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The Burnside Skeletons, Part 2: Shamokin's First Mass Murder
Note: This is the second of a three-part series. Click here to read Part 1.One interesting piece of new information to emerge from the first day of the hearing was the testimony of 30-year-old Robert...
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The Burnside Skeletons, Part 3: Shamokin's First Mass Murder
This is the last of a three part series. Click to read Part 1 and Part 2. The jury of nine men and three women began deliberations at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1 to decide the fate of Sebastian...
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The Fantastic Disappearance of Captain Rehrer
The grave of Capt. Rehrer in Lake County, Florida. The historic village of Rehrersburg in Berks County is named for Revolutionary War lieutenant Jacob Rehrer, a son of Johan Gottfried Rehrer (Rohrer)...
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The Gruesome History of the Carlisle Vault
A popular space for weddings and events, the Carlisle Vault building was erected on the northeast corner of the town square in 1813 and served as one of the first banks in Cumberland County. In 1846,...
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The Kidnapping of Warren McCarrick
Motorists crossing the Schuylkill River at Norristown will undoubtedly notice the large, 90-acre island in the middle of the river. Home to an old electric substation and criss-crossed by power...
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The Ghost of Reverend Nowak: The Pond Hill Tragedy
Located in Conyngham Township, Luzerne County, the community of Pond Hill presents a picturesque appearance. Nestled in a valley between the Susquehanna River and Lily Lake, this community has been a...
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The Great Japanese Embassy Hoax of 1860
The real Japanese Embassy from 1860 On Independence Day of 1860, one of the most notable events in the history of Montour County took place-- a visit from Japanese royalty! Why Japanese royalty should...
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Buried Alive: The Murder of Mary Newlin
Mary Newlin On a sunny Sunday in June, 1907, a pretty little girl with golden hair walked the short distance home from her grandfather's farm near the village of Avondale. Accompanying five-year-old...
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Conductor's Heroic Deed Produces Morbid Monument
In 1887, a railroad conductor leaped from a caboose to save the lives of a woman and her child. Though his heroic actions saved two lives, he sacrificed his own in the pricess... but not before...
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The Unsinkable Corpse of Pvt. Jonas Snyder
The steamship McClellan In the spring of 1864, Union General Nathaniel Banks led an expedition up the Red River in an unsuccessful attempt to seize control of Louisiana, whose cotton fields were an...
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The Legend of Bip Vawn
The story of Solomon "Bip" Vawn is well known throughout Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley, and it is a classic tale of a runaway slave who, despite unbelievable odds, finds freedom north of the...
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The Tragic History of Deadman Corners
Amid the sprawling wilderness of the Allegheny National Forest, miles from the nearest town, four roads converge in a remote spot in Howe Township, where a wooden cross marks the lonesome grave of a...
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