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Lake Shawnee is located in West Virginia it's known to be haunted and we decided to be the first ones to use our bus in Stealth camp overnight on the property. New law firm files suit against ...

But it seems Lake Shawnee’s haunted history reaches much farther back. Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in West Virginia, which was shut down in 1966 and belived to be cursed, will open for one week ...

A new motion picture starring Julia Roberts includes a hidden reference to the Lake Shawnee Haunted Amusement Park in Mercer County. Hundreds of sharp-eyed viewers have found a hidden QR code in ...

Haunting photographs reveal the now derelict park in West Virginia, USA, which had previously been home to a Native American tribe. A rusted swing set in the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement park ...

As the sun set over Lake Shawnee on a Saturday night, hundreds gathered for a ghost hunting experience at the lake’s abandoned amusement park. The site, rumored to be cursed and haunted, is a ...

Perhaps it's an ominous Victorian mansion haunted by residents past ... this place exists in real life in the form of America's Lake Shawnee Amusement Park. A booming theme park which has now ...

The old amusement park known as Marshal Scotty’s Playland Park is taking on a new role — and this time, its goal is to scare people. The haunted trail ... Heather Lake gives us a look.

Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in West Virginia has been abandoned since 1966, but these sinister events have transformed it into a playground for ghosts! Yahoo Sports ...

The derelict ticket booth in the abandoned Lake Shawnee Amusement park in West Virginia, USACredit: Forsaken Photos/News Dog Media The Lake Shawnee Amusement park was opened in the 1920s by ...