Pennsylvania
The Molly Maguire Handprint in Cell 17 — Jim Thorpe, PA
In Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania—once called Mauch Chunk—the old Carbon County Jail still stands with the grave patience of stone. It does not…
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Mid-Atlantic Ghost Stories
The Middle Atlantic States are north of the Southern States and west of and to the south of New England. There are three Middle Atlantic States. They are New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
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Pennsylvania
Where Gettysburg Still Bleeds: 10 Pennsylvania Haunts That Refuse the Grave
Pennsylvania is a state with old bones. Beneath its green hills and stone towns lie the buried murmurs of frontier cabins, Revolutionary…
Delaware
The Prisoners Still Heard in Fort Delaware — Delaware City, DE
The Delaware River widens near Delaware City with a gray, tidal patience, broad enough there to make land feel uncertain. Out in…
New Jersey
Joel Clough’s Restless Cell at the Burlington County Prison — Mount Holly, NJ
In Mount Holly, New Jersey, the Historic Burlington County Prison does not so much stand as endure. Built in 1811, it has…
Maryland
Moll Dyer and the Cursed Stone of Leonardtown — Leonardtown, MD
In Southern Maryland, where the land lowers itself toward tidal creeks and old roads slip beneath canopies of winter-bare branches, some stories…
Pennsylvania
The Handprint of Alexander Campbell at the Old Jail — Jim Thorpe, PA
In Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, where the mountains fold close around the town and the old coal country still seems to breathe through…
Virginia
The Female Stranger of Gadsby’s Tavern — Alexandria, VA
In the old streets of Alexandria, where brick walks hold the day’s heat after sunset and the Potomac lies dark beyond the…
Virginia
The Hospital Dead of Gordonsville’s Exchange Hotel — Gordonsville, VA
In Gordonsville, Virginia, the Exchange Hotel stands with the peculiar stillness of a building that has endured more human passage than any…
Delaware
The Wine-Loving Gentleman Ghost of Woodburn — Dover, DE
On Kings Highway in Dover, Delaware, there stands a house that has learned to keep its face composed. Woodburn, the official residence…
Pennsylvania
Fort Mifflin’s Screaming Woman — Philadelphia, PA
Fort Mifflin does not rise from the Delaware River so much as endure it. Set on Mud Island, low and weathered against…
West Virginia
The Bride Who Waits in Silver Run Tunnel — Cairo, WV
People will tell you there are two kinds of dark in West Virginia. There is the honest dark, the kind that falls…
Pennsylvania
Footsteps After the Final Curtain at the Mishler Theatre — Altoona, PA
By eleven o’clock on most nights, downtown Altoona had finished pretending it was awake. The storefronts along Twelfth Avenue gave back only…