Slag Pile Annie

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Slag Pile Annie is the name of a ghost reputed to haunt the former Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation mill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. According to the story, she appeared as a rough-looking woman wearing a red bandana, [1] working or just standing in a remote and hard-to-access part of the mill. The steelworkers who warned her of danger did not know she was a ghost, until she replied, "I can't get killed, I'm already dead." [2] [3] [4]

The tale may have developed from the true experiences of women working dangerous jobs in the Pittsburgh steel mills during World War II. [1]

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  1. 1 2 Chroma Studios (2015-02-11). "The Spirits of the Steel Mills". Positively Pittsburgh. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  2. ↑ Reddig, Julie A. (2000-10-31). "The Kids' Corner: Did Spirits Haunt the Steel Mills?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 67. Retrieved 2025-06-21– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Trapani, B.E. & C.J. Adams III. 1994. Ghost Stories of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County. Reading, PA: Exeter House Books. 174 pp. ISBN   978-1-880683-05-7.
  4. ↑ Swetnam, G. 1988. Devils, Ghosts, and Witches: Occult Folklore of the Upper Ohio Valley. Greensburg, PA: MacDonald Sward Publishing. 117 pp. ISBN   978-0-945437-03-1.


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