Throughout these many reincarnations, I can't help but wonder if the resident ghost, Emily, is still making her presence known.
This location first came to my attention several years ago when it was featured in the book A Guide to Haunted West Virginia, by Walter Gavenda and Michael T. Shoemaker. In fact, a photograph of the restaurant and its ghostly girl is featured as the book's cover!
According to the authors, the former Charles Washington Inn has had a long history of paranormal activity. Doors opening and closing, bud vases turning over, and lights turning on and off prompted owners to call in a psychic to investigate the possible haunting. According to the investigation, the resident ghost of the restaurant was that of a 13 year old girl named Emily who died in a second floor room, known then as the "Pink Room."
Emily is said to be able to communicate with visitors and staff, by dimming the lights in response to hearing her name. She also gave author Walter Gavenda a start by banging on the restroom wall while he was in there using the facilities. It was only after driving on to their next destination, that they took a moment to take an outside photo of the building...and were astounded to see a ghostly female image in an upstairs room, looking out the window.
The photo above is the cover of the book, where Emily can allegedly be seen in the upper left-hand window.
We were the owners for 14 years of the Charles Washington Inn and the book was published while we owned it. We have photographs, voice recordings and so much documented. We sold it to raise children but now that they are grown, have started going back through the physic episodes and the memories of our 17 resident ghosts that I called friends. We even knew some favorite meals of some of the spirits when they were alive. So many wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteAw, that's awesome to hear. I'm so glad your experiences there with the spirits were positive!
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