Following are the most haunted places in York, Pennsylvania, where the echoes of tragic deaths and forgotten souls linger in the darkness. These haunted spots have witnessed centuries of sorrow, and some say the spirits of the departed are not yet ready to rest.
Camp Security
: "This was a prison camp during the Revolutionary war, here British soldiers were kept. There is a trail that goes back into the woods, when walking back there you get an eerie feeling. Accounts have said that ghost have been spotted along this trail at night. Walking through this place you can still find bullet shells laying around. part of the old camp is private property now, the other part is a regular recreational park.March 2008 Update ''s up until the 1870s muskets did not use brass shells, but paper cartridges with black powder or just black powder with a ball. So brass shells would have nothing to do with the Revolutionary War."
Lewisberry/Goldsboro
: "Kunkle Mansion - There is a deserted house on the outskirts of Lewisberry/Goldsboro. It cannot be seen from the road, but is off Pine Road near the old bridge. It is quite a hike through the woods to get to it. It actually isn''t a mansion, but an old farmhouse. It is supposed to be the site of a large massacre and suicide, where the mother of a very large family couldn''t stand being isolated with the children, while her husband was a busy farmer. She snapped and killed all her children with an ax and knife, then killed her husband, and went to the attic and hung herself. After going unnoticed by the locals, they were found. It is now vacant, where parties are held, and satanic rituals were reported. The hike through the woods is eerie, and a presence can be felt. The house is still standing, and the woman can be seen sometimes in the windows, and her sobbing can be heard. A presence was felt in the basement, and a live tree, not dead or decaying fell while someone stood nearby."
Newberry
: "Industrial Solvents and Chemical Company - Located on Stevens Rd., right next to I-83, ISCC used to be a functioning chemical recycling plant. It was closed awhile back, we''re not sure exactly when. Since then local kids have trashed the inside of the place, but every time we go there strange things happen. Dusty gloves have moved without disturbing the dust. Garage doors have closed and locked with no sound. We have heard people screaming although no one was around. Once you walk into this place, you get the feeling that someone is behind you, but no one is there. The people that worked there left in a hurry because all kinds of things were left behind, from pay stubs to doctors excuses and time cards, to boxes of blank checks. Something bad happened there, and there are definitely still people there. - October 2003 update: there is some sort of constuction going on at the site. most of the buildings have been torn down. the main building still stands but the walls are gone."
Eastern High School
: "A student here experienced many hauntings working after school hours for theatre. In the catwalk above the auditorium you can feel a unpleasant presence pacing back and forth, noises, and the feeling of being trapped, along with noises in the side rooms off the stage. you can hear locker doors slam behind you as you walk the halls like someone is chasing you and slamming them shut."
The Seven Gates of Hell
: "It is a separate private road off of Toad Road. Years ago there was a mental hospital located near Toad road. It is now a deserted building. Hundreds of mental patients are said to have escaped from there and killed in the woods surrounding it. If you travel back to Toad Road, you go through seven gates known to locals as "The Seven Gates of Hell." No one has ever been through the fifth gate. Everyone who makes it to the gates hears noises and sees weird things moving in the woods. - November 2005 Update: It was so popular among local teenagers that just recently, the old hospital and the gates were torn down. One gate stands, the first gate, which is highly visible off of Trout Run Rd. The area is private property, and there are many new no trespassing signs up. Forestry agents are reportedly tearing down trees back there to stop people from coming to experience the "freakiness".March 2008 Update ''s A resident reports investigating the site extensively states this submission is totally false, there was never an insane asylum there, the metal gate is there, but it belonged to a mansion or house. The insane asylum was NOT recently torn down as it was never there."
Toad Road
: "The house on Toad road is another house where years ago a mother, father, and baby lived there in a farm house in the middle of a field and the mother killed her baby in the basement one night and then went upstairs to the living room and hung herself from the rafters and the house was vacated and left that way and is currently still standing. Some have reported seeing the noose still swinging from the ceiling and a basement light on. On certain nights. - August, 2004 update. The farmhouse in the middle of the field where the mother hung herself has been torn down by whoever owns the land. The barn behind the building which did stand for a time after the house was torn down has also suffered the same fate. The only structure left standing on the field is an old outhouse looking building. This is on toad road in York County. Get permission before exploring this area."
York College
: "Strange occurrences have been reported in Campbell Hall. the suites and rooms are, as well as an aggressive presence in the kitchen. March 2008 Update ''s A former student in the late 1990s, reports a math professor shot himself in his office in the annex between Campbell Hall and the Business/Comp. Science building. The student states he did not know the professor, but knew students that attended his classes, everyone interviewed who had him said he was kind of a "Beautiful Mind" type. He smoked heavily and although he left no suicide note of which they are aware, it''s assumed that he found out he had incurable lung cancer. His office was vacant for about two semesters, then they gave the office to a new professor. As to any hauntings tied directly to this are unknown."
Abandoned York Prison/George St.
: "A very tall old brick building. People have said that as you reach the second floor where the first cellblock is located 2 or 3 ghosts follow you as you progress up the stairs. You can also look down at the cells and see a red glow as though from a cigarette. Many people are said to have committed suicide and have been murdered in this prison. - June 2008 Update: you are no longer able to enter the building. The door in the back, which was the way to enter the building, has been sealed with cinderblocks."