Camalier House: 24222 Whites Ferry
Road. A former resident who grew up
in this house reports hearing disem-
bodied voices singing gospel music
out in the fields. In this isolated area,
there was no explanation for the
songs coming from the surrounding
empty acres.
current owners say they’ve moved on.
The most well-known of these ghosts
is the Grey Lady. One former resi-
dent’s bedridden mother said a lady
in grey was keeping her company,
standing at the foot of her bed and
sometimes floating. Another visitor
reported being awakened by a weight
on the bed and discovering a ghostly
cat with the Grey Lady calling it away.
Annington: 24001 Whites Ferry Road.
Across the Potomac from Balls Bluff
Battlefield, this historic estate was
said to have been haunted by Colonel
Baker, who could be seen galloping
down to the battle that would take
his life. In the former slave quarters,
another ghost’s abrupt appearance
terrified an overnight guest. The high
point of haunted activity for Anning-
ton was when extensive renovations
were taking place many years ago,
leaving behind a stately yet quieter
residence.
St. Paul Community Church: 14400-
14416 Sugarland Road. A lifelong resi-
dent of Poolesville reports a strange
man suddenly materializing in the
middle of the road near this church,
staring at him but not speaking and
then disappearing. Others from the
Poolesville area have also sighted
the same figure at the Isaac Walton
League, Jerusalem Church Road, and
various fields around Poolesville and
Boyds. All describe him as being an
older African-American man with
closely cropped grey hair, faded cov-
eralls, and white, sightless eyes who
seems to be silently watching them.
Poolesville Golf Course: 16601 West
Willard Road, Poolesville. Though
the lodge built onto founder Bernie
C&O Canal Edward’s Ferry and
Haunted Bend. Near the Edward’s
Ferry lockhouse is a stretch of the
towpath known as “Haunted House
Bend.” At this spot, witnesses report
strange sounds like moans of agony—
could they be related to the carnage
across the River? When the Canal
was still operational, mules would
spook and people reported seeing
the ghostly figures of a red haired
man and an African-American young
woman.
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