History & local legend
Old Baptist Road runs into Evansburg State Park past houses that were boarded up after becoming state property. One abandoned house acquired the name Worcester Murder House and a legend that a man had killed his family there. Other stories along the lane described blue lights, phantom dogs and a child’s presence.
In November 2009, two friends reported hearing a little girl giggle while they were taking photographs. They saw nobody nearby, but later believed a picture showed a small figure beside a doorway. Writer Melanie Moyer, who grew up in the area, describes how the road’s empty houses helped the murder legend take hold. She also distinguishes that story from an actual 1985 family murder at the church on Germantown Pike near the road’s entrance: the abandoned-house tale has shifted the setting and details of the violence.
Sources
- StrangeUSA, Old Baptist Road, November 7, 2009 firsthand visit, 2008–2009 visitor descriptions and ghost-dog tradition
- Melanie Moyer, Ghouls Magazine, local account of the road, the abandoned homes and the origins of the murder legend
- Lower Providence Township, comprehensive plan cataloguing multiple historic homes on Old Baptist RoadUnavailable ·
- Esri World Geocoder, Germantown Pike and Old Baptist Road
