Nestled within Chester County, Pennsylvania is a set of tunnels where you may hear a crying baby or footsteps in the next tunnel over after dark. Further down the road is the site of a property with a dark past where you may be chased by hooded figures in the woods at night. This week’s legends are: The Downingtown Tunnels and The Gates of Hell, featuring our friend and Downingtown native, Anna.
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Grey, Orrin. “The Eerie ‘Twin Tunnels’ of Downingtown in Pennsylvania.” Malay Mail, 16 Apr. 2016, www.malaymail.com/news/life/2016/04/16/the-eerie-twin-tunnels-of-downingtown-in-pennsylvania/1101407
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Weckerly, Dan. “One of Pennsylvania’s Most Frustrating Cold Cases Still Surrounds Twin Tunnels in Downingtown.” MONTCO.Today, 9 May 2026, https://montco.today/2026/05/chester-county-cold-case-twin-tunnels2/
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Staff, The Lineup. “America’s Scariest Tunnels? The Twin Tunnels of Downington, Pennsylvania May Take the Prize.” The Lineup, 15 Dec. 2017, the-line-up.com/the-twin-tunnels-of-downingtown-pennsylvania
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“The Downingtown Gates of Hell.” Fandom, Inc., 2017, lordstarscream100films.fandom.com/wiki/The_Downingtown_Gates_of_Hell
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Pincus, Scott. “The Downingtown Gates of Hell - Short Film.” YouTube, 8 Dec. 2017, www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3N_WvQWGYo
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Yanulevich, Taylor. “5 Creepy Stories and Legends in Pennsylvania.” The Odyssey Online, 4 Dec. 2017, www.theodysseyonline.com/creepy-stories-legends-pennsylvania
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Exploring with Conrad Zimmer. “THE GATES of HELL from beyond the Backyard.” YouTube, 13 Oct. 2007, www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0X7TE-LwXA
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“Near the Gates of Hell.” Geocaching, 2012, www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3QNA9_near-the-gates-of-hell