Pennsylvania Haunts & History
Home of the legends, lore and ghost tales of the Keystone State
Enjoy the stories told in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie, Johnstown, Gettysburg, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, Altoona, the Poconos, Allegheny Mountains, the Pennsylvania Dutch and the farms, river towns, mountain hamlets and cemeteries in between.
Hi. I'm Ron Ieraci, your guide to PA's haunts, eerily assisted by my sister in spookdom, LC. She's from Philly, I'm from Pittsburgh, and together we're hoping to document Penn's paranormal history. We appreciate your visit to the Pennsylvania Haunts & History pages. We hope you enjoy the legends, lore, and spooky stories of the Keystone State. We believe that every ghost tale has a rich history of people, places, events and psychology behind it. We tried to capture some of this history and link it so you could share in the traditions of Pennsylvania's unique regions. Our stories run the gamut from the Lenni Lenape & Shawnee tribes through colonization, the Revolution, Indian Wars, the Civil War, Pennsylvania Dutch, mountain men, Molly Maguires, iron furnaces, river men, coal mines, oil wells, railroaders, steel mills, Amish and the everyday events of four centuries of Keystone life. We linked the primary web source of our tales. The Shadowlands is the 800 pound gorilla in the spectral realm, but all the sources deserve huge props for running down the state's lore and preserving it. You'll notice that we didn't link the newspapers and periodicals (we did cite them), which are a true treasure trove of tales. They tend to get archived, put on pay per view sites or zapped after awhile, so we don't consider the links to be terribly dependable. There's also an Alexandria's library worth of outstanding books available that explore both historic and haunted Pennsylvania themes. One last word of advice to would be ghost hunters - knock yourself out visiting public sites, but please contact the owners of private property for their permission before you go visit. Too many out of the way places have been desecrated, trashed, spray painted, and vandalized. Most people like their privacy, and trespassing is illegal, spook hunting or not. A midnight encounter with the police or a snarling watchdog is scarier than any specter you'll find. Here are some of the sites that hold many of the tales of Penn's Woods: Allegheny Mountain Ghost Hunters Delaware Co. Paranormal Research Gettysburg Battlefield On Line Penn State Paranormal Research
| Thanks for stopping by the Pennsylvania Haunts and History site. We've divvied up the state's folklore, urban legends, and spook stories into these seven Keystone regions: Conemaugh Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson
& Somerset counties. (Johnstown-Altoona
area) Erie/I-80
West Cameron, Clarion,
Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, McKean, Mercer, Venango & Warren
counties. (Erie-Allegheny Mountains area) Freedom's
Corner Berks, Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton & Philadelphia
counties.(Philadelphia area) Gettysburg/Happy
Valley Adams, Centre,
Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Snyder
& Union counties. (Gettysburg and Penn State area) Pennsylvania
Dutch Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin,
Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, Schuylkill & York counties. (York, Lancaster, & Harrisburg area) Poconos/I-80
East Bradford, Carbon,
Clinton, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Monroe, Pike, Potter,
Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wayne & Wyoming counties.
(Scranton-Wilkes Barre and Pocono area) Three Rivers Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Lawrence, Washington & Westmoreland counties.(Pittsburgh area) Conemaugh
Contents: Page 1) Allen Bridge - Foxburg Inn Page 2) Ghost Hollow - Morley's Dog Page
3) North Fork Dam -
Woodbury Mine
Erie/I-80 West Contents: Page
1) Academy Theater - Devil's Run Page 2) Eagle Hotel - Miller Farm Cemetery Page
3) Oak Hill Cemetery - Willow Dale Cemetery
Freedom's Corner Contents: Page 1) Aaron Burr House - Bucksville House Page 2) Cabrini College - Devil's Hole Page
3) Doctor Weir's House
Call - Funk Mill Road Page
4) Gallagher's Gift Shop -
Haycock Mountain Page 5) Heilbron Mansion - The Inn Philadelphia Page 6) Jarrettown Inn - Loudoun Mansion Page 7) Magnolia's Vineyard - Mutter Museum Page 8) Newburg Inn - Phantom Drummer Page 9) Philadelphia Canoe Club - Roxy Theater Page 10) The Sacred Oak - Twin Tunnels Page 11) Unneighborly Neighbors - Ye Olde Temperance House
Gettysburg/Happy Valley Contents: Page 1) Academia Girl's School - Gettysburg Best Western Hotel Page 2) Gettysburg College - Penn State University Page
3) Penn's Tavern - Andrew Woods House Pennsylvania Dutch Contents: Page 1) Accomac Inn - Franklin & Marshall Page
2) Fulton Opera House - Der Nockisher Mon Page
3) Old State Road Murder - Yuengling Mansion Poconos/I-80 East Contents: Page 1) Allison's Grave - Hotel Iola Page 2) The Ice Cave - The Rusty Nail Page 3) Sayman Road - Young Woman's Creek Three Rivers Contents: Page 1) Acheson House - Brush Creek Inn Page 2) Bushy Run Battlefield - Clinton School Page 3) Collectiques - Dead Man's Hollow Page 4) Demon House - Foxwood Road Page 5) Frankfort Springs - Homewood Cemetery Page 6) ICM School - Mad Anthony's Bierstube Page 7) Madonna Cemetery - New Castle Playhouse Page 8) Northgate Drive - Pitt at Greensburg Page 9) Pittsburgh Playhouse - Rolling Hills CC Page 10) Sagamore Hotel - Spotlight Lounge Page 11) Sticktown - Uptown Leprechaun Page 12) Valley Hotel - Zombie Land
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