This is the hauntings list for Vinton County. Remember that some of the places listed are merely legend or hearsay, but many are genuine and documented haunts. If you know of any more hauntings or legends for this county, please submit them to our Hauntings Submission Page.

 Dundas

• Beard's Cemetery - Witnesses have reported seeing some glowing grave stones and a dog with glowing red eyes and vicious teeth.

 Lake Hope

• Hope Furnace - One worker has never left his post at the Hope Furnace. Since the furnace was run 24 hours, watchmen were employed to oversee the furnace at night to tend the fires. They used lanterns to guide them along their rounds, which sometimes led them to the top of the furnace. One stormy night, a bright bolt of lightening temporarily blinded a watchman as he was doing his rounds. Not being able to see where he was walking, he fell into the furnace, the bubbling ore quickly melting his body away. It is said on stormy nights that a dark figure carrying a lantern can be seen walking around the top of the furnace until lightening strikes close by, at which time the figure will disappear.

• Moonville Tunnel - There are several legends and ghost stories surrounding the Moonville Tunnel. This first story is the most popular and familiar in relation to the tunnel. On a dark night in the late 1850s, a brakeman was killed by a train. He was drunk after playing cards with some others, and while walking through the tunnel, attempted to stop the train by swinging his lantern back and forth. It didn't work and he was hit by the train and decapitated. His ghost is now said to haunt the tunnel, swinging his lantern back and forth for eternity. The second story is of a young lady who was on her way to see her lover in Moonville. As she was crossing the train trestle, she was struck and killed by a train. Her ghost is said to roam the old train trestle, looking for her head. Since the trestle is no longer there, we're not too sure where she's going to haunt now. Perhaps she will float along where the trestle used to be, or maybe she'll haunt the old stone bridge that now crosses the creek.