Case file · Haunting
Lake Shawnee Amusement Park
An amusement park near Princeton, opened in 1926 and closed in 1988, with a reputation as one of the most haunted places in West Virginia.
1926 CE · 37.43, -81.01 · status: legend
The account
The land was the Mitchell Clay homestead, where several of Clay's children were killed in a Native American raid in 1783. Stories tell of deaths on the swing ride and in the lake, and of a girl's ghost; the site now runs paranormal tours.
The sceptical view
The 'cursed ground' and burial-ground claims mostly come from promotion, and the reported ride deaths are poorly documented.