A Haunted Chapel in a Personel Care Home in Washington County ? Some claim it is

This Personnel Care Home near Houston Pa. which does not want its name revealed  has been many things over the years so the fact the chapel may be haunted comes as no surprise

It started out as a log cabin then it was a  boarding home said to have taken part in the underground railroad movement   then 1920's era Bootleggers Speak Easy hotel  then it was converted to a Tuberculosis Sanitarium in 40's and finally a Personnel Care  Home  in 70's

The statuary and pews for the chapel came from local churches and people claim they get the feeling they are being watched one reported seeing an orb while another reported the faces of the statues coming to life.
 Any truth to any of it who knows but with the history of this place and its mysterious tunnels underneath one of which was rumored to go all the way to Cannonsburg  you could say it is a creepy place at times.I know I have been in the basement by myself

Coward Bank Robber still on loose after killing Inocent citizen who tried to stop him.

It was a warm afternoon  June 6 in 2013   at the Giant Eagle in Strabane Square  South Strabane a shopping center when Vincent M Kelly saw a bank robbery go down at the Citizens bank branch in the store and followed the robber out to his car where he tried to detain him.  Not the smartest move of an unarmed citizen but apparently something made him think he had the drop on the suspect but he did not and was fatally shot  and the suspect has gone un found to this day.


http://www.post-gazette.com/local/washington/2013/06/16/Photo-of-suspect-released-in-fatal-shooting-after-Giant-Eagle-bank-robbery/stories/201306160201

 Little is known about the suspect other than floppy hat he wore and he was driving a small 4 door sedan.  Hopefully he will be caught as most bank robbers will pull off more than one heist and I hope they throw the book at him and he is sent to death row.

I watched this shopping center be built into the hill side and no one would have ever expected something like this to happen but it has. 

Penn Hills man missing since May 2012 still no trace possible foul play

It is not easy knowing a loved one is missing it is even harder when foul play may be involved such is the case of Dominick Hillbrown   who went missing of May 2012 in Penn Hills  over  possible drug related activity

http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2012/04/11/police-investigate-tip-on-missing-penn-hills-man/

 He was last seen on  Althea drive in Lincoln park Section of Penn Hills where he was staying .

Rope Way scary enough part of Pittsburgh at night and being haunted adds to the suspence

Rope Way is one of those tight little alleyways you pass as you go thru the Allegheny West section  of North Side of Pittsburgh near West Park. I have passed it and been down it even walking along it in day light and never seen anything then again others have.
Depending where you are traveling in the North Side at night it can be a scary experience
So an alley way being haunted just adds to the suspense and there are rumors of many haunted houses and buildings  in the Allegheny West section  as it is one of the oldest sections of Pittsburgh and was at one time its own City known as City of Allegheny.

 Said to be named because of a factory which once made Hemp Rope  for boats and ships  in early 1800's
The alley is said tobe haunted by the ghosts of those sailors who lost there lives in the battle of Lake Erie where  the rope for none other than Commodore Perry's   Fleet of Ships  was made.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry

  However other accounts claim that the rope was made for Northern yankee forces during the civil war and the ghosts of confederate sailors are who are haunting the alley

People claim to see shadows  and some times hear moans of the sailors .
although one article in a  book claims it is the moan of a British sailor who was captured by Indians and tortured to death on Smokey island where today's Hienz Field sits and NFL Steelers do battle. approx. 1/4mile away the whole area of Allegheny West was known as the Dark area and supposedly avoided by Native Americans because this was the burial ground for the white man and other enemy s  they had killed.

http://books.google.com/books?id=QFzpSUFQ8bEC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=haunted+rope+way+pittsburgh&source=bl&ots=I9XjzLVEqP&sig=qpVNTX19cdUDiZ7sERR_cxLUGzw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=VcUHVInhA4fDggTkuYLIDg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=haunted%20rope%20way%20pittsburgh&f=false

Many claim this is why the area is so spooky and has so many haunted areas and homes .

Rope Way Today

There where more than People dancing at the old Evergreen Hotel in Ross twp.

Its long gone now just an empty lot the state owns in anticipation of  some day enlarging the intersection  of Babcock blvd and Evergreen Road   where the old  historic wooden Evergreen Hotel sat but sadly in its last days it suffered a fire and a decline which saw prostitution busts. But in its heyday it was the place to dine eat and dance and stay overnight.Every time I passed it despite the fact it was falling apart it was a real gem.

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2009/11/05/Evergreen-Hotel-in-Ross-to-be-sold-by-state/stories/200911050332

 But beside the nasty reputation it got over the years there where rumors of other guests as well the unseen type.
Guests have been knocked down stairs and locked in restrooms  had hair pulled and employees harassed. 

https://sites.google.com/site/hauntsandhistory/threerivershaunsandhistory2

Excerpt from web site 

 EVERGREEN HOTEL (Millvale, Allegheny County) The Evergreen has a mottled history, going from a hotel built in 1874 to a bar to a strip club. Poltergeist activity has allegedly occurred for years there – slamming doors, breaking dishes, lights going on and off, customers being locked in the bathrooms, help being locked in the cellar, and cold spots upstairs (although rowdy clientèle could be thrown into the mix of suspected causes, too). The ghostly guests should be pleased that the Babcock Boulevard Evergreen has become JezeBelle's Dance Club & Showbar, not a pizza shop as reported. The show must go on.  EDIT - The show has stopped.  The state seized the building because of alleged drug activity, and it has been condemned

Not a friendly ghost at all but a poltergeist. I know several people over the years who told story's about the place being haunted. 
This is but one of several haunted locations in the North hills which seems to have more than its share of scary places.