Former Tannersville Inn

History & local legend

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 brother had shared it as boys, and he told the team that his mother used to hear children upstairs.

Two investigators, Diane and Curtis, remained in the bedroom while colleagues set up equipment elsewhere. Diane reported feeling a small hand take her left hand, as if a child wanted to climb onto her lap. Curtis described a boy on the bed and another seated behind him.

At moments, both said they could almost see the children playing jacks on the floor. Their impressions were recorded in the team’s field report from that night.