History & local legend
The Rising Sun Inn near Telford is associated with a woman staff nicknamed Scary Mary. Employees reported sudden appearances in the lobby, while others described a voice from the second floor inviting them upstairs.
A man named Ron, a friend of owner Fred Duerr, remembered one encounter by its date: the night the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. Returning to the inn, he looked toward a second-floor window and saw a figure watching him.
When City Lights Paranormal Society visited on March 6, 2010, Duerr and Ron also described chairs moving in the dining room. Cleaners would pull them away from tables to vacuum, then reportedly find them sliding back into place.
Sources
- City Lights Paranormal Society, Rising Sun Inn investigation on March 6, 2010, interviews with Fred Duerr and Ron
- Emily Morris, The Reporter, Is the Rising Sun Inn a paranormal favorite?, text preserved on the investigators’ press page
- CBS Philadelphia, 2026 interview with general manager Theresa Paci on the Rising Sun Inn’s history in Telford
- PhillyVoice, Rising Sun Inn closure and pending township purchase, June 2026
