Steve Roberts isn’t sure he believes in ghosts. But without them, he can’t really explain what happened several months ago at Pennsylvania’s infamous Pennhurst Asylum.
In May, he joined a group of paranormal fans at Pennhurst Paracon, an event exploring the sprawling institution that closed in 1986 and has long been rumored to be haunted. “I just find the mystery of it fascinating — it’s the mystery of the unknown,” said Roberts, a tech worker from Sykesville, Maryland, of the ghost stories that led him, and his daughter, to Pennhurst.
Inside the old asylum, plaster peeled from mottled walls and holes gaped in the ceiling. Some rooms held battered bed frames or operating tables. In one …
