History & local legend
Abeloff Center for the Performing Arts was the last stop during an East Stroudsburg University ghost investigation described by student writer Amanda Schreck in 2013. After midnight, students and members of Dusk Till Dawn Paranormal Investigators heard noises backstage and followed them into a basement dressing room.
They set a flashlight on the floor beside an electromagnetic-field meter and gathered around it. Addressing a presence they called Joshua, they asked questions about his life and death. Schreck reported that the light repeatedly switched on and off as the questions were asked.
The group interpreted those responses as coming from a former teacher who might have died in the 1955 floods. Shortly after one in the morning, the participants thanked Joshua and ended the session. The Stroud Courier republished Schreck’s account in 2023.
