Innkeeper at Neshaminy Creekside Inn on Spirited Guests: ‘There’s a Lot of Ghosts in Here’

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Like most hotel accommodations in Bucks County, Neshaminy Creekside Inn, Bensalem, has plush rooms, fluffy pillows, and upscale dining. It also has a few guests who may have checked in centuries ago but never quite left. Alicia Roberts peeked into the shadows for CBS3 Philly.

The historic inn, built in 1697, is haunted, according to innkeeper Karen Sadowski and owner Joseph Pignatelli.

Pignatelli, who bought the property 18 months ago, is described as a pragmatic businessman, a person not likely to be interested in ghost stories surrounding his investment.

But he’s come to be a believer.

“There’s other people here,” he said. “Whether we want to believe it or not, they’re here.”

His evidence?

“Footsteps. Friendly footsteps, but certainly things that were out of the ordinary being in the house by myself,” he described.

The building’s long past in Bensalem means it has stood the test of time, weathering such national upheavals as the Revolutionary War and the area’s role in the Underground Railroad movement. Several spirits are thought to be leftovers from those eras.

Innkeeper Sadowski needs no convincing.

She described a guest report of a figure walking around his suite — the “colonel’s room” — opening doors, moving chairs.

“They left at 3 o’clock in the afternoon,” Sadowski said. “They were freaked out.”

She’s rather pragmatic about the otherworldly inhabitants.

“To me, it’s their house. They were here first and I’m their guest,” she concluded.

More on the Halloween-ish goings on at Neshaminy Creekside Inn is at CBS3 Philly.

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