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Cumberland County
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Inns & businesses · Historical imageAllenberry Resort and Playhouse
A photograph taken at Allenberry Resort near Boiling Springs appeared to show a man in jeans and white sneakers stepping into Room 205. His face was…
Camp Hill Middle and High School
Camp Hill’s present high school opened in 1953 across Chestnut Street from the earlier school. Its ghost story centers on a small metal door on the…
OutdoorsCenterville Road (PA 233)
On November 24, 1934, two men working on South Mountain found three girls dead on a blanket beside what is now PA 233. The youngest lay in the oldest…
OutdoorsChildren’s Lake
Children’s Lake in Boiling Springs has long been a place to walk, gather and wait for friends. In the trolley era, visitors could travel from…
OutdoorsDoubling Gap
David “Robber” Lewis hid in the mountains above Doubling Gap while officers pursued him in the early nineteenth century. Local tradition describes a…
OutdoorsDykeman Spring pond
Dykeman Pond in Shippensburg is associated with a woman called Mary, who is said to search the bank for her drowned infant. The legend places the…
Former Iron Kettle
The former Iron Kettle in Camp Hill, later the Brewhouse Grille on State Road, had a story about a bride whose presence could be felt inside.…
Frankenberger Tavern
Frankenberger Tavern in Mechanicsburg began as a stopping place for cattle drovers, the men who walked herds to market. Its best-known ghost story…
John H. Frederick Field
John H. Frederick Field at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park in Mechanicsburg is associated with a story about a boy seen in the woods beyond the…
Oyster Mill Playhouse
At Oyster Mill Playhouse near Camp Hill, theater lore reserves the two end seats in the top row for a ghostly couple. Kathie Spacht described an…
Pete’s Cafe
Pete’s Café on Market Street in New Cumberland had a ghost story centered on a woman called Melody and her fondness for sparkling jewelry. According…
Sherrie-John Manor
Hall’s Tower was built as part of Sherrie-John Manor, the estate John and Sherrie Hall developed near Mechanicsburg. After hearing carillons in…
Historic homesUndisclosed residence on Hanover Street
A house on Hanover Street in Carlisle became the subject of a PARAseek investigation after residents reported disturbances beginning when they moved…
Culture & landmarksYoung Hall
Young Hall is the long brick family-housing building beside Indian Field at Carlisle Barracks in Cumberland County. Its conversion into twenty-six…