The Haunted Halls of West Virginia University

Have you ever had a peculiar experience on campus.

Author: The Daily Athenaeum WVU

Have you ever had a peculiar experience on campus? Like hearing the faint sounds of a cow mooing near Woodburn or catching a glimpse of a little girl skipping around the corridors of the MountainLair? With over 150 years of history, theres bound to be a few past residents roaming around WVUs campus, and the Daily Athenaeums newest podcast series looks to tell their stories. Each week, Appalachian Storyteller Jason Burns joins us to help uncover these stories of real WVU historical figures and places. These stories have been floating around campus for many years, begging to be remembered.
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Haunted Halls of WVU Ep 5: The voice behind the stories
Episode 5
Monday, 18 November, 2019

The series of “Haunted Halls of WVU” is coming to a close, but the hundreds of stories of Morgantown’s history will live on forever. In this week’s episode, SeVohn Hunter sits down with the voice of “Haunted Halls of WVU, ”Jason Burns, to learn more about the behind the scenes work he does for the stories he has discovered. Burns has been a professional storyteller for more than a decade. This hobby has also turned him into an amateur historian. Burns believes the history behind the story is what makes them so compelling. Burns is also in the process of compiling all of the stories he has collected into a book, and this why he has only chosen a select few stories to share in this podcast series. In this final episode, Burns shares how he became a professional storyteller, the detailed process he goes through in order to put a story together from start to finish, his personal thoughts on ghosts and ghouls and much more. This interview and the complete series of “Haunted Halls of WVU” can be heard at thedaonline.com/hauntedhallspodcast. It’s also published on many major podcasting services, including Apple Podcast, Google Play, TuneIn, Anchor, Spotify and more. When you are finished with this series, there are many other podcasts to listen to from the DA. Visit thedaonline.com/podcasts for more information.