Pa. HAUNTED PLACES
Butler County - McConnell's Mill State Park - The old Mill turned state park is home to many spirits who still roam the hills and Slippery Rock Creek. When the mill was operational a man who worked there always walked the same path to work. He carried his lunch in a box and a lantern. Rumor is the man died because of a malfunction in the equipment. Some nights if you park your car right above the mill the man can be seen walking down the hill to mill. He goes into the mill a light seems to be on and screams are heard coming from the mill. There is also the spirit of a caretaker that lived on the property from the early 1930's until his death around 1960. Times he can be seen chasing people away from the land he loved and took care of. Legend has it that a girl died in auto accident on the covered bridge that crosses Slippery Rock Creek beside the mill. Stories say she can be summoned by parking your car in the middle of the bridge turning off the engine and lights and honking your horn 3 times. She is supposed to appear in your rear view mirror. Natural human reaction is to turn around and look but she's never there and disappears from the mirror. Many people have lost their lives in the treacherous Slippery Rock Creek, which is more of a river in the surrounding area. Numerous adventurous young people have drown in waters. Several people have perished climbing the park's huge rock formations. There is no doubt it one of the most haunted areas in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Butler County - 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 County - Moraine State Park - Snyder Cemetery - A green glowing light come from a small gravestone, white flashes of light, weird fog reported.
Butler County - Summit Township elementary school woods - At night, voices of little children playing can be heard when out where the old railroad tracks used to be in the woods. Also, the old train conductor lantern moves up and down the tracks, but disappears when approached. In the early dawn, a train whistle can be heard, with no active railroads in the area.
Corry - Tamarax swamp - At night you can hear the voices of children & children's hand prints on your vehicle if you just drive out there. Also UFO sightings have been reported.
Edinboro - Evergreen Hotel - Written about in Edinboro University newspaper in early 1990's. The tavern is over 100 years old, and has always been a way station for travelers. It is said to be haunted by a former employee from the 18th or 19th century. He likes to move the bed and other objects in one of the upstairs bedrooms. Other haunting's are said to be present, but of unknown origin. Tavern is now closed, but you can feel a presence as you drive by.
Erie - Erie Cemetery - The Erie cemetery is said to be haunted. There are a few locations that are definitely eerie. The first one is a mausoleum. It's blackened, like it was burned. There's no name on it, but you can tell that there used to be one. It also has a lot of vampire like designs on it. The other area is called the Witches Circle. It is a group of tombstones that are in the shape of a circle. Some of them are burnt black. Legend has it that Satan came to get his loyal followers. The burns are supposed to be from the fires of Hell. It has been tried repeatedly to get the scorch marks off of the tombstones, but it doesn't ever come off. I've inspected these stones myself and tried to read what they said on them. One had some pretty weird stuff on it. You get chills and hear walking behind you while at this cemetery. When you turn around, though, no one is there. Witnesses have seen a big black dog there and when they looked again, it wasn't there.
Erie - Gannon University - Frat House - Years ago at this frat house there was a Halloween costume party the fraternity was hosting. Everybody was dressed up in a costume. During the party, what appeared to be a person, was looming around quietly dressed in a dark cowboy-like outfit with a big brim black hat. One of the people at the party noticed the figure and followed it to a room upstairs. Then the figure turned around and looked at the person and disappeared. Later on during the party, noises such as walking, banging, and windows opening and closing began to be heard from the upstairs of the house. Some of the people at the party went upstairs to see what was happening. When they got up there, the figure was seen again and this time it spoke. It yelled at them to GET OUT! Then it vanished and everybody left the house. To this day, it is not known if the figure still haunts the house.
Erie - Old Main Tower at Mercyhurst College - This structure used to be a convent in the earlier part of the twentieth century. A woman that had been told that her lover was killed in WW2 joined the convent back in its day. A few years later, the lost lover returned, but the nun had already given her heart to God. She went crazy and was locked in the tower where she committed suicide. The ring that her lover gave her was placed at the base of a Virgin Mary statue. For the last fifty years, anyone who had touched the ring died within five years. The ring was eventually locked away, but appears every so often. People have also claimed to see the nun's spirit roam the halls.
Erie - McDowell High School - Lights turn on and off on the east side of the building. Doors slam by themselves. Presence felt throughout the building.
Erie - Penn State Behrens - In the 1970's a student by the name of Henry, the last name has been lost over the years, lived on the 3rd floor in the West wing of Niagara Hall. Henry horribly died after freezing to death on a cold winter night. It is said that he tried to get the heater to work and the door was jammed, no one heard his screams as he frantically tried to escape the room. The next morning his roommate found his body clung to the heater, hoping it would turn on. Some who stay in this haunted room have said that some nights you can hear Henry shaking the heater and the door in attempts to escape his frigid death.
Erie - St. Peter Cathedral Center - The one part of the building is over 100 years old. Faint voices can be heard on the 4th floor. Banging throughout the building. Sometimes shadows can be seen. Lights turn off and on by themselves after leaving a room. Doors open and close by themselves at times.
Erie - Watson-Curtze Mansion - The body of Gen. Anthony Wayne was boiled here in order to remove the skin from the bone so part of him could be buried in Philadelphia. The cauldron in which he was boiled is stored in the kitchen of the house and is known to bang and rattle at night. Also the apparition of a young girl is also seen on the second floor. The mansion is now a museum.
Girard - Gudgeonville Bridge - About forty years ago a little girl fell off the cliff next to the bridge and her ghost are now seen there. The man named Gudgen, which the place was named after, supposedly beat his mule to death because it refused to cross the bridge, you can hear the hooves and bays on certain nights. Other odd apparitions and presences have also been felt there, such as if look to the right of the bridge up on the top of the cliff, An apparition appears in a dress and really pale. She then falls off the cliff and vanishes into air.
Harmony - Harmony Inn - A man named Louie was killed outside on the front steps of the Harmony Inn and is haunting the inn to try to spread his idea of linking the past present and future.
Hermitage - Hogback Road - It is said that the area was and is still used by the KKK. There is a bridge,it is said people were killed under this bridge. If you put your keys on the bridge for 5 mins,Your car will not start. The road is very bad tho. Its is really hilly and also has no winter maintenance. Be alarmed we recently walked up a hill with what looks like a path on it. It is said a the top is the meeting ground. We were walking up the path when i turned the light on the camera on, there in the woods we then seen a white figure. We did not stick around long enough to investigate it. - October 2004 correction: The family that died under the bridge were early settlers in the area from the late 1700's (when the county began to be settled) and some have reported the mother frantically looking for her children in the underbrush. You can hear the rustling of the bushes and a plaintive call in the distance. Some have reported that she carries a glowing taper or lantern.
Mercer - West Middlesex - Hogback Road - Road is one of those roads that has winter snow removal on half, and none on the other. The latter is a winding stretch of half gravel half pavement that's no fun to drive on no matter what time of year. Down in a gully on this "bad" stretch, there is an old wooden bridge that crosses Hogback Run. It has been said that, years ago, a group of Satan worshippers sacrificed a young woman. To this day, numerous witnesses have heard screaming coming from the gully, and their headlights have turned off when the car is parked on the bridge at night. Others have said to feel "cold" spells on warm nights. - October 2004 correction: There were several established Indian campsites located in the hills and upon bright nights of a full moon in October and November (the Hunter's Moon, if you stand quietly on the road, you will feel their spirits pass you and see glowing orbs in the hollows of the hills. Some have reported seeing the ghost of a young warrior standing by a tree at the crest of the hill.
New Castle - Chippewa Burial Mounds- The old Indian burial grounds were disturbed when modernization began. Because of that, there have been reports of people seeing Indians walking the are where the old burial grounds used to be, always at night and usually on a full moon. They have seen at least four different warriors, two woman, and a young child.
New Castle - Coverts Crossing - in the early 1940's there was a girl that was on her way home from her high school prom and ended up driving off the side of the bridge on a stormy night. It is said that at midnight every night, you can drive to the middle of the bridge and turn off your lights and see her walking towards you in a white dress. There is a report that a girl died here in a car accident. - WARNING This is very unsafe. NEVER drive at night with your headlights off, this could result in your death or someone else’s. NO ghost is worth that. - They reconstructed the bridge because for the previous three years there have been activities going on down there from cults. The cult burned the bridge down once a year until they decided to rebuild it.
New Castle - Harmony Short Line - On October 30th 1904 at 11:50 PM, there was a railroad conductor hit and killed while he was attempting to catch a stowaway that jumped out of a freight car into the brush. The conductor fell onto the tracks and was beheaded by the train. And now in late October you can sometimes see the ghost conductor holding a lantern walking down the old abandon tracks looking for stowaways.
New Castle - Hillsville Road - A ghost train can be seen on foggy nights off of Hillsville Road in New Castle. Also, there are ghost lights seen under a bridge that runs over the Mahoning River.
New Castle - Madonna Cemetery - A tombstone lies here with a picture of a man who has, one white hand and one Black Hand on it. Legend states that if you put a white sheet over the top of the headstone on All Hollow's Eve (October 30), at midnight and knock 3 times, the man will appear behind you.
New Castle - Shenango Township - The old Whitemen Homestead is haunted by several ghost. There is a spirit of a civil soldier that walks across the dining room causing the lights in the room to flicker and go out.
Oil City - Oil Creek State Park - In the park there is a cemetery. On that road you can sometimes see a woman in a white dress who is sad to have hung herself in the woods. Other ghost have been spotted but people don't know who they are.
Sandy Lake - The furnaces - The furnaces used to be an old steel mill that burnt over 50 yrs. ago. Many of accidents happened taking many lives, so it is said to be haunted by the workers who died there. If you visit the furnaces during the winter you can see foot prints, shadows, and things leaping from tree to tree, over 100 yard distance. As you go down the hill it gets much colder, until you get directly into the furnaces, and then you feel it get warmer. Many of nights the restless spirits will chase you out and give you a real fright.
GETTYSBURG HAUNTED SITES
Gettysburg - Sach's Covered Bridge - A reported make-shift hospital during the battle of Gettysburg. The field to the right of the bridge is said to have more Confederate bodies from the war still buried there than anywhere else in Gettysburg. Also it is said that Gen. Robert E. Lee had 3 deserters from the war hung on the bridge. There have been many pictures taken there of spirit orbs and paranormal mists.
Gettysburg - An open field near Devil's Den - Witnesses reported being in the middle of a battle, reliving it.
Gettysburg - Cashtown Inn - a civil war soldier has been seen here.
Gettysburg - Cemetery Hill - On chilly summer nights, you can see at times a blue column of light. And sometimes you can feel that someone is watching you, and you can here people crying for help.
Gettysburg - Civil War Wax Museum - There is several exhibits that had orbs in photos.
Gettysburg - Eisenhower - Foot prints on the top of the girls bathroom, noises in the bottom floor girls bathroom and moving things
Gettysburg - Eisenhower Elementary School - In the 1st floor girls bathroom about 15 girls seen a mans boots feet prints on the high ceiling. If you turn off the lights on the bottom floor bathroom you will see little green lights. In the hallway going down the stairs there is this big picture of president Eisenhower, and when you go down the eyes follow you.
Gettysburg - Farnsworth House Inn - Considered by many to be one of the MOST haunted houses in America! The first house in Gettysburg to be investigated by renowned psychic Carol Kirkpatrick, as well as Ghost Hunters International, a crew from Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Southern California. The crews from "Sightings" (Sci-fi Channel), "Unsolved Mysteries", and The History Channel have done filming here. Mary, a spirit from the Civil War era walks the corridors of the Inn at night. There is also a civilian man carrying a child wrapped in a quilt. You can hear him sobbing in an upstairs room. A midwife is seen watching over a young woman in labor. Three Confederate sharpshooters remain at their posts in the garret of the house. A soldier carries a wounded comrade into the cellar of the house. His voice is heard singing to comfort his dying friend, who dies in the catacombs of the cellar. Cold spots have been detected. "Balls of white energy" were photographed as white "auras" of energy throughout the house. Guests report many strange happenings on their stays here!
Gettysburg - Gettysburg College - Brua Hall - The theater on campus, Brua Hall, is said to be haunted by a civil war era man. He frequently visits the theater at night and has been seen backstage and on the catwalk of the theater. He likes to play practical jokes and move props and costumes around. The man has a favorite seat in the house and sometimes he has been seen watching the students practice for an upcoming show. This seat is left empty for every performance - in case he wants to come and watch!
Gettysburg - Gettysburg College - Glatfelter Hall - The bell tower on Glatfelter Hall is haunted by the spirit of a girl that committed suicide by jumping from the tower. Male faculty members and students have seen her at the top of the tower late at night. The story is that her lover was supposed to jump with her, but after she jumped he changed his mind. So, late at night she tries to lure the men walking by up to the top, hoping they will jump to their death and join her.
Gettysburg - Gettysburg College - Pennsylvania Hall - The Administrative offices on the campus are housed in a large, white building (Penn Hall) that was a hospital during the civil war. Several faculty members and students have seen a very graphic and horrible civil war hospital scene when the elevator in the building mysteriously goes out of control and takes the passengers to the basement. When the doors open, they are faced with the ghostly scene instead of the usual storage facility that is in the basement. The copula on top of the building is also said to be haunted. Several students and faculty walking across campus late at night have seen a civil war soldier standing guard on top of the copula. In several instances the soldier will spot the person and take aim with his rifle.
Gettysburg - Gettysburg College - Stevens Hall - Haunted by the "The Blue Boy." About a hundred years ago, a young boy who was being abused at home sought refuge amongst the college women who lived here. One cold, snowy night, the headmistress came up to check on the girls so they hurriedly hid the boy outside on their window ledge. The headmistress took her time talking to the young women, but finally she went back to her room. The girls rushed to the window ledge only to find the boy was not there anymore! They went down & outside to see if he had fell, but there was no boy. To this day, sightings of a young boy, blue in the face as if frozen, are common among Stevens Hall residents.
Gettysburg - Gettysburg National Military Park - many ghosts of civil war soldiers have been seen here including entire battles being observed by witnesses. A ghost of Gen. William Barksdale's dog has also been seen the dog died trying to get message to another general.
Gettysburg - Jennie Wade House - The only civilian killed in the battle of Gettysburg, Jennie Wade, is known to haunt this house. Visitors have felt her prescience and her father's presence still mourning the loss of his daughter and on occasion the chain in the basement will be moved by some unseen hand.
Gettysburg - Jenny Wade House - Cellar - A party of four sitting in the cellar all witnessed at the same time a white mist float through the air and disappear into the rafters.
Gettysburg - Ridgewood - Small wooded housing development behind Oak Hill, the site of the first days battle where the peace light now stands. Residents report seeing a tall man in a tuxedo gazing. Unidentified blue lights in secluded wooded areas near houses. Unseen entity heard sprinting on train tracks towards night-walkers - has been known to throw rocks.
Gettysburg - "Red House" - This large, civil war era house is always occupied by female students living off-campus, who attend Gettysburg College. There is a small grave in the backyard of the house and it belonged to a young woman who was living there during the civil war. She is said to move around the house at night, moving objects around, breaking plates, glasses, etc. The smell of her perfume, lilac, can be smelled at night when she is walking about the house.
Gettysburg - The Pub - The ladies room and area in and around the kitchen is visited by a woman who according to employees, was murdered and left on the spot while the building was being rebuilt several years ago. Employees say that she opens and closes doors and turns on and off lights.
Gettysburg - Triangular Field - Located above the Devil's Den, Confederate sharpshooters have been sighted on the rocks down at the bottom of the field, at the end of the woods, prepared to shoot. They have also been heard resounding their famous "rebel yells" and have been known to actually cause "impressions" in the grass, coming towards visitors in the field. Union cannon can be heard as well as screaming and moaning of wounded/dying soldiers all throughout the field. Union soldiers have been sighted at the left of the gate-entrance of the field and have been known to approach visitors. Incidentally, many visitors have experienced their photographic equipment does NOT function in the Triangular Field ~ no matter how new or state-of-the-art their equipment may be! Distant drums have been reportedly heard by many, many visitors here.
Gettysburg - The Wheatfield - One of the bloodiest battle scenes during the war was the Wheatfield. On occasion you can still hear the war being fought. Sounds of fire crackling, and tin cups clinking can be heard, also the sound of a phantom horse can be heard approaching you.
