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Pennsylvania Haunted Locations
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Abington - Abington Presbyterian Church- There is a small child ghost is spotted, it is known that a graveyard was removed to build the church in 1779 and they moved the graveyard next to the church, people have seen the child in the windows at night in the church and some people have seen it while praying at church.
Academia - Academia - Being right beside a cemetery, the old school for girls is pretty creepy. Rumor was that the gardener killed some girls and hid their bodies. It is said that if you go there at night, you will be chased out by ghosts and your car will have trouble starting. It is also said that when you are leaving you will see the gardeners ghost sitting on the steps of the church by the cemetery. Reports of a girl singing.
Academia - Juniata County - Old girls' school, damaged by fire in 1800s, eerie, eerie things happen here at night. Lights flicker, strange sounds, presences felt, etc.
Allegheny - Bentleyville - the spring - Strange sounds like organ music coming from the graveyard.
Allegheny - Culmerville - Culmerville Hotel - This Spirit has said that 'he' is cold and forever in the confines of this building. I do not know the Culmerville Hotel history: date built and original purpose. I do know that there is one very 'needy' spirit in there.
Allentown - Cedar Crest College - the ghost of a girl that committed suicide there haunts Butz Hall.
Allentown - Constitution Drive - Reports of an apparition of a man that walks with 2 dogs that have red glowing eyes. Believed to be the owner of the dogs, he was run over by a train losing a leg and bleeding to death.
Allentown - Hamilton Street - The ghost of a young woman walks down this street late at night near the area where the old Hess's building had been. It is said she was struck and killed by a car when she attempted to cross the street during the 60's. She stands late at night with a vacant look in her eyes.
Allentown - Hamilton Street - Magic Tree People have claimed to have seen strange lights fly in the sky around the tree, and the entire area has a sense that 'something' happened there. One student took a picture of the tree and a face of an old man appeared in the image.
Allentown - King George Inn - Believed to be haunted by a ghost named Charlie, who likes to bother people working in the kitchen, drops utensils and moves things around.
Allentown - King George Inn - Several ghosts reportedly haunt this place. A woman and young child can be seen in the basement, along with a man wearing Revolutionary War type clothing. By an employee's account, a ghost hunter asked to spend the night alone there once. In the morning, the owner returned to find the ghost hunter's equipment, but the ghost hunter was never seen afterwards.
Allentown - Magnolia's Vineyard Restaurant - the ghost of a young woman haunts this building.
Allenwood - ordinance/behind the prison - long windy road, filled with old cemeteries, where some inmates were buried. bunkers where inmates had to stay. presences are felt, glimpse of light seen. Feelings of being watched.
Altoona - Baker Mansion - This mansion is said to be haunted by the matriarch of the family. There is a wedding dress in a glass case that is said to move on it's own, especially around Halloween and full moons. Tours are given and during the Halloween season, midnight tours. Some say they have seen the woman that roams the house.
Altoona - horseshoe curve- in the tunnel if you flash your lights three times and shut everything off you can hear people laughing and shadows of people walking beside your car.
Altoona - Lakemont park - At the completion of the roller coaster a Maintenance worker was killed by a coaster car during a test run. To this day people say they see him working on the track while they are riding the roller coaster.
Altoona - Wopsononock Mountain - Beulah Road - This legend is a cross between the spectral hitchhiker stories you have heard before and the sort of "Resurrection Mary" type tales familiar to the Chicago area. the ghost of the white lady still walks at night. For historical background there used to be a hotel at the top of the Wopsononock Mountain that was a fairly common getaway for people in Altoona. The Wopsononock hotel and famous lookout burned in the early part of the 20th century and was never rebuilt. In fact, at one time it was serviced by a narrow gauge railroad know as the "Alley Popper" although that has nothing to do with this tale. The road heading up to the Wopsy Lookout (as it is known hereabouts) is now Juniata Gap road in Altoona. This road is a treacherous one bearing a curve known as the "Devil's Elbow" which has been the scene of many accidents. Apparently in the early part of the century a couple was married and was heading to the hotel at the lookout for their honeymoon. I know nothing of the father chasing them which is related to the Ebensburg tale you have given. The legend goes that they were both from Altoona and were heading up the road leading to the hotel when the carriage went over the edge rounding the Devil's Elbow. Both were apparently killed but the body of the husband was never recovered. Since then travelers on this road have encountered the specter of a woman in white, sometimes seen to be carrying a candle, who apparently is looking for something. Variations on the tale have her waylaying young men and looking them over to see if they are her husband, or hitching rides with young men headed for the top of the mountain and then disappearing near the Devil's Elbow. Apparently this spirit has also been seen on the road leading up the mountain where the lookout can be accessed from the other direction, Buckhorn Mountain, and she is also known as the "White Lady of the Buckhorn" as well as the "White Lady of Wopsononock". The site of the old hotel now is littered with television and radio towers and is still a sort of "lover's lane" spot for a lot of folks. Apparently some of the technicians at the towers have reported seeing her, but the most recent account (late 1990's) involved a man who offered her a ride. She apparently got into the car and he could not see her in the rear view mirror but could see her when he turned around. She said nothing to him and disappeared at the Devil's Elbow. Much like Resurrection Mary, it is a difficult tale to dispute since it has occurred so often to so many people over such a long stretch of time. Although the historical details are sketchy! Noone knows who she was or when the accident actually took place. If you ever get a chance to get to this area take a trip on either road and you may get a chance to run into her.
Amity Hall - Amity Hall Hotel - This hotel has been standing since the 1800’s. There where a few horrifying events that took place here. 2 children where killed in the attic area where the blood stain can still be seen. An unexplained explosion killed many that haunt the place. A ghost of a woman that was beaten to death by her husband stands at the top of the second floor stairs, and is reported to not like men. - NO TRESSPASSING
Banning - Alliance Furnace - This was one of the last remaining iron furnaces in the Eastern United States. Legend has it that an old settler, who had gambled away all of his money, came home one night and could not feed his dogs. He took them off on a wild chase in which he lead them to the iron furnace. He then burned them alive. On a clear fall night, one can hear the squealing of dogs by the furnace.
Barton Brook - Benson home - There are several hauntings at this location. They all circulate around an old home from the 1800's in the mountains of northern Pennsylvania. One ghost is of someone who has ethnic features, somewhat of a servant looking, perhaps a black servant, not sure. This is a torso / head apparition. The living residents of a house heard a party going on downstairs. Wishing to investigate, they head down stairs. This house had a sealed up staircase (It had its own room). When they got to the door, they could hear people talking and smell coffee. As they opened the door, the smell and sound disappeared. It reappeared when they returned to their beds.
Beaver - Brighton Township - Mudlick Hollow - It is said that in the 1800s tragedy struck when a young newlywed couple was riding their horse drawn buggy through the hollow on their way home after the wedding. A small animal is said to have darted out of the woods, spooking the horses and causing the buggy to roll off the road and into the creek. The bride died from a broken neck and the groom was pinned under a horse (who had become lame) and slowly died next to his new bride. It is said by many locals that on very dark nights a fog creeps up onto the road (which is more of a dirt lane) and you can hear a horse drawn buggy fast approaching behind you, but before it comes upon you there is a crash, a scream, then all is silent and the fog vanishes.
Beaver Falls - Summer Cut Bridge - Legend has it that a woman's car went off this bridge on a rainy night and she died. Late at night on a rainy night if you go down on the train tracks where her car landed and stand there in the darkness, you can see her walking down the train tracks in a white dress.
Bedford - Jean Bonnet Inn - Reports of cold spots, strange lights, anomalies showing up on film, and apparitions.
Bensalem - Grouden Manor - this is Ben Franklin’s cousins house. Story goes that he tested his kite here a few times. Sightings have been seen of Ben flying his kite. Also in the woods is a trench from a war. If you go back in the trench late at night you can hear battle noises.
Bentleyville - Bentworth Elementary Center - When the school was being built two years ago a roofer fell off the roof and died. Some students have reported seeing a strange man walking along the roof. The night janitors have reported hearing someone walking on the second floor and the roof.
Berks - Reading - Health South Rehabilitation Hospital - Used to be the Reading Rehabilitation Hospital. People reported many happenings, noises, lights turning of etc.
Bernville - Penn Valley Hotel - Unexplainable sounds have been heard inside the Penn valley. Built around 1854 the log-framed building has served as a country inn and roadhouse, and was used as a stage coach stop in the last century. Very unsettling sounds can be heard inside. Footsteps from the floor above, but there is no floor above. Pots and pans rattling, muffled sounds of children playing and rooms lights turning off and on in front of your eyes. The whir of the cash register and the drawer opening and the ring of a bell. Dirty dishes placed in the sink when just minutes before all the dishes were cleaned and put away.
Bethlehem - Holy Infancy School- Girl was putting up disco ball in auditorium and somehow the rope got wrapped around her neck and she choked to death. And now her ghost is seen by some kids at school. So this is why people think our school is haunted. Also, a kid drowned when our school had a swimming pool.
Bethlehem - Lehigh University - the library is haunted by an elderly man.
Bethlehem - Moravian College - The college is very old, dating back to the 1700's. The school has a lot of history behind it. It was a seminary for girls in the 1800's, and supposedly served as a hospital. There is suppose to be a nurse, that is a spirit of a nurse wandering the halls, also one of the janitors was in the basement one night and saw a man, a wounded man walking aimlessly. He was wearing a bandage on his head and arm. Also strange lights have been seen there.
Bethlehem - Moravian College - Comenius Hall - At night you can see a light going back and forth across the top floor of this hall. It is said to be the ghost of the gentleman the hall is named after.
Bethlehem - Moravian College - Music Building - Once known as the single sisters house - The spirit of a revolutionary war nurse haunts these grounds. Students have felt cold spots, seen her figure, and felt as if being watched. Doors also open and close of their own accord, and footsteps have been heard when no mortal has made them.
Bethlehem - Moravian College - Rau Dormitory- In the '60's 3 people hung themselves on the basement floor also known as the pit. It is haunted by these three ghosts. This floor is closed off at all times except Halloween when they open it for the big haunted house.
Bethlehem - Moravian College - Wilhelm Dormitory- At night weird noises that are a mixture of banging and scratching coming from the walls. The walls are cement so It could not have been coming from the next room.
Bethlehem - The Sun Inn - now a restored museum and restaurant. Built prior to the Revolution and visited by many luminaries of that era. The Moravianshad built tunnels to use in case of hostile Indian attacks. The existence of these tunnels has been substantiated by several witnesses. One of the entrances is in the cellar of the inn. According to legend, Brother Albrecht hid some treasure and wine in a secret room. His ghost guards the treasure. Cold spots and feeling a presence have been reported.Bors in the building, but tourists are only allowed on the first two. Employees of the restaurant have reported everything being moved around when they come to work in the morning. On the second floor, if you stand by the steps to the third floor, you can hear whistling. There are even documented photos of the ghosts.
Blairsville - Livermore cemetery - Livermore long ago sank beneath the water in a flood and now is a very haunted place in pa. The people that live in Livermore all died do to the flood now you can hear dogs barking to keep away unwanted visitors at sunset and out by were the city sank you can see an outline of a man and his cow walking down the path to the city and by the city gates people have claimed to see a horse and carriage going back and forth across the entrance to the city and in the city you can see an old lady in a pink old fashion dress looking for some one to talk to.
Bloomsburg - Bloomsburg University Haas Center for the Arts - Ghost of an old ballet dancer who performed in Bloomsburg. His name is "Ned"
Bloomsburg - The Irondale Inn - A bed and breakfast on the site of an old plantation is said to have three ghosts haunting, one case in which and old woman has gone around the halls closing doors behind the guests, A large heating vent leading into the basement is believed to be the "home" to these specters. The current occupants discovered soon after moving there some of these events. One weekend after coming home from a trip the lid to the hot tub was removed and the kitchen door was mysteriously open with nothing missing from inside.
Boiling Springs - Boling Springs Lake - Ghost can be seen at night walking around the lake. One is very common. She is called the night walker. she will walk around the lake and sit on a bench. It looks like she is waiting for someone to come and see her.
Braddock - J.Edgar thompson Steel Works - This site(across the river from Kennywood Park) is haunted by the ghosts of British soldiers who were killed by the French & Indians during General Braddock's Campaign of 1755.George Washington observed many of the unfortunate wretches when he organized the retreat of the survivors.
Bradford County - Barclay Mountain - Barclay Cemetery - The Cemetery is haunted by the ghosts of miners. Mining axes can be heard striking the ground in spots throughout the graveyard, tiny little piles of coal are found throughout the grounds, voices can be heard yelling at each other, and Footsteps and Running tend to run throughout the grounds. It is also said that there is at least one family maybe more that are buried up there that died from the Black Plague.
Brandy Camp - Gravity Hill - There is a hill where you put your car in neutral at the bottom of the hill, and if you shut your car off u can hear horse galloping and your car starts to move up hill and u can hear horse hooves against the pavement.
Bristol - Behind the Grundy Memorial Library in the Delaware River - The ghost is reported to be the ex-king of Spain looking for his long lost girl that is missing. People have seen this ghost on a row boat with a lantern in his hand calling out to his long lost girl. In 1960 before the Grundy Memorial Library was built. There was a house which lived a women who said that she has been seeing a strange figure on a row boat row by here house calling out to some strange name.
Bristol - King's Inn - Chairs and silverware move themselves, as well as lamps and doors slamming. Pictures fly off the wall and the apparition of a man has been spotted there.
Bristol - St. James Episcopal Cemetery - There are many ghosts that haunt this place including a ghost of a witch. There is a chair that sits right next to the tombstone of Merritt P. Wright called the Witch's Chair. Legend has it that if you sit in the chair at midnight in the month of October, you will feel the hands of a witch encircling you.
Broad Top - Broad Top Cemetery - Statue at Mockingbird Hill, said to "yodel" and glow at night. Sights of a small dog called "Binks" roams the woods.
Bryn Mawr - Bryn Mawr College - A student, Lillian, haunts Merion Hall. She went here in the beginning of this century. She believed she had leprosy, although the doctors could find nothing wrong with her. To cure herself, she took a bath in kerosene, and knocked a lantern in to the bathtub. She is said to have run screaming in flames down the hall.
Bryn Mawr - Bryn Mawr College - A student, Lillian, haunts Merion Hall. She went here in the beginning of this century. She believed she had leprosy, although the doctors could find nothing wrong with her. To cure herself, she took a bath in kerosene, and knocked a lantern in to the bathtub. She is said to have run screaming in flames down the hall. .
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Buckingham - Gravity Hill- If you stop your car and put it in neutral on a certain spot on the road, rumor has it that the soldiers of a war were carrying something up the hill, and when you are in neutral your car moves backward up the hill.
Bucks County - Black Bass Hotel- In Lumberville, on the river, many haunts in this old hotel including a woman in white who walks the halls and has been seen in a guestroom with a pearl-handled revolver in her lap. Also, Old Hans, an original innkeeper who was stabbed to death in tavern brawl by immigrant canal workers. The pool of blood on the tavern floor has been known to appear on several occasions.
Bucks County - Warminster - Warminster Volunteer Ambulance Corps - Sounds of doors opening when there is no one around to open the doors. Moans coming from the ambulance bays. Faces of people in the back of the ambulances. Lights hooked up to light sensors going on when there is no one in the room to turn them on.
Bushkill - Pocono Indian Museum - A ghost named Eli has been known to close doors. move objects, and communicate by using objects in this museum.
Butler - The Black Cross - Rumor has it that in the late 1800's a horrible flu epidemic went through the area of Butler/Kittanning. At the time, there were a bunch of immigrant workers here who all contracted this flu and died. Instead of being buried in individual graves, these immigrants were thrown into a mass grave pit that had been dug out in the woods. An enormous black cross was erected on top. At night, it is told that you can hear unearthly howling at this spot; also a strong wind and mist are reported.
Butler - Moraine State Park - Burton Road -"Snyder Cemetery" Red eyes will chase you out. Also, something else could chase you out. It is Conrad Snyder who is haunting his family's resting place.
Butler - Moraine State Park - Snyder Cemetery - A green glowing light come from a small gravestone, white flashes of light, weird fog reported.
Cambridge Springs - The Riverside Inn - Guests have reported ghosts crawling into bed with them, music heard coming from the ballroom along with, ghostly apparitions dancing. Doors opening and closing can be heard at various times of the day even when no one is there.
Camp Hill - The Computer Learning Network is a technical school. The president was killed several years back and at nights the lights flicker along with doors becoming unlocked. Ironically no one has ever stole anything.
Camp Hill - Sounds The Iron Kettle - Sounds has been said to be haunted for years by a bride and also possibly by another figure, a man. When you walk into the establishment, some people are said to have felt a presence in the room and many times feel a "heaviness" in their head which sometimes turns into a different sort of headache. Sometimes the presence felt is a sort of sadness, "heavy-hearted." There were two pictures taken by my family that have shown orbs in them.
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