The Old Allegheny County Jail: A Jailbreak, a Shootout, and the Ghosts That Followed
A warden's wife, two condemned brothers, a jailbreak through the warden's own house, and prisoners reporting ghosts five years later.
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The Ghost Bomber of the Mon: What Really Happened in 1956
A B-25 ditched in the Mon in 1956 and was never found. Here's what actually happened, where the conspiracy theories came from, and who is still looking.
Opinion: We Named Half This City After the Men Who Broke It
We put their names on the libraries, the parks, and the museums. Here's what Frick and Carnegie actually did at Johnstown and Homestead.
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