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A Sunbury Infanticide
The story of this shocking crime, which occurred on a farm in Northumberland County, comes from the July 5, 1895 edition of the Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record.
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The 1950 Clearfield UFO Sighting
The coincidental timing of the science fiction craze and the Cold War inspired millions of Americans to keep their eyes glued to the night sky for Soviet missiles, flying saucers, and all things in...
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The Ghost Dog of Woodbury and the Mystery Of Leather Cracker
If you were to drive along Henrietta Mountain Road in Woodbury Township, you might catch a glimpse of an unassuming country lane just after crossing Clover Creek. And if you were to look on a map, you...
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Death at the Five-and-Dime: The Connellsville Explosion of 1911
Known as the "Coke Capital of the World", the Fayette County city of Connellsville rose to prominence in the late 19th century for its many beehive coke furnaces, which were instrumental in the...
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A Mystery Grave in McVeytown
Spring House Farm, a popular wedding venue in McVeytown On November of 1921, a baffling discovery was made in Mifflin County, on top of the ridge that runs along the Juniata River near the historic...
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The Ghastly Demise of Link Lingle
The Fuoss Mills covered bridge, circa 1963Fuoss Mills, in Blair County, is a tiny village named after a flour mill that was operated at the turn of the 20th century by the Fuoss brothers at the foot...
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A Tragedy at Port Griffith
Miners' wives at Port Griffith during the Knox Mine Disaster, 1959.The wide, blue Susquehanna is a serene and peaceful river most of the time, but when she decides to turn angry, she can be as cruel...
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Skeleton Found in Wall of Bloomsburg Home
Unfortunately, I couldn't find any additional information about this story, which appeared in the Mount Carmel Daily News on Nov. 14, 1927.
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A Dog's Suicide
Dogs have been known to follow their masters anywhere... even into the afterworld. Anthony Malinoski and his dog were inseparable. After Anthony, a high school freshman from Mount Carmel, died from...
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The Beheading of Mary Showalter
On a Monday afternoon in late September of 1875, a young man and woman arrived in Lebanon on the evening train from Reading. Their arrival wouldn't have attracted much attention if the couple hadn't...
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Suicide at a Senator's House
"Hillside", the residence of Senator PealeLocated near the center of the Lock Haven University campus, Woolridge Hall is home to over two hundred college students. While scores of students have passed...
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A Berry Weird Story?
The strange story from above occurred in Myerstown, Lebanon County, in October of 1922.
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The Mysterious Death of Helen Hepler
On the cold, dreary Monday morning of January 10, 1916, two sets of parents awoke to discover their children were missing. In a home on Garfield Avenue in Schuylkill Haven, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mengle...
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The Lost Confederate Grave of Wildcat Falls
It's impossible to say how many generations have been enchanted by the beauty of Wildcat Falls in York County, a short distance from the village of Accomac, but it is known that hundreds of years ago...
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Jacob Haas: John Wilkes Booth's Coal Region Doppelganger
Capt. Jacob Washington Haas The greatest manhunt in United States history took place in April of 1865 to catch the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. Within a few hours after the President's murder in...
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The Suicide of Boardman Hazen
One of the many Hazen family members buried at North Sewickley Cemetery The story of Boardman Hazen's 1893 suicide has all the makings of a fantastic novel-- an agonizing death by rat poisoning, an...
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Boss Kills Job Seeker With Shovel
My, how times have changed. Today, millions of businesses around the country are hurting because they are having a difficult time convincing Americans to come back to work; but 120 years ago, jobs...
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The Man Who Died Running Backwards
The story above, which quite literally proves that "pride cometh before the fall" appeared in the Lancaster Semi-Weekly New Era on June 28, 1899.
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The Burnside Skeletons, Part 1: Shamokin's First Mass Murder
Note: This is part one of a three part series. In the early morning of Monday, October 7, 1974, daybreak revealed a large gathering on an embankment along Route 125, on the outskirts of Shamokin. To...
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