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Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Schools

Steph & Allie Pettit Center for the Arts

Ned, the Dancer at Bloomsburg’s Haas Center

Overhead view of the angular auditorium roof and grounds of Bloomsburg’s performing arts center.
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History & local legend

The performing arts building long known as the Haas Center on Bloomsburg's university campus has a resident ghost in student folklore: a deceased dancer called Ned. The story says a séance brought him into the building, where he remained attached to its performances.

A 2020 account from the Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau describes Ned being heard crying during productions.

Sources

  1. Shannon Kearns, BUnow, Bloomsburg’s Haunted Places, October 2018
  2. Experience the Heart of PA, Ghost Stories of Columbia and Montour Counties
  3. Commonwealth University, Arts in Bloom facilities and 2026 renaming
  4. OpenStreetMap, performing arts building
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