Historic haunted places in Wheeling, WV. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
The theater's production manager, who can spend 20-hour days in the building, told a local news outlet that he hears noises all over this 1928 movie palace and that there is someth…
Rock Point Road, Wheeling Island, Wheeling, WV 26003
Open to the public (free).
This 1842 island cemetery's best-known ghost is a woman in a black cape seen standing over a grave. The ground also holds a potter's field, 1890s smallpox victims and graves distur…
Wheeling Heritage Trail (south of downtown), Wheeling, WV 26003
Open to the public (free rail-trail).
Trail users have long called this old rail tunnel one of Wheeling's most haunted spots. They describe a shadowy figure at the far end that disappears as they approach, strange soun…
Open to the public (free museum; seasonal Ghost Walk).
In a 2016 interview, a longtime employee said something shoved him in a second-floor hallway and that he watched a fire extinguisher come off its bracket and roll across the floor.…