HauntedHistoryOfElkton

   Elkton has a long rich history of hauntings. The town was originally called “Head of Elk”. If you look at a map, where the rivers branch off it looks kind of like the antlers of an Elk. The town was settled by Swedish sailors near the end of the 17th Century.

      In 1777 the British army landed at Head of Elk to march north and capture the colonists capital. They British and German forces proceeded to Delaware and fought battles at Cooch’s Bridge, then the battle of Brandywine in southern Pennsylvania and they went on to capture Philadelphia in 1777. Cooch’s Bridge is reported to be haunted by a ghost of a headless British soldier, that was killed during the battle. They say you can encounter his ghost on foggy, moonless nights at the bridge.

      During the Redcoats march through northeastern Maryland, the soldiers stopped at a mill on Elk Mills Road. The American miller there put ground up glass in some flour and gave it to the British. The Redcoats hung the miller. The Elk Forge Bed and Breakfast on the site, is said to be haunted by the miller, that was executed during the Revolutionary war there. People report seeing an apparition, hearing footsteps at night and hearing mysterious voices.

      

       The Howard House on Main street in Elkton is reported to be haunted. There are strange sounds heard that cannot be explained. Also the Mitchel House on Main street has also had incidents of paranormal activity. Spirits of Revolutionary War soldiers that were treated there have been seen on the premises.

       In 1947 a major fire caused a lot of destruction in downtown Elkton. The movie house and other buildings were destroyed. A new theater was built on North Street. Across the street, the old county jail, has had reports of hauntings through the years. Some ghost hunters doing an investigation there saw a dark figure on the site.  And the old library was diagonally across from the courthouse, also has ghosts roaming the hallways.

      In 1963, an airliner jet crashed near Elkton, just a few weeks after the assassination of  President Kennedy. 81 people were killed in the plane crash. Now in the neighborhood of Turnquist, is on the site of the tragedy.

Residents of the community report seeing and hearing the ghosts of children that were killed in the crash. I use to live in the community and I had my own visions of strange images at night there. 

     Holly Hall is an historic landmark in Elkton. In the 1800’s, the son of the owner of the mansion returned to the house. He was gravely ill and died there. They said before he died, he placed a curse on the house. 

The ghost of a woman has been seen in one of the windows in the house. 
In later years a family was living in the hall. The daughter saw a ghost on the stairway with a face that looked like a dead man.

      Today Elkton is a busy town. It has built up over the decades. But some of the old landmarks from its past history still remain and some of the ghosts still roam the areas around the town.


    

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References; Wikipedia.org; Elkton, Maryland, Holly Hall, 
Pan Am Flight 214.

www.ghostsofamerica.com/states/md.html ;
Turnquist, Elkton, Maryland.

Hauntedplaces.org; Elkton, Elk Forge B&B, Cooch’s Bridge,

DavidHealeyauthor.com; Elkton Old Jail, Howard House.