Ghost stories from Pennsylvania, United States: Page 1

The Old Mansion By The Side Of The Road by Linjahaha

A very long time ago in the Summer of 1966-67, we were visiting with my grandparents, and other family members that came in from Louisiana. My Uncle Eddy, and Aunt Rosemary came with six of their twelve kids for an overnight visit. We were there for a weekend hiatus also. Of the six of the cousins,...

My Uncle Billy-never Met Him-sort Of! by Linjahaha

Way back in the Jurassic period, 1963-1969, we would go to Pennsylvania to visit with my grandparents. They lived in a small-town called Ellwood City. We would spend days, or even weeks there when I was a kid. Of course, when my little sister, Arlene, & myself were there longer than a weekend my par...

Gettysburg Ghost Experience by Lenape_Woman68

I've had numerous paranormal experiences in Gettysburg. This is one of the scariest. I was near the Rose Farm, off of Confederate Avenue, looking for the location of a New York Artillery Battalion. It was August, hot, muggy; just typical summer weather... It wasn't super windy, but there was a nic...

Paranormal Encounters In Gettysburg by GingerRead

In August of 2007, I traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with my mother, brother and sister for a weekend in order to visit the renowned historic sites and learn more about the town's many supernatural occurrences. We attended a series of tours to learn more about the town's outstanding history and...

House After House After House by LuciaJacinta

We've had a history of living in houses with strange occurances. So many that we used to think, was it us or the house? But it's been house after house of supernatural experiences... I have come to think, for now...it's the houses and not us that are haunted. One reason I believe this is because ...

Ghostbusters-loving Ghost by Ghosts4ever

There's a family down the street from us. They have a boy my age and a girl a year younger than my sister. The boy and I used to be close friends when we were younger but we drifted apart, now talking when we see each other but nothing more. My sister, and his sister, though, are best friends. We'll...

Black Mass And Mimic by Solveig

Not so long ago, I lived with my boyfriend, B. The house was built in the early 80's and to my knowledge, had none of the typical events that would cause paranormal activities. I have recently moved from the home in which these events took place and am no longer experiencing this. It was however, ve...

Catlike Humanoid by Solveig

I have always hoped that I might get a glimpse the others. Those beings from fable and fairy tales of my childhood. Call them fairies, pixies, fay, elves or whatever, they are around... And I was lucky enough to get a peek. This incident happened about ten years ago and every word is truth as I rec...

Watching Us Sleep by SilenceRecited

I moved in with my boyfriend 1 1/2 years ago. We have been together 5 years now and are expecting our first child. He moved into this apartment before I joined him, after I relocated from Ohio. I was never really a fan of this place and he only chose it because during that time in his life he didn't...

The Early American Room Spook by LuciaJacinta

When I was in college in the 1990s I was very interested in being a tour guide for the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning. On some of the floors they have classrooms that are decorated in ethnic countries designs. These are called The Nationality Rooms. They are classrooms used by ...

Aunt Linda's House by Katiebug

Knowing my family's love of ghost stories and the ghosts they've encountered in different places they've lived, it was no wonder my family would start sharing some stories. I found one that really intrigued me, for the simple fact that it was my favorite place to stay during the summer, my Aunt ...

I Don't Believe, He Does by nightbreed

My boyfriend and I have been together for a little over a year, and we decided to move in together back in March. Things were fine at first, we get along well and have a good relationship. It was around mid April, maybe the 13th would be my best estimation, that my boyfriend (I'll call him H from no...

Strange Things Are Happening In My Boarding School by oohfreaky

I usually talk about my experiences in my old boarding school in Indonesia, but this time I will be talking about my experience in my new boarding school in PA. I started attending an Islamic boarding school in PA in August. Of course, for privacy reasons I will not be telling the name of the sch...

Devil's Den In Gettysburg by E6bee

This event took place in July of 2013: I am a member of the Boy Scouts of America, a Star Scout at the time (for those interested, I have since gotten my Eagle Scout). At the time, I was 15 years old and did good in school. Due to my grades, my parents allowed me to go on our units upcoming scout...

Red Apparition And Other Odd Stories by LuciaJacinta

These stories all occurred in my childhood home so I will group them together here. One of my earliest paranormal memories was of me saying, "Mom, there is a man in the corner." Just an average looking everyday man. Nothing too distinguishing. He was dark haired. Around 30 years old with a c...

The Loft Of 303 by Shanie

My name is Shan Iwanicki and this is my true ghost story. I wanted to move from the city of Philadelphia to Downingtown, a suburb of Philadelphia, as it was an easier commute for me to my job. After careful hunting, I found the most beautiful loft apartment and for an amazing price. Prior to movi...

It Lurked In The Night by bkash

This will be my first post EVER, regarding my personal experiences with the spiritual world. Only few know of this and the other stories I will tell in the future. ** Please be advised that names will be changed in this story to protect the identities who wish not to be named ** Back in 2014...

Loss Of A Dear Friend by moondog

I work in the medical profession and have been at the same facility for 30 years. Through the years people came and quit but a constant was a very good friend I made my first day, her name was Kim. She was dependable, funny and hardworking. We became as close as coworkers could get without being inv...

Just A Cap-gun by SabishiTheRedfox

I'll never forget this... Around 2 years ago, my family (and a friend of mine) visited Gettysburg, Pa, one of the bloodiest sites of the Civil War. My friend and I walked around town, taking in the beautiful sites. We came across a museum of various Civil War-era items, such as a soldier's unifor...

Crying Woman At The Cottage by LuciaJacinta

My grandfather built a summer cottage in the countryside of Pennsylvania in the 1950s.       There was a community of these summer cottages along a picturesque creek. The cottage goers would get together for BBQs  and beer parties, card games and family reunions and turtle soup days. By t...

The Fish Dish by LuciaJacinta

Around the late 1970s, one of my grade school friends was named Moonchild. (Name slightly changed but extremely close to this name.) The family lived in an old Victorian home. It wasn't a dark or scary home but one filled with love and family and little kids. But, you could tell it was a home th...

A Ghost Girl, Looking For Her Cat? by ShyandWatchful

I have been for about a month feeling weird things. I've always been super sensitive to animals. I learned when I was very young how to temporarily tame insects, who are very sensitive to emotion and energy. I can go outside and reach into a yellow jacket nest without being stung. (Yellow Jackets ar...

Ghost At My Grandmother's House by Ghosts4ever

This is my first story and it didn't even happen at my house. I love going to my grandmother's house. It feels like my second home. But I'm positive it's haunted. This story happen happened before I was born but my dad told me about it. It was Christmas and my dad was home alone at my grandmother'...

Pennhurst State School And Hospital by ghosthunter2005

I have been to Pennhurst with a group of friends. One minute I knew we were together down in the tunnels but I looked around me no one was with me at all. I was by myself at that point. I decided to go into a building of course didn't know which one. I went into Quaker building (which is the darke...

The Daughter Of A Drunk by Laucd

When I was 9 years old, I lived in West Virginia with my Mom and two sisters. My grandmother lived right next door along with my 2 cousins. She had taken them in when they were a few years old. It was only about a year since we moved from the city to West Virginia, that my mother decided she didn't ...

School Ghost (bathroom Ghost Con.) by horsesandghosts

If you read my BR ghost story, well here are other creepy things happened at the school. One day I went to print something. I walked really slowly, giving it time to print. When I got to the printer, it wasn't there. So I waited. And waited. And waited. It still didn't print. I even checked all t...

The School Bathroom Ghost by horsesandghosts

This is my first story on here. I've been on this site reading all the ghost stories so here it is. Sorry it's short and I hope you enjoy this. All this happened in fifth grade. I went to the same school for a few years but this is the first "ghosty" stuff that happened. Anyway it was really ...

What I've Experienced So Far by Unicron1000

I have experienced many things in my life and I thought I would share them with you. My first experience happened years ago when my stuffed animal and my brother's stuffed animal became possessed on Christmas day. I was up all night because I couldn't sleep. I do not remember seeing or feeling anyth...

Demonic Encounter? by moondog

Late one night my insomnia got the better of me and after hours of tossing and turning I gave up and came downstairs to make coffee. My dog decided she would take this rare opportunity to go for a late night walk and I thought since it was a cool evening maybe it would do us both good. I decided to ...

Always Around by legion777

To start out my friends and readers... I can say my sensitivity started when at 5 days old I had a 50/50 chance at living, a gift and a curse now 36 years old I don't call myself a psychic or medium... I like the word healer and boy have I done a lot of just that! To clear up something I call it a ...

The Mist by SinAngel

I was laying on the bed next to my girlfriend. We had just eaten breakfast and we were just laying there as I listened to her talk about the upcoming music fest. The lights in the room were off, the only light in the room was coming from a partially open window curtain letting the sunlight through. ...

Who Are These People? by HSDB816

From the time I can remember I was always afraid of the dark. Never quite sure what was lurking in the darkness... Not bad entities just a presence of sorts. We lived in a bi-level house just outside Philadelphia from the time I was a baby until about 10 years old. I have had a couple experiences th...

Disappearing Mediumship by EvelynHeart47

Currently, I am 17 years old and have experienced paranormal 'things' on several occasions. I'll list a couple of the things I've gone through. Once, I was at my grandmother's house (which I'm convinced is haunted for multiple reasons other than this one), and I was about 10 or 11 years old when...

He Forgave Me by Kodah

I was extremely close to my grandfather when I was younger. As things started getting progressively worse than what they were between my biological father and my mother, my grandfather was someone I really looked up to as a father figure. He was extremely wise, straightforward, and despite his diffi...

An Envious Ghost by Yinzer

There is much to tell about the ghost named 'Harold', who inhabits my mother-in-law's home. I will tell you that he was in life a kind old man, who passed away in his home, in my fiancee's old bedroom to be exact. Harold has been known to go up and down the basement stairs (especially when my fiance...

Living In The Spirit World by Nottheaverageteen3297

I'm 18 years old and well... I've lived with ghosts my whole life. Not the type of "ghosts" that haunt you for the rest of your life because you had made a horrible mistake. I'm talking about spirits. Let's start when I was little. Every kid has imaginary friends right? Well that's what my mothe...

The Woman In The Kitchen Doorway by Marypatricia_Elizabeth

The last time I wrote I was 19 years old. I wrote about a little girl who we felt was present in our home. Giggling Little Girl (editor provided links: http://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=16011) and Giggling Little Girl, Not So Giggly Anymore (http://www.yourghoststories.com/r...

My Sister's Guardian Angel by ahuff6513

This story didn't happen to me but it happened to my sister. In our town there is a bridge that is on a dirt road that is said to be haunted. It's called Hollow Bridge. They say a couple were murdered and the wife still comes around every night about 2 am which is the time they died. This was about ...

The Hole In My Wall by SummerScott

So I've always wondered what it would be like to experience something paranormal, ever since I heard my brother and cousins talk about a woman they seen floating or walking through our old apartment when we were younger, they were so freaked out the next day and told my mom and aunt what they saw, a...

It Lives In The Closet by Brooklynnberceuse56

First off thank you for deciding to read my story. The following is about a few of the strange experiences I have had in my home throughout my youth (about 5-7 years old) and I will probably post more stories later about the experiences I had in my early-mid teens later. The first paranormal expe...

The Old Man And Little Boy by Piperasc

This happened many years ago as my son was only 2 1/2 years old. I believe that he had a connection with my Gram who passed right around the time I got pregnant with him. He knew things that he shouldn't have that only my Gram would know. Anyways as I was saying, He was aroung 2 1/2 years old an...

What Happened? by deadmanrising

Around six years ago I got grounded and was sent to bed early. I closed my door and climbed into bed around 6:00 and I fell asleep around 7:45. I woke up at 12:00 o'clock on the dot, I thought I heard someone crying in my room. When I turned on the light something screamed and the light blew out, th...

A Phantom Cat by Parabol

I have just had the freakiest experience of my life. I'm staying home alone while my grandmother is visiting another country. I'm 24, so I'm used to being alone by now, so I'm handling this pretty well. At least I was until a few moments ago. I got up to feed the animals and was preparing the cat...

Haunted Town House by Carrielover617

This is a true story that my parents told me. I remember this house, and my one friend lives here now. This is in Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg. When I was little (very young), I lived in a haunted house. There was this spirit that you could hear. It would sound like stomping up the stairs, but r...

There Is A Lot Of Sadness In Your Life by rogerjrlover

So Hey you all, this event happened to me during my first year of college away from home. Important background: So this happened almost a full year ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Around the time that I left for school I had decided to come out of the closet as bi, I haven't told ...

The Invisible Roommate by Parabol

I was talking to my mom while I was helping her make our Thanksgiving dinner and the conversation got to the house she had just moved out of two weeks ago. We all strongly believe that the house is haunted, though we believe the spirit (s) to be benevolent since s/he never did anything all that thre...

My Daughter Meeting My Mother by felidee623

My mother passed away in a car accident 16 years ago when I was 5. I am now 21, and have 2 children of my own. Obviously, they have never seen my mother, and I do not speak to them about her, because they aren't old enough to understand yet. My oldest daughter, who was 2 at the time this happened, ...

My Son Met His Great-grandfather by TheCrone

This just happened last week. My husband's family owned a home for a very long time. Several people were born in the house and quite a few died in the house. To our knowledge, my husband's great-grandparents and grandparents all died in the home. As was common, there were 2 babies born in the hom...

Visited By An Old Friend by Parabol

First a little backstory. I'm moving in with my grandmother. At first I was scared to do so because I have never once moved in my entire lifetime, so I feel as though this is uprooting my entire life. This is also complicated by the fact that I had some bad experiences in this house as a child that ...

Get Out by Yinzer

This is my first story on this website. Though I'm new to posting I've read many of the chilling tales on the site. There will be many more stories in the near future. Enjoy! My father is and always was a hard working blue collar sort of guy. My father is not one to swear, let alone lie. Our fami...