Reading line: Eerie tales and spine-tingling stories from the Mountain StateThings that go bump in the night, disembodied voices, footsteps in an empty stairwell, an icy hand on your shoulder.let your imagination run wild as you read about West Virginia's most extraordinary apparitions, sinister spooks, and bizarre beasts. You may know of the haunted Blennerhassett Hotel or the headless ghost of George Van Meter, but perhaps you haven't you heard about:the strangled bride whose ghostly visits led a jury to convict her husband of murder;Point Pleasant's long history of tragedies, mysterious events, and natural disasters that have plagued the area ever since Scioto Shawnee Chief Cornstalk cursed the ground;a pretty blonde hitchhiker who died crossing a washed-out bridge and continues to guide drivers to avoid the same fate; andMoundsville's old state penitentiary, which is considered to be one of the most haunted places in West Virginia.Patty A. Wilson lives in central Pennsylvania and has been a writer and historian for over twenty years. She is the author of The Pennsylvania Ghost Guide and The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories, and coauthor of Boos & Brews with Scott Crownover and Haunted Pennsylvania with Mark Nesbitt.