History & local legend
A contributor named Kimberly described two contrasting presences at 10 Market Square in Manheim in an account published by Ghosts of America around 2005. One was a woman in a red cloak, first seen on a staircase landing before disappearing seconds later.
Kimberly also placed the woman upstairs across from an attic storeroom. An unseen man seemed to accompany her; people could hear the pair arguing. Kimberly believed he guarded the attic and resisted anyone entering it.
In her interpretation, the woman was protective. If the man tried to push someone on the stairs, she would catch the person before they fell. Kimberly ended by asking for information about earlier occupants of the building, hoping its history might explain the two figures she described.
