Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Ghosts of the Frontier 6
The Blockhouse at the Point
The Jean Bonnet Tavern
Chapter 2 Bustling City Ghosts 15
The Church-Turned-Café
The Notorious Papa J's
Abraham Lincoln's Cursed Bed
Chapter 3 Gilded Age Ghosts 27
The Ghost of the Monongahela Incline
Ghosts of Duquesne's "Old Main"
The Tragic Ghost of Byers Hall
Fire at the ice Factory
Chapter 4 Ghosts of the Johnstown Rood 42
The Tragedy of the Flood
Ghosts the Flood Left Behind
Chapter 5 Ghosts of the Frick Family 50
Frick and the Violent Homestead Conflict
Thwarting an Assassin
The Frick Family Ghosts
Chapter 6 Ghosts that Carnegie Left Behind 59
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
The Carnegie Library of Lawrenceville
The Carnegie Library of Mount Washington
The Cursed Carnegie Organ
Chapter 7 Turn-of-the-Century Ghosts 70
The Tapping Ghost
The Grand Concourse Ghost
The Haunted Trolley
The Curse of the Wabash Bridge
Chapter 8 Later Twentieth-Century Ghosts 80
The Vaporized Ghost
The Haunted Church Murals
The University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning
Chapter 9 Ghosts on the Town 91
The Shuffling Ghost
Federal Courthouse Ghosts
The Haunted Toy Store
Chapter 10 Ghosts at Home 98
The Girl with the Kittens
The Imaginary Friends
The Cell-Phone Ghost