It’s that time a year again, the leaves are falling, the night’s are cooler and we turn to tales of ghosts and goblins to keep us entertained. This episode of Historically Hip features tales of spookiness in Northeast Pennsylvania with a goblin haunting a well, a ghost miner, a women dressed in black and UFOs.
Here are a few of the stories mentioned during the podcast –
The Ghost Miner
Wed, Nov 21, 1906 – Page 6 · The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
The Black Women
Tue, Mar 5, 1907 – Page 5 · The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
The Haunted Well
Tue, Jul 13, 1875 – 3 · The Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
UFOs
Mon, Nov 11, 1974 – 3 · The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
Mon, Aug 25, 1952 – 2 · The Times-Tribune (Scranton, Pennsylvania) · Newspapers.com
If you missed last year’s Halloween episode, Caitlin and I talked about the Suscon Screamer, the Smurls and the Warrens and other ghoulish tales of Northeast Pennsylvania – https://accessnepa.com/pages-from-the-past/historically-hip-haunted-northeast-pennsylvania
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Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast