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Tamaqua's Haven for Spectres
The Tamaqua Elks Lodge No. 592 may stand as a proud community landmark, but behind its brick walls lingers a chilling reputation. Since...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Sep 16, 2025
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Apparitions at Altoona's Horseshoe Curve Tunnel
The road passing through the tunnel at the base of Altoona's Horseshoe Curve is known for several ghostly apparition s, many of which...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Sep 9, 2025
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Prisoner's Paranormal Petition
In June 1908 prisoners at the Schuylkill County Prison began a petition to be moved. Not moved from the prison mind you, moved to a...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jul 29, 2025
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The Headless Woman's Stroll from Mt. Carbon to Pottsville
The Headless Woman's Stroll from Mt. Carbon to PottsvilleššŖ¦ In February 1871, the apparition of a headless woman was witnessed making a...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jul 24, 2025
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The Headless Horseman of the Anthracite Region
It seems each culture and even each region has its own rendition of a headless ghost. The Anthracite Region is no exception. Reports of...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Mar 16, 2023
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The Dullahan - Ireland's Diabolical Headless Horseman
In 1820, American readers were first introduced to a supernatural villain who has been inducing nightmares and restless sleeps for over...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Mar 2, 2023
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The Haunted Mansion of Bunker Hill
Pottsville's Haunted Mansion of Bunker Hill

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Oct 31, 2022
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Horror Upon the Mountain
Hawk Mountain Schaumboch's Tavern Berks-Schuylkill County Line There is nothing more beautiful than a Pennsylvania forest during the peak...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Oct 8, 2022
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Pottsville's City of the Dead
Shadowy mourners, flickering corpse candles, and a flowing whitish ghost have said be witnessed in Pottsvilleās City of the Dead.

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Sep 3, 2022
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The Peddler's Grave
August 11, 1797 Three miles north of Mahanoy City 225 years ago today, August 11, 1797, a heinous crime fueled by greed was noted as the...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Aug 11, 2022
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Schuylkill Avenue's Civil War Spirit
The spirit of a Civil War soldier witnessed in Pottsville

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jul 13, 2022
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Haunted House of the Heckscherville Valley
Heckscherville December 1889 Sometimes a house, decrepit and withered over time, gives off a menacing look, but in reality is filled with...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jun 8, 2022
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Pottsville's Ghostly Stakeout
May-June 1919 Pottsville, PA When people yearn for haunted entertainment, the most ideal time seems to be after the sun drops below the...

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Apr 25, 2022
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The Ghost Upon Broad Mountain (Gordon Mountain Ghost)
The Gordon Mountain Ghost 1925

Haunted Anthracite Tales
Apr 5, 2022
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Haunted Homelessness?
Former Maroons Bar & Grill - Pottsville 1855 - 2021 What happens when a building ghosts are said to reside within is razed? Often,...
Haunted Anthracite Tales
Mar 6, 2022
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An Otherworldly Presence on the Pottsy
Mahanoy City - July 1890 Every small community seems to have a part of a road known as āDead Manās Curve.ā These treacherous, legendary...
Haunted Anthracite Tales
Feb 27, 2022
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A Lover's Scorn from the Other Side
Sandy Run, PA (near Hazleton, just north of Eckley) January 1903, Andrew Greenās beloved wife took ill. Her husband and children did...
Haunted Anthracite Tales
Feb 5, 2022
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The Moore Family's Poltergeist Encounter
What does a family do when their safe space is threatened by a malevolent specter?
Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jan 30, 2022
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A Most Vital Message From the Other Side - Frackville
In Frackville during the summer of 1895, a message from the otherside was once entrusted to an undertaker's assistant.
Haunted Anthracite Tales
Jan 2, 2022
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