Ghost Tour

The "Dark Shadow" has a long history of haunting the Lodge with first-hand accounts dating back to at least the 1980s and continuing to this day. Here's a list of the most significant sightings to date:

- A tenant on the second floor awakened early in the morning and witnessed a dark form sitting at the end of her bed.

- Standing at a hallway desk, a hostess watched as a dark, misty form floated down the main staircase into the old barroom.

- Alone in the Douglass Room about 10:00 pm, a worker witnessed a dark form cross over the hallway to the basement steps.

- A visitor alone in the old bar room saw a dark form enter from the main hallway and disappear.

- A paranormal investigation team filmed a pitch-black form in the second floor front bedroom. On the video, the entity is well-formed and not transparent.

In 1978, Don Galloway, a psychic medium from Great Britain, was on his way to the US for a WW II commemoration being held in Reading, PA. While still on the airplane, he had visions of the Lodge and made contact with several of the spirits that reside here. Upon his arrival, he inquired about the building from his vision and was directed to Brinton Lodge. He stayed for two weeks and identified five of the spirits: Caleb Brinton, Caleb's mother, Katharine Wittman (all of whom died in the Lodge), a male spirit he called Dapper Dan, and the troubled spirit of a little girl. Although little known in the US, Galloway was well known in England, wrote several books on his experiences as a psychic medium, and utilized his psychic ability on several cases for Scotland Yard. (This information was provided by the owner of Brinton Lodge in the 1970s).

Visiting mediums since Galloway's visit have also felt that the site is a portal between this world and the Other Side. Previous owners have reported apparitions, disembodied footsteps, displaced objects, and more.

Unexplained experiences continue to this day.