I grew up (late 70s/ early 80s- Gen X represent!) hearing the Ghost Girl of Knoche Road story. I had no idea just how old the story was. I also don’t want to admit for how long I kept looking for her whenever I was in the Knoche Road/ Delaware Avenue area.

TOWN POLICE DENY RUMORS OF “GHOST GIRL” ON KNOCHE ROAD

Town of Tonawanda police today denied the rumor of a “ghost girl” on Knoche Road. They conducted an investigation following reports that a girl about 18 or 19 years of age appears about midnight and hails cars, asking the motorists to drive her to her home. The girl is supposed to give her name and address. Upon arriving at the designated house the motorist finds that the girl has disappeared. When questioning the occupants of the dwelling it Is found that the girl has been dead for two years.

Motorists who are supposed to have picked her up are not known so a description of the girl and the facts surrounding the alleged “ghost girl” are not available. The case has become the talk of the Niagara Frontier and people are said to visit the spot nightly to see if the girl will appear. As far as It is known no one has seen her while on these scouting trips.

The story has been branded as one of the many which are started from rumor and spread despite the fact that investigation proves them groundless. Some residents of the Tonawanda’s are said to have made nightly trips to the Knoche Road section but report finding nothing.

Via The Evening News, Tonawanda NY Friday, March 5, 1937