I spent the last year walking among Virginia’s oldest cemeteries—listening to whispers from history, flipping through old newspapers, and collecting ghost stories that won’t let go. Now I’ve gathered them all in one haunted volume.I’ve always believed cemeteries have stories to tell—some carved into stone, others hidden in whispers and weathered newspaper clippings. After years of wandering Virginia’s most fascinating, unsettling, and sacred burial grounds, I’m thrilled (and slightly spooked) to share this This isn’t just a ghost story collection. It’s a journey through forgotten headlines, folklore, and sacred spaces across the Commonwealth—retelling ghostly encounters that are as much about memory as they are about mystery.
- A president who still whistles in the cemetery
- Spirits tied to a bathtub murder that made national headlines in 1909
- A house built from Union soldiers’ tombstones (!?)
- A haunted pet cemetery
- A gravestone struck by lightning—three times
- Civil War ghosts still visiting their brothers’ graves
I even share a few of my own experiences staying in haunted inns and walking the Appalachian Trail with a slightly racing heart.
Yes, it’s about ghosts. But it’s also about:
What we remember—and what we forget
The rituals of mourning and place
How folklore helps preserve history
And why some stories demand to be retold
I’ll be posting ghost story snippets, behind-the-scenes cemetery pics, and weird Virginia trivia right here in your inbox over the coming months.