History & local legend
Friends Hospital in Philadelphia is associated with several accounts of unexplained activity in its Scattergood Building. Night employees reportedly heard a woman laughing on the first floor but could find no one responsible. In another account, a security guard on the third floor felt someone grab a shoulder, then turned to find the space behind them empty.
The Shadowlands also recorded a tradition identifying a female presence with the wife of a former superintendent. Her role as matron would have placed her within the Quaker hospital's resident household, where staff and patients lived closely together.
