Ghost stories from Pennsylvania, United States: Page 4

Haunted Pocono Vacation by cosmogal926

During the summer of 1990, my friend Tracy and I were 14 and the best of friends. We went to the same high school, liked the same music, and spent countless hours and weekends together. Naturally we were thrilled when Tracy's mother won a trip to the Pocono Mountains and invited me to go along with ...

A Funny Kind Of Spirit by vpoolman313

I live in Hatboro, a suburb of Philadelphia. I would like to start by saying that I have always had a connection to the spirit world. I remember as a young child I would always be in tune with strange happenings in my house that my parents would disregard as a vivid imagination. They were scary as a...

Brother's Haunted House by Pjod

My brother went through a divorce. He stayed with my parents until he was able to get back on his feet. He bought a nice little house in the burbs. My brother is no nonsense kind of guy, and has been in law enforcement for about 20 years now. About a week after he purchased this house, my mother cal...

Vanishing Girls by StMikal

This happened to me and my best friend when we were about 15. This is when the very first Matrix had come out. Remember at that time no one had seen a movie like this so it was a big deal. We were a bit rebellious at that age and we had skipped school to go see it. Now, in Philly, if you live a cert...

My Golden Retriever: A Man's Best Friend Or A Sensitive? by kiralynn26

I received my Golden Retriever, Rusty, as a present for my 7th Birthday. Quickly, she became my best friend and could read me like a book; she knew when I was having a bad day, and knew exactly what to do to. She was always there to protect me from strange, odd noises we heard in our house and other...

An Extra Guest In The House by jennie1042

I was a small child, about 3 or 4 years old, living with my parents, older brother and our German Sheppard in a small town in Southwest Pennsylvania. The house we were living in was owned by my Uncle Pat (my mom's brother) who bought it as an investment. It was a simple 2 storey house on the main ro...

My Gettysburg Experience by GettysburgGhosts

It was July 19 2009, my family and I were on our way to Gettysburg, PA and I was excited to go! After 2 hours we finally got there. We went to some of the Monuments. Then went to our hotel room to unpack our stuff. I couldn't wait for that night because we were going on a ghost tour. I kept askin...

Great Grandfather's Visit by abbto

When I was little, my Grandmother threw Halloween parties for my sister, cousin, and I. My Great Grandfather never missed one, or any other family occasion, for that matter. Anyway, when I was in Kindergarten, he passed away. He was in his seventies. It was a very sad time for our family. At his ...

The Dyed-in-the Wool Skeptic by libertybelle

In spite of her experience as recorded in the incident I titled "Mr. X's Story," my mother was a die-hard sceptic when it came to paranormal phenomena such as ghosts. This was the major reason that I kept to myself my experience with the Revolutionary War apparition in the back door of our house in ...

Black Hooded Figure by rachill7982

My boyfriend has had many spiritual experiences with a black hooded figure. At times, he has seen it in the distance, sometimes watching him or even following him at times. He describes the figure as very tall, around 7 feet in all black with a hood that is lowered over the face. He tells me that he...

They Say Goodbye To Children by Olly227

I've always been a huge believer in the paranormal, though I have been waiting my entire life to be lucky enough to have my own solid experience. A few years ago, however my mother shared with me something interesting that I said to her when I was just a baby. I had always known about the tragic ac...

Breathing Sounds In My Bedroom by longreeno

We moved into our dream home in June 2008, a little more than a year ago. It is a 2 storey colonial with 5 bedrooms, built in 1970. It is a big home but we kind of grew into it, so it doesn't feel too big. We have spent the last year painting, buying furniture, and making it our own. We are very pro...

New Friend by Blackrose13

For those of you that have read my story on Eris, I have a bit of an update. I was having some issues with my house (Not unusual) and I felt like something else was in it. Something had been shaking my bed, and I kept feeling like someone was staring at me. I have life sized cutouts in my room, and ...

Weird Monsters And Childhood Spirits by Cortes

This is my first experience submitted to this site. As a child growing up in suburban PA in the early 90s, I was allowed to be creative, happy and active and had a pretty great childhood. This was around 1992 or so in an area in Eastern PA with a lot less development than there is now. I remem...

The Gettysburg Experience by ItchyStephenEF5

The Gettysburg Experience Last year on July 4th, my family and I took our annual visit to the historic battlefield of Gettysburg. Every year we visit different areas of the battlefield hoping to capture any pictures of orbs or ghosts, but sometimes we get more than we bargained for. During past vi...

Psychic Or Mental? by IWasMarieAntoinetteInMyPast

There are many things in my life that I find strange. Was my life chosen by myself, or for me? Why do I see things that are not there? Why do I hear voices? All of these questions are running inside my mind, day and night. Almost every day. I always felt I was different. I always wanted something...

Shadow Ghost Behind The Clothes Line by Blaquemajeek

I was about 4 years old when this particular incident occurred. My brother and my cousin were chasing me around my grandmother's house. I don't remember exactly how but they caught me and pushed me in the basement and turned out the light. I couldn't reach the light switch, and there was just enough...

Voices Overhead by IWasMarieAntoinetteInMyPast

When I was nine years old, I had heard of ghosts, and was stuck between a believer and a non-believer. I loved scary stories and would love to have had one to tell. Little did I know my wish would soon come true...? It was one of my favorite nights, dark and scary. At about 2:30, maybe 3:00, it has...

My Grandsons' Gettysburg Experience by kimbo1055

In April I decided to take my two grandsons to Gettysburg for spring break. I thought it would be educational for them and I have always felt drawn there and have visited there several times. I decided to take them on a tour through the Farnsworth house. This has been said to be one of the most haun...

Little Nephew And George by Mercury_Lyn

This again takes place in my family's 108 year old Victorian mansion. Creepy things have happened through my three year stay in my house. To understand the story, here is a little bit of background. When the as my mother calls them "the unseen" started to become a annoyance my mom went to the publ...

East Stroudsburg Apartment Haunting by steveheydaljay

I am a student at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. This recent semester, I moved into an off campus apartment with five new roommates; I'd soon learn about a sixth. Our apartment was decently sized with a living room, kitchen, long corridor and three bedrooms, each of which was designed ...

The Lady Outside My Bedroom Window 2 by IndianaJonesFan16

It happened again about two weeks ago. Remember that lady in the wedding dress, from my previous story, standing outside my bedroom window all night, the ghost who died on her wedding day (See "Lady Outside My Bedroom Window")? Well, it happened again one night a couple weeks ago. It was around 3:...

House Buyers Beware by Mercury_Lyn

I have never believed in the supernatural until my mother had purchased a 108 year old Victorian mansion. Once the papers were signed my two older sisters (24, and 25 at the time) were eager to move in, so they got the key from my mother and headed over to start painting their rooms. In the midst of...

Nana And The Note In The Closet by Justly4

My nana is dead 5 years. It is upsetting because knowing that my dad has no mom it is just sad. Sometimes I have encounters with her. But only at my dad's old home where he grew up. Mostly it takes place in her room. She has a big closet in her room, and that is where I found the note. It was Thank...

My Ouija Board Experiences by October

To start off, I'm 14 years old. I'm from the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania and have been pretty much my whole life. Soon after my 14th birthday, in October, I developed an interest into Ouija boards and the paranormal all together. For a while I was only interested out of curiosity. As I looked...

The Old County Home by elpe12

This is actually my friend's story. Let's just call him Rick. He told me a few years ago that he and his mother both had heard different things in their home, and I asked his permission to share. Before I go off into the story, I want to give you some background on our town and his house. Rick an...

The Girl In The Hallway by hannie2

First off, my name is Hannah and I'm 15 years old. My family just moved in to a beautiful Victorian style home in October 2008. At first, we really didn't experience anything, except for the occasional creaks that old houses have. Then, in early December, I had my first paranormal experience. ...

The Man Dressed In A Revolutionary War Uniform by libertybelle

When I was fifteen, my family moved into a house in Philadelphia that, at the time was approximately eighty or eighty-five years old. It's still standing (or was, at any rate, the last time I was in that neighborhood several years ago), and was the site of something which I, to this day have never b...

Violent Nightmares That Won't Stop 2 by JrGhostHunter

You are all familiar with my "ghost friend," right? Yeah, figures. Well, every once in a while, I blink or close my eyes and an image comes to mind. Usually this is when I am relaxed or trying to sleep. Lately, it's been a flash of red to green then a heat flows through my body, like fire. Yester...

Living In Fear by bevega1984

I have been experiencing paranormal phenomena since I was a child, approximately the age of 5. My first experience was being physically weighed down by an unseen force. I was paralyzed, I couldn't speak, let alone scream for help and I had trouble breathing. I could feel my body sinking deeper into ...

Man In The Window by Graeffy

This occurrence happened when I was a younger kid. I was in elementary school, probably about sixth grade. Me, my little sister and our neighbors Brittany and Brandon were sitting in my screened-in porch off of my kitchen of the house. There is a glass sliding door which leads to the porch. My p...

This One Scared Me A Little by dreamshappen

I think I'm a little bit haunted. Things happen a lot to me that I do not like to talk about. But this is one of them that you might acknowledge to be creepy. One night I decided to listen to myself so I took my mp3 player and recorded myself to see what I get. About 7 minutes into my slumber I ...

Managing A Haunted Hotel by BriFischer05

This event took place in Bucks County, PA. I was the operations manager for a Marriott hotel at the time. I had been working there for probably 4 months or so at the time. I was mainly in charge of our house keeping and maintenance staff, ensuring that the rooms / grounds were in peak condition at a...

The Big White Ball by dreamshappen

One day I was working at a local hospital and it was early in the morning. I can't remember the time or date but I was walking down the hallway. I was taking the big brute containers we use to put the trash in and as I was just about to leave the one door area when I seen a big white ball. It was re...

My Rings by nmg5789

I have three rings that are very important to me. 1 of them is my nana's engagement ring while the other 2 are ones that my boyfriend has given me. I never take my rings off except when I'm getting a shower or washing my hands. When I'm busy and running late (like always) I sometimes forget to put m...

Dancing Shadow by blueidblondie

My father passed away in September 1979 in a tragic car accident. Coincidentally, where he died/crashed is only a little over a mile away from where this incident occurred. I want to state a couple of interesting facts before I tell of my account, in case it might have any significance. My mom h...

A Tale Of Two Houses by bcps

When I was young my best friend lived in a house in Shillington right down the road from me and he's been my best friend since we were three. Since that time his house was always creepy to me but I will tell you exactly why. Countless nights when I would sleep over he would fall asleep down stairs a...

A Face And Light In The Hay Barn by miskon

When I was about nine or ten years old, my family would go up to our friend's house on a farm. We would be there all day and wouldn't leave until 11 or 12 at night. A lot of the time, we four kids would play in the hay barn next to the house. We would be in there all day, just jumping and climbing o...

Scary Computer And Aunt Betty by Doggirl1

This happening to me right now. I was answering someone's story about Satan and she should accept God into her heart. I am on a lap top, and right when I published the answer, the top part moved rapidly. But only once. Could Satan have seen it and gotten angry? I am a Christian. Here is my story....

Ghost In Our Attic by resz

I'm new to this site and have been really enjoying (and dreading) the stories I have been reading so I wanted to share my experiences with you guys. My name is Joe. I'm 24 years old living in eastern Pennsylvania. When my younger brother and I were kids (he is 3 years younger than me) we knew our ho...

Old Man On Drumore by JrGhostHunter

When I was about six or seven, I never used to REALLY believe in ghosts. I mean, I believed in them, but to an extent. Now, after this encounter, I think I have a change of mind. By the way, I have only seen this guy ONCE. I used to live on Drumore Drive in Philadelphia, but since my parents divo...

The Dark Figure by WRP

It was early morning in Northern Pennsylvania. I was at a log cabin in the woods about three miles in from the closest road. I have been to this cabin many times over a period of years. I always had a feeling I couldn't describe when there, but didn't give it too much thought. I figured it was the s...

Native American by nightmare0308

My house is built on a hill in the woods. It's only 23 years old so I know the house it's self is not haunted. But in the back of my woods were a once Native American tribe settled. Now it's not a burial ground or anything like that, but they just settled there. I know this because my history teache...

Is A Ghost Following Me? Need Help by bce360

This is the first time I have ever written or talked about these incidences, but I was scared enough today that I realized I need some other people's opinions. I went to college in Philadelphia and lived in a very old home with a number of other people. We knew the history of the house, and a num...

Ouija Board At Grandparents' House by mintandhazelnut

I've been reading stories on this site for a bit now, so I decided to share the only experience I've had, even though it's from a few years ago so the details are a bit fuzzy. I was at my grandparents' house in Pennsylvania, not far from Philadelphia, and my sister and friend decided to use a Oui...

An Angry Scream by rjblaze215

It was last year in September. My brother and I were watching TV. It was hot that night and I was going to sleep in the back room because it had an air conditioner. My brother didn't mind so he slept in the middle room watching TV. That night sleeping in the backroom was the only time I felt so unco...

Child Psychic by la_belle_du_theatre

As a very young child, I would often see ghosts wandering about the house and historical grounds of the large 19th century farmhouse in which my family lived. I would awake in the middle of the night to see them sitting beside my bed, and I would have screaming fits that brought my parents in to the...

Who Came Home With You? by IBelieve

I have several stories to share and I will start with the first I remember being told about. This took place when I was about five years old. I'm not sure if it would be considered supernatural or not. My mother had gone to our neighbor's house,who lived about one hundred yards up the lane from ...

Seeing Is Believing by truthfulwon124

I was recently taking pictures of myself for my boyfriend. And I was using my web cam. I am not the greatest picture taker. The lighting in the room wasn't very good, the sun was streaming in through the curtains and the room was also dark. So as usual I had to adjust the picture. You know the d...

Ghost of Eastern State Penitentary by ghostcaller1

Hi, my name is Ana and I went on March 21 to philly with my fiance and his aunt, I had seen the penitentiary first mentioned on America's Creepiest destinations, so I thought "oh cool my fiance is into mobsters and all and I like a good scare". We took the 12:00 pm day tour and proceeded to see all ...