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InstitutionsCarbon County Jail
Carbon County Jail opened in 1870 in Mauch Chunk, now Jim Thorpe. It became a central setting in the Molly Maguire prosecutions, when men accused of…
Cindy’s Rusty Nail
At Cindy’s Rusty Nail in Palmerton, owners Cindy and Bob described activity they associated with a former proprietor called Mr. Boots. Cindy…
Dolon House
The Dolon House, across from the Mauch Chunk Opera House in Jim Thorpe, once welcomed overnight guests as DeFeo’s Manor. Its resident ghost story…
Former Café Origins
Café Origins on Broadway in Jim Thorpe occupied a building once used as a Lehigh Coal and Navigation garage. That earlier workforce supplied the…
Bridges & railwaysGlen Onoko
Glen Onoko, near present-day Jim Thorpe in Carbon County, became a destination for nineteenth-century travelers arriving on the Lehigh Valley…
Historic homesHarry Packer Mansion
The Harry Packer Mansion overlooks Jim Thorpe from Packer Hill. Its owner’s history dates the house to 1874, when railroad industrialist Asa Packer…
Inns & businessesInn at Jim Thorpe
The Inn at Jim Thorpe is associated with a woman called Madeline, whose story was recounted by ghost-tour guide Casey Parker in a 2022 Times News…
CemeteriesLehighton Cemetery
At the southern end of Lehighton Cemetery, a communal grave remembers the eleven people killed in the November 24, 1755 attack on the Moravian…
Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line over the Lehigh River
A woman in white is said to walk from the Lehigh Canal towpath at Weissport toward the railroad bridge over the Lehigh River. The Carbon County story…
Old Saint Joseph’s Cemetery
Old Saint Joseph's Cemetery outside Weatherly in Carbon County also appears in local stories under the name Weatherly RD2. Accounts collected by…
Sacred Heart Polish National Church Cemetery
Sacred Heart Polish National Church Cemetery is one of the burial grounds clustered at the east end of Summit Hill. Its best-known apparition is a…
Inns & businesses · AI illustrationThe Emporium of Curious Goods
The Emporium of Curious Goods on Broadway in Jim Thorpe had an unofficial resident called Spooky: a large gray cat that owner Barrett Ravenhurst and…
Towamensing Cemetery
Towamensing Cemetery near Fireline Road in Palmerton is associated with a ghostly horseman. A May 2003 discussion on the Lehigh Valley Ghosthunters…