History & local legend
Tamaqua's railroad station is associated with stories about the bodies of men executed during the Molly Maguire cases in June 1877. In the local account, some of the bodies were kept overnight on ice at the depot while awaiting their onward journey.
That history became the setting for a later overnight paranormal investigation, conducted before the station's restoration. A Times News columnist who joined the team recalled a building without electricity, bats in the tunnels, and a thunderstorm moving into town. Audio technician Cory Reigel made a recording that the group interpreted as a man's voice asking for help.
The columnist revisited the experience in 2024. The investigators connected the apparent voice with the station's execution-related lore, but the recording did not establish a particular speaker.
