Real Haunted Places in Pennsylvania

Galeton

Potter County Railroad

Mysterious lights have been sited behind the Ox Yoke, strange inhuman, non-animal sounds can be heard.

Gettysburg

An open field near Devil’s Den

Witnesses have reported being in the middle of a battle, reliving it.

Cashtown Inn –

A civil war soldier has been seen here.

Cemetery Hill –

On chilly summer nights, you can see at times a blue column of light. And sometimes you can feel that someone is watching you, and you can here people crying for help.

Civil War Wax Museum –

There is several exhibits that had orbs in photos.

Eisenhower –

Foot prints on the top of the girls bathroom, noises in the bottom floor girls bathroom and moving things

Eisenhower Elementary School –

In the 1st floor girls bathroom about 15 girls seen a mans boots feet prints on the high ceiling. If you turn off the lights on the bottom floor bathroom you will see little green lights. In the hallway going down the stairs there is this big picture of President Eisenhower, and when you go down the eyes follow you.

Farnsworth House Inn –

Considered by many to be one of the MOST haunted houses in America! The first house in Gettysburg to be investigated by renowned psychic Carol Kirkpatrick, as well as Ghost Hunters International, a crew from Pittsburgh, Chicago, and Southern California. The crews from “Sightings” (Sci-fi Channel), “Unsolved Mysteries”, and The History Channel have done filming here. Mary, a spirit from the Civil War era walks the corridors of the Inn at night. There is also a civilian man carrying a child wrapped in a quilt. You can hear him sobbing in an upstairs room. A midwife is seen watching over a young woman in labor. Three Confederate sharpshooters remain at their posts in the garret of the house. A soldier carries a wounded comrade into the cellar of the house. His voice is heard singing to comfort his dying friend, who dies in the catacombs of the cellar. Cold spots have been detected. “Balls of white energy” were photographed as white “auras” of energy throughout the house. Guests report many strange happenings on their stays here!

Gettysburg College – Brua Hall –

The theater on campus, Brua Hall, is said to be haunted by a civil war era man. He frequently visits the theater at night and has been seen backstage and on the catwalk of the theater. He likes to play practical jokes and move props and costumes around. The man has a favorite seat in the house and sometimes he has been seen watching the students practice for an upcoming show. This seat is left empty for every performance – in case he wants to come and watch!

Gettysburg College – Glatfelter Hall –

The bell tower on Glatfelter Hall is haunted by the spirit of a girl that committed suicide by jumping from the tower. Male faculty members and students have seen her at the top of the tower late at night. The story is that her lover was supposed to jump with her, but after she jumped he changed his mind. So, late at night she tries to lure the men walking by up to the top, hoping they will jump to their death and join her.

Gettysburg College – Pennsylvania Hall –

The Administrative offices on the campus are housed in a large, white building (Penn Hall) that was a hospital during the civil war. Several faculty members and students have seen a very graphic and horrible civil war hospital scene when the elevator in the building mysteriously goes out of control and takes the passengers to the basement. When the doors open, they are faced with the ghostly scene instead of the usual storage facility that is in the basement. The cupola on top of the building is also said to be haunted. Several students and faculty walking across campus late at night have seen a civil war soldier standing guard on top of the cupola. In several instances the soldier will spot the person and take aim with his rifle.

Gettysburg College – Stevens Hall –

Haunted by the “The Blue Boy.” About a hundred years ago, a young boy who was being abused at home sought refuge amongst the college women who lived here. One cold, snowy night, the headmistress came up to check on the girls so they hurriedly hid the boy outside on their window ledge. The headmistress took her time talking to the young women, but finally she went back to her room. The girls rushed to the window ledge only to find the boy was not there anymore! They went down & outside to see if he had fell, but there was no boy. To this day, sightings of a young boy, blue in the face as if frozen, are common among Stevens Hall residents.

Gettysburg College – Sigma Nu Fraternity House –

This house was previously owned by the only doctor in the county through the depression era. He died in the house. There have been numerous incidents of lights going on and off, with nobody visable at the switches. Large, very heavy oak doors have slammed open and shut, followed by lights completely dimming out. The lights have dimmed out in the bedroom where the doctor died, while the lights in the hallway have stayed lit, and they’re both on the same circuit. Sounds of things being thrown around in the basement in the dark, but the noise stops when the lights are turned on, and nothing is out of place. Once during a storm over a break, one of two people in the house heard the front door slam open, they went downstairs, closed the door, only to turn around and see wet footsteps on the carpet. Noises of walking upstairs were then heard. The person raced upstairs to find more wet footprints. The person chased the noised and footprints through the house. As the person chased the noised through the only hallway on the 3rd floor, when the other person was studying in the hallway, the studying person said that nobody had passed by, yet they both then heard the noises going down the stairs. They then heard the front door slam open again, and the footprints had exited the house. Another person was closing one of the heavy doors late one night when in mid swing, the door suddenly stopped dead, as if it had hit a solid obstacle. There was no obstruction, and the door could not have caught on anything. They swung the door again, and it then swung freely.

Gettysburg College – Theta Chi Fraternity House –

The story goes that a previous owner had hung themselves in the basement. The rumor is that if you see the ghost of the person hanging, something bad will happen to you or a member of your family. – There are stories of people seeing the ghost, and the next day relatives were killed in a car accident – this has not been proven true.

Gettysburg National Military Park –

many ghosts of civil war soldiers have been seen here including entire battles being observed by witnesses. A ghost of Gen. William Barksdale’s dog has also been seen the dog died trying to get message to another general.

Jennie Wade House –

The only civilian killed in the battle of Gettysburg, Jennie Wade, is known to haunt this house. Visitors have felt her prescience and her father’s presence still mourning the loss of his daughter and on occasion the chain in the basement will be moved by some unseen hand.

Little Round Top

The smell of pipe tobacco has been reported.

Ridgewood

Small wooded housing development behind Oak Hill, the site of the first days battle where the peace light now stands. Residents report seeing a tall man in a tuxedo gazing. Unidentified blue lights in secluded wooded areas near houses. Unseen entity heard sprinting on train tracks towards night-walkers – has been known to throw rocks.

“Red House” –

This large, civil war era house is always occupied by female students living off-campus, who attend Gettysburg College. There is a small grave in the backyard of the house and it belonged to a young woman who was living there during the civil war. She is said to move around the house at night, moving objects around, breaking plates, glasses, etc. The smell of her perfume, lilac, can be smelled at night when she is walking about the house.

The Pub –

The ladies room and area in and around the kitchen is visited by a woman who according to employees, was murdered and left on the spot while the building was being rebuilt several years ago. Employees say that she opens and closes doors and turns on and off lights.

Triangular Field –

Located above the Devil’s Den, Confederate sharpshooters have been sighted on the rocks down at the bottom of the field, at the end of the woods, prepared to shoot. They have also been heard resounding their famous “rebel yells” and have been known to actually cause “impressions” in the grass, coming towards visitors in the field. Union cannon can be heard as well as screaming and moaning of wounded/dying soldiers all throughout the field. Union soldiers have been sighted at the left of the gate-entrance of the field and have been known to approach visitors. Incidentally, many visitors have experienced their photographic equipment does NOT function in the Triangular Field ~ no matter how new or state-of-the-art their equipment may be! Distant drums have been reportedly heard by many, many visitors here.

The Wheatfield –

One of the bloodiest battle scenes during the war was the Wheatfield. On occasion you can still hear the war being fought. Sounds of fire crackling, and tin cups clinking can be heard, also the sound of a phantom horse can be heard approaching you.