SPOOK-EATS: PUTTING THE SOUP INTO THE SUPERNATURAL;THE GHOUL INTO GOULASH & THE STEW INTO “YOU STUPIDMAN, YOU’VE PUT THE K2 METER NEAR A WIFI ROUTER”EERIE ERIE
W
henever someone asks
us where our favourite
haunted places are in
the States, we tend
to think of the usual:
Gettysburg, New Orleans, Salem, Key
West, Savannah. We all have a favourite
haunted place, but there is one small
section in north-western Pennsylvania
that has slipped by over the years as
a haunted destination. It is home to
witches, vampires, and a French and
Indian War fort where soldiers remain
buried beneath the city streets. This
place is (dare I say?) eerie... Welcome
to Erie, Pennsylvania.The county of Erie, PA was founded
in 1800, but it has direct ties
to George Washington and the
French and Indian War. To some
Erie might just be the path along
I-90 to get from the East to the
Midwest, but there are a handful
of places scattered throughout
the county filled with tales of the
strange and unusual. The General
“Mad” Anthony Wayne Blockhouse,
the Brewerie at Union Station, Hotel
Conneaut, and the Cathedral of St. Paul
all have ghostly tales lurking in their halls.
There’s another thing that many of the
haunted locations throughout Erie have in
common: they are accessible to the public.
They have museums, churches, hotels, and
restaurants, all with paranormal claims that
guests can try to experience themselves.By
Amanda R. Woomer,Spook-Eats