Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice

Post Reports

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🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Since we launched “Post Reports” almost seven years ago, our production team has had an inside joke every time we reach this time of year. We start calling the show “Ghost Reports,” in honor of Halloween. We look for the spookiest and most thematic stories happening around our newsroom.

Today, we’re bringing you just such an episode. It’s a personal ghost story from Washington Post reporter Clarence Williams, who went to Foxcroft boarding school in Loudon Country, Virginia. Where, every Halloween, they tell the legend of Mrs. Kyle, a pre-Revolutionary spirit with unfinished business.

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0:00.0	Boo!
0:03.2	It's Elahe.
0:04.5	We're taking a break today from the news to bring you something a little different, a little spooky.
0:13.6	Since we launched post reports almost seven years ago, our production team has had this inside joke.
0:20.2	Every time we reach this time of year,
0:22.6	we start calling the show Ghost Reports,
0:25.9	in honor of Halloween.
0:27.5	And we look for the spookiest
0:29.1	and most thematically appropriate stories
0:31.6	from around our newsroom.
0:33.8	Sadly, we have only ever successfully
0:36.3	had one episode of Ghost Reports on the show.
0:40.2	But dear listeners, I am excited to announce that this year, we have another Ghost Reports episode.
0:51.3	It's Thursday, October 30th, the day before Halloween.
0:56.3	And today we're bringing you a ghost story from Clarence Williams.
1:00.5	He covers the D.C. Metro area for The Post.
1:03.6	It has all the hallmarks of a good ghost story.
1:07.0	Personal tragedy, restless spirits, and a surprising twist.
1:13.2	Also a warning that there are some descriptions of violence in this episode.
1:18.5	This story begins with a personal connection for Clarence in Loudoun County, Virginia, near D.C.
1:28.6	The tale starts in a unique place, a private boarding school for girls in Loudoun County, Virginia.
1:37.0	500 acres of rolling Piedmont Hills.
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