P ATTY A. W ILSON LIVES IN P ENNSYLVANIA WITH HER FAMILY AND HAS been writing about the paranormal and folklore for more than thirty years. She is the author of Monsters of Pennsylvania , UFOs in Pennsylvania , Haunted West Virginia , and Haunted North Carolina, and coauthor with Mark Nesbitt of Haunted Pennsylvania and The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories . Her articles have been published in FATE magazine and Countryside .
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Books and Articles
Atrocious Murder. Philadelphia Inquirer , March 1, 1889, p. 8.
Anthony, C., trans. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune , January 22, 1887.
Fell, Cassandra, and Walter L. Powell. Ghosts and Legends of Fort Ligonier , 2008.
Guiley, Rosemary Ellen. Ghost Hunting Pennsylvania . Cincinnati: Clerisy Press, 2009.
Hull, Laurie. Supernatural Pennsylvania . Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2010.
Liberace. The Wonderful Private World of Liberace . Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 2003.
Nesbitt, Mark, and Patty A. Wilson. Haunted Pennsylvania: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Keystone State . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2006.
. The Big Book of Pennsylvania Ghost Stories . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008.
Reevy, Tony. Ghost Train!: American Railroad Ghost Legends . Lynchburg, VA: TLC Publishing, 1998.
Salaz-Marquez, Ruben. I am Tecumseh! . Book II. Alameda, NM: Cosmic House, 1985.
Skinner, Charles M. Myths and Legends of Our Own Land . Vol. I. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1896.
Swetnam, George. Pittsylvania Country . New York: Dell Publishing, 1951.
. Devils, Ghosts, and Witches: Occult Folklore of the Upper Ohio Valley . Greensburg, PA: McDonald and Sward, 1988.
Swope, Robin. True Tales of the Unexplained . Erie, PA: Open Gate Press, 2010.
. Eerie Erie: Tales of the Unexplained from Northwest Pennsylvania . Charleston, SC: History Press, 2011.
Tampani, Beth E. and Charles J. Adams III. Ghost Stories of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County . Wyomissing, PA: Exeter House 1994.
White, Thomas. Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania . Charleston, SC: History Press, 2009.
. Forgotten Tales of Pittsburgh . Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010.
. Ghosts of Southwestern Pennsylvania . Charleston, SC: History Press, 2010.
Wilson, Patty A. Haunted Pennsylvania. Laceyville, PA: Belfry Books, 1998.
. The Pennsylvania Ghost Guide . Vol. 1. Roaring Spring, PA: Piney Creek Press, 2000.
. Monsters of Pennsylvania: Mysterious Creatures in the Keystone State . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2010.
. UFOs in Pennsylvania: Encounters with Extraterrestrials in the Key-stone State . Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2011.
Wilson, Patty A., and Scott Crownover. Boos and Brews: A Guide to Haunted Taverns, Inns, and Hotels of Pennsylvania . Roaring Spring, PA: Piney Creek Press, 2002.
Wudarczyk, James, Jude Wudarczyk, Allen Becer, and Daren Stanchak. A Doughboys Tale and More Lawrenceville Stories . Pittsburgh: Lawrenceville Historical Society, 2004.
Websites
5 McKean Slayers Have Paid Penalty. Painted Hills Genealogy Society . http://www.paintedhills.org/Most_Wanted/mckeanslayers.htm.
13 Bends. Ghost Hunters and Occult Spirits Team . http://www00.homepage.villanova.edu/drew.schauble/bends.htm.
13 Bends, Harmarvilla, PA. Strange USA . http://www.strangeusa.com/Viewlocation.aspx?id=64179#sthash.0SedG6AX.dpbs.
Altoona: Lakemont Park. Forgotten USA . http://forgottenusa.com/haunts/PA/10194/Lakemont%20park.
Bardsley, Marilyn. The Kingsbury Run Murders or Cleveland Torso Murders. trutv . http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/unsolved/kingsbury/index_1.html.
Bedford Springs Resort History. Bedford Visitors Bureau . http://www.visitbedfordcounty.com/springs/index.html.
Bishop, Dee. Lady with the Red Shawl. Pennsylvania Mountains of Attractions . http://www.pennsylvania-mountains-of-attractions.com/lady-with-the-red-shawl.html.
The Black Cross. Steel Town Paranormal . http://www.steeltownparanormal.com/index.php?p=1_51.
Book of the Royal Blue . Baltimore: Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 1906. From Internet Archive . http://www.archive.org/stream/bookofroyalblue11balt/bookofroyalblue11balt_djvu.txt.
Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie. A History and Geneaology of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia, and the Descent of the Bolton Family from Assheton, Byron, and Hulton of Hulton Park . From Online Library . http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/joseph-gaston-baillie-bulloch/a-history-and-genealogy-of-the-families-of-bayard-houstoun-of-georgia-and-thellu/page-3-a-history-and-genealogy-of-the-families-of-bayard-houstoun-of-georgia-and-thellu.shtml.
Commonwealth v. Crossmire. Atlantic Reporter . Vol. 27. St. Paul: West Publishing, 1894, p. 4042. From Google Books . http://books.google.com/books?id=K8fzAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=Ralph+ Crossmire+Murderer+Pa&source=bl&ots=EXYLEnFaKG&sig= ZP3OBJeZbDFc1xGCx2QCkjEDpXg&hl=en&sa=X&ei= IrU3Uc2KBeqx0AHB5oDYBg&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q= Ralph%20Crossmire%20Murderer%20Pa&f=false.
Crossmire. Planet Smethport Project . http://www.smethporthistory.org/king.street/jail/crossmiremurder/crossmire.htm.
Davis, Shirley, and Robert Allen. History of Anderson Family, Including Espy Family History and National House. Bedford County Arts Council, 2009. docstoc.com . http://www.docstoc.com/docs/133687083/Anderson-House-History.
Emerson, Sylva. A Brief History of Blair County. Blair County Historical Society . http://www.blairhistory.org/graphics/BLAIR_COUNTY_HISTORY.pdf.
Erie/I-80 Haunts and History. Google Sites Haunts and History . https://sites.google.com/site/hauntsandhistory/eriei-80hauntsandhistory.
Gibb, Tom. Cambria County Jail Reopens as a Museum. Post-Gazette.com , January 6, 2002. http://old.post-gazette.com/neigh_east/20020106jail3.asp.
Grand Midway Hotel. Pennsylvania Haunts and History . http://hauntsandhistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/grand-midway-hotel.html
History of Bedford Springs, The. Omni Hotels and Resorts . http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/BedfordSprings/OurHistory.aspx.
History of Hill View Manor, The. Hill View Manor . http://www.hauntedhillview.com/History/History.html.
Ieraci, Ron. Rolling Hills Asylum. Pennsylvania Haunts and History . http://hauntsandhistory.blogspot.com/#uds-search-results.
Is Hill View Manor Haunted? Take a Tour and Find Out. Elwood City Ledger , October 28, 2011. http://www.ellwoodcityledger.com/news/local_news/is-hill-view-manor-haunted-take-a-tour-and-find/article_c3d4e3cb-f130-562e-8f78-1fafa75b161d.html.
Knortz, Karl. American Folklore Folklore Historian 5, no. 1 (Spring 1988): 14-42.
Lakemont Park, Altoona, PA: The Haunted Roller Coaster. Ghosts of Central Pennsylvania . http://ghostsofcentralpa.blogspot.com/2010/10/lakemont-park-altoona-pa-haunted-roller.html.
Lawrence County Home (Hill View Manor). Lawrence County Memoirs . http://www.lawrencecountymemoirs.com/lcmpages/153/lawrence-county-home-hill-view-manor-shenango-twnp-new-castle-pa.