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Jeff Frederick Jeff Frederick20 Oct 2020

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As a Boyertown graduate, a real estate agent at Glocker Realty, and also a proud member of Building a Better Boyertown, I have had the joy of watching our little town grow. I enjoy having any part in helping our community to move forward. I hope this weekly blog will help shine a light on all the great things happening in and around Boyertown, PA

Here is what’s going down during the week of 10/15 – 10/21/2020

A Haunted Boyertown

As we closely approach All Hallows’ Eve, chatter of ghosts, spirits, and goblins start to stir around our daily life. Tales of the undead are passed from one person to the next, raising the hairs on the back of your neck and sending chills down your spine. In the spirit of the season, I thought I would bring you a story, from a local ghost hunter, that took place right here in Boyertown. Enjoy…

Keeping the Secret

From “Berks the Bizarre”& written by Charles J Adams III

            “All I know is that I never want to see anything like that again.”  The words broke nervously from the lips of the 28 year old Boyertown-area professional man who opted to not permit his name to be revealed.

            Just what did this gentleman experience that shook him to the roots of his sensibilities?

            “Right from the start, I must tell you that the idea of ghosts and life after death and all that has never been a priority in my mind.  Of course, I saw some movies with those themes, but mostly because of the actors or actresses, not because I was particularly interested in the matter.”

            “Anyway, I just want you to know that I was not predisposed toward ghosts and goblins.  Not at all.  But after what happened, I’ve changed my opinion of it all.”

            The man-we shall call him Rick- said a weird chain of events started when he visited the home of a friend in the rolling countryside between Boyertown and Pine Forge.

            “He and his wife lived in a lovely old farmhouse,” Rick said.  “They paid very little for it because it needed a lot of work.”

            “They had been there about two months and had done a lot of work to that point.  All the windows were replaced and they put on a new roof.  I got to their place just after dark and we were going to watch a video together.  My wife was away on a trip, and they kidded that they would ‘babysit’ me for the night.”

            “We had a pizza, and I asked them to show me around the house before we settled in for the movie.  We went upstairs, to the master bedroom they were working on.”

            “My first inkling that something was up was on the second set of stairs which led to the upstairs hall.  I was lagging a few steps behind them when I absolutely, positively felt a pressure – it’s hard to describe – some sort of invisible force – rub against my shoulder.  It wasn’t a temperature change, or a breeze, or anything.  It was as if someone was really there.  It wasn’t solid, it was gaseous, I guess.  That’s what I mean, it’s hard to describe.”

            “Anyway, it was just a second’s worth of distraction, and I tried to ignore it.  Then, I reached the top of the steps when my eyes were somehow diverted by something in the doorway and one of the bedrooms.”

            “Again, it happened in a flash.  But I know, I absolutely know, that there was something in the doorway.”

            “We got together at the door to the master bedroom, and I didn’t let on as to what I had felt and seen on the way. So, we just stood around and they told me about the work they had done and the work they had planned.  I must admit, though, that I was more than a little on edge.”

            “Actually, I only caught about half of what they were saying.  My mind kept wandering back to that sensation on the steps and that vision in the doorway.”

            “We walked down the hallway toward the door at which I saw that…that form.  That’s when everything got a little scary.”

            Even over the telephone line, Rick was audibly shaken by the episode.  He composed himself, heaved a deep sigh, and continued his story.

            “My buddy kidded around when we got to that particular door,” he continued.  “He was a little like me, I guess.  He pointed into that room and sort of chuckled over it quickly, saying that a past resident had killed himself in the room, and some folks who had lived in the house swear they could see his ghostly form in the room.:

            “Well, that set me back a little.  I didn’t want to belabor the topic, but I had to know more.  Sheepishly, I asked if he knew anything else about that.  He said he didn’t.”

            “I didn’t want to let the matter drop, but I felt if was best for the time being to do so. 
We went through the rest of the house, and settled down to the movie.”

            “Well, nature called to me an hour or so later, and I wandered back upstairs to the bathroom.  Remembering what I felt before, I climbed the steps hoping to – and, I guess, hoping not to – feel something again.  Simply stated, I felt nothing.”

            “But sure enough, as I approached the second floor, I clearly say, standing in that same doorway, a figure.  This time, I could definitely make out the shape of a human being.  There was no doubt.  As crazy as it sounds, I say a human form standing in that doorway.”

            “Of course, it frightened me a bit. I stared at it, and could feel my heart racing.  It was probably only about five or six seconds, but it was long enough for me to realize that whatever I was looking at was, how can I say it, not quite solid.  There were no features like eyes or a mouth or anything.  I can’t recall any clothing or colors.  It was, well, just there.”

            “I just couldn’t let it go.  I did a little investigative work and tried to find out who died there, how and when he died, and who may have reported seeing the ghost.”

            “I didn’t have to go far.  As it turned out, I knew one of the neighbors who was around when the man killed himself in the farmhouse.  He gave me all the details I needed.”

            “It turned out that the man took an overdose of sleeping pills, or some kind of drugs, in that upstairs bedroom.  He died a quiet death, but his suicide note was very telling.”

            “The neighbor understood that in the note, the mad admitted that he had been unfaithful to his wife, had financial troubles, and was in trouble with the law.  He had all kinds of stuff going on.”

            “The first person the neighbor knew who had any  kind of sighting of the man’s ghost was the victim’s brother.  He had come in to help clean out the house after the suicide.”

            “Now, you must understand that the neighbor I was talking to had no idea what I experienced that night when I was visiting.  That’s why I kind of shuddered when he told me the rest of the story.”

            “He said the man’s brother had come into the house and was making his way up the stairs when he felt something brush past him halfway up.  And, when he got to the top, he saw the form of his brother standing in the doorway of the room in which he killed himself.”

            “A couple days later, he went back to the house to do more work, and the same thing happened again.  He said the form never spoke, there were no distinguishable features, and it faded away in a few seconds.”

            “It was just, too uncanny, to say the least.”

            Rick said he would probably never tell his story to his friends.  He didn’t want to “spook” them or let them know that he had seen what he can only describe today as a ghost. 

            Of course, if his friends are reading this now, and they can put two and two together, they now know Rick’s secret.

THE LAST WEEKEND for The Haunt at Adam’s Royal Car Wash. This is a haunted car wash in Gilbertsville that runs Friday and Saturday from 7-10PM. With the $20 admission you will receive the haunted attraction, the “Royal Treatment” car wash, candy and other goodies for the kids. CASH ONLY

WATCH “The Cast at Glocker” podcast every Wednesday at 6PM at Glocker Realty & Insurance on Facebook or YouTube. Keith Kopicki, owner of Grind Restaurant joined us this week.

Events List

THURSDAY 10/15/2020

FRIDAY 10/16/2020

SATURDAY 10/17/2020

SUNDAY 10/18/2020

MONDAY 10/19/2020

TUESDAY 10/20/2020

WEDNESDAY 10/21/2020

Have a spooktacular week!

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I am a real estate agent with Glocker Realty in Boyertown, PA. I am a father of two and a husband of one. I love my family the most, but I also love the town I grew up and work in. Hence my blog posts.
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