Pennhurst: Haunted House Attraction For Halloween - Limerick-Royersford-Spring City, PA - For eight decades, Pennhurst Hospital and School was home to 10,600 intellectually challenged residents. The facility closed in 1987.
Spooky season is upon us and for those who are not satisfied by the depictions of ghost on TV or in books, these allegedly haunted places in Pennsylvania are gateways to experience those on the other side.
In recent weeks, James McBride’s just-published novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” has received much local fanfare. Rightly so. “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store” is an excellent, well-crafted, compelling read. It just so happens that McBride utilizes Pottstown, and particularly the area of town known in the past as Chicken Hill, for the […]