Haunted Pennsylvania Ghosts and Strange

Pennsylvania is a state with a haunted history. From the earliest settlements to modern times, stories have been told of spectral presences, restless spirits, haunted places, and spooky phenomena. This book gathers together an entertaining collection of those tales, including ...: The bones of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, Civil War ghosts of Gettysburg, Spirits at John Brown's tannery, Penn State ghosts, The fiddling ghost of Potter County, Hauntings at the Eastern State Penitentiary, The mysterious indelible handprint. Book jacket.

Mark Nesbitt is the author of the popular Ghosts of Gettysburg, a six-volume series that received the National Paranormal Award in 2004. Formerly a National Park Service ranger and then a battlefield guide, he has lived in Gettysburg since 1971. Patty A. Wilson lives in western Pennsylvania and is the author of several books on hauntings.

Introduction	p. 1
Philadelphia Region
The Many Spirits of the General Wayne Inn	p. 3
Eerie Bolton Mansion	p. 12
The Specters of Baleroy Mansion	p. 16
Eastern State Penitentiary	p. 24
Waiting for the Last Curtain Call	p. 29
The Haunted Library	p. 30
Rain Boy	p. 31
Gettysburg
The Ghost of General Washington	p. 40
The Soldier at Devil's Den	p. 41
Spirits at the Slaughter Pen	p. 41
Phenomena at the Triangular Field	p. 42
Gettysburg's Child Ghosts	p. 43
Open Portal at Little Round Top	p. 48
The Haunting of Gettysburg College	p. 50
Roughed Up by a Gettysburg Ghost	p. 52
Penn State
Old Coaly, the Ghostly Mule	p. 55
The Spirits of Schwab Auditorium	p. 56
The Spirit in the Stacks	p. 58
Phantoms at Wiestling Hall	p. 59
The Ghost Buck	p. 62
The Lady in White	p. 62
Altoona and Central Pennsylvania
Phantom in the Railroaders Museum	p. 67
The Noisy Ghosts of the Red Arrow Wreck	p. 71
Haunted Mishler Theater	p. 73
Strange Goings-On at Baker Mansion	p. 77
Sideling Hill's Spooky CCC Camp	p. 84
Northern Pennsylvania
The Ax Hollow Murders	p. 87
Specters at John Brown's Tannery	p. 89
Edgar Allen Poe and the Eutaw House	p. 91
Clinton County's Headless Frenchman	p. 94
The Bones of "Mad Anthony" Wayne	p. 95
The Last Frontiersman	p. 99
The Fiddling Ghost of Ole Bull	p. 101
Spirits of Lake Erie	p. 106
The Hand from Beyond the Grave	p. 109
Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania
Joe Magarac, Man of Steel	p. 116
Trotter's Curse	p. 118
The Phantom Monk	p. 120
Haunted by History	p. 121
The Lost Town of Livermore	p. 122
The Strange Disappearance of Oliver Lerch	p. 125
Bibliography	p. 129
Acknowledgments	p. 133
About the Authors	p. 135
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Haunted Pennsylvania Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Keystone State

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