Ok, to the person who is saying the murder would make a good urban legend- it is not a legend. it happened and it tore a family apart! Jim Webb was a great man, and a great father. His life was cut short by an evil man who acted out of greed. This was supposed to be his friend, his business partner. The 2 families were friends, but then Guy shot and killed Jim in cold blood. I know this because I know Jim’s family. The GWI has long been said to be haunted and I know many things have been reported to go on there. I happen to believe them because I believe things like that especially when from good sources. However, the murder of Jim Webb was a terrible tragedy that had nothing to do with the hauntings at the GWI.

Is the Historicl Dining Room still in tact? Or did they get rid of that too. Oil paintings of Edgar Allen Poe and Benjamin Franklin, an original table where the Continental Congress dined and discussed the Freedom of our country. There was so much history in that room alone that it is no wonder there are spirits in the building. Poe wrote part of the Raven in that room. I was just wondering if they kept it in tact or got (sadly) disposed of it.

My aunt was one of the owners of the General Wayne in the early 1960’s. The Inn had a fire and my father rescued a smoke damaged piano and several captain chairs and tables. We put them down our basement. You could hear the chairs move around by themselves as well as the old untuned piano play.When I sold the property and was having the basement waterproofed, the gentleman doing the work asked if anyone had died in the house. I told him my father did. He said he was still there with many others.

Hi! My name is Brenn.I would like to experience the paranormal activity @ “The General Wayne Inn”.I am looking to become a full time C.P.I. someday and I think that this would be a great place to start. Please contact me if anyone is interested in helping me out. Thank you for your time. cpimetallicats@myactv.net

First of all, its SYNAGOGUE. Jeebus.

The best additional story I heard about the Inn was when Barsky was on the radio in Philly. He used to do a seance at the General Wayne every Halloween. The one year they were going to have it and didn’t, and afterward, he told us why.

The guy who would do the seance was a construction worker who had been hit in the head by a crane. After his accident (he was ‘dead’ for seven minutes or something like that) he could ’see’ dead people. He used to sit in one room, and describe what he was seeing, and then they’d have a psychic do the same somewhere else, to compare whether they were saying the same things. (They usually were.)

The one year, that guy came to the ‘Wayne and he was really disturbed. He said, I’m sorry, I can’t do it this year. I can’t stay here. The people who are talking to me are screaming at me. They are screaming at you (meaning Webb) to get out of here, that something is going to happen. He left, upset.
Not long after that, Jim was killed. Makes ya wonder.

I am looking for anyone that might be able to either get me into the building or put me in contact with someone that owns the building so I can possibly speak with them about an investigation. Anyone who helps get us in can come on the investigation as long as you agree to abide by our rules. So who is going to go investigating the General Wayne Inn with us?

Steve a.k.a Ghostnspecter

I know the people who currently own it, although I haven’t talked to them in awhile. I doubt, though, that they’d be willing to hold an investigation. After all, they use the Inn for Hebrew school, Friendship Circle meetings, synagogue services, etc.

And, I think, it’d be a bit disrespectful to hold such an investigation in a synagogue. Even if it does sound interesting.

Besides, I’ve been in it countless times, not once have I felt a spirit or experienced any paranormal activity. Well, I mean the cold drafts are there, but old houses/buildings tend to get those a lot.

Sincerely,
Shay

P.S. I, contrary to what you probably believe from reading my post, am actually a believer of the paranormal. But that doesn’t mean I believe it in every case.

I grew up very close to the General Wayne Inn and even remember going there as a child. I just barely remember what it was like before the fire severly damaged in in 1964. I worked there, under the owner Barton Johnson, from about 1971 to 1980. I have experienced many happenings and have seen some things also. I was involved in the Unsolved Mysteries show and I can tell you from personal experience that everything was true and they only scratched the surface with what they talked about. I still have a special place in my heart for the General Wayne Inn and for its extremely rich history. Let’s keep it alive.

Shay no disrespect intended and I understand where you are coming from with your comments but again don’t assume just because you were in a place and nothing happened that nothing is going on. A maybe exaggerated example would be you went in the ocean on a few specific occasions let’s say in Florida and there were no sharks there does that mean sharks don’t exist and you can never find them off the coast of Florida….no. Active locations do not always on cue present us with paranormal events. Most people would be surprised at how often things are quiet even in a location that is “known” to be haunted or active.

Also I can tell you that I DO NOT think that investigating a synagogue is disrespectful. I think if you are not careful as an investigator it could be done in a disrespectful way. It all depends upon who does the investigation and how it is done. We have and will be in a church investing again. If done with respect and with care taken in how things are done and talking and listening to a priest, a rabbi etc I fully believe we can be respectful. I do doubt however that an investigation will ever happen as long as the property is used as it is and that is a shame in a way. Our hope in part is to help people notice, understand and respect historic locations. Sometimes investigations(if people want to make fact that they are done public)have helped with raising money to help with the upkeep of the building. Also just giving people something to think about as far as the history of the country or local town goes is an accomplishment. All to often in our country’s past historic locations have been torn down without any real consideration of what that location actually means in a historic sense and once it is gone ….it’s gone forever.

Steve

I was one of the participants at the y100 seance. I saw what happened with Walt, the construction guy, and there were a lot of things that weren’t on the air that also indicated something was going to happen. I was ae ehe inn after the murder on two separate occasions and also when it was Abilene. I have witnessed many unexplained things and heard numerous reports from staff as well..it is one if the most haunted places I hae ever been in, and I have been in haunted places all over the world as a paranormal researcher.
One of our members stopped by when it was being renovated to become the Chabad-Lubavitch. They informed him that it was their intention to put any resident spirits to rest. I sincerely hope they were able to do so.

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It is fake. Istayed a night there and nothing happened at all not one thing

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It should have been left alone. A synagauge is not right for the Inn. They should have left every thing intact and turned it into a museaum. That area has so much history. The building is 204 years old..our first president and many others hung out thier as well as Edgar alan poe. I went to the Inn several years ago to do a video project on the ghosts ..It turned out pretty good but i lost the tape..

o well these ghost stories dont scary me they TURN ME ON UMMMMM!! so if u are between 14 and 16 call me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

omg i been there i was madd wow al i got 2 say + i stillb dream bout it wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I was very good friends of both Jim and Guy. Knew them from when they work together at the American Bistro. I witnessed first hand ghostly activity in the upstairs office. The basement was the spookiest. So yes it really is haunted

yea, i dont think its scary at all

This happened to me about9 years ago..my boyfriend and I had heard about the General Wayne Inn and drove there to see it..When we arrived it was closed but the door was slightly ajar..so my friend called in to see if anyone was there..a man dressed in period clothes came to the door and we asked if we could come in just to see it, being we had driven so far..he said sure come in and look around,so we did…I kind of thought his clothes were strange but thought nothing of it at the time..We just stayed on the first floor and nothing was scarey there..just a dining room and bar..We then went into his office and spoke to him for a while and he told us some of the wierd things that had happened to him..we told him we would come back some day to have dinner there and hoped we would see him again but he told us he was not going to be there much longer..he gave us a little printed paper that told about the place and we said our good byes..now this was a very hot summer day and not a bit windy but when we walked out the door it slammed so hard in back of us with nobody there that I almost fainted..we wondered who would slam a door that hard..Ghost maybe? It was really scarey..We never did get back there but I wish we had..I love all that old History and I do believe in Ghosts…Lois

My dad said therre was a murder there too!
Also my dad use to work there and he had to go in the celler to get a broom and he also said he does not belive in gouls