FeaturesMeet the podcaster, author, and hairstylist bringing Pa.’s haunted history to lifePosted on October 31, 2023 Marlin Bressi has an affinity for stories of the strange-but-true variety, and he’ll tell you there’s no better place to dig for them than Pennsylvania. His latest favorite involves a Civil War veteran whose ventriloquist act intrigued and unsettled lumber workers around the state in the late 1800s: “Everybody loves this story,” he told PA Local.