According to Travel Channel, Gettysburg, the site of some of the American Civil War’s bloodiest battles, is one of the world’s most haunted places. But it’s not just out on the battlefields the paranormal plagues the state of Pennsylvania. In July 2014, a photojournalist claimed to have been attacked in a haunted house, which is just one of many properties supposedly home to the undead.
With claims that ghostly visions have been witnessed in all 32 rooms of Baleroy Mansion, this Chestnut Hill residence is among Pennsylvania’s most haunted properties. Built in the early 20th century by the Easby family, it has housed historic artifacts of Napoleon and Thomas Jefferson. Among the mansion’s spirits supposedly is the skeletal figure of young Stephen Easby, who passed at age 6.
Loudoun stands proudly in Philadelphia’s legendary Germantown. Construction began in the early 1800s, with a second story added nearly a century later. The hill on which it rests sheltered wounded of the Revolutionary War, and some of those men who later died were buried there. The ghost said to haunt the house is that of William Armat Logan, a descendant of the military family that first settled there.
Labelled by locals as Pennsylvania’s Amityville Horror, the house on 46 South Welles Street in Wilkes-Barre has had a high turnover of tenants because of reports of scratches to their bodies, eerie cries, bangs, and blood stains appearing on the walls. Since it’s erection in the mid-1800s, inhabitants have claimed to have suffered from addiction and illness. A family claims it found human teeth and chicken bones in the shape of a cross in the basement.
Located on Walnut Street, Bishop White House is said to contain the ghosts of former residents, including a slew of victims who sought shelter during the yellow fever epidemic of 1793. The man after whom the house is named, William White, went on to become the first consecrated bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America, and in the house, he entertained visitors including George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Fort Mifflin is the site of one of America’s greatest military moments. In 1777, just a few hundred soldiers fended off the mighty British Naval cannons until the Americans suffered the largest bombardment of the Revolutionary War. The brave stand-off ensured America’s eventual victory, saving time and lives for their comrades behind. It is said many of the troops’ spirits remain, with the History Channel branding the area one of America’s most haunted locations.
