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The Soldier on the Bridge | Real Ghost Stories Online 🦇 EXTRA

Real Ghost Stories Online

Real Ghost Stories Online | Paranormal, Supernatural & Horror Radio

Spirituality, Science, Natural Sciences, Religion & Spirituality

4.23.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

 War Eagle Mill in Northwest Arkansas has seen nearly two centuries of triumph and tragedy—Civil War occupation, multiple devastating fires, and a legacy steeped in local legend. But for one couple, a quiet evening visit turned into a terrifying face-to-face encounter with the mill’s most famous ghost: a Confederate soldier said to haunt the riverbank and one-lane bridge. What began as an innocent sightseeing trip ended with the soldier appearing, vanishing, and reappearing behind their car, his final gesture a bone-chilling smile. 

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0:44.3

Historic sites.

0:50.3

Historic sites can often be fodder for ghost stories, whether there's any ghost stories or not, and enough for good reason.

0:52.6

There's a storied history to them. And and naturally when something has been around for a while

0:57.4

and people are telling stories about it, sometimes truly paranormal things will come up.

1:04.3

Sometimes it's just added fodder to the legend of what is already there.

1:10.7

But oftentimes, there's a basis for those stories.

1:15.5

In our next story, we hear about a haunted mill that was once the site of some staging

1:26.0

grounds during the Civil War.

1:30.3

Burned to the ground several times.

1:33.8

Several of the owner's sons volunteered to go off to war.

1:39.5

The site that should have seen a lot of happiness also saw much tragedy,

1:49.6

but still stands to this day long enough for one of our listeners to have a terrifying experience there.

1:53.1

I even I have been to because this story actually takes place

1:57.1

where I live in northwest Arkansas.

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