Campfire Stories
Where truth blurs with tale, and the shadows do the talking.
At The Travelers’ Field Guide, we believe every great road trip should come with a good ghost story. This is where we keep ours.
Some of the stories you’ll find here are rooted in real places—based on local legends, strange sightings, and whispered accounts passed down through generations. Others are stitched together from imagination, dreams, and the occasional nightmare.
Growing up, I’d beg my uncle to “scare me” with his best ghost stories—long drives and late nights were his stage. This page is a tribute to that tradition. A place where folklore meets fiction, and curiosity meets the unexplained.
So whether you’re here to research your next haunted destination, or just want something a little creepy to read after dark—welcome. Settle in. Read slow.
And don’t mind the noises behind you. Probably just the wind.
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The Silence Between Trees
She set out alone on a quiet stretch of the Appalachian Trail, looking for solitude. But the deeper she hiked, the stranger things became—footsteps outside her tent, odd objects left behind, and warnings that came too late. Inspired by real accounts of missing hikers and eerie mountain folklore, this story explores what might be waiting…
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The Red Eyes Over Point Pleasant
You ever hear of the Mothman? If you have, your immediate thought is probably of the statue, the shiny metal one in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. Wings outstretched. Muscles flexed. A little absurd. But that’s just the postcard version. The truth is a lot stranger.
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The Ghosts of Haynesville Woods: Tales from Maine’s Most Haunted Highway
In the far reaches of northern Maine, Route 2A cuts through a dense, brooding stretch of forest. The locals call it Haynesville Woods—and they don’t talk about it casually. Drivers say the road has a memory. That it holds on to every tragedy. Every scream. Every soul.