No Rest for the Dead : A NEPA Ghost Story
Wilkes-Barre. We all know it for one reason or another. Maybe for the two colleges squeezed unto the same street, maybe for The Fine Arts Fiesta or possibly The Kirby Theater. Or maybe you know it because the best library book sale in perhaps the state also takes place in Wilkes Barre. Like most communities in North Eastern Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre has its own local ghost stories. As in most ghost stories, the dark past does not stay buried forever. Francis hadn’t heard the stories though she grew up just a few towns over from The Diamond City. As an adult, she found herself working at The Shady Oaks Nursing Home by the Susquehanna River. At first glance, it seemed to be a standard nursing home, a cute name and elderly patients crowding the T.V. room no matter was happened to be on. Aside from the lack of oak trees on the grounds, she found her orientation to be a bit odd. “You can wear any color scrubs you want,” the head nurs