The Men of the Pen Jack Bence April 5, 2017 My friends and I on a warm summer night Drove down to the famous home of fright 11 Acres and surrounded by walls The WV State Penitentiary held them all A prisoner’s home was a 5x7 cell A horrible home, an...
Wheeling’s Haunted Confluence Rich Knoblich October 25, 2015 2 Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the annual Vandalia Gathering hosted by the WV Dept. of Arts and Culture, likes to add some dr...
Wheeling Heritage Continues Mt. Wood Restoration Jackie McDermott September 2, 2015 The Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation continues to breathe new life into Wheeling’s oldest cemetery. This summer, the Mt. Wood restoration project, led by Wheeling Heritage historian Bekah K...
The Wallaston Kimberly Tragedy At Wheeling’s Wharf Rich Knoblich June 13, 2015 2 Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the annual Vandalia Gathering hosted by the WV Dept. of Arts and Culture, likes to add some dr...
No Asylum Now Offered By Roney’s Point Asylum Steve Novotney May 30, 2015 15 It closed 43 years ago, and it has sat here empty ever since. It was a popular dare back in the day to go there, and this destination always delivered whatever demons your mind feared the most. This is where...
Fascinating History Haunts Inside The Walls Of W.Va. Pen Steve Novotney May 16, 2015 27 It was hard core. The criminals, the conditions, and the administered punishments earned the West Virginia Penitentiary a nationwide reputation for standing as a brutal institution in the corrections system dur...
The Hempfield Haunting Rich Knoblich May 3, 2015 4 Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the annual Vandalia Gathering hosted by the WV Dept. of Arts and Culture, likes to add some dr...
Disaster of the Steamboat Scioto Rich Knoblich March 7, 2015 3 Note: This is a fictional tale. Rich Knoblich, WV storyteller and a regular winner of the Liar Contest at the annual Vandalia Gathering hosted by the WV Dept. of Arts and Culture, likes to add some dr...
The Legends of Roney’s Point Examined Steve Novotney November 23, 2014 28 Story and Photography By Steve Novotney There was zero political correctness involved when I was first told the tales of Roney’s Point. Legend had it then that this was where the county’s crazy people wer...
