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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 2000
Page
3
East describes a 1899 Montcalm house haunted by unexplained events including moving objects, lights turning on, and eerie apparitions witnessed by family and visitors. Despite several incidents, she insists she has never seen a ghost, though others, including a daughter and a visitor, report sightings and strange occurrences.
Vivian Compton Farmer recalls 1925 move to a Jewell Ridge company house in Tazewell County where nightly noises and a mysterious past unsettled her family. Her father sought another dwelling after eerie events linked to miners who once stayed there, possibly a hidden death in the slate pile debts. Now 99, her mother remains in Wythe County nursing home as she hopes for more memories of the haunting.
Local historian Darrel McPherson describes the Wall log cabin built around 1782 to 1794 near Glenwood Park and reveals the legend of Josie the ghost who died by suicide in the home. He aims to move the cabin to Glenwood Park hoping Josie remains at peace.
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