Janesville Pike is just one of Pennsylvania's haunted stretches of highway I’ve always been fascinated by the phantom, or vanishing, hitchhiker phenomenon. Usually categorized as urban legend rather than ghost lore, the phantom hitchhiker is a common ghost story shared across America. Over the years, I’ve shared some legends and lore which fall into the … Continue reading Pennsylvania’s Phantom Hitchhikers
Bonzo, the Chimpanzee I was lost. I had spent the past thirty plus minutes following the directions from the GPS that had me crossing and recrossing Interstates 79 and 90. Those roads that did not pass over the two interstates dead ended at them. Completely frustrated with technology, I did what I should have done … Continue reading Bonzo The Chimpanzee
The Pennsylvania countryside In my personal collection of books, there are numerous works of fiction involving alternative histories of the country with many of them set around a different outcome of Pennsylvania’s most famous battle – Gettysburg. What would have happened if the Confederacy would have won at Gettysburg is a subject numerous authors have … Continue reading The Pennsylvania That Could Have Been
I arrived at Evergreen Cemetery, located on the eastern edge of Union City, with directions to the grave I was seeking and thankfully those directions were correct. In a matter of minutes I was standing at the grave located among the rolling hills of Evergreen Cemetery. Near the back of the cemetery is the simple … Continue reading Rev. Steadman and “The Most Wicked Man in the World”
The Covered Bridge at Waterford As many times as I’ve visited Waterford in Erie County, I never realized there was a covered bridge located just southeast of town. I had somehow missed the covered bridge on an earlier journey exploring northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio, but on this trip I detoured into Waterford to visit … Continue reading Weirdness in Waterford
The Pennsylvania Rambler 