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Moundsville Shadow Man stands at the end of a hallway
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Moundsville Shadow Man Photo: Psyche Ward Picture (below)
Photographed by Ben and Zana Willis in 2013, this photo of the Moundsville Penitentiary shadow man was captured upstairs in the medical area, specifically the psyche ward. Creepily crawling, or kneeling down, this ghost was either attempting to hide or was up to something else. (You can read Ben and Zana's account, here:
Ghost in Pictures.)

More to the Story Behind this Ghost Photo:
We were interested in finding out just how close the psyche ward was to the dining area where Pamela and Polly photographed the shadow man. If they were close enough, we couldn't help but wonder if all three people captured the same ghost. So, we called the West Virginia Penitentiary and found that the psyche ward is above the old dining room which is above the contact visiting room, at least 200 feet down the hall from where the original shadow man photograph was taken. So, it is reasonably close in proximity. We also contacted Polly Gear. Polly said the the psych ward also runs the length of the big hall where she shot the original shadow man photo and that it is above that big hall you can see in her photograph. So, this section of building at the WV Pen is home to at least one, maybe two, shadow men. Is it the same male ghost? It could be, but you decide...
Moundsville Shadow Man Photo: Dining Hall (left)
In 2008, we received our second photo of the shadow man walking near the same area the first shadow man was captured. This time, the ghost was caught walking within the dining hall by Pamela Tackett. You can see the ghost on the right side of the photograph.

To read the full story from Pam and learn more about this inscredible ghost photo, see the
Moundsville Ghost Picture.
The Original Moundsville Shadow Man Ghost Photo (right)
Photographed in 2004 by Polly Gear, this ghost has made the West Virginia Penitentiary legendary for behing haunted. It has appeared on different TV shows, being wrongly debunked by TAPS Ghost Hunters in an early episode of the popular ghost hunting show. The debunking was so off-base that we went and visited Polly at the haunted prison to validate the photograph - onsite. You can read our debunking of TAPS' debunking, here: Moundsville Shadow Man. You can also learn of Polly's incredible account, here: Moundsville Penitentiary Shadow Man.
Moundsville Shadow Man Photos
Look at all three photos taken at the West Virginia Penitentiary that sits in the small town near the Ohio River. The "shadow man" haunts a certain area of Moundsville Prison. And these are the ghost photos that prove it.

(left) All three images of the shadow man, side by side for comparison.

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