Ghost Walks
In 1958, a man named James Hermann got a call from his wife. That simple phone call started a series of events around the family’s uninvited guest. Also known as … a poltergeist!
This experience in Long Island, New York, inspired the famous 1980’s movie. Propelling the term to infamous heights.
Article by Ghost Guide Daniel
Main Subject: Mansfield Reformatory Prison (Ohio, USA) – –
The return of Edgar Mills, storyteller extraordinaire. With a personal ghost story from a woman getting a ghostly message through her daughter.
Then intent and ghost stories of Mansfield Reformatory. Considered one of the most haunted locations in the world, definitely in the United States.
And imagine walking into the room and finding your dog staring intently at an empty couch. Daniel’s doesn’t need to imagine… he’s living it!
Many of America’s universities and colleges, like Smith College, have histories dating back to the 1800s or earlier, so it is no surprise that they often make intriguing sites for paranormal investigations.
From Civil War soldiers roaming the campus at Gettysburg College to poltergeist activity at Ohio University. There have been incidents reported across the entire United States of America.
Hull House was a settlement home for immigrants and children. To the horror of its respected founder Jane Addams, it became infamously known for a legend.
A story said to spawn the infamous horror movie, Rosemary’s Baby.
It’s become an infamous rumor. Saying the murderer Charles Manson stayed at West Virginia Penitentiary.
He didn’t. But his connection is strong. Through his mother, Kathleen Maddox.
Ghost Guide Daniel – – RD Wall s was a prisoner, maintenance clerk and popular inmate inside West Virginia Penitentiary.
Calmly serving his time. Getting along with both prisoners and guards. As happy as an inmate can be… until some new transfers arrived.
Warning… things get brutal
June 19 1931, Frank Hyer was about to be hanged for killing his wife. Seeing the condemned before his execution surprised officials… he was happy.
Ghost Guide Daniel – – William “Red” Snyder was believed to be a violent man. Born in 1946. Starting with arson in his 20’s. It escalated. And he served time in many prisons.
Released on parole from West Virginia Penitentiary in 1967. One day later, he killed 2 men, returning him to the storied (and haunted) prison. Eventually leading to his murder.
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Only 10 years open when stories of inhumane punishment and torture was told to the newspaper, the Cincinnati Enquirer on November 30, 1886. Former West Virginia Penitentiary Assistant Superintendent named Wilkerson had seen enough.
After leaving he exposed accounts of violence done on inmates.
Two notable dark tourism sites stand across the street from each other in Moundsville, West Virginia.
On the west side is North America’s largest native burial mound at 65 feet high. On the east side, the United States most haunted prison, West Virginia Pen.