Northern Virginia is full of haunted buildings, hair-raising legends, and creepy ghost stories. Check out these nine spooky spots around the region — if you dare.
The Ghost of Gadsby’s Tavern
In 1816, a young woman known only as the “Female Stranger” died mysteriously in Room 8 of Alexandria’s Gadsby’s Tavern. The anonymous woman’s husband insisted on privacy and buried her under a tombstone at St. Paul’s Cemetery that still reads, “To the memory of a Female Stranger.” Since then, visitors to the…..