Haunts

SUMMARY: In Showell there is the St. Martins church, one of the churches that you cant leave the building with the Bible. The original pastors are buried underneath the floor.

SUMMARY: John Best owned a home on North Market Street. John was killed in the Civil War. His ghost has been seem coming up the step of the house dressed in his uniform with a sword. The house was remodeled and a silver sword wrapped in a silk scarf was found in a secret corner board under the wood floor. The sword is the one that the ghost has been seen carrying.

SUMMARY: Westminster's Old Jail is located at 98 North Court Street. The Jail was built in 1837. The jail was built in a Pennsylvania German farmhouse style with large fortress-like columns. Johnzey Selby and Benjamin Forrester received the contract to build the jail. The jail was built for the cost of $4,000. The building was made of stone. Thomas Durbin was a mason who built a 17-foot stone wall around the sides and rear of the building. Over the years several events have occured which have left behind ghosts of the past.

SUMMARY: The British Fleet arrived off North Point in Baltimore County on September 11, 1814. The British planned to approach the city from North Point and enter Baltimore by way of Hampstead Hill (now Patterson Park). The British attacked by land and water at the same time to surprise the Baltimore troops.

SUMMARY: Berwyn Elementary School (at the corner of Berwyn and Richardson) gave way in the 1960's to what is now called the Berwyn Senior Center. One catch: a janitor hung himself in the school, the spot where the senior center library now stands.