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137 dossiers106 claims57 legends31 alleged entities25 ghost townsheaviest files, ranked →

The record for Pennsylvania opens with Rehmeyer’s Hollow, Devil’s Den and Fort Mifflin — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Apparition (38 dossiers), Named Ghost Legend (23) and Reported Anomalies (14). Of its 137 sites, 96 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Ephrata Cloister, established 1732.

Localities:Philadelphia16 Gettysburg11 Lancaster5 York3 Farmington3 Altoona3 Greensburg2 Johnstown2 Bethlehem2 Norristown2 Keating vicinity2

Counties:Philadelphia Co. 8 Lancaster Co. 6 Adams Co. 4 Franklin Co. 3 Chester Co. 3 Bucks Co. 2 Montgomery Co. 2 Clinton Co. 2 Potter Co. 2 Centre Co. 2 Delaware Co. 2 Cumberland Co. 2 Indiana Co. 2 Bradford Co. 2

By filing type:Historic sites35 Sites20 Ghost towns17 Battlefields5 Houses5 Hotels4 Hospitals4 Inns3 Naturals3

By phenomenon:apparitions38 named ghost legends23 reported anomalies14 historical legends7 multiple phenomena4

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→

Mütter Museum

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 1858 medical museum of "disturbing specimens."

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Eastern State Penitentiary

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

World’s first true penitentiary, designed for solitary penitence; now a museum and haunted attraction.

2 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→

High confidence

Farnsworth House Inn

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Inn research record.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Historic House Museum

Jennie Wade House

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Home of the battle’s only civilian fatality—killed while baking bread.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sachs Covered Bridge

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Covered bridge crossed by the Confederate retreat—three hanged men in its lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Kelly Road ("Mystery Mile")

Ohioville, Pennsylvania

The Beaver County mile where "everything" is said to happen.

2 claims · 1 legend→

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→

Flight 93 National Memorial

Shanksville, Pennsylvania

September 11, 2001—the field where the passengers fought back.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Johnstown Flood site

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

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

2 claims · 1 legend→

South Fork Dam ruins

St. Michael, Pennsylvania

The dam the club let rot—the break that drowned Johnstown.

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→

High confidence

Gettysburg investigation area

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Site documented in a Ghost Research Society investigation report.

Former Institution

Pennhurst State School and Hospital

Spring City, Pennsylvania

Institution for the disabled whose 1968 exposé helped end warehousing; now a haunted attraction.

Three Mile Island

Middletown, Pennsylvania

March 28, 1979—the partial meltdown that stopped a reactor.

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→

Sayre Mansion

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Mansion 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→

Demolished Hotel

Hanna Hotel site

Lock Haven vicinity, Pennsylvania

Demolished hotel research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mine Fire And Former Town

Centralia Mine-Fire Area

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Long-running underground mine fire associated with the near-desertion of Centralia.

Historic Mansion

Baker Mansion

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Ironmaster’s Greek Revival mansion with a bride-to-be legend.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cashtown Inn

Cashtown, Pennsylvania

1797 inn that quartered Confederate officers before Gettysburg.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Pennsylvania Hospital

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

America’s first hospital—Franklin’s 1751 institution with a locked library ghost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Laurel Hill Cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1836 rural cemetery on the Schuylkill—sculpture, war dead and folklore.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ephrata Cloister

Ephrata, Pennsylvania

The 1732 celibate community whose strict rule bred ghost legends.

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→

Norristown State Hospital

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s 1880 state hospital—still partially active, still storied.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Warren State Hospital

Warren, Pennsylvania

The 1880 asylum that never quite closed—and the tunnels beneath.

1 claim · 1 legend→

USS Olympia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The 1895 cruiser—Dewey’s flagship at Manila Bay.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Brandywine Battlefield

Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

September 11, 1777—the largest battle of the Revolution, lost.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Hopewell Furnace

Elverson, Pennsylvania

The iron plantation that ran for a century—the furnace’s memory.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Jumonville Glen

Farmington, Pennsylvania

May 28, 1754—the ambush that started a world war.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Fort Ligonier

Ligonier, Pennsylvania

The 1758 fort that held the Forbes Road—the war’s western hinge.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Bushy Run Battlefield

Jeannette, Pennsylvania

August 1763—the battle that broke Pontiac’s siege.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Horseshoe Curve

Altoona, Pennsylvania

The 1854 curve that climbed the Alleghenies—and saw the wrecks.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ricketts Glen

Red Rock, Pennsylvania

Twenty-two waterfalls on the Falls Trail—and the lake’s cold memory.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park

Centre Hall, Pennsylvania

Cave research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Gardeau

Gardeau, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Grand Eastonian Hotel & Suites

Easton, Pennsylvania

Hotel research record.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Former Hospital

Philadelphia State Hospital at Byberry

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Notorious asylum complex demolished after decades of abuse documentation.

Ufo Observation Site

Kecksburg UFO incident site

Kecksburg, Pennsylvania

Wooded site of the December 9, 1965 fireball and "acorn" recovery legend.

Paoli Battlefield Historical Park

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Battlefield research record.

Germania Hotel

Germania, Pennsylvania

Hotel research record.

Industrial Site

Carrie Blast Furnaces

Swissvale / Rankin, Pennsylvania

Industrial site research record.

Scotia

State College, Pennsylvania

Former iron-mining town with industrial remains and a reported shadow-figure legend.

Dobbin House Tavern

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg’s oldest building—schoolmaster’s house, field hospital, freedman’s stop.

Dixmont State Hospital

Kilbuck Township, Pennsylvania

The 1862 asylum on the hill overlooking the Ohio—demolished 2006.

Seven Gates of Hell (Toad Road)

York, Pennsylvania

The York woods legend—seven gates, an asylum fire and a road that isn’t there.

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Ike’s farm next to the battlefield—the Cold War president’s retreat.

Daniel Boone Homestead

Birdsboro, Pennsylvania

The 1730 birthplace of the frontier’s legend—before Kentucky.

Fallingwater

Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Wright’s 1935 masterpiece over the waterfall—the house that floats.

Friendship Hill

Point Marion, Pennsylvania

Gallatin’s frontier estate—the treasury secretary’s wilderness house.

Quecreek Mine

Somerset, Pennsylvania

July 2002—nine miners, 240 feet down, all alive.

Kinzua Bridge

Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania

The skywalk that was the world’s highest—until the 2003 tornado.

Drake Well

Titusville, Pennsylvania

1859—the well that started the oil age.

Cook Forest

Cooksburg, Pennsylvania

The "Black Forest"—Pennsylvania’s ancient white pine.

Pine Creek Gorge

Wellsboro, Pennsylvania

The "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania"—47 miles of green wall.

Mishler Theatre

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Theater research record.

Golden Plough Inn

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Inn research record.

Independence National Historical Park

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Johnson House

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William C. Goodridge House

York, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Zercher's Hotel

Christiana, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Mother Bethel AME Church

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Fair Hill Burial Ground

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Congressman, Burial Site

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Belmont Mansion

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Cyrus Griest Burial Site at Menallen Friends

Biglerville, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Edward Mathews Burial Site at Yellow Hill

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William and Phoebe Wright Burial Site

Wrightsville, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William Still Burial Site at Eden Cemetery

Collingdale, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Cumberland County Courthouse

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Kaufman's Station at Boiling Springs

Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Cliveden

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Mary Ritner Boarding House/John Brown House

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Old Lancaster County Jail Site

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Thaddeus Stevens' Caledonia Iron Furnace Monument

Fayetteville, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

F. Julius LeMoyne House

Washington, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Riverview Farm Site

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Henry Watson Burial Site Mt Vernon Cemetery

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Amtrak Railroad Corridor

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

McAllister's Mill Site

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Thaddeus Stevens Home and Law Office

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Sandyvale Cemetery Commemorative Site

Johnstown, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Columbia-Wrightsville Bridge Remains and Pennsylvania Canal Ruins at Columbia

Columbia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Longwood Progressive Friends Meeting House and Longwood Cemetery

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Peter Wentz Farmstead

Worcester, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

The Pines

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Robert Townsend House

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Darby Friends Meetinghouse and School

Darby, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Hosanna African Union Methodist Protestant Church

Oxford, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Daniel & Hannah Gibbons Burial Site at Lampeter Friends Meetinghouse

Lampeter, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Byberry Hall

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Industrial Ruin

Helen Iron Furnace

Helen, Pennsylvania

Industrial ruin research record.

Austin Dam

Austin, Pennsylvania

Dam ruins research record.

Wistar

Keating vicinity, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

Nelsonville

Keating vicinity, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

Peale

Grassflat vicinity, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

McEntire

Ralston vicinity, Pennsylvania

Ghost town research record.

Former County Home

Hill View Manor

New Castle, Pennsylvania

Former county home research record.

Industrial Site

Homestead Pump House

Munhall, Pennsylvania

Industrial site research record.

Former Industrial Village

Greenwood Furnace Village

McAlevys Fort, Pennsylvania

Former charcoal-iron company town preserved within Greenwood Furnace State Park.

Wehrum

Wehrum, Pennsylvania

Former mining settlement on the Black Lick Valley rail corridor.

Claghorn

Claghorn, Pennsylvania

Former coal town with surviving bridge remains near Blacklick and Brush creeks.

Iron Furnace Ruins

Eliza Furnace

Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Preserved nineteenth-century iron furnace beside the Ghost Town Trail.

Iron Furnace Ruins

Buena Vista Furnace

Indiana, Pennsylvania

Unused charcoal-iron furnace preserved beside a recreational trail.

Historic Pithole City

Pleasantville, Pennsylvania

Vanished oil boomtown interpreted through surviving street alignments and a museum.

Landrus

Landrus, Pennsylvania

Former coal settlement interpreted through mapped relics in Tioga State Forest.

Former Canal Village

Fricks Lock Village

East Coventry Township, Pennsylvania

Preserved former canal hamlet with township-led outdoor history tours.

Poe Mills

Coburn, Pennsylvania

Former lumber town now within Poe Paddy State Park.

Ricketts

Ricketts, Pennsylvania

Former lumber-company settlement straddling Sullivan and Wyoming counties.

Former Lumber Town

Stull

Stull, Pennsylvania

Former lumber-town site on Bowmans Creek.

Mountain Springs Ice-Harvesting Village

Abandoned settlement associated with commercial natural-ice harvesting.

Abandoned Housing Complex

Concrete City

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Abandoned experimental company housing of poured concrete.

Alvira Village Site

Gregg Township, Pennsylvania

Village removed for a World War II explosives complex.

Former Company Town

Yellow Dog Village

Worthington, Pennsylvania

Former mining-company housing preserved by private owners.

Former Industrial Village

Arroyo Former Tannery Town

Arroyo, Pennsylvania

Former lumber and tannery settlement along the Clarion River.

Laquin

Laquin, Pennsylvania

Former wood-products town and later conservation camp on Barclay Mountain.

Former Coal Town

Barclay Coal-Town Site

Barclay, Pennsylvania

Historic coal-settlement site within the Barclay Mountain district.

Loleta Lumber-Town Site

Loleta, Pennsylvania

Former timber-company town now occupied by a national-forest recreation area.

Livermore Former Borough

Derry Township, Pennsylvania

Former borough removed during development of the Conemaugh flood-control reservoir.