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0The Mather Miners
Mather, Pennsylvania
12.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
In the center of the town there is a small church, the post office, an apartment building(which used to be a general store) and a baseball field. Up a small connecting road is the old schoolhouse ( now converted into a persons home). Right before dawn when walking ...
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Allen’s Haunted Hayrides
Smock, Pennsylvania
21.3 miles from Bobtown, PA
Psychics say that the energy here is high because there an Indian burial ground beneath the land. This may be the source of the glowing white figures that are reported, or the strange light manifestations. The hayrides are year-round so visit freely! (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Century Inn
Scenery Hill, Pennsylvania
22.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
Reported to be the oldest inn along Route 40, this inn is said to have a mysterious presence. There is one unexplained very cold room, and an innkeeper there has described a mysterious figure that appeared near its door. As well, strange footsteps have appeared in the snow outside the ...
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Kingwood Public Library
Kingwood, West Virginia
25.3 miles from Bobtown, PA
The circa-1966 library is said to be haunted. Witnesses report noises and footsteps, objects that move on their own, doors that open and close by themselves, and books that jump off the shelves. A jail that once stood on the site is believed by some to be the source of ...
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Fallingwater
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
29 miles from Bobtown, PA
A solitude woman is said to be seen staring out of the window of the master bedroom. She is believed to the first wife of Edgar Kaufmann, depressed by his unfaithfulness. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Edward G. Acheson House
Monongahela, Pennsylvania
30.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
The ghost of a little girl has been seen here. Two other ghosts, seen as orbs, also have been seen. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0West Virginia State Penitentiary
Moundsville, West Virginia
41.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
Once considered one of the most violent prisons in the US people believe that this prison's violent past has left an indelible mark on the building. People believe it is haunted by both active ghosts, possibly men who were murdered there, and also residual hauntings that take the form ...
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3406 Brownsville Road
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
42.5 miles from Bobtown, PA
3406 Brownsville Road is said to be haunted by a demon, known as "The Demon of Brownsville Road" in the book by Bob Cranmer. According to Cranmer, the demon manifested in many ways, including a black fog, a bad smell, or an unseen attacker. Cranmer also described blood-dripping walls, bent ...
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Old Homestead Police Department
Homestead, Pennsylvania
44.7 miles from Bobtown, PA
The former Homestead Police Department building is said to be haunted by something that taps folks on the shoulder, slams doors, turns on appliances and created unexplained footsteps. Ghost investigators caught slams and screams and video of ghostly activity.
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Carnegie Library of Homestead
Munhall, Pennsylvania
44.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1896, the library was built with a music hall and an athletic center with a heated swimming pool. It is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have reported apparitions of steel workers, books that fly off of shelves, shadowy figures and unexplained male and female voices.
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0Omni William Penn Hotel
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
46.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
At this famous 1915-16 hotel where among other luminaries JFK has stayed, and Bob Hope proposed marriage in 1934, there are said to be two haunted floors. Floors 22 and 23, both unused, are visited by strange sounds, cold wind gusts, and ghosts that hide and watch folks, giving them ...
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
47.2 miles from Bobtown, PA
Four ghosts are said to haunt the University of Pittsburgh campus: a prima ballerina in the Tansky Family Lounge of the William Pitt Union; Harriet, who committed suicide in 1201 Bruce Hall; a grandmother who rumples the quilts and bakes phantom bread in the Early American Room of the Cathedral ...
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Frick Mansion - Clayton
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
47.7 miles from Bobtown, PA
The Frick Mansion was home to industrial magnate Henry Clay Frick and his wife Adelaide Howard Childs, who began living there in 1883 and the family moved to New York in 1900. Their youngest daughter, Helen Clay Frick, kept up the mansion all those years and then moved back in ...
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Allegheny Center, Building #7
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
47.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
The student housing here has a high turnover rate believed to be caused by the poltergeist activity. Students report loud noises throughout and have yet to disprove the source. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
48.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
Few people realize that, in paranormal aspects, living near a hospital is like living near a cemetery. Many who have died within this building are said to remain here; in the South Wing (where most of the activity occurs), voices and strange noises are heard. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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0Dixmont State Hospital
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
52.6 miles from Bobtown, PA
The 1862 hospital was haunted by many entities, notably a male spirit who was said to guard the morgue area and frighten away intruders. The hospital building was closed in 1984 and was demolished in 2006.
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0Wells Inn
Sistersville, West Virginia
55.7 miles from Bobtown, PA
At this 1890s inn, both the guests and the staff have heard the sounds of writing and footsteps, witnessed doors that open or close by themselves, and felt a chilly presence.
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0Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Weston, West Virginia
56.4 miles from Bobtown, PA
Once the Weston State Hospital, the asylum is said to be haunted by former patients who passed away there. The plentitude of paranormal phenomena heard, seen, and felt here has prompted its appearance on TV shows such as Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures.
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Depreciation Lands Museum
Hampton Township, Pennsylvania
57.6 miles from Bobtown, PA
A rather helpful man in a long coat and out-of-date boots has been responsible for catching a painter's ladder after the man lost his balance, catching a cleaning woman who fell, fixing a broken window, and saving a group of girl scouts when the ceiling collapsed over them. (Submitted by ...
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Graceland Inn and Conference Center
Elkins, West Virginia
57.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
This inn, restaurant and conference center is said to be haunted by several entities: a ghost named Grace, senator Henry Davis, and a former servant named Katie.
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Summit Hose Company
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
59 miles from Bobtown, PA
Voices and odd noises are heard, doors open by themselves, and shadows have been seen here. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Allegheny-Kiski Valley Heritage Museum
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
59.4 miles from Bobtown, PA
A former volunteer named Jack is commonly seen in the basement. He is said to be seen mostly around the old gardening tools. (Submitted by Chris Berglund)
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Brush Creek Inn
Warrendale, Pennsylvania
62 miles from Bobtown, PA
Keep watch for airborne bottles if you visit Brush Creek Inn! It is said that the spirits at the restaurant will shatter bottles at the bar or hurl them across the room. Witnesses also have reported that the windows open and close by themselves and furniture flips over.
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0Culmerville Hotel - Zottola's Pub and Eatery
Tarentum, Pennsylvania
62.2 miles from Bobtown, PA
A spirit is said to reside in the former Culmervilel Hotel, now Zottola's Pub and Eatery.
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Kelly Road
Industry, Pennsylvania
66.5 miles from Bobtown, PA
This road, also called the Mystery Mile by residents, is said to be haunted. What else could the explanation be for strange white apparitions and the tendency for animals here to turn from tame to fierce and bloodthirsty? Strange sounds are also heard along this road and in the forest ...
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J.C. Thompson Building
East Liverpool, Ohio
67.2 miles from Bobtown, PA
This building dates back to 1892, and is rumored to have once housed both a speakeasy and a brothel. Under new ownership and recently restored as of July 2014, numerous paranormal occurrences have been recorded here in the basement and elsewhere. It is believed multiple spirits reside here.
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Grand Midway Hotel
Windber, Pennsylvania
69.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
This historic hotel has been in operation for over a century, but is now believed to be a private residence. The owners have been known to auction the rooms for a night, which is enough for some guests to leave the hotel in fear. Staff have reported a wild apparition ...
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Old Hampshire County Jail
Romney, West Virginia
71.4 miles from Bobtown, PA
Built in the late 1700s, the old jail has a legend attached. It seems that in the late 1800s a sheriff was shot to death by a gang of bandits on the staircase leading between the jail and the attached brick building, which was the jailer's family home. He was ...
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Hutton House Bed and Breakfast
Huttonsville, West Virginia
72.3 miles from Bobtown, PA
Built in 1898 by Eugene Elihu Hutton, the Queen Anne-style Victorian home is now an inn, and is believed to be haunted. Folks say that at 5 a.m. the unexplained smell of baking bread wafts through the inn, although the kitchen is closed and the ovens are cold.
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0Harmony Inn
Harmony, Pennsylvania
72.4 miles from Bobtown, PA
Local legend has it that this restaurant is haunted by two spirits: a ghost named Louie and the apparition of a woman. Louie was allegedly killed right outside on the inn's front steps. The ghostly woman is seen near the entranceway, between the bar and the dining room.
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Ghosts of Penn's Woods: Ghost tales from in and around Pennsylvania state parks and historic Sites
Jeffrey R. Frazier
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Summit Cut Bridge
Darlington, Pennsylvania
75.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
On Shenango Road, just before it meets Ashwood Road, is Summit Cut Bridge (sometimes incorrectly referred to as Summer Cut Bridge). The bridge, locals say, has a ghostly white lady. Legend has it that she fell off the bridge onto the railroad tracks in 1894. Her spirit is said to ...
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0Jean Bonnet Tavern
Bedford, Pennsylvania
77.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
This tavern building was a French outpost in the 1740s and a war headquarters in the 1750s. It became a tavern in the 1760s, and was also used as a courtroom. Several people were hanged here, and it is said that their spirits walk restlessly throughout the place. Witnesses have ...
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0Omni Bedford Springs Resort
Bedford, Pennsylvania
79.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
Folks say that the ghosts at this 1800s resort want to be in pictures. They show up as oddities on the photographic images taken all over the hotel.
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0Comfort Inn Marietta
Marietta, Ohio
80.5 miles from Bobtown, PA
Some surprising reports have come from people who have stayed at this Comfort Inn. Doors open when there is no one there, curtains are closed by unseen hands, and TVs turn on by themselves. Some even say they have felt the touch of an unseen presence on their shoulders.
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Marietta College - Alpha Xi Delta
Marietta, Ohio
81.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
Marietta College's Alpha Xi Delta sorority house, built in 1855, is said to be haunted by a former Ohio governor. George White and his family lived there after the turn of the century, and he became governor in the 1930s. George's apparition has been seen by witnesses, wearing a gray ...
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Levee House Café
Marietta, Ohio
81.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
The Levee House, built around 1826 as a dry goods store for merchant Dudley Woodbridge, later became La Belle Hotel and was rumored to have been a brothel at some time in its history. Its legend says that a brothel employee and a man who was visiting her were both ...
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The Castle
Marietta, Ohio
81.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
The Castle was built in 1855 by attorney and abolitionist Melvin C. Clarke, who died in the Civil War battle Antietam. In 1889, the Castle was owned by newspaper publisher E.W. Nye's daughter Lucy Nye Davis. She and her husband Theodore Davis had two daughters named Jessie and Grace. Jessie ...
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Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre
Marietta, Ohio
81.9 miles from Bobtown, PA
The Mid-Ohio Valley Players Theatre is home to specters who move objects in the prop room, create icy breezes, and grab the living by the shoulder. Rumor has it that the ghost is a former theater owner.
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Lafayette Hotel
Marietta, Ohio
82 miles from Bobtown, PA
Voices and footsteps have been heard in empty hallways and rooms, while appliances turn on and off by themselves, doors open and close on their own and furniture and luggage is moved around suites. Staff and guests have seen misty apparitions in the corridors, and a ghostly maid in a ...
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0Snyder Cemetery
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
84 miles from Bobtown, PA
Numerous paranormal events are reported at this location, but few precise details are available.
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0Hill View Manor
New Castle, Pennsylvania
84.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
The historic manor was once a nursing home, and folks claimed the spirit of a little boy would pay a visit now and then. It was said that those who saw him would pass away shortly. Witnesses also have reported full-body manifestations that float through walls.
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Downtown New Castle
New Castle, Pennsylvania
87.8 miles from Bobtown, PA
New Castle's downtown and Historical North Hill have several haunted locations including the old Stritmater Building, the Wallace House, the Historical Society's Greer-Clavelli Mansion, the old Temple Building, and the Joseph White House. Apparitions have been seen in some of the buildings and ghost hunters have recorded activity in others. ...
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133 Kiester Road
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
89.7 miles from Bobtown, PA
The house at this address is apparently haunted by a malevolent spirit that many people believe to be Sam Mohawk a Native American mass murderer who was hanged for murdering a woman and her five children near the place this house stands.
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Egypt Road Bridge
Salem, Ohio
92.3 miles from Bobtown, PA
The closed Egypt Road Bridge, or Crybaby Bridge, is haunted day and night by the sound of a crying baby. Legend has it that a baby went missing while its parents were fighting, and it fell over the side of the bridge. The scream of its mother and the crying ...
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Zoar Historic Hotel
Zoar, Ohio
96.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
This historic hotel has been acquired by the state historical society and is due to be renovated to restore it to its former glory. The hotel is rumoured to be haunted, which has been testified by many former guests, patrons and staff, and is widely acclaimed to be the ...
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0The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast
Dover, Ohio
96.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
Guests at this 1800s inn, which was once a cobbler shop, have heard knocking on their doors when no one was there, and disembodied footsteps in the hallway. Those who have seen the ghost here say he is a man wearing a long dark coat.
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The Cobbler Shop Bed and Breakfast
Dover, Ohio
96.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
Guests at this 1800s inn, which was once a cobbler shop, have heard knocking on their doors when no one was there, and disembodied footsteps in the hallway. Those who have seen the ghost here say he is a man wearing a long dark coat.
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Books N' Things
Dover, Ohio
96.2 miles from Bobtown, PA
This old store was in operation for many years, but now appears to be a private residence. While it was in operation, customers would smell the aroma of coffee, even when there was none brewing. The ghost was kind to the owners, and would often tuck them into bed ...
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Grove City College
Grove City, Pennsylvania
96.5 miles from Bobtown, PA
Grove City College's Lily Room is the stuff of legend. Campus lore says it's a locked-up room in a girls' dorm in which a girl hanged herself. Rumor has it the room was locked for 15 years and when it was opened again, her lily perfume was still heavy in ...
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Austintown Log House
Canfield, Ohio
98.1 miles from Bobtown, PA
There have been reported sightings of the apparition of a headless soldier in the historic log cabin. He is seen in various rooms of the house, as well as by motorists driving past the house in an upstairs window. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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