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A Haunting in Philadelphia
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Mellisa Martin Ellis
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- General Wayne Inn is a well-documented case
- There is a long history of bizarre events
- Many deaths occurred in the inn’s vicinity
- There have been playful pranks & sightings
A good example of an alleged haunting that was well documented is that of the occurrences at the General Wayne Inn in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As in many hauntings, the inn has a long history of bizarre events. Built in 1704 in a Quaker village called Merioneth, just outside Philadelphia, it is rumored to be haunted by such legendary figures as Ben Franklin, George Washington and the French general Lafayette. It is believed that Edgar Allen Poe revised “The Raven” while sitting by the fireside in the Post Office Dining Room.
During the Revolution, the inn was captured and recaptured alternately by British and American troops, and as a result, many deaths occurred in its vicinity. Soon, the rumor spread that a young Hessian soldier was buried in an escape tunnel that had been dug under the foundation.
At the inn, a hostess claimed to have seen a man in a Revolutionary War uniform on the stairs and also to have heard someone calling her name, then, when she whirled around to see him behind her, have him vanish seconds later.
The owner reported an occasion when he opened up the cash register to find its drawer full of water, as were thirty wine decanters across the room and glasses on a shelf behind the bar. An insurance inspector could find no leak in the roof and fought the owner’s insurance claim.
At other times, when there were young women seated at the bar, someone or something would playfully blow on the back of the neck of each one in turn, making them think their husbands or boyfriends had done it.
…from The Everything Ghost Hunting Book. For more books, visit Adams Media Bookstore.
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