History & local legend
Anthony Rando accompanied Northampton County Paranormal on an overnight investigation of the Newburg Inn near Nazareth beginning October 13, 2011. At 2:50 the following morning, Rando and four investigators were drinking coffee when they heard heavy footsteps from the dining room near the bar.
Five minutes later, the inn’s exterior lights went out. Four members of the group stayed still while lead investigator Scott Wiley entered the dining room with a recorder and camera. At 2:58, the lights came back and the footsteps stopped. Wiley thought they had sounded like someone repeatedly circling between the bar and dining room.
Owner Lou Basta described a separate closing-time encounter to City Lights Paranormal Society: he had looked up while preparing to lock the inn and seen a large figure standing beside him. The old inn closed in 2018 and was demolished in 2021.
Sources
- Anthony Rando, overnight field notes with Northampton County Paranormal, Nazareth Patch
- City Lights Paranormal Society, interviews with owner Lou Basta, waitress Mary and resident Cindy
- Nazareth Patch, restaurant at 4357 Newburg Road and the Route 191 intersection
- Saucon Source, closure in 2018 and September 2021 demolition
- Esri, former inn address
