The Ghost in the Coal Mine

After serving his country in the Civil War, Robert Montgomery returned to Wanamie, Pennsylvania and began working as a pump engineer for a local coal mine. In early August 1896, Robert was down in a mine when he suddenly became freezing cold and got the strange sensation that he wasn鈥檛 alone. After looking around for…

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Pennsylvania Ghost Stories: Washington Square

Just a short walk from Independence Hall in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is Washington Square. While the square was laid out by William Penn in 1692, for much of the following century it was used as a public burial site for paupers, sailors, convicts, African-Americans and others considered to be of low class. It鈥檚 believed that…

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