SPOOKY: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has a history that dates back to the 1600s, making the atmosphere ripe for paranormal activity. Hauntedrooms.com provided a list of the 10 most haunted places in Pennsylvania.
10. The Quality Inn in Gettysburg — Originally built in 1863 as General Lee’s headquarters, this hotel has had hundreds of reports of ghostly activity over the years.
9. Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia — The house is reportedly so haunted that a former director climbed out the window and jumped onto the flagpole outside to escape the spirits on one particularly frightening evening.
8. Fort Mifflin, Philadelphia — Fort Mifflin claims to be the only Revolutionary War battlefield that has remained completely intact and is reported home to spirits such as ‘the screaming woman’ and ‘the faceless man.’
7. Brandywine Battlefield, Chester County — Around 2,000 men died in these fields on what was the bloodiest day of the Revolutionary War.
6. The Seven Gates of Hell in York — The urban legend has it that nearly all patients of an asylum that once stood here died in a fire.
5. Harrisburg Hospital — Strange noises, screaming, footsteps and shadows have contributed to the building’s reputation as one of the most haunted hospitals in Pa.
4. The Old Jail Museum in Jim Thorpe — Formerly the Carbon County Prison, it’s now home to a famous ghost story known as ‘the Day of the Rope’ concerning four hanged coal miners and an everlasting handprint.
3. Hotel Bethlehem — The building was the very first house in Bethlehem before being transformed into a hotel. Four ghosts with strong historical ties to the hotel are said to haunt the premises.
2. Gettysburg Battlefield — As the grounds for one of the bloodiest battles in American history with nearly 8,000 soldiers losing their lives in just three days it is understandable why a wide-range of paranormal activity is reported in the area.
1. Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia — As the first penitentiary in the United States prisoners here were reportedly exposed to both physical and psychological torture making this deserted space not only Pennsylvania’s most haunted place but possibly the most haunted in all of the United States.