October 21, 2026

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How Well Do You Know Lancaster County's Weird History?

Weird Lancaster

This week we’re testing your knowledge of the strange and spooky stories in Lancaster history.
Powwow tradition said charms had to pass between men and women. So who could a male powwower teach?(Required)
A powwower brought an "earth mirror" to a meadow near Martindale and started digging. What was he hoping to find?(Required)
Ephrata's members lived quiet, celibate lives apart from the world. What did they call their community?(Required)
America's first public crematorium closed in 1904 and sat quiet for about 80 years. What did it briefly do again in the 1980s?(Required)
Greenwood Cemetery's mausoleum borrowed its nickname from a famous church in London. What is it?(Required)
Albatwitches weren't polite apple thieves. After stealing apples from picnickers at Chickies Rock, what did they do?(Required)
Seven figures from the Safe Harbor petroglyphs are copied into the floor of a famous building in Harrisburg. Which one?(Required)