Floorboards creaking. Inanimate objects flying off walls. Wafting sudden glimpses of ghostly shadows moving about in whispering grace through the halls and walls of our homes. We all recognize these telltale signs of haunted places, and in this chilling collection of stories from West Virginia's legendary mining towns the state's supernatural history comes to life. Delta Harless has tracked down descendants and participants, searched out historical records, and interviewed hundreds in her passionate pursuit of the ghostly twilight tales of West Virginia . With her mighty pen in hand and keen eye, she captures in these wonderful stories West Virginia's rich cultural heritage - and scares the bejesus out of you to boot.