WTOP’s Jason Fraley took time this Halloween season to tell the creepy tales and legends that haunt your backyard. Unlike our typical journalistic pieces of hard news and fact-based evidence, this is an intentionally tongue-in-cheek presentation based on lore, rumor and innuendo.

So pour the cider, dim the lights and scroll down to hear WTOP’s retelling of spooky stories about D.C., Maryland and Virginia.