Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories

Along the old Baltimore and Ohio rails near Moonville, Ohio, something still whistles and clicks in the dark. And if you hear it… don’t look back. Author Jannette Quackenbush tells the eerie tale of Ernest Keeton—and the night he came face to face with something far worse than imagination outside Moonville Tunnel.Season 5 (2025): Things That Go Bump

The North Bend Rail Trail in West Virginia stretches 72 miles along an old, abandoned railroad with 36 bridge crossings and 13 tunnels along its passageway. It’s a beautiful place to hike and bike . . . mostly. However, it also has some dark and spooky settings on its path. Among its spookier sites are two haunted tunnels secreted along the abandoned stretch of railway between the old oil boom and railroad towns of Walker and Petroleum. You can find the two tunnels, Eaton Tunnel and the hidden Lost Tunnel along the West Virginia Rail-Trail after a short gravel backroads drive, and perhaps run into the ghostly crew of long-dead miners still working. After taking the path from the parking area, you will come upon the Eaton Tunnel. After passing through, look for a rugged path on your left and follow it. The Lost Tunnel is sealed off from the curious. However, you can peer into a small opening and perhaps hear the ghosts of its past within. If you like old ghost stories, legends, and folk tales, or like to discover new abandoned areas to explore, you can check out my book series on Amazon. I have over 20 books with good old-fashioned ghost stories. And for those you can visit, I give the GPS where you, too, can find your adventure. West Virginia Ghost Stories: The Classics You can also watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/i-rIIqh4PPI Parking: 39.195872, -81.313750 Tunnel: 39.197348, -81.320110 Music from Uppbeat-https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/creep

What happened in Moonville, Ohio? Not long after a horrible train accident one autumn night in the late 1800s, a ghost began to appear at a tunnel along a remote and dark stretch of the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad. And the haunting of Moonville would begin . . . You can read about Moonville and find out about the many ghosts that haunt the area in my book: The Little Book of Moonville Ghosts: Its Past. Its Ghosts. Its Legends. Check out my website: Moonvilletunnel.net Or check out my Google Page (Moonville Ghost Town) and leave some Moonville pics you took! https://g.page/r/CfvS4_p4xo1XEBA

Deep in the woodland of Shawnee State Forest in southern Ohio lies a lone gravestone tucked in an ancient valley called Dead Man Hollow. This is the legend surrounding the grave and the nearby hollow.  You can find this story and other ghostly places along with the GPS and how to find them in my book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore from Haunted Hocking, A Ghost Hunters Guide to the Hocking Hills—https://amazon.com/dp/B093TLDDP7 Music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/creepy https://freesound.org/people/rogerforeman/

Today’s story is a legend of Pirate Alley in New Orleans—Reginald Hicks. Many, many years ago, a beautiful French Creole girl and a young pirate fell madly and deeply in love. What could possibly go wrong with that situation? Obviously something, because nowadays one returns to lament the other’s death. You can find this story in my book Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans (https://amazon.com/Ghost-Stories-Folk-Tales-Orleans/dp/1940087465)  sold on Amazon and in bookstores. You can see the haunt: Along the wrought iron fence at Pirate Alley in New Orleans And read more stories on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NewOrleansGhostStories/ Music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/a-seafaring-adventure

Today’s story is the legend of Calico Lady of Lafferty Run and Chicken Hollow Road in Brown County, Ohio. An old lady with a collection of cats used to chase those away who traveled too fast past her home . . . even after she died.  You can find this story in Ohio Ghost Stories and Spooky Legends, the Classics (https://amazon.com/gp/product/B087Z5TXKX/) Music and some screams, hollers, and caterwauling cats from UppBeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/fernweh-goldfish/crooked-old-shrew (As always, when checking out these ghostly places, contact local authorities to make sure that the roads and areas are still public property and available for a visit.)

The Story of the Telltale Lilac Bush- An Old-time Favorite - One of the most beloved folklore stories of West Virginia, the Telltale Lilac Bush, was brought to life by Ruth Ann Musick via Keith Ketchem, as given to him by Mrs. Sarah Dadisman of Union in Barbour County.  West Virginia Ghost Stories, The Classics:  Music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/darkest-child The great sound of shoveling Story originally told in: The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick | Dec 31, 1965

An old cabin is tucked into the trees just outside a small college town in Nelsonville that has a ghost that just will not give up its home. And you can visit it. You can find the story in this book: Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide of the Hocking Hills: Ghost Stories. Haunted Hikes. (https://www.amazon.com/Haunted-Hocking-Ghost-Hunters-beyond/dp/194008704X/) You may be able to see the ghost and perhaps others from the region. On Friday and Saturday, October 15th and 16th, 2021, Hocking College is featuring special ghostly tours of the Haunted Robbins Crossing Village from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., with guided walk-throughs showing some of the most frightening lore in the area. There is a small fee. Robbins Crossing Historical Village 3301 Hocking Pkwy Southeast Intersection by Loop Rd, Hocking Pkwy, Nelsonville, OH 45764 Music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/creep

I found an old ghost town cemetery along the New River in West Virginia hidden in the forest and on an island. If you hike the Southside Trail, you may be able to discover it too. You can get a glimpse of the island on my YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/0WQC9vzoju8 You can hike the southside trail: Here is the parking: Brooklyn Campground Southside Trail, Fayetteville, WV 25840 37.984211, -81.028046 Coordinates for the cemetery and remember, it may be surrounded by water much of the year (there is a rugged trail near Red Ash by a creek crossing the trail): https://goo.gl/maps/qkCNVFgWGzewrKxa7  and more info: https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2512274/red-ash-island-cemetery Music from Uppbeat https://uppbeat.io/t/vens-adams/adventure-is-calling And the baby’s cry on the podcast was not exactly what I heard, but close and from FascinatedSound Screech Owl: mael46

Today’s story is The Sordid Tale of Etienne Deschamps. In 1889, a deranged dentist living in New Orleans committed a heinous crime which left a ghost still wandering the rooms of the building where a murder took place. There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore that comes from my book, Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans Former Old Coffeepot Restaurant 714 St Peter Street New Orleans La Citations: -Gumbo Ya-Ya: A Collection of Louisiana Folk Tales by Robert Tallant, Lyle Saxon, et al. -Deschamps Dead. The Times-Picayune May 14, 1892. -Old Coffeepot restaurant - New Orleans, LA (The evil dentist awaits). (n.d.). Retrieved from hatednation.blogspot.com/2016/09/old-coffepot-restaurant-new-orleans-la.html Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/fernweh-goldfish/crooked-old-shrew

Today’s story is about the Wampus Cat, a mysterious wild thing as fearsome as a cougar and as frightening as a phantom. This half-human and half-wildcat haunts the mountains of West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and perhaps, even Ohio. And its story comes in many forms . . . I hope you enjoy this episode of Sometime Between Dusk and Dawn Ghost Stories. If you like it, please pass it along. And most of all, I hope I helped you find your scary place sometime between dusk and dawn. Monsters, Cryptids, and Mysterious Wild Beasts: West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Beyond. and Where to Find Them-https://amazon.com/Monsters-Cryptids-Mysterious-Wild-Beasts/dp/1940087384/ Music and soundtrack files from Uppbeat including: https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/blue-planets gunfire: 158977__cgeffex__distant-gunfire-03- CGEffex  (CC BY 3.0) Wolf Howl EminYILDIRIM

A Legend comes from the tiny Mt Olive cemetery outside Mansfield, Ohio, where a Bloody Mary legend was born beneath the boughs of an ancient pine. You can find this story in my book and buy the book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore from my Ohio Ghost Guide 5-  And follow me on YouTube! Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/v-draganov/mystery-box

Those prisoners who once called the jailed cells of this West Virginia Penitentiary home may have left many ghosts in their path even before finding themselves imprisoned there. But what comes around, goes around; some of those same inmates have become ghouls themselves and haunt the cells and hallways they once trod in life. Just ask the local tour guides during the historical and paranormal tours at West Virginia Penitentiary Paracon coming up on September 11, 2021, during the seasonal haunted tours offered later in the year . . . or go and discover one yourself. Follow me on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iofwF0Nweg0 Or read this story and others in West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts (https:// amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B07GTV9T4K) Paracon occurs in September of each year in Moundsville- 818 Jefferson Avenue, Moundsville WV 26041 Music from Uppbeat : https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytales https://uppbeat.io/t/v-draganov/magic-illusion

Today’s tale is Dancing Octoroon Mistress of New Orleans. On windy and cold December nights, a bare, wraithlike form gyrates and whips about frantically on top of a brick building on Royal Street. Its story comes from long ago and centers around the ill-fated devotion of a young mistress for her callous lover. The house of the octoroon mistress is 734 Royal Street in New Orleans.  You can find my book series on Amazon and in local bookstores, including this bit of lore that comes from my book Ghost Stories and Folk Tales of New Orleans that has addresses/GPS so you can see the haunted homes, streets, and other locations. https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Stories-Folk.../dp/1940087465 which also has a ghostly walking tour map of the city, the most beloved legends and ghost stories, and information about the haunted cemeteries. Music from Uppbeat -https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/walled-in

Today’s story is Stumpy. Many years ago, a doctor in a small Ohio town was awakened past nightfall by persistent knocks upon his door, and as he called upon a patient, the man would come face to face with a phantom. Buy the book with Stumpy’s story in it: Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide V! https://amazon.com/Ohio-Ghost-Hunter-Guide-Haunted/dp/1940087082/ Check out my YouTube Channel and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4pgfYKt5z1K4VaGa3CK7A

A ghoulish legend comes from a place just a little southwest of Columbus, Ohio of murder and madness and a place called Woolly Booger Cemetery. This comes from my Ohio Ghost Hunter Guide III, by Jannette Quackenbush. Check out my YouTube Channel and subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq4pgfYKt5z1K4VaGa3CK7A Or read it in my Ohio Ghost Guide III- https://www.amazon.com/Ohio-Ghost-Hunter-Guide-III/dp/1940087066 Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/cinco/cheat-codes

Today’s story is Thump. A rivalry for a woman between two young men living along Big Run turns bitter and ends in a ghastly deed and a ghost that comes with an eerie thumping noise. There is more than just this podcast. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores including this bit of lore which comes from the second book of my West Virginia Ghost story series: Ghost Stories, Legends, Haunts, and Folklore of West Virginia. Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/southern-lord 

Today’s story is Betty Knox and the Calling Ghost.  When a reclusive farmer disappeared in the late 1700s, travelers on the isolated trails where she once drove her old ox heard strange noises and calls in a certain deep pocket of woods along Dunbar Creek. And I heard them too- You can find this story in my Pennsylvania book series on Amazon and in bookstores— Pennsylvania Ghosts and Haunts: West Pennsylvania If you like Pennsylvania ghost stories, I also have a book on Gettysburg Ghosts- Little Book of Gettysburg Ghosts You can also subscribe to my channel on YouTube— You can take your chances and search out this legend. Betty Knox (Knocks) Road is in Pennsylvania State Gamelands Number 51. I parked on Betty Knocks Road about 600 feet from where it intersects with Tucker Run Road and crosses Dunbar Creek. Then I hiked from there. . . https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/easton

Today’s story is about Hangman’s Hollow in the city of Hamilton—Butler County, Ohio. When four boys sneak off on an adventure to see the Butler County fair back in the mid-1800s, they hap upon a ghastly sight in the most dreaded of places, Hangman’s Hollow. You can buy my book series on Amazon and in bookstores, including this bit of lore which comes from my book—Ohio Ghost stories and Spooky Legends, the Classics. You can also subscribe to my channel on YouTube: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/hemlock/moving-on Scream Sound by Moulaythami from freesound.org You can take a drive by the old Hangman’s hollow. It is about .4 miles from the intersection of Hamilton Richmond, Gardner, and Old Oxford Roads in Hamilton, Ohio

This is the Legend of Screaming Jenny told by author Jannette Quackenbush. In the historic town of Harpers Ferry in West Virginia, an old woman haunted the railway, startling engineers who drove along the tracks. You can find this ghost story and others in my first West Virginia ghost book West Virginia Ghost Stories, Legends, and Haunts. Visiting Harpers Ferry? Stop in at the Vintage Lady – Gift Shop owned by Cindi Parsons Dunn who carries my books. Music from Uppbeat uppbeat.io/t/sonda/spirit-hype Some sounds-Samusasi Teddy Bears Picnic By Blue Shift on premiumbeats.com Visit Harpers Ferry and listen to Rick Garland who provides ghost story tours (no investigations) of Harpers Ferry. Oh Be Joyful Ghost tours - https://obejoyfull.com/ Steam train: Zozzy