Inclined Plane Hiking Trail
During the early part of the twentieth century, this trail led to a mine. One day, the mine exploded, killing over one hundred miners. Many have reported seeing miners walking along the path. They disappear quickly, however.
Hello fellow ghost story buffs—let me say that Johnstown, which I have visited 3 times in the last 16 years, is A VERY HAUNTED PLACE!
With the floods, mining disasters, and Indian burial sites, you don’t have to look far or for very long to experience something!
The anniversary of the flood of May 31st, 1889, is a time of heightened activity, especially downtown. When something really traumatic happens, a trace of it remains….of course, when something very pleasant happens, that leaves a trace too. Keep your sense of humor at the ready; it helps keep the atmosphere from getting too heavy and scary!
Comment by Colin Overland | 11.22.2005 | 3:55 am
I’ve heard of this haunting, but don’t forget alot of people have seen the ghost of alittle boy. Some have seen it while standing at the top of the incline looking down, he’s dressed as a little boy working in the mines would have been.
Comment by Ali | 01.29.2006 | 10:00 pm
I have heard of many stories about Johnstown I want to know more.
Comment by Bobbetta | 03.12.2006 | 2:01 am
I go up to Johnstown every weekend and I never see anything up there.I went on the Inclined Plain Hiking Trail and I never saw anything up there.I heard about the floods and everything and I know a lot of people died.I also know that there is no mine shafts up there so you are all lying.
Comment by peter smith | 03.12.2006 | 5:14 pm
I’ve heard about that place!i’ve visited it and when i went up there i did see a boy!Freaky!he was dressed like you would in the mines and was looking straight at me…………………………….
JUST JOKUNG!
Comment by Crystal Anskis | 05.8.2006 | 7:52 pm
The stories about the inclined plane are mostly fictional. They were created to generate interest in the tourist site….seriously.
Comment by Jason | 05.10.2006 | 12:01 am
sounds cool
Comment by ican_beyourz | 05.14.2006 | 4:27 am
Actually, there are mine shafts up there. That’s why the inclined plane was built.
Comment by Danielle | 05.29.2006 | 5:58 pm
Personally, I think youre all lying and making up this ****! How does that grab ya?
Comment by Skeptical | 06.6.2006 | 8:53 pm
THIS STORY IS TO SHORT IT’S NOT NECCAREY
Comment by rs | 06.7.2006 | 2:42 pm
This is an interesting story and would be even better if it were true. Unfortunately it isn’t. If it were I would visit it frequently as I live in the area and I love a good scare/encounter. The inclined plane was built in 1890 to carry people, horses and wagons up to the new hilltop community of Westmont. From everything I have read there was no mining up on the hilltop. This was an upperclass neighborhood with very large houses many of which are still there. Although it is true thousands have lost their lives during the 2 major floods that have devastated the town, I have lived in some local apartments and have not experienced any supernatural events which is not to say that they don’t exist or happen. Congrats if you have experienced any supernatural events!!!!
Comment by Genne | 06.8.2006 | 12:55 pm
I lived in Johnstown all my life. I was in the 70’s Flood, it was horrible. Not as many lives lost as the 1800’s Flood, but bad enough. I lived in South Fork, a little coal mining town, very old. At the top of the inclined plane there used to be an indian cemetery, which you can get a good orb photo every now and then. They used the incline plane to take people to the top during the flood, then once all the deris jammed against the mountain it caught fire (the debris). At the bottom of the plane you can get some good pics as well.
Comment by Shannon | 06.26.2006 | 4:54 pm
With the GOP controlling congress and cutting money for mine safety, you can count on seeing alot more ghost miners.
Comment by Ed | 08.11.2006 | 5:06 am
Regarding the Incline Plane it started operating June 1st, 1891 and was built by the Cambria Iron Works for an escape route in case of subsequent floods and it was also used as a transportation vehicle for survivors of the 1889 flood who decided to build homes on Yoder Hill instead of in the valley and they would use the Incline to go to and from work and to go shopping and such in the City.
I’ve walked along the Wolfe Trail and have never encountered any ghosts or anything out of the ordinary, but have heard others who have said they had seen what looked to be disheveled men carrying lunch buckets and walking away from the direction of the Incline along the trail towards the West End.
Comment by BB | 08.13.2006 | 5:52 am
Hello all. I live in Johnstown currently but I’m originally from the St.Michael area, which if any of you are aware has more of a ghostly feeling than Johnstown itself. Now, I’m gonna clear this up for you all. The Inclined Plane…unhaunted. The Wolfe Trail…haunted. The little boy you all claim to see and hear of…untrue. These stories get unearthed and started for “scares” if you will. You all want some real scares and want to see some goofy **** happen? Go to New Ashatola,Pa… not far from Johnstown. Go visit the house wear a man went crazy and slaughtered his family and pets. 20 years later and you go into their house and there’s still scent of perfume…Blood stains are fresh even though its been scrubbed and cleaned….Yelps of the dogs are heard as they are getting butchered with the hatchet he used to kill them with…. and around the house itself is where alot of cult happenings occur. It’s a freaky place… and YES this story is true. Search for it if you will. I personally have friends who have recordings of voices, whispers,tapping, and weird “noises” from the area….. So forget the Inclined Plane, unless you enjoy chasing fabricated stories. Go to New Ashatola. It’s private property but nothing is posted so if you were caught trespassing, nothing would hold up in courts. Another warning also, thisd place isn’t to be taken lightly. Theres some serious doings in the area that even other trespassers will come after you for interrupting what they are doing(cult activities). It’s an adventure to say the least. Wear good shoes for walking and long pants. It’s a hike.
Comment by Mike Haman | 08.23.2006 | 1:29 pm
With regard to New Ashtola (notice the correct spelling)only thing there is the Krum Cemetary from the Civil War era, been there and while very interesting didn’t have any type of paranormal feelings whatsoever.
The man killing his family is a hoax, as is the supposed “Dead Zone” mansion…someone had a little too much Stephen King, LOL…there’s no mansion to be found…only thing around there is a shack that probably was used by hunters from years gone by.
Didn’t find anything in the area that would relate or reflect any type of “cult” activity.
But, like I said the area is interesting to visit if you are into Civil War era cemetaries.
Comment by BB | 09.9.2006 | 5:34 pm
And, to add, to my comment above, please disregard my wrong spelling of cemetery…they really should have an editing feature here!
Comment by BB | 09.9.2006 | 5:43 pm
I have studied the johnstown sites of hauntings for 5 years now some of them are a hoax and some are true. the little boy is true his picure is in the first flood memorial you see coming into town. His name is donald ghellnet. His father couldnt work so he sent his only son to the mines 5 days after he was sent he died of black lung.
post more stories i would like to check them out
Comment by brandon | 09.23.2006 | 9:06 am
Where the hell do you find the chiques road haunted house?
Comment by john | 09.27.2006 | 2:10 pm
I grew up in Indiana, about 27 miles away from J-town. I have however spent many nights in Johnstown. Although Johnstown can seem a bit dreery, I habe never seen or have known anyone that has had paranormal encounters. Personally I think it’s just a tired town that has had too many tragedies come down on it.
Comment by Scott | 10.3.2006 | 2:33 pm
The inclined plane was not built becuase of the mine shafts, it was built because if the Little Conemaugh flooded again they could transport people up to Westmont out of the flood. During the annual AAABA Baseball Tournament, There are people called the Bomb Squad who stay up on the Inclined plane trail, I know a few of the Bombers, They have not seen any miners or a little boy in their four years of service… No ghosts there.
Comment by Matt | 10.15.2006 | 12:46 pm
Hi, my family’s lived in p.a for years, and ive never even heard of johnstown. If you ppl want some actual ghosts, head on over to pithole, its a ghost town but ive personally seen the white lady who walks up and down the streets. not lying. there are other ghosts too, try drake well too. both burntout oil towns but there are alot of stories about the hauntings. ooh, and if u really want a totally wet ur pants good scare, go to the new jersey pine barrens. ever heard of the jersey devil? : P
Comment by brooke and bree | 10.20.2006 | 7:16 pm
I grew up in Johnstown, and have heard many of these stories. I have never known, or heard of anyone knowing someone who has experienced the Inclined Plane activity. I would like to investigate it myself, but as it is outdoors, that makes it nearly impossible. There are a few, I must assume, houses or buildings in Johnstown that have paranormal activity, but I have yet to be in one. So if you own one of these houses, or know someone who does, please e-mail me at Scout@sgtgrit.com and we will come investigate it.
Good luck, all.
Semper Fi!
Comment by PR Mathias | 10.27.2006 | 8:37 am
Another life-long resident of the area here and as some have already correctly noted, the Inclined Plane was built after the big flood of 1889 to transport people out of the valley should another devastating flood occur. I’ve never encountered any kind of paranormal activity around Johnstown– except for Grandview Cemetary, where all the Unknown dead from 1889 are buried. Seriously… if there is anyplace for a chance meeting with a ghost, visit this national memorial (but please– be respectful and remember that you are in a cemetary, not an amusement park). The cemetary is very old and is BIG (this is not just a national cemetary but a public one as well). Park your car and walk through the area. It’s eerily quiet and the mausoleums give me chills every time I see them.
Comment by Rawket | 11.6.2006 | 2:03 pm
Though I have never encountered anything along this trail, there are several spots in the general Johnstown area which are haunted. My personal favorite it Crum Cemetery, in/around Windber, Pa. From Johnstown this is maybe a 30 minute drive. Defintiely a creepy place.
Also, nearby Crum Cemetery is an area dubbed ‘The Dead Zone’. This story is rumored, and I have yet to ever check this place out. But story has it that a man killed his wife and kids, and went to the garage and hung himself. There are several back roads blocked off near Crum Cemetery and I have been told this is back a blocked off road, about a 2 mile hike. I am unsure which road it is unfortunately.
If you want to discuss any ghost hunting experiences, or anything, feel free to contact me via email at: llabeoll@yahoo.com
Comment by Dan | 11.13.2006 | 1:37 am
Crum cemetery is the craziest place in Johnstown. Everytime I am there I get chills.
Comment by Brad | 11.20.2006 | 8:35 pm
Alright I live in Johnstown, and i was very interested in this Krum Cemetery….WHERE IS IT!!
They say its in New Ashtolia(spelling), i went up there the other night and couldnt find anything, if any 1 has any information on this please contact me at
m0shnr0ll0o0@hotmail.com
Btw, yes there are mine shafts down on the Incline Plane trail, ive been there before, i live about 5 min away from them, VERY dangerous to go in, i dont expect you to try …..
Thanks
Comment by Andy | 11.21.2006 | 6:58 pm
wow that one is freaky!
Comment by x Courtney x | 11.27.2006 | 1:53 pm
jhonstowns is spooky at night going on them back roads up there by hicksons run damn also stackhouse park at night if u wanna rush go to stackhouse park at night and please dont go by yo self i live in ohio noww but everthy chance i get to go back to jhonstowns i walk thru da woods juzz to get a peace of mind holla back at me
Comment by Frankie Broome | 12.24.2006 | 4:33 pm
first of all crum cemetary is in new paris which is in beford county. the distance to it from johnstown is like 30 miles. the inclined plane was also built because of the 1800’s flood, it was a means of evacuating the people of johnstown in case of another flood, however now its just used for tourism there realy isnt a significant purpose anymore. just to further back up other peoples points. crum cemetary was created almost 150 years ago and started out as the crum family cemetary and the dead zone thing aint true the closest thing there would be gravity hill and that is a place where you put your car in neutral and it will drift uphill. think about it people didnt have garages back then that they could go out and hang themselves in cause they didnt have cars in the late 1800’s the closest thing would be an outhouse. that area, which im familiar with because i live in somerset county, is farming and mountain country. yeah its creepy and im sure stuff does happen there but unless your willing to exept that crazy stuff happens you wont have anything happen to you. also keep inmind that cemetaries arent natural places to see ghosts because they’re put to rest there they didnt die there. unlike crum cemetery, at gettysburgh cemetery the people actually died there which makes the place really haunted. i can say i see ghosts cause im sensitive to the spirit world unlike many people who claim they see stuff just to draw attention to themselves. questions comments hntr06pa@aol.com subject line ghosts or it goes to spam
Comment by hntr06pa | 02.3.2007 | 2:58 am
I go to UPJ in richland and laurel hall where i lived my freshman year is supposed to be haunted, the room right down the hall from where i was. one night while i was half in half out trying to go to sleep i heard this awful noise from the corner of our room that i dont know how to describe…..about made me throw up, odd enough my roomate didnt hear it.
Comment by Jim | 02.4.2007 | 1:07 pm
I grew up in Johnstown. It is a very haunted place indeed. I have seen some VERY strange things at both Hinckston Run and Stackhouse Park. Also, I get a very distinct feeling of uneasiness and being watched at North Fork Dam. Does anyone have any info on the history of the one room schoolhouse, Saylor School, or know anything about a haunting at North Fork? I have heard rumors, but nothing solid.
Comment by Blue | 02.12.2007 | 10:45 pm
I have lived in Johnstown mostly all my life and i’ve yet to experience any paranormal activity here. Johnstown isnt that bad of a town but its not that haunted either. Im not saying this is true nor false. Im not saying there isnt any paranormal activity her either. But all im saying is that i havent experienced it. But i do hope to!
Comment by Katie Box | 02.13.2007 | 4:24 pm
Some of the people burried in Crum Cemetery are past family members of mine. I personally knew some of them and for the others I’m told they were decent people also. I visit this cemetery as frequent as I can and I have never seen a ghost yet. If anyone does see ghost there, just talk to them and I,m sure you will get quite an education of how life was in those days. Don’t fear the darkness of death but what life itself can do to you.
Comment by Harry | 02.26.2007 | 3:35 am
I could tell you all stories about these things I’ve seen growing up in the hills above Johnstown…and it would show you how haunted the area really is.
My family is from a tiny town called Vintondale, near the Camrbia/Indiana border. During the 1800’s, they moved from their old town to Vintondale. The old town is called Wehrum. It still exists this day.
Take Wehrum Road from 22. Go past the golf course and through Dilltown. Keep going and the road gets narrower as it follows the Blacklick Creek. Eventually, on your left, there will be a large road going up the hill to a place called Lower Laurel Road. Make a left up this hill and drive for 300 yards. Get out of your car. Walk into the woods on the left and you’ll see an abandoned graveyard for the town. It used to have hundreds of residents but now only close to 20 or so headstones remain. I should know…my great great grandfather is up there.
Oh yes, and the town itself. Boarded up in the 1920’s due to a large mine explosion. Close to 50 people were killed in a massive mine explosion. The tippled where the happened is located on the Ebensburg & Blacklick Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, one mile west of Vintondale, on the north bank of Blacklick Creek. Close to 30 people were killed there in two seperate explosions. After this happened, the town was sold for scrap and bulldozed. Now the only thing left are foundation holes, the fanhouses, and a small jailhouse.
Comment by Ana K. | 03.3.2007 | 6:35 pm
Well, this comment, is to everyone that doesnt believe any of the ghost stories, i actually live in johnstown in the west end part of town and i was born and raised in this **** hole place…the only thing thats good about this place is that it has alot of history behind it…There is a mine trail thats haunted and if you not from here, then you werent on the trail…and there are mine shafts, the are closed up with cement but there are little ducts on the sides that you can fit in, the inclined plane is not haunted however…the trail is…there is a set of woods beside my house that are haunted…by d st. and norton rd. my house in fact is haunted, my neice who was 6 at the time said that she seen an older woman walking across the porch and me and my mother seen the shadow dissapear right into the wall…My high school is haunted, the high school down the road is haunted, crum cemetary is haunted and so is becky’s grave…and the turn around, i have been to all of these places, because i love to get a good scare, but the scariest place i seen was the turn around!, the best way to ever see anything is just to come out here have a few beers with my friends and i, then we will have a journey to see if yinz see anything, well if you would ever like to contact me, and you have a myspace then drop by and give me a friend request
http://www.myspace.com/andrewfromwestend
Comment by Andrew | 03.21.2007 | 1:04 pm
I just wantd to note that I am from Johnstown,Pa.I’ve lived here all my life (30years) and I honestly havent even heard of the “ghosts” by the inclined plaine. I’m not saying there arent I just haven’t heard of it. But I also wanted to note that someone above said there was no mines,they should look a little better there are mines. The one this story talks of you can see as you cross the bridge by the point stadium.Now it just looks like a big cement wall where the mine opening use to be,Before the exsplosion that did kill I beleive around 100 men. There are also other mines on the opposite hillside witch I am sure of because my father who is 74 years old worked in them with his father as a teenager.
Comment by crystal | 03.28.2007 | 9:37 am
Reading these comments about Johnstown (haunted or not) is very unsettling. I myself was born and raised in Jtown and although I would LIKE to see some activity, I never have. But my main concern is how you people are talking to each other…YES IT IS…NO IT ISN’T…YES IT IS…NO IT ISN’T!!!!! Like I’m right and everyone else is wrong. What the HE**???? Some people may have experienced things and some people may have NOT. that’s not to say that Johnstown doesn’t have it places of interest. People…you’re giving Johnstown a bad name. KNOCK IT OFF ALREADY!!!!!!!!
Comment by Dawn | 03.30.2007 | 4:22 pm
Bar-B-Que anyone?
Comment by loco | 06.20.2007 | 5:12 pm
KA-BOOM! Never (coal) mine… ‘er, mind!
Comment by loco | 06.20.2007 | 5:14 pm
I live about 20 minutes from Johnstown but I grew up throughout Johnstown because alot of my family is from there. I personally haven’t expierenced anything but I love to go and do a little ghosthunting once in awhile. I think that everyone should take a look at the series “Ghosthunters” you can learn a lot from there and things you THINK that you have expierenced and things you HAVE. For another place to explore there is Livermore up a little past Blairsville exit on 22west. The cemetery was actually in the 1st scene of night of the living dead.
Comment by Falesha | 10.7.2007 | 11:04 am
So is it or not haunted?? Sounds to me like each of you are trying to out do the other. Hard to beleive any of them. I’ve always wanted to see a ghost. Although now it would probably scare the piss outta me…lol
Comment by BedfordChic | 10.14.2007 | 8:50 pm
I lived in “Old Westmont” next to the Inclined plane and the mound “indian burial grounds” thru mu entire child hood. Played in the woods on the trails.Still have family in town that I visit often Never have I heard any of these stories?????
Comment by colleen | 10.17.2007 | 1:01 pm
I grew up in New Ashtola. My family roots there go back several generations. I’ve traversed that mountain by foot, dirt bike and horseback. My ancestors are buried in Crum Cemetary. I’ve heard stories of hauntings and cult activity, but have never witnessed any of it. Beer parties, yes. Cult activity, no. Furthermore, the “Death Zone” story is news to me. As much time as my family (six siblings and large extended family) spent in those woods over the years, surely one of us would have had a personal experience if there was something paranormal out there. Crum Cemetery is an historic place. Please be respectful if you visit. Unfortunately, Gamesa recently cut down a bunch of trees in the area, intending to put up windmills. Personally, if the place does have spooks, I hope they direct their hauntings toward the Spaniards.
Comment by Shari | 10.19.2007 | 10:35 am
I live in Windber, just outside of Johnstown. I also work in Johnstown. I never heard this story before. But there are the popular spots like Becky’s grave that people go to even in the summer time.
I’ll tell you I’ve seen the movie for the Johnstown flood at the museum and that gave me nightmares. I think I really got chills because all those people died right here. It freaks me out sometimes.
Comment by Angie | 10.20.2007 | 7:03 pm
Umm i live in johnstown theres nothing scary about it
Comment by greg | 10.28.2007 | 2:07 pm
I also grew up in Johnstown. I’m familiar with the trail at the top of the Inclined Plane. There most certainly was a mine disaster there- the trail goes right up to the closed-off site of the mine entrance, and there’s a big historic marker that tells the tragic tale. I went there recently with my family and took a few photos, half wondering if we might catch something spooky in the pictures, but nothing unusual showed up, sorry to report.
Johnstown probably should be haunted with all of the tragedy of the floods that took so many lives, but I never heard any stories of hauntings while I lived there, or in the many years after that when I made frequent visits to the folks.
Comment by Ed | 10.29.2007 | 12:53 pm
First off I’ve lived in Windber my whole life and Crum Cemetary is a 5 min drive from the center of Windber. Crum is not in bedford county like some people said. In the past two days i’ve visited Crum and the Dead Zone. Both places are definetly freaky and we got some weird pictures and ruled out everything that could have caused them. The Dead zone is not a 2 mile hike, its not even a mile and is not back a blocked off road. The story about the man killing his family and himself is false. I have connections to the family that owns it and it is old farmhouses and nothing mmore. There is also a hunting cabin nearby these houses. As for haunted, you’ll have to personally check these places out for yourself. I know if you go lone your gonna get freaked out easily by the stuff you hear and see.
Comment by Justin | 11.3.2007 | 1:08 am
I would have to say that Johnstown has to be a very haunted place. Crum cemetery must be becoming more popular do to the desecration of the headstones there. I don’t know how people think that’s funny but you wouldn’t believe how many headstones are ruined there. As for haunted im not sure I’ve been there just to sit and watch and nothing has happened however its not to say there isn’t ghosts there. If your from somerset and are looking for this crum cemetery take 30 to 160 north follow thru central city you’ll see a gas station on your left and flashing lights make the first right after that. Follow that road for like 5 or 10 miles till you come to an intersection of three roads make the left and its prolly two miles up the road on the left hand side but please be respectful people still burry loved ones here.
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Comment by Jason Rauso | 11.11.2007 | 5:07 pm
“…Many have reported seeing miners walking along the path. They disappear quickly, however.”
Would that be the ghostly miners doing the disappearing, or those who see them?
Comment by Forrest Greene | 11.19.2007 | 5:21 pm
I’ve lived in the Windber/Johnstown area all my life. I’ve personally been to Crum Cemetary, Wolfe Trail and several other places. Crum, while freaky, didn’t seem haunted. Its creepy mostly because its back a dirt path and you travel over an old, one-lane bridge. (The Iron Bridge) I did get a somewhat weird feeling when I looked at a section of graves that were all graves of children mostly under the age of 4. Also when there were trees all around it, there was a more isolated feeling to the place, now with the deforestation it’s lost some of that luster.
Remember if you are traveling to see this or any cemetary to be respectful of the graves.
Comment by Jonathan | 01.6.2008 | 4:11 pm
I have lived in johnstown all my life. On yoder st all my life. Im now 27. At the end of my street is woods, if you enter those woods, it starts the trail to the inclined plane. As kids me and my cousins used to walk that trail very often. The trail starts on Yoder st, and goes the wholeway through downtown, under the inclined plane and to brownstown. I dont believe ive ever seen anything paranormal but sometimes we got an eering feeling. Once there was a rabbit stuck to a tree, the head was on one side of the tree and its body on the other side of the tree. I dont believe it was anything due to paranormal activity. We also had an incident where me and my cousin were walking the trail, we had a very weird feeling and thought we heard something so we turned around and starting running back twoard home, after running about 5 min we heard some strange crackling sounds so we stopped and were looking up in the woods to see what it coulda been. after a few minutes of looking we saw a black bird fly from an old tree then out of the blue the tree just fell over directly in front of us. within 20 feet. if the tree were higher it would of landed on us. which i cant say that was to paranormal activity either. However i have had 2 strange encounters at quemahoning dam. it was very late one night and me and 3 friends were sitting in a car off the side of the road getting high. we sat there for a little bit and then up head we saw what looked like 2 red lights coming twoard us and turned into the hillside and disappeared. we thought wed better go just in case it was a cop, so we drove twoard where we saw the lights. there were no other cars around for miles so it couldnt of been a car, because theres not enough room to turn ur car around there. and there was no turn there, and car lights would be white not red. yes maybe we were high, but high or not, theres no way that 4 people could see the exact same thing at the exact same time, unless it was really there. another thing that happened at que was me and a different friend used to drive around the dam all the time, we were all into paranormal stuff and were very into the ouija board. we had the ouija board in the trunk of her car driving around. as soon as her car reached the green bridge, it sounded like something attached itself to her car and we were dragging it. i cant say what it sounded like cause i really dont know but it was like a scraping sound that didnt stop un less we stopped the car. of course we were scared unsure what it was so we were just gonna leave the dam and not stop for nothing. after about 20-30 minutes of driving i knew we were coming up on the 2nd bridge away from the dam, and i said to her wouldnt it be weird if it just like stopped when we reach the 2nd bridge. and sure enough as soon as her car reached the 2nd bridge the noise had stopped. we were no longer dragging what ever we had been dragging under her car, it was a more lighted area so we pulled up a little bit to see if anything was on the road behind us. but there was nothing there. of course we were both too scared to get out of the car. and for this incident we were completly sober. what was it? if anyone has any suggestions please repost.
Comment by nikki | 01.8.2008 | 6:07 am
Hello. I am from the area(Altoona,P.A). When you think about it this area has had a lot of untimly deaths attached to it. From the floods to coal mine disaters. It is a very depressed area with a high rate of suicides. Talk to any Paranormal expert and they will tell you these instinces create a lot of activity. Out of towners who come here say what a sad felling this area gives off. It could be more than economic depression maybe a curse?I have had many paranormal experiences in a varity of places around here.I find it hard to pin point one area .I think there is a lot of activity no matter where you go.There are a lot of sad souls with unfinished bussines around here.
Comment by Brandon | 01.17.2008 | 4:11 am
I live in Windber, PA as well. I never really heard of those Johnstown ghost stories but I think they are interesting. And not everyone there has to see something to make it real. I believe some people have seen weird things and some haven’t. With all the disasters that have happened in Johnstown it’s very possible that it’s haunted. I still have yet to see Krum Cemetery, Becky’s Grave, or any of the trails but there’s definitely something in the woods behind my house. One day when I was a young teenager I went into those woods with my brother and friend. They noticed something on the ground. As they were looking at it I looked up and saw a freaking dog sled riding through the woods. There were about 6 or 8 dogs pulling a person riding the sled. Then it just vanished before my brother and friend could see it. Believe me, I know it sounds ridiculous. If I read this story on here I would laugh too. But it’s true. I know what I saw. Wish I didn’t see it. I’ve tried researching it and looking up things about it but can’t find anything. If anyone knows of anything weird in Windber let me know!
Comment by Ryan | 02.15.2008 | 5:59 am
This story is very true in my opinion.
I’ve lived in johnstown for most of my life,and me and my friends decided to walk that trail starting in westmont and going downtown.
my friend got pushed down the hill going downtown from westmont, we felt something enter our bodies, we got orbs in pictures, and we saw this one thing looking like a coal miner standing beside a tree.
after that, we decided to take a recording, and when my friend was asking questions we heard something in the recording say clearly “I hear you”.
If I find someway to download the pics and recording I will.
ever since that day its creepy to go down there, but we still do to see what else might happen
Comment by Caitlin | 02.28.2008 | 6:55 pm
OMG….me and my friend Caitlin, the girl who posted the one above, went to that trail and it was very coldd and windy. When Caitlin looked inside the coal mine through the metal bar there was something wrapped up. It looked like a body. We got so freaked out and went up back the incline. That was a day i’ll never forget.
This is Caitlin now. yepp thats a true storyy beeatchs!
Comment by Erika | 03.4.2008 | 9:49 am
I grew up in J-town. The mining disaster was the Rolling Mills Mining Disaster. I am including a link to a website that a J-town priest has put together.
Secondly, I personally have witnesses 2 episodes that I consider haunts. The first occurred back in the early 1970, when my grandmother and I were approaching the singing bridge (that connects Cambria City with Minersville). It was about 10:00 at night. As we approached St. Stephens/St. Mary’s to cross the bridge I saw 6 nuns emerge in double file from between the St. Mary’s church and rectory. These were in the old days when nuns wore full habits, and as a school kid, you realized that you could hear them coming a mile away because of the click-clack of the long rosary the wore at their waste. Anyway, these nuns were in white (something I’d never seen nuns wear-all our teachers had the long black habits). They sorta glided across the street to the shrine that was along the river. I’ll never forget the fact that they glided and there was absolutely no sound. I asked my grandma who they were-she grabbed my are, told me to keep quite, and to walk faster. What were they? To this day I wonder.
The second episode involved a house on Broad Street. At different times myself, my sister, and our friend each saw a little girl entering the top bedroom. She was wearing a “granny-type” nightgown. The wierd thing was that our girlfriend saw her first, and it was not until she told us about the little girl she saw in the bathroom that my sister stated she had seen a little girl. All 3 of our descriptions were similar. Was she part of the second big flood (on St. Patricks Day)? The house had belonged to a doctor, so was she a patient that died? We’ve always wondered.
http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/marcelsokalski/coaleroo.html
Comment by Ann Rozsi | 03.7.2008 | 7:01 am
I live in Westmont (suburb of Johnstown), and me and my friends bike on the Incline Trail and in Stackhouse Park almost every day. I have never experienced anything more frightening in Stackhouse than the ranger kicking us out because it was 3 in the morning, or looking down and knowing that I live in the most boring place on the face of the planet. (not for much longer, fortunately!)
And about one of the older comments… You’ve lived in PA all your life, never heard of Johnstown, but have heard of Pithole? That’s odd.
Comment by Mark | 03.18.2008 | 10:23 pm
i live in johnstown and me and my friends have been to crum cemetary hundreds of times….we even camped out there over night..its creepy as hell cuz it has ppl in it from the civil war…..ive never found the dead zone…if it exists…but there are gated off roads back there that ive never explored. if anyone noes anything bout houses or such back that way please let me no…i no of one house that ive seen…its got an outhouse and everything…but i dont no if its jsut a hunting cabin or not
if anyone noes anything bout a guy that killed his family back there let me no
Comment by Yayo | 04.25.2008 | 10:48 am