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SchoolsAbeloff Center for the Performing Arts
Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts was the last stop during an East Stroudsburg University ghost investigation described by student writer Amanda…
Beattie on the Stairs at 151 Analomink Street
The house at 151 Analomink Street in East Stroudsburg had housed university students for years when reporters Colin McEvoy and Olivia Conner…
Inns & businesses · Historical imageBuck Hill Inn
Buck Hill Inn began as a Quaker resort in the Pocono Mountains in 1901 and closed in 1990. Its abandoned guest rooms acquired a much darker…
Outdoors · AI illustrationDunkin’ at the PA 115 and PA 940 crossroads
The Dunkin’ at the PA 115 and PA 940 crossroads in Blakeslee acquired an unexpected ghost story from its own morning staff. Blogger Marash Girl…
Evans–Blitz American Legion Post 922
Evans-Blitz American Legion Post 922 in Canadensis, Monroe County, has a ghost story centered on a former member named Samuel Everitt, known as Sam.…
Fifteenth tee
Skytop Lodge’s golf course was designed by Robert W. White and was ready when the resort opened in 1928. The fifteenth hole—a long par five—is the…
Inns & businesses · Historical imageFormer Henryville House
Henryville House in Monroe County began as Arthur Henry's stagecoach inn and developed into a resort. Its main building was later demolished, but…
Former Memorytown USA
Memorytown USA in Monroe County was a Pocono attraction designed around an earlier America, with a blacksmith shop, country store and small boats on…
Former Overlook Inn
The Overlook Inn near Canadensis welcomed travelers to the Pocono Mountains, with a living room and fireplace where guests could sit in the evening.…
Former Swiftwater Inn
The Swiftwater Inn was an old stagecoach stop beside Swiftwater Creek on Route 611 in Monroe County. In 2005, Curtis Morgan, Diane Pryor and Kieran…
Former Tannersville Inn
On June 19, 2005, Steve Jakubowitz II showed members of Paranormal Investigators of the Poconos a back bedroom at the Tannersville Inn. He and his…
Bridges & railwaysHistoric Dansbury Depot
Dansbury Depot in East Stroudsburg was built in 1864 and later used as a restaurant. People there reported hearing someone walking inside, sometimes…
Historic homesManwalamink
Manwalamink, the old house associated with Fort Depuy at Shawnee, was used as a timeshare office when employees began reporting a woman’s apparition.…
Merwinsburg Hotel
The Merwinsburg Hotel near Effort was an old stagecoach stop with guest rooms upstairs. A Pennsylvania haunting directory preserved in 2004 recorded…
OutdoorsMount Minsi
Winona Cliff on Mount Minsi is associated with the lovers' tragedy Luke W. Brodhead included in his nineteenth-century book about the Delaware Water…
PA Route 611 at the Pocono Line
A roadside ghost story from Tobyhanna centers on Route 611 near its crossing over the Pocono rail line. According to a contributor to The…
Culture & landmarksPocono Indian Museum
The Pocono Indian Museum occupies an 1840 farmhouse on Milford Road that later served stagecoach passengers traveling between Pennsylvania and New…
Inns & businesses · Historical imageShawnee Inn and Golf Resort
The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort in Monroe County has a collection of stories centered on a woman in white. A 2024 report in East Stroudsburg…
Site of the original Mount Airy Lodge main complex
Mount Airy Lodge near Swiftwater was one of the Poconos' honeymoon resorts, known for romantic rooms and heart-shaped tubs. After its October 2001…
Sorrenti Family Estate
Cherry Valley Vineyards in Saylorsburg, now known as Sorrenti Family Estate, is associated with a ghost called Henry. In the story circulated by the…
Outdoors · Aerial viewThe Rain That Followed Don Decker
In February 1983, twenty-one-year-old Don Decker stayed with Bob and Jeannie Keiffer on Ann Street in Stroudsburg after his grandfather’s funeral.…