Spooky Appalachia

Get ready for a spine-chilling Halloween special as we dive deep into five terrifying, true encounters submitted by listeners across the mountains and hollows of Appalachia. From a young boy in Rainsville, Alabama, visited by a misty figure while home sick in 1998, to a terrifying brush with a silent devil figure on a dark North Carolina street on Halloween night in 1989. We also explore a chilling morning commute on Brimstone Road in Coolville, Ohio, where a roadside worker vanished into thin air, a decade-old haunted hayride mystery involving an uninvited and unidentifiable phantom visitor, and a terrifying 2023 Halloween encounter with a black-eyed child on the edge of Brush Mountain Road in Blacksburg, Virginia. Turn down the lights, lock your doors, and join us as we explore the darkest folklore and high strangeness the region has to offer.Have your own story?Send it to us:https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter:https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

In this special on-location episode recorded directly at The Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Virginia, we dive deep into the rich history and terrifying paranormal encounters surrounding one of the state’s oldest historic cinemas.Opening its doors on College Avenue and Main Street back in 1909 before expanding in 1930 into a state-of-the-art cinematic marvel—complete with orchestra pit, air conditioning, and sound picture capabilities—The Lyric Theatre has over a century of history. But alongside its journey through cinema history, Virginia Tech classroom rentals, and community restoration, lingering spirits appear to have stayed behind.Join us as we explore authentic local encounters, ghost stories, and strange phenomena reported inside the theater:The Screaming Woman: Chilling rumors of disembodied shrieks and cries of "Let me out!" resonating through empty halls.Sudden Freezing Gusts: Unexplained localized temperature drops and phantom drafts sweeping through closed seating rows.The Dark-Haired Apparition: Late-night staff encounters with a dark-haired woman slipping past doorways into empty auditoriums.Vanishing Moviegoers: Front-of-house managers observing patrons who vanish without ever leaving the building.Unseen Touches: Firsthand accounts of visitors being grabbed by invisible hands near the ticket booth.Whether you are a fan of Virginia ghost stories, Appalachian folklore, or haunted historical landmarks, step inside downtown Blacksburg with us... if you dare.Have your own story? Send it to us: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/submitastory.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter:https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter:https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.

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.phpSign Up For Our Monthly News Letter: https://www.spookyappalachia.com/mailinglist.phpSupport Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/spookyappalachiaStay Spooky.