The Legendary Tannersville Inn Tannersville, Pennsylvania

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Legendary Tannersville Inn Investigation

June 19, 2005, 10:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.

The Legendary Tannersville Inn has long been the topic of discussion of many talks of the paranormal. Not only does this Inn house a lovely restaurant and bar in which excellent meals and tasty drinks are served, but legend has it that the Tannersville Inn is haunted -- that some of the guests who passed through its doors over the last 180 years found it impossible to leave the warmth and hospitality of the Inn. Built in 1825, the town was actually built around the Inn and its original 98 acres.

PIP was graciously admitted to the Inn by Steve Jakubowitz III, son of owner, Steve Jakubowitz II, and Fay, the Inn's manager. Steve II and Fay were more than cooperative in sharing the numerous reports of sightings and unexplained happenings at the inn. 

Upon being escorted through the hallways and various rooms of the inn by Steve II, Diane and Curtis were pulled, as if by a magnet, to a back bedroom on the third floor, which, according to Steve II, he and his brother had shared as children. Steve said that, in addition to other paranormal experiences, his mother had heard, on more than one occasion, voices of children on the third floor. He further stated that other investigators had gotten orbs on film when photographing that area.

Kieran sensed that the hallway leading to that same room would be a good location for his video camera, while Todd and his nephew, Larry, set up a camera in another room on the second floor. The three roamed the inn (Kieran was drawn to the restaurant), while Diane and Curtis spent the majority of the investigation in the back bedroom.

Diane and Curtis sensed the ghosts of three little boys who seemed to enjoy the company of the two adults. In fact, Diane felt a strong sense that one of the little boys held her left hand while trying to climb into her lap. Curtis sensed one of the boys in a chair behind him, while the third child seemed to be seated on a bed in the corner of the room.   Diane and Curtis felt such a strong presence that, at times, they felt they could see the forms as they wandered the room and even played jacks on the floor!

Curtis felt that two of the boys were siblings, and that all three had worked and lived at the inn. He felt it was their job to tend to the horses. Curtis further stated that the boys were curious as to why Diane was not wearing a dress.

Both Curtis and Diane felt that the one little boy, who did not leave the bed during their visit, had died of consumption.   It was Curtis' impression that the other two had been victims of a fire. Larry, who later joined Diane and Curtis in the back room, sensed that one of the children was seated behind him.

Diane and Curtis both took pictures while in the room but, much to the shagrin and shock of the two investigators, with the exception of one photo taken by Curtis, in which a large, light orb is seen, not one picture contained an impression of the three children. Both had felt their photos would be fraught with images of the three boys. Diane did manage to get, however, two EVP's.   A voice, whispering the words, "Dear God," can be heard, as well as "Yes," in response to Diane's question, "Are you brothers?"

Kieran, Larry, and Todd captured orbs on some of their photos. Kieran, while using a EMF meter which recorded 7 milligauss and a Thermal Scanner which had a tempurture drop of 30 degrees photographed the restaurant and captured some orbs in that room, while Larry got orbs in three of his photos of rooms at the inn. Todd's photos were, perhaps, the most impressive.   He photographed strong, large orbs while taking pictures of the rear of the inn from the outside. According to Todd, all night he was being drawn to two places:  the foyer at the bottom of the steps, and outside. When he finally went to the foyer, he took a picture from the top of the stairs and captured an orb at the railing at the bottom of the stairs. Furthermore, as the group was leaving, he took pictures outside the Inn, thinking that he might see something near the room where Diane, Curtis, and later, Larry, had been. It was then that Todd captured the picture of an orb, which blocks Kieran's head, as he is standing in front of the Inn.

Diane, too, managed to get an orb -- large and light -- on film, while pointing the camera towards the window of the bedroom from the outside. She felt sure the boys were watching and wanted to say "Good-bye." 

The members did not detect anything unusual when inspecting the videotape of the establishment.

The members of PIP are most grateful to the owners and staff of The Legendary Tannersville Inn, for giving them the opportunity to investigate this warm, inviting, and yes, haunted, inn. PIP hopes that in the future, an overnight investigation can be arranged.

Members Present: Diane Pryor, Kieran Pryor , Todd Weaver, Curtis Morgan, and Larry Weaver, T.P.R.S. Member.

P.S. Diane & Kieran went to The Legendary Tannersville Inn for lunch - Try theVeggie Burger or the Chicken Wisconsin Sandwich; both were out of this world! Tell them the Paranormal Investigators of the Poconos sent you!

PIP Determination:

Possible Paranormal Activity.

History as taken from Tannersville Inn Site

In the 1800's Tannersville was located on the main driving road between Scranton and Easton. By 1880 it was a prosperous village and the main stopping place for trades between the two cities.

The Tannersville Inn received its namesakein 1847 when David Edinger and his wife sold the property and its 98 acres to Manasseh Miller. The "Tannersville Hotel" was born.

Manasseh Miller was the founder of the Inn as an operating hotel. Prior to his ownership the place was in all probability a tavern with rooms for occasional travelers on the North-South stagecoach, named the Belmont Pike, which became what is now Route 611.

In the following half century of Miller's ownership, the Inn was developed into a fairly large hotel, as well as the farm that Miller had used to supply it.

The present day condition of the Tannersville Inn reflects most of the amenities and features which had delighted much earlier guests. Of course, the Inn has expanded to some extent since the days of Manasseh Miller, but its features are pretty much what existed in his day. Present ownership places a high value upon these reminders and "soul things" from our past, and sees to it that the atmosphere remains within a similar spirit.

For over thirty six years, this old hostelry, a former stagecoach stop, has provided a community amenity in Tannersville - the longest period of ownership since the days of its founder, Manasseh Miller.

A spirit named "Mabel" haunts the dining rooms on the main floor, blowing out candles. The ghost of a young black man, who was a driver of a carriage, haunts the second floor bedroom. Smoke is seen in the bedroom, and some have seen the ghost standing at the foot of the bed.