Stories

Stories are just that. Stories and personal accounts that have been reported about the location. This section could also contain research notes as well.

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Jon describes an encounter that took place when he was working as a secretary in Penn Hall in 2003, recounting, “I took the elevator, and when it opened, there was a full working Civil War hospital in the basement, with, like, lights, people walking around working, soldiers. I swear to God I just looked at it like it was in a movie, and I just stared. The elevator door shut.”

Penn Hall, the oldest building on campus, was built in 1832 and served as a hospital for wounded soldiers as well as a morgue during the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg. The hospital is described as having been extremely gruesome, and soldiers were often fully conscious during their ghastly operations.

“I stood there for a minute and hit the ‘open’ button, and when the doors opened, it was a regular basement. Nobody ever heard of anything like that or saw it too. I swear, though, that this happened,” Jon says.

According to a story found in Mark V. Nesbitt’s Ghosts of Gettysburg, Jon is not the only one to have witnessed this scene. Nesbit writes, “Two campus administrators in the 1980’s took the elevator down to the basement of Pennsylvania Hall, and unexpectedly saw bloody patients and doctors in the hospital there. “

Added by: sdonley on 01/04/2025 DB#: 1618
Source(s): https://gettysburgian.com/2014/11/haunted-g-burg-t...

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Some of the abnormal things reported include the appearance of random papers containing short stories, essays and poems that have reportedly been seen fluttering across hallways and up and down staircases in the building. In addition, mysterious statements of national praise have appeared to manifest themselves in red ink along the walls outside of the President’s Office. The reported statements have included: “is recognized as one of the country’s premier journals…,” and “major literary journal in the U.S.”

Added by: sdonley on 01/04/2025 DB#: 1619
Source(s): https://gettysburgian.com/2024/04/paranormal-activ...

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Paranormal Claims

Here are the paranormal claims for this location. These have been found through Internet research, reports from members, or reports from personal interviews. To add a claim, please contact PANICd.com, and we will review and add your information.

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Claim #	Added	Added By	Claim
3466	01/04/2025	sdonley	On multiple occasions, people have taken the elevator to the basement and when the doors open they see the scene of a Civil War hospital taking place.
3467	01/04/2025	sdonley	Papers have appeared out of nowhere and floated around the halls.
3468	01/04/2025	sdonley	Strange writing has appeared on the walls in the hallways.

Paranormal Evidence

Paranormal evidence is based on claims that have been reported for this location. There can be several types of evidence; however, we have grouped them based on media type for better organization. Here you will find evidence that are logs, audio, video, or photographic.

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No Evidence Reported Yet!

Additional Resources

This is a collection of Internet resources for this location. This section will house links to other websites that contain information related to history, claims, investigations, or even the location's website.

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Paranormal Activity Reported in Pennsylvania Hall | The Gettysburgian. Added: 01/04/2025 By: sdonley	Recent report about paranormal activity.
Haunted G-Burg: the paranormal pervades campus | The Gettysburgian. Added: 01/04/2025 By: sdonley	Graduate "Jon" describes his experience of the basement being a working hospital when the elevator doors opened.