tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150013138689253762012-01-03T17:52:27.343-05:00I grew up in central Pennsylvania. I have heard a few stories of hauntings there as well as some personal experiences.JackMchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09579439083122698835noreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-715001313868925376.post-40052593966241168632010-10-30T11:22:00.000-04:002010-10-30T11:22:04.253-04:00

The Egg Hill Church is located in Spring Mills, PA.  The church sits on a isolated road far from the local population and is one of the first Evangelical churches in the area. It was originally built in the early 1800's, then reconstructed in 1860 on the existing foundation after the original was burned to the ground.  It has a look that makes you feel you are in 1600's Salem, Massachusetts.

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Long ago when the Horseshoe Curve was being constructed on the Pennsylvania Railway, a young man lost his life in a brawl after a day of working on the railroad.  His fiance, Colleen, a young Irish girl was devastated by his death. The road tunnel at Horseshoe Curve It is said that if you approach the tunnel at midnight on the Altoona side, you can see the girl dressed in white waiting for

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Long ago at the Clearfield Middle School in Clearfield Pennsylvania, a most loved music teacher blessed the kids with many years of his music talents passing it on to them.  Well eventually the music teacher passed on but evidently his spirit has not.  There have been sightings of the old music teacher sitting late at night in the school by the night custodians.  Hearing the sounds of a piano

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Altoona Pennsylvania is home to Lakemont Park.  It has been known as various names over the years, but it is one of the oldest amusement parks in the United States constructed in 1894.  It is also home to the oldest roller coaster in the world.  The roller coaster is called Leap-the-Dips and was built in 1902 and is the oldest wooden roller coaster of it's type. At one point in the roller

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Amity Hall Hotel located in Duncannon, PA is host to a strange sort of haunt. Long ago, before the days of the Civil War the building was a residence.  Apparently, the man went crazy one night and killed the entire family.  The woman was found stabbed and beaten to death on the front porch. The husband and kids were found upstairs.  After murdering his kids, he took his own life. Amity Hall

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The Baker Mansion in Altoona was built in 1849 by Elias Baker who made his fortune in the iron industry. Elias, being from high society, was distraught when he found out that his daughter Anna was in love with a local steel worker.  He forbid her to marry him due to his "lower" class status.  Anna remained true to her love and never married another and died in 1914. Baker Mansion in Altoona,

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I grew up in a small town in central Pennsylvania called Huntingdon. The town grew around fort constructed back in colonial times called Fort Standing Stone. It is nestled in between several valleys and eventually became a railway stop on the Pennsylvania Railroad route to Chicago via the Allegheny mountains. On top of one of the surrounding hills is located Riverview Cemetery. Located near a

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I heard a story once about a ghost that dwells in Broad Top, PA which is near my hometown in Huntingdon County, central Pennsylvania.   There was an man who was building his own house out of stone on top of a hill.  He lived near a quarry and hand carried the stones from the quarry to his home.  He worked day and night to complete his project.  Unfortunately, the man died before he could

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One of the most renown railroad landmarks in the United States, horseshoe curve, is near Altoona, PA.  The tunnel beyond the museum for that allows cars to pass through the curve is supposedly haunted.  If you go into the tunnel and shut off your engine, its is said that on occasion, you can hear voices and laughing.  My friends and I actually tried this once, but nothing out of the ordinary

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I was born in central Pennsylvania.  When I was around 8 or 9 years old, I heard the tale of the "White Lady of Buckhorn". The story goes something like this: Long ago near Buckhorn, PA a couple was riding to their wedding when their carriage overturned on Buckhorn mountain on a curve known as "Devil's Elbow".  The bride was killed in the crash.  Occasionally, travelers on that road, mostly

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