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Who's Haunting The Hotel Bethlehem?

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  Site Where: 437 Main St. [map], Bethlehem, PA, United States, 18018
January 8, 2010 at 12:59 PM | by | Comments (0)

We always love a good hotel ghost story here at HotelChatter so on this cold day, kick back and get spooked.

Four ghosts have reportedly taken up residence at the historic Hotel Bethlehem but instead of conducting exorcisms or ghost evictions, the hotel has embraced these "guests" by offering up a special hotel room that's supposed to witness all the paranormal activity.

So who's haunting this place? The most well-known guest during the days of the Eagle Hotel, Hotel Bethlehem's predecessor, was May Yohe. The actress/singer was born in the hotel, which her grandpa owned, in April 1866. As a child, Yohe would sing and dance for guests in the lobby.

Even though she ended up performing in Europe in her later life and subsequently married and left Lord Francis Clinton (the owner of the Hope Diamond), Yohe was supposedly most happiest in life at The Eagle. So she may have chose to return there in the afterlife as people say they hear her singing in the lobby.

And randomly, she's been seen chilling in the exercise room. Ghosts need to work on their fitness, who knew?

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