Haunted Libraries: Pennsylvania and Beyond
Selected Bibliography
Mark W. Podvia
Pennsylvania
In general see “Haunted Libraries of the Northeast US,” available at
“Haunted Libraries of the Northeast US,” available at
Andrew Bane Memorial Library, 34 N. Balph Avenue, Bellevue, Pennsylvania
“A Ghost Lives Upstairs: The Haunting of the Andrew Bayne Memorial Library, Pittsburgh,”available at
“Haunting of Bayne Library,”available at about/haunting-of-bayne-library/
“The 10 Most Haunted Libraries In America,” available at
Millie Albert, “Victorian Visitor: Is the Lady of the House Now the Lady of the Library?,” available at
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106
Sherri Granato, “Meet the Ghost of Andrew Carnegie at the Haunted Library & Music Hall,”available at
“Hauntings abound at Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall,”available at
Bishop Hafey High School Library, 1700 W 22nd Street,Hazleton,PA18202
“Poconos/I-80 East Haunts & History,” available at
Carnegie Free Library of Connellsville, 299 South Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, PA 15425
Karl Polacek, ‘Connellsville's library to be featured on 'Raw Fear'”availableat
“Haunted Carnegie,”available at
Carnegie Library of Homestead, 510 East 10th Avenue, Munhall, PA 15120
Laura Mirwin,“Ghost Hunters don't read the book in 'Ghost of Carnegie,'” available at
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Lawrenceville), 279 Fisk Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201
Beth E. Trapani, Ghost Stories of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County (Reading, Pa.: Exeter House Books, 1994).
Cassandra Neace,“The Haunted Libraries of Pittsburgh,”available at
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Mt. Washington), 315 Grandview Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15211
Cassandra Neace, “The Haunted Libraries of Pittsburgh,”available at
Carnegie Library and Museum of Pittsburgh (Oakland), 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh PA 15213
Ed Kelemen, Route 30: Pennsylvania’s Haunted Highway (Roaring Springs, Pa.: Piney Creek Press, 2012).
Larissa Gula, “Oakland’s Most Haunted ‘Hood,”
Cassandra Neace, “The Haunted Libraries of Pittsburgh,”available at
Easton Public Library, 515 Church Street, Easton, PA 18042
Charles J. Adams, III and David J. Seibold, Ghost Stories of the Lehigh Valley (Reading, Pa.: Exeter House Books, 1993).
Kenneth Biddle, Haunted Lehigh Valley (Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishing, 2010).
Bryan Hay, “Library Haunted By Grave Past: Spirited Happenings Don't Faze Staff,”available at
Library Hall, American Philosophical Society, 105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
Darcy Oordt, Haunted Philadelphia: Famous Phantoms, Sinister Sites, and Lingering Legends (Globe Pequot, 2015).
Linderman Library, 30 Library Drive, Asa Packer Campus, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015
“Campus Haunts,” available at
Pattee Library, The Pennsylvania State University, Curtin Road, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
M.L. Swayne, Haunted Valley…The Ghosts of Penn State (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2008).
Patty A. Wilson, The Pennsylvania Ghost Guide Vol. 1 (Waterfall, Pa.: Piney Creek Press, 2000).
SarahDesiderio, “Forty-four Years Later, Betsy Aardsma Ghost Stories Still Resonate,” available at
“Penn State Poltergeists,” available at
“The 10 Most Haunted Libraries In America,” available at
Phoenixville Public Library, 2nd Avenue, Phoenixville, PA 19460
“Haunted Libraries: The Phoenixville Public Library,” available at
“SCARED! The Phoenixville Library,” available at
“The 10 Most Haunted Libraries in America,” available at
Shadek-Fackenthal Library, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA 17604
“Franklin & Marshall’s Haunted Halls,” available at
State Library of Pennsylvania, 607 South Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120
Rick Dapp, “The Pennsylvania State Library: A Building of History, Mystery and Answers,” Harrisburg Magazine (July 2016) at 18.
“Haunted Places,” available at
District of Columbia
Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20540
John Alexander, Ghosts: Washington Revisited (Atglen, Pa: Schiffer Publishing, 1998).
Pamela E. Apkarian-Russell, Washington’s Haunted Past: Capitol Ghosts of America ((Charleston, S.C.: Haunted America, 2006).
“Library of Congress,”available at
Indiana
Willard Library, 21 First Avenue, Evansville, Indiana 47710
Alison Marcotte and George M. Eberhart, “Phantoms among the Folios: A Guide to Haunted Libraries,” available at
“Willard Ghost.com,” available at
Joni Mayhan, “The Willard Library: Most Haunted Library in the U.S.?” available at
Washington Street Library, 31 Washington Street, Cumberland, MD 21502
Heather B. Wolford, “Paranormal Expert believes Ghosts may Roam Washington St. Library,” available at
New Jersey
Old Bernardsville Library, 2 Morristown Road, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
“Old Bernardsville Public Library,” available at
Alison Marcotte and George M. Eberhart, “Phantoms among the Folios: A Guide to Haunted Libraries,” available at
“Weird NJ: The Ghost of the Old Bernardsville Library,” available at news/local/new-jersey/weird-nj/2015/11/15/weird-nj-ghost-old-bernardsville-library/75822768/
New York
Brooklyn Public Library, 581 Mother Gaston Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11212
“Do You Believe in Agatha Cunningham?: A Display Featuring our Library’s Most Famous Ghost,” available at 2013/10/06/do-you-believe-in-agatha-cunningham-a-display-featuring-our-librarys-most-famous-ghost/
Central Library of Rochester, Rundel Memorial Building, 115 South Avenue, Rochester, NY 14604
“Haunted Places,” available at
Ohio
Williams County Public Library, 107 East High Street, Bryan, Ohio 43506
“Is the library in Bryan haunted?” available at
Blennerhassett Hotel Library, 320 Market Street, Parkersburg, WV 26101
Patty A. Wilson, Haunted West Virginia: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Mountain State (Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2007)
West Virginia University, Downtown Campus Library, 1549 University Avenue, Morgantown, WV 26506
“Spooky Stories Surface throughout Campus,” available at university/article_9dad29a0-41fb-11e3-a573-001a4bcf6878.html
“Theresa's Haunted History of the Tri-State,” available at