Welcome To Pocomoke City Ghosts
The rushing waters of the Pocomoke River serve as a conduit for many of the tourist town’s active spirits. Along its surface walk the ethereal figures of a father and son tragically lost to Pocomoke’s black waters. Elsewhere up the river, the echoes of a brutal murder linger while the mischievous haunts of the Mar-Va Performing Arts Center keep employees alert for the unexpected.
Piracy, War, and the Deadly Black Waters of Pocomoke
The black waters of the Pocomoke River rush with tales of piracy and tragic disappearances that lend to centuries-old legends. Though the waters have been touched by conflict and war, specifically a series of skirmishes over land and the American Revolution, it’s the horrible death of a father and son that plague the river today.
Visit the Pocomoke City Bridge with Pocomoke City Ghosts and follow as a father and son go about their routine atop the blackened stream. It was a day like any other as the pair made the journey into town, the son disembarking at the Railroad Bridge and returning down a ways at the Highway Bridge. One slip of the foot, though, and their routine was brought to a sudden end.
When the conditions are right, the spectral forms of father and son have been spotted walking along the river. Their story may not be an integral piece of Pocomoke’s history, but it’s an important reminder as to the dangers of the river’s black waters.
What Will I See?
Visit Pocomoke City’s Most Haunted Locations, Including:
- Mar-Va Theater – Mar-Va Theater has a unique collection of spirits, including a devilish little girl possibly responsible for several pranks and the residuals of past performances.
- Pitts Creek Presbyterian – Like theaters, churches are known for the energy that builds over the years. Spiritual in nature, it’s no surprise that it often attracts spirits, like the start of a funeral procession that an urban explorer stumbled upon.
- The River Gem – Generational sorrow racked the Clarke family and seeped into the floorboards of their quaint home. After it was converted into a bed and breakfast, the Clarkes still have a grip on their old abode — especially the young children, simply looking for someone to play with.
An Eternal Love of the Theater
A roaring round of applause echoes through the Mar-Va Theater as the exhausted actors on stage take a bow. They left a piece of themselves behind during their performance, a spark of energy that melds with the outward emotion of the audience. It’s a frequent occurrence at most theaters and is precisely why venues like the Mar-Va Performing Arts Center harbor ethereal entities.
Walk the line between realms with Pocomoke City Ghosts and hear about Mar-Va’s resident specters. The theater appears to have several spirits within, each more startling than the next. From hair-raising screams echoing from the theater to visions of a little girl, employees of the performing arts center are slowly getting used to their loud guests.
Theaters and their haunts show how built-up energies can manifest in a number of ways. All that passion in one space is bound to be strong enough to draw in apparitions, phantoms, and poltergeists who once loved the theater.
Why is Pocomoke City so Haunted?
Pocomoke’s Monstrosity of Nature
Put a heavily forested area next to a small town, and who knows what terrors people will dream up. Or is it not a dream? For the folks of Pocomoke City, the legend of the dreaded Goatman is all but myth. Especially to April Edwards, a hapless victim of the hybrid cryptid’s penchant for pets.
Stand at the edge of reality with Pocomoke City Ghosts and peer out at the land inhabited by the deadly Goatman. A product of animal experimentation, this monstrosity roams the Pocomoke Forest with the many other legends and myths said to call the dense greenery home. Unlike most spirits, something like the Goatman can be dangerous.
Some may deny the beast’s existence. Others scoff at the notion, considering the Goatman would be well past its prime and only growing older. Is it really a gamble worth taking, knowing what atrocities such a fiend could be capable of?
Pocomoke’s Most Haunted
The waters of the Pocomoke River flow through the forest, depositing energies picked up along its travels. Often, this energy draws attention from across the veil, spurring the legends that fester within the Pocomoke Forest. Dense greenery hides several of Pocomoke City’s darkest secrets, like the villainous boyfriend killer that somehow never leaves a speck of evidence behind. It may be a familiar urban legend, but it accompanies less recognizable tales like the bus driver who disembarked his stalled bus only to fall victim to something horrifying within the forest.
Then there’s the Old Nazareth Church and the heavy bible. Legend has it that a bible had been left behind after the church closed down. Anyone who tried to take it found it growing increasingly heavier until it was impossible to move any further. Then there’s the sudden fireball that appeared in the sky during an unsanctioned revival service hosted by evangelists.
The Pocomoke Forest is over 17,000 acres of ominous woodland, each acre seemingly home to an ethereal figure, monstrosity of nature, or urban legend of its own.
* This is a walking tour and we do not enter privately-owned buildings or private property *
