A Hostile Male Spirit, and a Female Spirit with Little Girl

A Georgetown federal employee met a woman apparition on the staircase, dressed in a long, gray, hooded dress, who was holding the hand of an eight year old child. Both ignored the employee and vanished.

This same employee met a glaring, glowering but good looking man, dressed in a brocade vest, wearing a top hat and holding a cane, who was standing at the head of the servant’s stairway, at the end of the hall.

As the male spirit was emitting hostile vibes, she ran to the balcony door, where she felt an invisible hand pushing her in the back, causing her to stumble. She turned around and he vanished.

A planner from Denver staying at this same guest house saw the same good-looking, glaring man in the brocade vest, at the end of the hall, and the woman dressed in the long, gray-hooded dress, with the little girl. All vanished before the planner’s eyes.

Mr. C’s Experiences

At another historic house, located in the center of Harpers Ferry, Mr. C and his kids lived on the top floor.

For months on and off, Mr. C. was awakened by a little child’s pitiful, heart-wrenching cry, which seemed to come from his bedroom closet.

Mr. C., while doing the dishes late at night, saw a glowing white object float out of his closet and move toward his bed before vanishing. After going back to the dishes, a tremendous crash shook the house.

After a thorough inspection, nothing was out of order.

A possible explanation of this haunting can be found in a recently found dairy of a Civil War era woman, which tells the sad tale of a baby’s death caused by a fallen chimney, which happened in the middle of a Civil War battle which was fought at Harpers Ferry.

What Did I Just See?

A researcher was taking a quick nap on the sofa in the front room. He awoke and felt that someone was watching him.

He then saw a man dressed in 19th century work clothes run by his sofa, carrying a dead man.

Both disappeared in the hallway.

Military Spirits

A phantom Army, complete with fife and drum sounds, marches down Hight street.

A little drummer boy, who was killed when a Union soldier threw him out of a window, cries for his mom.

John Brown’s Farmhouse Headquarters

Also called the Kennedy Farmhouse, which is a 200 year old restored, log cabin, located 5 miles outside the main town.

Brown and his 21 men slept upstairs in the small attic. Witnesses have heard John Brown’s ghost pace back and forth on the top two floors. Footsteps of a crowd of people can be heard going up the steps.

Sounds of people talking, breathing and snoring have been heard as well. Psychics feel an aura in the attic. One psychic claimed to have made contact with John Brown himself, who was “pleased” with the renovation work done on his old headquarters.

An apparition resembling John Brown himself has been seen walking down the streets of Harpers Ferry, occasionally smiling at a visitor.

He obligingly posed for a picture with some West Virginia tourists, who enthusiastically asked him to join them. When these tourists got their pictures back, there was a blank space where the old man had stood, though everyone else was accounted for.

Spirit of a Young Girl

A young girl, who was burned in a 1830 fire, still screams for help.

Spirit of Father Costello

Father Costello’s ghost can be seen praying for his congregation up on the hill at Saint Peter’s Church.