Tales of Axe Murder Hollow continue to haunt Erie region
(WorldNews Entertainment)

A version of this article was originally published Oct. 24, 2014, in the Erie Times-News. It’s late one October night in the woods in the Weis Library area of Millcreek Township. A teenage boy pulls his car off Thomas Road and parks. He and his girlfriend hope to see — or maybe secretly hope not to see — the ax-wielding ghost of a farmer. According to local legend, the farmer has haunted the woods since hacking his wife and her lover to death nearby. At first as the teens wait, there’s nothing, then a strange rustling close to the ground, like footsteps through dry leaves. Other sounds, like moans, approach the car. “It’s just the wind,” the boy says...