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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Restless Spirits at Duffy's Cut
Posted by Lon Strickler / plus.google.com/106965043801227120908
My colleague John Weaver shared the following information...a conversation between John and his high school classmate Toni:
Hi John, Where I grew up, outside Phila, in our backyard, is a place we used to play, which is now called "Duffy's Cut". Back then, it was just a wooded area behind our house, but over the years, it has become somewhat of a legend. Just wondered if you have ever heard of it?
Hi Toni - it is indeed real - while building what would become the PRR an Irishman named Duffy hired immigrants 'off the boat' to help build a mile long cut thru the hills. Dozens of them died and it was said to be disease but rumors - and subsequent excavations - proved that many of them were murdered. There have been numerous reports of hauntings in the area; just put Duffys Cut in a browser and you'll see lots of stuff - there have been some good recent docus on it, and one of my fav bands, Dropkick Murphys (Irish Punk) did a song about it called 'The Hardest Mile'
When we were kids, my brother came home crying and saying there was bunch of ghosts up there dancing around a fire. He never went back there again. Now we find out there really were ghosts up there. We used to call it "Devils Canyon". I never knew where that name came from. There is a guy from our village assisting in the excavation. They found 7 bodies but I think they said there were around 54 people killed. It's amazing that we used to play up there. Really makes you wonder what is beneath the ground we walk on every day!
Wow - that is so fascinating about your brother! Without divulging names, can I share this with some of my paranormal colleagues? Hope to see you at the MHS reunion this fall!
Sure! Yeah, he came home crying! My parents thought he was nuts! Then, a few months ago, when we talked to a guy from the village who is involved in the dig, my brother said, "I told you!...he never forgot that and it happened 50 years ago!"
The following information was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2010...it is no longer posted:
This past spring, the Chester County Paranormal Research Society asked for permission to investigate the valley at Duffy’s Cut. The Duffy’s Cut Project research team is deeply divided about the scientific validity of paranormal investigations—Frank Watson (along with John Ahtes, before his death) believes they are in conflict with his religious beliefs and status as a clergyman; Bill Watson remains agnostic about their validity; and Earl Schandelmeier prefers to keep an open mind about the known unknowns that lie beyond the purview of scientific fact—but after some debate they gave the go-ahead.
The CCPRS team brought with them an array of sophisticated ghost-busting equipment, including cameras equipped with motion sensors and night-vision capabilities, and several electromagnetic field meters. But the device that yielded the most startling results was something called a Frank’s Box, a device that scans the AM radio band and acts like a ouija board, purportedly enabling a two-way conversation between the living and the dead.
Duffy’s Cut Project team members Earl Schandelmeier and Robert Frank accompanied the investigators from CCPRS and both men agreed to ask questions out loud that only the 57 Irishmen could answer during sessions with the Frank’s Box. These attempts to communicate with the dead took place in three half-hour segments over the course of several hours. At first, there was not much response, but as the night wore on, things got interesting:
Question: Do you know Duffy?
Answer: Yeah, the devil.
Question: What about those homes up there?
Answer: Cursed.
Question: Are you with God?
Answer: No ... no ... abyss.
Duffy's Cut video
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Thursday, July 13, 2017
Restless Spirits at Duffy's Cut
Posted by Lon Strickler / plus.google.com/106965043801227120908
My colleague John Weaver shared the following information...a conversation between John and his high school classmate Toni:
Hi John, Where I grew up, outside Phila, in our backyard, is a place we used to play, which is now called "Duffy's Cut". Back then, it was just a wooded area behind our house, but over the years, it has become somewhat of a legend. Just wondered if you have ever heard of it?
Hi Toni - it is indeed real - while building what would become the PRR an Irishman named Duffy hired immigrants 'off the boat' to help build a mile long cut thru the hills. Dozens of them died and it was said to be disease but rumors - and subsequent excavations - proved that many of them were murdered. There have been numerous reports of hauntings in the area; just put Duffys Cut in a browser and you'll see lots of stuff - there have been some good recent docus on it, and one of my fav bands, Dropkick Murphys (Irish Punk) did a song about it called 'The Hardest Mile'
When we were kids, my brother came home crying and saying there was bunch of ghosts up there dancing around a fire. He never went back there again. Now we find out there really were ghosts up there. We used to call it "Devils Canyon". I never knew where that name came from. There is a guy from our village assisting in the excavation. They found 7 bodies but I think they said there were around 54 people killed. It's amazing that we used to play up there. Really makes you wonder what is beneath the ground we walk on every day!
Wow - that is so fascinating about your brother! Without divulging names, can I share this with some of my paranormal colleagues? Hope to see you at the MHS reunion this fall!
Sure! Yeah, he came home crying! My parents thought he was nuts! Then, a few months ago, when we talked to a guy from the village who is involved in the dig, my brother said, "I told you!...he never forgot that and it happened 50 years ago!"
The following information was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2010...it is no longer posted:
This past spring, the Chester County Paranormal Research Society asked for permission to investigate the valley at Duffy’s Cut. The Duffy’s Cut Project research team is deeply divided about the scientific validity of paranormal investigations—Frank Watson (along with John Ahtes, before his death) believes they are in conflict with his religious beliefs and status as a clergyman; Bill Watson remains agnostic about their validity; and Earl Schandelmeier prefers to keep an open mind about the known unknowns that lie beyond the purview of scientific fact—but after some debate they gave the go-ahead.
The CCPRS team brought with them an array of sophisticated ghost-busting equipment, including cameras equipped with motion sensors and night-vision capabilities, and several electromagnetic field meters. But the device that yielded the most startling results was something called a Frank’s Box, a device that scans the AM radio band and acts like a ouija board, purportedly enabling a two-way conversation between the living and the dead.
Duffy’s Cut Project team members Earl Schandelmeier and Robert Frank accompanied the investigators from CCPRS and both men agreed to ask questions out loud that only the 57 Irishmen could answer during sessions with the Frank’s Box. These attempts to communicate with the dead took place in three half-hour segments over the course of several hours. At first, there was not much response, but as the night wore on, things got interesting:
Question: Do you know Duffy?
Answer: Yeah, the devil.
Question: What about those homes up there?
Answer: Cursed.
Question: Are you with God?
Answer: No ... no ... abyss.
Duffy's Cut video
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