Witches Triangle: Berwick

by H.
(Berwick)

My friends and I have been intrigued by the story of the Witches Triangle near Berwick for some time. Feb. 17th 2010 we finally went into the house that sits on the grounds near the "triangle" or woods. Us being believers in the paranormal weren't really expecting too much. We had heard stories that it use to be a KKK meeting place where they hung people and that's what was haunting there. The other story (From which the place got its name) was that the people there hung witches there in the earlier times.

However the most recent stories come from the house which sits on the land nearby. It is said to have been an orphanage/asylum which I have found a few files confirming the orphanage parts. Others say it was just a family that lived there. Long story short, the man/father that lived in the house took the children and the mother out into the "triangle" and made them watch as he raped and killed them one after another then hung himself in a tree next to the woods. Upon discovering the bodies, the police also found the slain bodies of several animals plus words and symbols written in their blood in both the basement of the house and the barn across from it.

People have reported seeing children walking through the woods. What we also read about today Feb. 18th 2010 is that people have seen foot prints going through the snow in only one direction...Either to the house or away from the house. Which is something the three of us noted yesterday, footprints going to the house. But none away.

The trees are all dead at the bottom and alive at the top. If you google map the area around the triangle you will see that everywhere around the triangle is green and alive, while the property is all brown and dead. When you walk into the woods, there is no signs of life and it is quiet. No animals seem to reside there.

We stepped into the house and saw things all over the house. A magazine strewn on the floor shows that some kids were most likely camping out in there at some point. We also found the basement door ajar, but did not enter.

As we walked through the house things got weirder. We were prepared and not phased by any slight movements that could have been from the house. Paranoia can sometimes cause you to hear and see stuff so it is best to stay calm.

While in the living room we discovered blood splatter on the walls and on the floor. In one place it looked as though blood had been dripping from the ceiling. As we looked closer we saw that the place of origin directly above that spot was a gaping hole in the second floor.

We moved on into the second floor via a staircase added on an extension of the house. It took us to an attic like bedroom with an old metal frame still sitting at the top of the stairs. We wandered through the house and started to get a very strange feeling.

Me: We entered the house and went upstairs. We were only skimming through the house and didn't take good note of everything.

Girl 1: Did you look in the upstairs bathroom with the tub?

Me: No, why?

Girl 1: When my step brother and I went there, there was a tub upstairs that was covered in blood. It was creepy we got out of there fast.

As we reached the other end of the house we could see my car through a hole in the window but what caught my attention in this attic/room was the faint sound of someone choking. We left that room promptly and headed outside.

Girl 2: Did you go to the basement?

Me: No, we didn't have a flashlight to this time but we are going back with one.

Girl 2: All the messed up stuff is there! The guy use to sacrifice animals down there and there are kid toys that move on their own downstairs. My boyfriend and I were followed by a toy with wheels around the basement then the door slammed shut and locked. We were stuck in there for hours until the door randomly unlatched and opened. It was messed up I was so scared!

We examined the area around the house a little before the wind started picking up and dark clouds started rolling in so we decided it was time to go. As we started walking we heard children giggling. We turned around and watched the house and the trees but couldn't see anything. Just heard children. Then just as quickly as we had heard them, they faded.

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Thendjdfn
by: Anonymous

I love it

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confused
by: Anonymous

Do u get in trouble if you go in there???

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I need to know
by: Anonymous

I would like to know more on this I am supposed to be going to check it out today and I would like to know why they tore the house down and if the police watch the trail

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you are all idiots
by: Anonymous

y'all wont believe me but back in the 1980's and 90s my great aunt and uncle lived there. My dad basically grew up there. Its not haunted and everyone will tell me im wrong but im just saying you are wasting your time trying to make up stories.

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fake
by: Anonymous

It's all fake stories my family was the last to live there before the house was demolished we used to scare the shit outta people who entered our back yard lol good times but nothing ever happened there.

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the light
by: Anonymous

Though it may be dark and no light seen from the side of the grove as you pass the golf course, you will see a light at the end of the path going through. I remember when you could drive down it. I drove to the end and no light. Thought it was light from the power plant or something but you usually don't see it unless you look down to the end. Look down it at night. Many times you can see this light. I am a transplant and I don't know much about the background stories but this is an odd occurrence. I did also notice the odd lack of wildlife. The dead lower part of the trees have been like that since I moved to the area and saw it for the first time in 1998.

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Question
by: Anonymous

I don't think it is scary but every time I have been up there and walk through I would receive phone calles randomly from 570-666-0666 and what would that be ?

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I have footage of the house before it was demolished
by: Jake English

Simply go to youtube and search Berwick Triangle my username is JakeDEnglish. Enjoy.

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Lots of mystery - not many facts
by: Dawg

I have not only been to the land but knew the residents of the house very well. The house at one time was believed to be a "poor farm" and was later owned by out-of-state people and the residents of the house were in essence caretakers.

I grew up in Berwick, hunted that land (with owners permission), and knew the family that resided there. There has always been legends regarding the woods (triangle) and surrounding land. One such story not mentioned was that of a graveyard on the property, although no proof was ever found. I can attest that at night, or even during the day, the woods are a little intimidating. When in the woods, you are shielded from the wind, but any wind creates a ton of creaking and snapping sounds. I also know personally of some hoaxes "set-up" in the woods to scare others.

The house, now demolished, had fallen into disrepair after the family that resided there for many years left. If you saw the house during the 1970's or 80's, it was well-kept and appeared in no way evil.

One side note - in the front of the house was an access to a well that often was loaded with snakes (very creepy)

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Sorry to pee on the fire here...
by: Berwick native

Ive been living in the berwick area all my life. I am 36. I remember during my teen years we would go to "the triangle" and tell these exact tales. We would get freaked out and haul outta there like the devil himself was chasing us. But in reality it was just our imaginations auto-suggesting the ghosts and ghouls that made us smash in our pants. Reality is, the abandoned house nearby is exactly that. An abandoned house. Nothing more. The triangle is nothing more than a negected tree farm of full grown christmas trees. The trees form a spooky triangle down the middle of what used to be a trail wide enough for a tractor to drive through. Im sorry but you guys are just jumping from your own shadows and branches clanking together that belong to xmas trees that escaped the fate they were intended to suffer. Nice site tho. Gave me a good laugh!!! Peace :)

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get out
by: william

Me and a bunch of my friends decided to take a trip to witches triangle at midnight tonight.... As we started to walk back the trail we did not hear anything till we were 3/4of the way back the trail. Then out of no where we heard sticks breaking and as if someone was hitting a tree with a log. Then comes the messed up part we heard a male voice roaring to get out... We heard this two times in a row and then we him roar go as me and four other people reached the road while two of my other friends were still in the triangle

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Personal experience
by: Anonymous

I live near the witches triangle and I go there all the time with my friends everytime were there we always feel as if someone is watching us from inside. And when we walk through it there's a feeling of more then one set of eyes on you. This one time it was just me and my cuz walking through. Before we went in we heard a crow wich made going in even scarier. After we were almost half way we heard foot steeps and also sticks breaking. We dismissed it the first time but when it kept happening we turned around and looked around there was no one or thing there. It stoped for awhile but when we were almost out it started again but this time it sounded like someone was running after us..... my one aunt will not even speak of the triangle let alone drive near it... no can ever tell me that there is nothing there.. BC if you go you will find out the truth..

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by: Anonymous

I went 2 this witches triangle a couple times now and nothings ever happined. The place aint haunted at all and its all just fake stories. I got caught by the cops that patrole it every night an he told me the true story behind the place.... Its just an old christmas tree farm nd the path that goes straight through the woods is an old road they used 2 get back there 2 take care of and remove the trees... Theres nothing haunted about the place. Sure its alittle bit creepy at night but once u walk though it u relize it aint shit and by the time u walk all the way though and back the cops already sitting there waiting 2 give u a "sitation".

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Whitches triangle
by: Aaron

I just went there yesterday and we went at daytime but we did had some weird stuff happen to us. First we found a dead raven which did not look like it was attaked. Then we found a animal bone on the ground and also a whole bunch of ravens where flying outside of the triangle. Then ounce we headed back we heard a loud "AAAOOOOO". That kina freaked me out.

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A Night Not To Forget
by: Anonymous

Me and my friends are from hughesville and we went to the triangle twice and only twice. Our first time we went we saw something standing about halfway on the path into the house, we thought we were having paranoia but once we got to the spot we saw footprints heading towards us that stopped on a cement slab and didn't go any further. By this point we were freaked out so we went inside and I will never forget what happened, my friends took evps with their phones and once we got into the room to the left with the hole shit got weird. We started hearing barking and a pounding sound and our flashlights started to dim simultaneously and we could see a shadow heading towards us. We ran out and the sound stopped as soon as we hit gravel and our flashlights all came back on but they had brand new batteries!!

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been there
by: Wendy

I driven around that area the feeling is very heavy and no way I would actually walk around there it looks scary. I don't really like to drive around that area at night.

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Investigating soon
by: Kendra Kittle

Me and some others are going to investigate this place soon...Hopefully this Sunday, the 17th of July. If you have anything interesting you can send like pictures, EVP's, or even video's we would much appreciate it since we can't look in the house ourselves now...Please and Thank You.
valley_ghost_hunting@yahoo.com OR
ItachisIchigo@hotmail.com

Thanks!

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where is it
by: tracy

I grew up in Benton and I have never heard of this place until now. Where is this place?

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MYStery
by: Anonymous

WE went july 1st took pictures with our phones and 20 mins later received unavaliable calls on both phones. When we picked up it hung up

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House has been torn down
by: Anonymous

We went by to see the house on June 18, 2011. The house is gone!
Leveled to the ground and the basement filled in. If you did not know a house was there before, you would think it was just a cleared piece of land.

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i'm from berwick
by: Anonymous

I'm from berwick, and the triangle is no joke. If you go there at night, you will hear some crazy stuff. Me and my friends have walked through it, and we've also been through the entire orphanage including the basement. We found a bunch of magazines in the kitchen coverts, and found a lot of stuff. It is true about all the little kids toys in the basement there are a bunch of them it is very very creepy in the basement. When we explored the upstairs we came up one flight of steps and down the other as soon as we got to the bottom we heard the sounds of a man choking and it was loud and very creepy we all sprinted out as fast as possible and i jumped out the big opening in the back. My friend took one of the magazines with him and we wanted to go back the next day and on the way there the friend that took the magazine wrecked his car right next to the triangle... totaled it! Everyone was ok, but the friend that took the magazine left it at my other friends house, that friend also crashed his car the same week!! We then returned the magazine due to all the bad luck we were receiving that week. Everything seemed to be back to normal after. I believe there are witches that still go there we went there once and there was a deer all cut up with the skeleton very clean just laying there seperate from everything else. We've also seen girls putting and getting stuff from there trunk, once we went to go through it and we saw 2 girls in there trunk dressed in all black and we freaked out and just drove past, they got in there car and followed me for like 10 minutes and I was taking random turns trying to lose them.

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Wow
by: Hazel

Hey guys sorry I have been neglecting to check this for a while. I have moved into a different part of PA and totally forgot about this lol as for those of you who disbelieve the things that I have put up here, thats fine. I'm not asking you to. This was my own experience as well as with some of my friends. Some people have weird experiences, some don't. I am not at fault for whether or not something happens. I can't just say IF YOU GO THERE WEIRD STUFF WILL HAPPEN because it doesn't. Even in the multiple times that I went there, there were times where nothing happened at all. Nothing. And yes I am from Berwick. I lived there my whole life up until recently.

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Pshychic Here!
by: Tresa Andino

My children and I went there on Friday, May 6, 2011 @ around 3:15 in the afternoon. I video taped it and as we were walking through we heard a dog bark, children laughing, the trees creaking intensely and the sound of tapping three time about 50 ft. from us. We walked completely through the woods. People have told us that when we got through the woods, the house would be there. No house was there. Then we were told that the house can only be seen at night. With me actually having the ability to see things that are unseen by the human eye, I can tell you about things that are in those woods that would creep you and freak you out. When I took the video and after the tapping we heard, I freeze the video and saw something that just creeped me out. If you visit my account on facebook, and go to my photos, to the mobile up loads, you will see what I caught on video tape when I froze it after the tapping. You determine for yourself what you see. Remember, I have the ability to see things that are not visible to the human eye. We plan on going into the house. Having the physic ability i have, I am sure I will see things that will give any normal person the heebie jeebies.

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Filmed EVERYTHING
by: Jake

I have the whole house inside and out on film, went up today with my bro's twice, one during mid day and one a night, if interested in seeing the guts of this place feel free to let me know:) weirdest thing was finding an old noose in the basement. (again i have proof)

Jake.English2010@yahoo.com

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the house
by: Jake English

ive been in every room of that old place day and night, i filmed everything. If anyones interested or wants this "proof" you can email me at Jake.English2010@yahoo.com

Also i found and saved an old noose i found in the cellar in the furthest corner, half buried. 100% legit. again i have everything on film.

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NO DOUGHT........but old dude
by: jim

you will never get in there ive been there tons of times and there is a naggy old dude who like watches it non stop but there is really scary stuff that happens i was in it yesterday it is really creepy..

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to all that say its BullShit
by: Anonymous

if you have never heard of the triangle or heard it called that....YOUR NOT FROM BERWICK!!! stop saying theres no hauntings there and go there yourself and experience it. a friend and myself have in fact gone there with mp3 players running to catch evp's i still have the recording of my experience there...im sure those of you that ARE from berwick have also heard about a dog that the family that was murdered had..in my evp recordings i caught a phantom dog bark but it sounds strange like its trying to come through water but its also right next to you. also the door to the upstairs in the first living room off of the kitchen if u look in the door jam u will see a piece of metal wedged in there...i put it there! but in the process of doing so i was telling my buddy that there was a breeze in the house and just as i said that i caught a class A evp saying "It's Meee" as we started our way up the stairs my buddy was commenting on the way the stairs were made and we clearly heard a voice with our own ears AND on my MP3 player say "hit the road" theres more but im not going to go into too much detail...if u want to hear the recording hit me up at...djrip180@yahoo.com ill be happy to send u the file...and to the pussies that say theres nothing going on there and try to act like u know it all...learn what your talking about b4 u open your mouths! peace

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Witches Triangle: Berwick???
by: Anonymous

How is it that I am from Bloomsburg (have lived there my whole life)and yet I have NEVER heard of this place? My aunt and uncle even lived near there (and I mean like just a mile or 2 away)and they have never even heard of it? I know the exact location that is being talked about but never in my whole life (nor my parents and grandparents who all were born and raised in the Bloomsburg/Berwick area)have ever heard it called "Devils/Witches Triangle". My mom even knows of the exact house that everyone is talking about, but she said she has NEVER heard of anything paranormal going on there (and shes big into paranormal). Just kinda strange that people outside of the area know it as that but alot of people from the area itself have never heard it called that.

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So interested
by: Witch Chenoa

I would also like to get togeither if I could when your group goes to explore. My husband is a bad skeptic and I myself the oppisite. I am a Wiccan Witch, so was my grandfather and his father. If the history is true thats so sad. I'd like to help in freeing whatever bad energy is there and the children and animals as well. My email address is 26butterflykisses@gmail.com. Thank you for sharing such an informative site.

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the witche s triangle aug 6 2010
by: mike jessman

i went to the triangle tonight and it def is a freaky place i was impressed but there is some over details in the other storys i read on this page.it def is haunted i have picks and proof.the tub has blood stains in it the huge hole is a missing bord the basment is filled with kid toys ,but there was something very intresting it looked like there was tools hung on the wall and a map to find food that looked like it was drawn by a child,we heard crying in two places of the house.there was foot steps going on in the house all around us.in the triangle its self we also got proof...my email is mjessman1982@hotmail.com
the oicks will be posted on facebook. please get in touch withme i also took the licens plate and teady bear toy for further proof were doing n over nighter in the house soon

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Live 3 minutes away and work on the course next to it
by: Keith w

The course is now called rolling pines golf course and the address is 335 gold course road berwick pa 18603. The BBQ place is now a tattoo parlor. And I've been in the house, barn, and woods. We keep our carts in the barn during the winter and something always is creepy about that place. As for the house, I've been in it once and that's enough for me... The 2nd floor is almost caved in and yet is really stable, the basement door is just inviting to let you come in and there are tons of animal bodies there from the years... The place just has a haunting feel about it

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funny feeling
by: Southerner

I was on business in Berwick for the first time in Nov. 2009. As i drove through your town, the first thing i noticed was candles in mostly everybody windows. The site of candles burning in windows of dark homes alone gave me the creeps. My gut feeling kept telling me there was a dark secret in this town. I kept searching for your towns history and found nothing about candles other than were i can buy some in Berwick. My curiosity kept haunting me.... finally, i decided to search witches BOOM Witches Triangle in Berwick.... Truth or Myth? What's up with the candles? I just left berwick about 7 hours ago... on July 19, 2010! coming back next week.

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bull
by: Anonymous

Just an FYI if ya are caught up there ya will go to jail its ppl like you that normal ppl cant go there and nothing happens up there at all like i said i lived up there my whole life and nothing ever happens. It is called Devils Triangle!

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Bullshit.
by: Anonymous

So, i've lived near tha triangle which is called Devils Triangle not Witches triangle my whole life an you can't get into tha house so i don't know who you guys are trying to kid.

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pictures
by: sue

I took pictures of the place 3 days ago I will post my findings in return for any pictures anyone else has.

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Photos?
by: Mick

I forgot to mention. If anyone has any photos of this farm can they either post them to this web or send them to me in email please?

Thank you

Mick
micksghosts@gmail.com

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apology to Hazel and her friend
by: Mick

This sounds really stupid, addressing you here instead of emailing you :-) This place sounds so intriguing. It is a definite must for myself and my group. I still have your email address and now that the snow is all melting, I am looking forward to bringing the group down. Is this private property? I mean, would the police enforce any trespassing laws?

Patty you really have a gold mine in this web of yours! Finds like this are great. Folklore is the backbone of any paranormal investigation! Thanks Patty and Hazel. I will be contacting you eventually Hazel :-) I have just been so busy with the group. We are recruiting and training new people which is time consuming. I don't want to bring a group down until they are competent in what they are doing.

Mick
micksghosts@gmail.com

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Impressive and a little creepy!!
by: L.B.

My sister and I just visited this place on Sunday. We didn't go into the house or barn but we walked through the woods. We did find deer prints in the snow, and evidence of other wildlife living there or at least passing through. We didn't see or hear anything abnormal. After walking through the woods, we decided to go up to the house to take some pictures. Like I said, we didn't go inside but we were right next to the side facing the barn and we heard footsteps. They didn't sound like animal footsteps but possibly human footprints. We both got scared and went back to my car. We looked around but didn't see ANYONE. It was creepy. Tonight, my friend was telling me about what she read about the Triangle and she mentioned that other people heard footsteps and noises too... and this was before I even told her that we heard them as well. I definitely believe something might be going on. I'd really like to go back and visit!!!!

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Return To The Triangle
by: K. (Kayla)

Me and Hazel returned to the Witches Triangle last night, before the sun had set. We went to the House, the Barn and then to the Woods, in that order. We had plans to explore the basment but those were..interupted.

We were on the bottom step of the stairs and when we had both stepped off we heard stomping on the floor above us, coming from the living room but heading towards the kitchen - and the basement stairs. We, needless to say, fled the house nad went to explore the barn next.

The Barn is even worse. We had to go around back because of the thorns that blocked our path. We found a dead cat. It couldn't have been dead for more then 12 hours. The tracks in the snow leading to it were less than a day old. I got freaked out but Hazel still wanted to peek in the barn. I talked her into leaving the barn and in the end she listened to me and we walked away, heading towards the otherside I stopped because I heard a horse stomp its hoof. Hazel stopped and then we both heard the sound of animals in pain, the sort of pain meaning their tortured. It was the worst sound I have ever heard.

We fled from the barn as well and headed into the Woods. When we entered the trees began creaking loudly. Only in the area that we were in. They didn't creak behind us or in front of us but they creaked around us. We ended up leaving the forest after we had walked half-way through. As soon as we left, all was silent again. We also saw that birds flew above or around the woods but not through. Also in the field next to the woods we saw signs of deer bedding down in the grass, but not in the forest.

We have plans to go back again with a bigger group.

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Mick
by: Anonymous

Unfortunately we are very far from Bedford. However we all are within about ten minutes of the triangle, some even less then that so it is not a problem for us to get there. And it is quite alright, I understand we all get busy sometimes~

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Hello Hazel
by: Mick

I apologize. Been kind of all over the place this past week! I am very interested and I did receive your email. Sorry for keeping you in the dark. I will be getting back to you. I gave the info to my group and we are meeting again this weekend to go over what we have. Again I apologize for not being prompt! How far away from Bedford are you by the way?

Mick
micksghosts@gmail.com

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by: H. (Hazel)

Mick, I have sent you an e-mail with some information. I hope you find it useful.

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Interesting
by: Kimberly

My family comes from Berwick but, I have NEVER heard about any hauntings in or near there. My hometown of Easton is seeping with ghosts and a book was even written about it. Amazing how no one commented on my post. Anyway, I want to do some research on this to find out if it is true.

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Very interested
by: Mick

Hello Hazel. This is a very compelling story that I can't ignore. Could you please email me, I would love to talk to you more and have some questions. It sounds like, for what ever reason, that this place is being used for satanic rituals. All these rituals do is invite evil in. If you could get me some pertinent information like address, landmarks, etc. I can do the research. I am in Pittsburgh and not familiar with that area. You give very good detail on how to get there. I would like to take my group out there once the weather improves. You can contact me at: micksghosts@gmail.com

Thank you for this report

Mick

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Response
by: H. (Hazel)

I also would like to learn more about it...But information is hard to come by. Oh, haha I happen to be leaving my house in Berwick heading towards Altoona tonight.

You can take interstate 80 I believe from Altoona to Berwick, get off at the Berwick exit, head down the road past All Occasion Rental, and a car shop (railroad tracks will be on your right)

There is a BBQ place right near the golf course/country club Willow Run. You want to turn on to the golf course road. Go up past the golf course and over a hill where the course ends. Here the road will take a turn to the right...But you will see that where this turn is there is another road called Huntington Road. You should be able to see the house and the barn on from golf course road. I will warn you it is marked as a No Trespassing area (or at least the barn)...

If you find information on the house please post it here.

I hope this helped :)

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OMG!
by: Susan Gargon-Centineo

That was some story. Where is Berwick in relation to the Altoona area? I can google it, of course.

Would love to do more in-depth research on this house!

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