Investigation Location History

This is an on-going, all inclusive collection of the history of the locations we have investigated, and will investigate at some point in the future. Feel free to browse, comment, and share your own experiences at any of the below locations.

Beaver Area High School – History

Beaver Area High School Gypsy Glen Road Beaver, PA, 15009   When visitors walk down the main street of Beaver, PA (about an hour northwest of Pittsburgh, PA) they feel like they had stepped back in time to a simpler/friendlier aspect of life, and feeling like they are at home. They are welcomed with opened…
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The Castle at Mount Savage – History

The Castle 15925 Mt. Savage Road NW Mt. Savage, MD 21545   Looming over the area, the old stone mansion that was built to resemble a Scottish castle still stands as a tribute to the past and historical value of the area of Mt. Savage, Maryland. At one point, the old Union Mining Company ran…
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Blennerhassett Island – History

Blennerhassett Island Lubeck, WV, 26101   A secluded and historic island situated on the Ohio River right in the middle of Ohio and West Virginia, Blennerhassett Island is currently a state park including a single roadway and only a limited amount of docks. This island connects the two states via the Blennerhassett Island Bridge and…
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Grand Midway Hotel – History

Grand Midway Hotel 1303 Midway Avenue Windber, PA 15963   About two hours east of Pittsburgh and just south of Johnstown resides the small town of Windber, PA. In that town, one of the oldest buildings, and still active businesses in the small coal town, the Grand Midway Hotel stands as an ominous and macabre monument to the history…
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Andrew Bayne Memorial Library – History

Andrew Bayne Memorial Library 34 N Balph Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15202   Just outside of the city of Pittsburgh rests the small town of Bellevue, PA. An old Victorian era house sits in the heart of a public park. The house was converted into a library after life had passed it by and has been…
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Gill House – History

Gill House 342 Harding Way West Gailon, OH 44833   Long before the construction of the Gill House, the Gill family had made Gailon, Ohio their home and even helped mold the town into what it is today. The original Gill family relocated to Gailon occurred around 1818 beginning with David Gill and his brother-in-law,…
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Midway Metaphysical & Ravenna Junkyard – History

Midway Metaphysical 5824 Newton Falls Road Ravenna, OH 44266     Nestled between Akron and Youngstown in Ohio rests an old salvage yard behind the Midway Metaphysical store. Throughout the years the salvage yard was occupied by nearly 1,500 old vehicles on over 13 acres of land. The ground has been saturated by the energy…
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Martinsburg Roundhouse – History

Martinsburg Roundhouse 100 E Liberty Street Martinsburg, WV 25404   Once a great location for a rail yard for both business and supply transportation, the Martinsburg Roundhouse still stands today after its’ closure in the late 1980’s. The history has been well preserved thanks to the state of West Virginia, allowing guests to experience the…
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1810 Tavern – History

1810 Tavern 234 Bridge Street Beaver, PA 15009   The most recent incarnation of the bar/restaurant is the 1810 Tavern which opened in early 2020. Prior to the 1810 Tavern, the building housed Plated and Poured, The Copper Dog, and Ella’s Coffee Shop. Not a lot is known outside of that for the building itself, but…
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Madison Seminary – History

Madison Seminary 6769 Middle Ridge Road Madison Township, OH 44057   The beautiful and well-kept Madison Seminary overlooks the majority of neighboring farmland in Madison, Ohio. Little known to the passerby is that the old building has a long and tenured history steeped with pure emotion stemming from the origination of students’ lives to Civil…
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The Brewerie at Union Station – History

The Brewerie at Union Station 123 W 14th Street Erie, PA 16501   Serving locals with transportation and goods to national guests as passengers simply passing through the area, Union Station has always been seen as a monument of Erie’s industrialization and a beacon of hope and future for its’ locals. Even as time drew…
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Private Residence Investigation – History

Freedom Road Apartments Cranberry Township, PA    After a woman, her fiancé, and their roommate experienced some unexplained activity in their apartment, they sent us some of their security camera footage. Among this footage are some anomalies moving throughout the room. Their cats seemed to notice them and their television even appears to turn on…
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Gettysburg Orphanage – History

Gettysburg Orphanage Gettysburg, PA   Located on the edge of the original battlefield along Steinwehr Aveneue and Cemetery Hill, the orphanage stands as a reminder of the brutal past that, not only those fighting in the war but also, those who lost parents, family, and loved ones also felt the horrors of the war. The…
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Jennie Wade House – History

The small brick house situated outside the main town square of Gettysburg, PA is overshadowed by the hustling and bustling of tourists and the sheer height of the neighboring hotel. However, the Jennie Wade House is far more than a small brick structure. There is plenty of history that lies within its’ walls and behind…
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Prospect Place – History

Prospect Place hosts such a value to not only the area, but all of history as well. Currently as an education center teaching about the Underground Railroad and local history, Prospect Place was once home to a twelve-member family and a stop for an unknown number of slaves on the run. The house served as…
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