The Samuel Miller Mansion of Columbia, PA
This past Friday night, the Diamond State Ghost Investigators joined forces with the guys of My Haunted Manor USA and Interstate Paranormal Research to investigate the Samuel Miller Mansion in Columbia, PA. There were a lot of people and one spunky, spooky cat, so at times it was difficult to capture concrete evidence. Difficult, but not impossible, and paranormal investigators are not known to shy away from a challenge. When you put a lot of trained investigators in one place, you’re bound to learn something new, experience something chilling and create lasting friendships. The meatballs didn’t hurt either 😉 My Haunted Manor USA The Samuel Miller Mansion is the new home for My Haunted Manor USA. This is an extremely… Continue reading
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15th anniversary of Paranormal Adventure Tours at Fort Delaware
Our team has completed another season of Paranormal Adventure Tours at Fort Delaware on Pea Patch Island with Delaware State Park staff. This amounts to over 60 hours of time on the island or the Delafort ferry heading to the island. We’re so grateful to have completed another season, and especially so given that this was our 15th year! You can find 15th-anniversary DSGI merch in our online store. If you’d like more of the history on the Fort, I do include some in a past post where I talk about my experience with the ghost cat Bill. I definitely talk about Bill the cat during most of the tours I lead, it was after all my very first paranormal… Continue reading
Bellevue (Hall) Mansion in Wilmington, Delaware
Nestled in the heart of Wilmington, Delaware, Bellevue Mansion is a historic mansion located in Wilmington, Delaware. The mansion was built in 1855 for Hanson Robinson and his wife, Anne Poultney. It was originally meant to be a Gothic Revival-style castle and was named Woolton Hall because Robinson was a wool merchant. Wasn’t he clever? However, the mansion was owned by several wealthy families, including shipping magnate C.R Griggs and then the DuPont family. William DuPont (1855–1928) acquired the property in 1893. His son William DuPont, Jr. (1896–1965) inherited the estate from his father upon his death in 1928. He eventually remodeled the Gothic castle into the Neo-Classical Bellevue Mansion seen today, becoming an almost identical copy of his home… Continue reading