History & local legend
The ghost story associated with Holy Infancy School belongs to its former building on East Fourth Street in South Bethlehem. Before classes moved to Thomas Street in 2019, pupils passed around a story about a girl who died while decorating the auditorium. According to their account, she was hanging a disco ball when its cord caught around her neck. Children said they sometimes saw her afterward in the school.
The story had reached an online discussion by January 2008. One contributor, writing as a pupil, wanted the adults to tell the older children what had happened.
Sources
- Unsolved Mysteries, early Bethlehem/Holy Infancy account preserved in the 2009 archive
- StrangeUSA, school account and January 24, 2008 comment
- Bethlehem Catholic High School alumni, March 2022, original school at 127 East Fourth StreetUnavailable ·
- Jeff Ward, Lehigh Valley News Briefs, 2019 move to Thomas Street and former school site
- Esri, East Fourth Street address point
