History & local legend
The former St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Wind Gap became the home of the Pocono Frightmares attraction. In October 2007, four contestants spent the night there hoping to win a cruise, accompanied by Express-Times reporter Doug Brill.
The attraction's crew said unexplained sounds had begun during construction. They reported whispers when all coworkers were accounted for and walkie-talkies apparently switching on without batteries. Operators identified the foyer as a place where recordings had captured unusual sounds.
Sources
- Stephen Althouse, The Express-Times, November 1, 2007, names the contestants, reporter Doug Brill, Julian Sant’Ana and Sam Thornell and describes the legend and foyer recordings
- Pocono Frightmares, 2007 overnight program, firsthand crew account of construction sounds, whispers and radios
- Pocono Frightmares, 2007 directions to 182 North Lehigh Avenue
- Borough of Wind Gap, December 18, 2018 council minutes, identifies the former church at Genoga and North Lehigh avenuesUnavailable ·
- Immaculate Conception School, history, remembers teaching fourth through eighth grades in the basement of St. Joseph’s in 1954
