Seven Gates of Hell

[2] Others say that, completely unrelated to the asylum story, an eccentric physician who lived on the property built several gates along a path deep into the forest.

The only detail to back truth up to this myth would be the fact that Dr. Harold Belknap – a practitioner at West Side Sanitarium – lived along Toad Road.

Belknap would often make threatening signs for any trespassers (most likely interested in the legend) with toad-related humor written on them – which was how the road got its name.

[5] A related myth states that Hellam was named after Hell; this is untrue as well, as it is a corruption of Hallam, after Hallamshire, England.

Mike Argento wrote about it in the York Daily Record, and Matt Lake featured a section on the gates in his book, Weird Pennsylvania.

[3] Local resident Cheryl Englar reported a number of tourists searching for the gates, some harassing her and giving her cause to call the police.