Real Haunted House
General Wayne Inn
Merrion, Pennsylvania
By Shannon Reinbold-Gee
Now a synagogue and Center for Jewish Life, the General Wayne Inn was once the longest continually operating restaurant in America. Opened in 1704, the building served as a tavern, general store, wagon stop and post office. Folks like George Washington and Lafayette dined and stayed at the inn, and in 1795 it got its name. General “Mad” Anthony Wayne completed a successful military campaign and stopped at the inn for a 3-day celebration of his success. In the course of things the inn was renamed for him, and until very recently, the name stuck.
Stories suggest that a Revolutionary War soldier got accidentally locked in the basement while hiding from his enemies. Legends say he died there—but there are also other versions to the story. Some claim Hessians in the area sent one of their own to get wine from the cellar, not knowing that there were armed revolutionaries hiding in a tunnel or hidden location (the story varies, as they often do) there. It ended badly for the Hessian, and people have reported seeing his ghost, wearing the uniform he would have died in.
Most of the ghosts that have been reported through the General Wayne Inn’s lengthy history date back to the period of the Revolutionary War. Some shook glasses in the bar; others caused the lights to flicker and napkins to be strewn throughout the dining area. Furniture in a locked room would be toppled by mysterious interlopers. Locked doors occasionally opened by themselves. Women sitting at the bar reported feeling someone’s breath on their necks, and no, it wasn’t a lonely bar patron looking for a date. It seems to have been something even more frightening.
Psychics visiting the Inn years ago claimed to see ghosts of soldiers, one in particular reporting that a Hessian soldier had been killed by a spy in the cellar and buried behind one of the Inn’s walls. The body was not found, but in the psychic’s defense, the search was called off early.
Some claim the building was built on a Native American burial ground, but there seems to be little historically to agree. And although most of the deaths and hauntings seem tied to one particularly bloody period in American history, there was, much more recently the murder of one of the Inn’s owners.
Shortly before the murder of restaurateur Jim Webb, radio station y100 was going to hold an annual Halloween séance at the Inn. The medium reportedly was too anxious to do the normal séance there—participants claim he warned Webb that the spirits were telling him something bad was about to happen. The two business partners had purchased the General Wayne in a state of disrepair, intending to restore it. But the task was bigger than they expected. As the business faced financial difficulties, Webb and his business partner, Guy Sileo, argued over how to handle the dwindling fund. One was ready to pack it in, the other wanted to redouble their efforts.
Then, on December 27, 1996 Sileo found Webb’s lifeless body in his office at the Inn. Webb had been shot. Suspicion was quickly cast on Sileo, but the Assistant Chef, Felicia Moyse, provided his alibi. She and Sileo were having an affair. She passed a lie detector test and later she committed suicide in February as Sileo awaited trial. Sileo changed his story, saying that Moyse had killed Webb because Webb never approved of their extramarital affair. Sileo was found guilty and is now serving a life term in prison.
Today the General Wayne Inn is little more than legend and memory. The traditional stone has been stuccoed and the building looks quaint and modern. The building’s new owners have decided to focus on their mission and goals, and rightfully so. Some even claim they’ve put the spirits to rest.
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October 3, 2009, 9:03 am |
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Tel. + 234 80 3055 7345, + 234 70 395 28179
Email. soultosoul@live.com
Read our profile below
MAKE SEVEN PHOTOCOPIES OF THIS HANDOUT AND GIVE IT TO SEVEN PERSONS AND WITHIN SEVEN DAYS YOU WILL SEE INSTANT MIRACLES,FINANCIAL BREAKTHROUGHS AND HEALING FROM GOD, BUT DO NOT FORGET TO PAY YOUR TITHE, DONATIONS AND TESTIMONIES TO SOUL TO SOUL CHARISMATIC MINISTRIES.
SOUL TO SOUL
CHARISMATIC MINISTRIES
MOTTO: EVERY LIVING SOUL PRAISES THE LORD.
Soul To Soul Charismatic Ministries is a new and modern Charismatic Christian adventure where all the secrets of the power of the miracles performed by Jesus Christ, The Spiritual Giants, the Angels of God and all the Great Souls are revealed and exposed to the public. Money, prosperity, fortunes, treasures, riches, success and wealth must bow to you and become your servants. When you attend our church programs, prayers, counseling and activities, you will become a magnetic field where miracles happen every second. We also give and provide authentic trade forecasts for traders who trade in stocks all over the world. Soul To Soul will give you absolute spiritual protection against all principalities and powers.
Barren women, impotent men, poverty, divorce, broken homes, broken hearts, broken friendships, loneliness, suicide spirits, People possessed by alcohol and drugs, Ancestral and general curses, haunted treasures, houses and lands, men and women in prison or jail, girls and women looking for husbands of their choice, men and women possessed by marine spirits, evil spirits and witches, People suffering from Hypertension, cancer, ulcer, stroke, psychological and mental problems, madness, HIV/AIDS, leukemia, sickle cell anemia, fibroids, and all forms of incurable diseases and deformities etc are healed, redeemed, and released on the spot. Also your good health and long life is guaranteed.
The United nations, Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, The United States, Russia, China and all the Countries located near the Great Oceans and Seas must consult Soul To Soul now for immediate and urgent prayers that will avert the impending destruction and catastrophe caused by the disappearance of the Ozone Layer and the Artic and the Antarctic oceans of ice that will continue to increase the density and the size of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans and destroy two third of the world with flood before the year 2020
The Israelis and all the Jewish community around the world and their neighbors the Arab league must consult Soul To Soul now for prayers that will break all the Ancestral and general curses, deaths, strife, hatred, war, sorrow and distress that they inherited from their forefathers and to restore permanent peace, security and prosperity to the region
Our prayers are not free because you cannot get anything from the spirit free.
Send your Charity, donations, tithes, offerings, gifts, tributes and testimonies to
Soul-To-Soul Charismatic Ministries, No. 59 beach road, Etegbin, after shibiri last bus-stop,Ojo local government area,Lagos,Nigeria and Suite 215 Administration Main Office Block, Trade Fair Complex, Aspanda, Lagos State Nigeria. For more information
Contact The Great Soul,The Man Of God,Pastor Njibe Augustine Chinedum.
Telephones: 234 80 3055 7345, 234 70 395 28179
Email: soultosoul@live.com
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Joanne Bennett says: |
November 16, 2009, 12:58 pm |
Does anyone know whom I can contact to set up an investigation at the inn? Please email me if so, thanks so much.
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Dee says:
August 25, 2009, 3:11 pm
I didn’t know the entire place had been changed, kind of a shame since it was an historical home. Anyway, I was having dinner there in 1996 with my family. I got up to go the ladies room, and the chandilier in the ladies room began to flicker, several times but randomly, not in succession (which could happen with electrical problems). The other weird part, was when I went to leave, the door would not open. It took me several seconds to get the door opened, and I have to say, knowing the reputation of this place, it was a creepy experience.