Getter's Island in Easton, Pennsylvania is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of Charles Getter, who was publicly hanged there in 1833, the last such execution in the state. The ghost is said to walk the island, a forested area in the Delaware River that once had a bridge and a mill. Getter's Island was the site of Pennsylvania's final public execution on October 11, 1833. Getter murdered his wife, and on the island, a large crowd gathered to witness his hanging, which was a public event. A special pulley system was used, but the rope broke on the first attempt. Getter, after a moment of shock, quipped, "Well that was good for nothing," before a second, successful attempt was made. The event was so gruesome and insensitive that a reporter's concerns reached Governor Wolf, leading Pennsylvania to ban public executions and move them to county prisons the following year. The primary figure associated with the haunting is Charles Getter himself. His spirit is said to wander the island, a natural space now covered in brambles. While the island now sits largely abandoned except for its ghostly inhabitant, its history of a public execution and the morbid events that transpired continue to fuel the tales of its haunting.