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Real Ghost Stories Online

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Religion & Spirituality, Natural Sciences, Science, Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 20 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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0:00.0	This is real ghost stories online.
0:05.0	Historic sites.
0:15.0	Historic sites can often be fodder for ghost stories,
0:19.0	whether there's any ghost stories or not.
0:22.1	And enough for good reason.
0:23.4	There's a story history to them.
0:25.4	And naturally, when something has been around for a while and people are telling stories about it,
0:30.5	sometimes truly paranormal things will come up.
0:35.1	Sometimes it's just added fodder to the legend of what is already there.
0:41.5	But oftentimes there's a basis for those stories.
0:46.3	In our next story, we hear about a haunted mill that was once the site of some staging grounds during the Civil War.
1:01.0	Burned to the ground several times.
1:04.6	Several of the owner's sons volunteered to go off to war.
1:10.3	The site that should have seen a lot of happiness also saw much tragedy, but still stands to this day.
1:18.3	Long enough for one of our listeners to have a terrifying experience there.
1:23.9	I've even I have been to because this story actually takes place where I live in northwest Arkansas.
1:31.9	And now I want to go again myself after hearing this story.
1:36.5	Take a listen. This is my fourth time to write in, and I still have so many stories to share with this community.
1:59.1	I've already shared a couple of stories that are mine and one that was my dad's.
2:02.6	This story is mine and it's one of the most recent things that's happened to me.
2:06.6	To refresh your memory, I'm a student at the University of Arkansas and Fayetteville, Arkansas.
2:11.6	I've lived in Fayetteville for five years now and loved this area.
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