Welcome to Haunted Road, a production of I Heart Radio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Minky.

Listener discretion is advised.

From the outside the Green County Historical Society's main building might seem unremarkable.

It sits in Wainsburg, a small southwestern Pennsylvania town known for sheep farming and coal mining.

The quaint two-story structure has a brick facade, a white porch and trim and four chimneys.

At times red, white and blue bunting hang from the railings.

The inside is surprisingly spacious for a house that was originally built in 1857.

Rooms that once served as a parlor, dining room and kitchen now hold glass cases with

displays about the county's history. It's well-lit with cheerful pink flooring and

floral wallpaper.

As visitors explore the museum, they may find themselves in newer editions,

hallways and wings that were added later in the 19th century.

Some rooms in these extensions

feature recreations of settings like a schoolhouse, a chapel, and a train station.

Still, there are signs of a darker history here. In the West Wing, there are marks on the doors,

as if someone tried to break them down or escape. But it's the basement that holds the real terrors.

Sometimes called the dungeon, the underground chambers are unfinished with dirt floors and bare brick

walls. A shackle hangs from the ceiling, a silent testimony to the brutality

that was once common here. However, when it was built in 1857, the facility was an ordinary house for the Reinhart family.

They dwelled there for just four years before they sold the building to the state of Pennsylvania.

Now public property, the house was converted into a housing facility for low income people.

The new owners installed several additions including numerous bedrooms for residents.

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