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Documented legends in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania keeps 22 documented legends — stories that trace to a published or recorded telling, the shelf where folklore earned a citation. What is verified is the telling: the book, the article, the record that carried the story into print. What the story claims is filed as reported, not endorsed.

22 dossiers2 counties covered91% open to visitorsRehmeyer’s Hollow — deepest file

Also filed documented legend:Hawaii76 Louisiana65 Arizona60 Texas58 Virginia55 Michigan52 Illinois50 New York49

Other Pennsylvania shelves:local folklore34 anecdotal reports24 media-reported hauntings10 investigation claims8 reported experiences3 internet rumors3

Historic House Site

Rehmeyer’s Hollow

York, Pennsylvania

Site of the 1928 "hex murder" of folk healer Nelson Rehmeyer.

3 claims · 2 legends→

Devil’s Den

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Boulder-strewn slaughter pen at the base of Little Round Top.

3 claims · 2 legends→

High confidence

Fort Mifflin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

3 claims · 1 legend→

Chestnut Ridge

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

The PA ridge where Bigfoot, UFOs and the "Chestnut Ridge lights" converge.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Washington Crossing

Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania

Christmas night 1776—the Delaware crossing that saved the Revolution.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Fort Necessity

Farmington, Pennsylvania

July 3, 1754—Washington’s only surrender, in the Great Meadows.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Hanna’s Town

Greensburg, Pennsylvania

The first county seat west of the Alleghenies—burned 1782.

2 claims · 2 legends→

SS United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 1952 liner—the fastest ship ever, rusting at the pier.

2 claims · 2 legends→

Gettysburg College — Pennsylvania Hall

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The Civil War hospital dorm where the dead still "work."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gettysburg Battlefield

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

July 1-3, 1863—the three days that decided the war, and America’s most haunted field.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Little Round Top

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

The hill that saved the Union—Chamberlain’s charge, July 2, 1863.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Valley Forge

Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

The winter that made an army—1777-78, and the ghosts that stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Wheatland

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Buchanan’s Lancaster estate—the only president from Pennsylvania.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Fulton Theatre

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The 1852 opera house on the old jail site—where the dead watch the show.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Braddock’s Grave

Farmington, Pennsylvania

The general buried in the road—so the wagons would hide his grave.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Johnstown Flood site

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

May 31, 1889—the dam that killed 2,209.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Gobbler’s Knob

Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania

The stump where Phil sees his shadow—Groundhog Day’s ground zero.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Jail Museum

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania

Jail research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Historic Hotel Bethlehem

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Hotel research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Black Bass Hotel

Lumberville, Pennsylvania

Hotel research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Selma Mansion

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Mansion research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Squonk country (hemlock forests)

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania

The weeping woodland creature that dissolves into tears when cornered.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Full Pennsylvania record → state index· Every documented legend filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive