Oct. 30, 2025

Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice

Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice
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Ghost Reports: They buried Mrs. Kyle twice

There’s a boarding school in Virginia with a ghost story that predates the American Revolution. Today, Post reporter Clarence Williams brings us the story of the ghost of Mrs. Kyle, a legend kept alive at Foxcroft School.

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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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