the halls of the hotel above it.
Five Days, Five Shenandoah Ghost Stories
One new story a day from across the Shenandoah Valley, starting today and ending on Halloween. We are not telling you what comes next.
Welcome to Haunton, Virginia
A girl on a depot platform, a hotel basement that served as a morgue, and a campus ghost named Richard. Staunton’s best-known ghost stories, and the…
Published on The Stauntonian • 
Under the Hayfields, a Second Landscape
The same limestone that built the towers at Mount Solon hollowed out the ground beneath the Shenandoah Valley, and each autumn the bats gather at its…
Burning Away the Background
In a corner of Augusta County called Trinity Point, Heather McCoy spends twenty hours designing a single piece before she lights the pen. She once quit…
 • Brad Thomas
Human Remains Found Near a Tent in Shenandoah’s Naked Creek Backcountry
The park confirmed the September discovery this week. The cause of death is unknown, and the zone remains closed.
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