The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HAUNTED HOUSE

THERE IS A 200 YEAR OLD COLONIAL HOUSE STANDING OUTSIDE OF PITTSBURG
PENN., WHERE IT IS SAID THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON SPENT SOME TIME THERE
SINCE HIS FAMILY OWNED SOME LAND NEAR THIS MANSION. A TEENAGE
GIRL LIVES THERE AND STATES THAT THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED COMPLAINING
OF STRANGE NOISES. SHE HAS DONE A COUPLE OF TERM PAPERS ON THE
SUBJECT OF THIS HAUNTED HOUSE FOR THE HIGHSCHOOL SHE ATTENDS. SHE
HAS HER CLAIMS AND THE OTHER GIRLS ALSO SAY THAT THEY HEARD STRANGE
NOISES WHILE THEY WERE THERE.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH

Date learned: 11-07-1968