By: Candi

Candi — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 16:55:48 +0000

Hello,
I was on a paranormal insvestigation with my team there at Harper’s Ferry, and spoke with the ghost tour guide who gave up some “inside” information. She told us that the “Screaming Jenny” story actually happened in Shepardstown, a few miles up the road. She said so many people know the story that they keep it as their own.
Also, rumour has it that Dangerfield Newby can be seem sometimes in Hog Alley where he was thrown with the hogs, and that John Brown himself will wander the streets sometimes looking so real that people have spoken with him thinking he is a re-enactor!
Personally, I have gotten quite a few things in pictures…a brown mass standing in the road, a green streak going across an alcove between buildings, orbs (one or two in a picture. when there’s more than that I’ll write it off as pollen/moisture/bugs/dust), and I’ve gotten an EVP of a man yelling. It’s a very intriging place for sure! Good post

By: brandi

brandi — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 23:40:06 +0000

I live in Harpers Ferry, while most of the stories above are true, one is just a little off.. the woman named jenny was actually a little girl about 11 years of age, and during the civil war, the train tracks actually ran through the town as it is today instead of straight down past the train station… the little girl ( jenny ) had been distraught over something or another, and had purposely lit herself on fire before running down the train tracks towards an oncoming train, she was hit and killed. Today, late at night you can hear the trains rolling through Harpers Ferry, and some ( even though I’ve never seen it myself ) say that they can hear brakes from an oncoming train, a scream from the little girl, and see a bright ball of light go shooting down the rail road tracks. As far as Father Costello’s ghost story goes ( the priest at the church ) I was on a local ghost hunt tour a couple of years ago and a couple of paranormal investigator teams had come out with equipment, on our tour as we walked around listening to various ghost stories, we came to the church, at which time we discovered that there were alot of creepy things going on there. If you’ve watched tv shows like ” ghost hunters” and stuff you’ll notice they carry a digital thermometer to measure temp. changes.. during our investigation we walked down the alley adjacent to the church only to find that the thermometer went from 34 degrees F. to -9 degrees F in a matter of ONE SECOND.. we all got the feeling that something was watching us, my fiance at the time is a psychic medium, at which time he looked up, saw the priest walk down the hill, turn to the left and walk straight into the wall of the church, the spot where he saw the priest walk into the church, is where the temp. dropped to -9. So is Harpers Ferry really haunted? DEFINITELY, are you gaurenteed to see anything if you go exploring out there, maybe, maybe not. The spirits of harpers ferry are picky about who they show themselves to, But being that I have a psychic connection, they’re drawn to me. One time while walking down the steep stone staircase of Harpers Ferry leading to the church, I along with a friend felt like we were being pushed down the staircase, it was forceful enough that we had to lean back and brace ourselves to keep from being pushed forward, our legs shook with each step. This is a great place to go if you want a great piece of spooky history! Enjoy.

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