Rockford Park, Wilmington, DE
Harry R. Neilson III
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Willistown Township, PA
About the Author
A native of Chester County, PA, after nearly four decades of teaching Latin at the middle school, high school, and university levels, most recently at Tower Hill School in Wilmington, DE, Dr. Neilson applies his extensive research and analytical skills gained from a doctorate in Classics to local history. He is especially interested in history and the supernatural.
Current Project
Pea Patch Island: True Tales of Mystery and the Paranormal
The Sluiceway-Fort Delaware, Pea Patch Island
Coming Soon!
Pea Patch Island: True Tales of Mystery and the Paranormal tells ten, all-new, weird tales about this tiny island in the middle of the Delaware River.
In addition to the Civil War when Pea Patch Island was a notoriously horrific Union prison camp, it has been also the focal point of such a high concentration of bodies appearing and disappearing, murders, suicides, fatal accidents, and hauntings that paranormal activity can only be the reason.
Cranium found on sandbar connected to Pea Patch Island June 24, 2012. Source: Today's Sunbeam. Salem, NJ
Pea Patch Island, view to south.