The Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead at Ridley Creek State Park in Newtown Square has brought highwayman Sandy Flash back to life in a living history play presented in October, writes Tom Kretschmer for 6abc.

The play on Sandy Flash, whose real name was James Fitzpatrick, was incorporated into the Farmstead’s popular lantern ghost tours.

“This is the first time this show has ever been done,” said writer and director Lisa Panzer.

The 18^th century Pennsylvania traitor, deserter, spy, and thief was also a Revolutionary War veteran.

He provided British Gen. William Howe with information that led to Gen. George Washington’s defeat at the Battle of Brandywine, said Delaware County Community College professor Jeffrey Lamonica.

In the 1770s, Flash robbed Chester County tax collectors and flogged those he robbed on area roads, creating a reign of terror.

Authorities eventually caught him. He was hanged in 1778.

The Farmstead,is a nonprofit living history museum located on Sandy Flash Drive in Ridley Creek State Park. There’s also a road in Kennett Square named after him.

“His reputation still lives today, so in affect he is still with us,” Panzer said.

Find out more about the reputation of Sandy Flash and the Colonial Pennsylvania Farmstead at 6abc.