Haunted by ghost monkeys
There's something weird going on in the basement of a Swiftwater candle shop, and Animal Planet wants you to know about it
By ADAM McNAUGHTON
Pocono Record Writer
November 22, 2009 12:00 AM

The owners and employees rarely ventured down to the basement as they went about their business in the 100-year-old building that had become the Candle Shoppe of the Poconos. There just was not very much need to head down there, and besides, there was some seriously creepy stuff in that basement.

There was no way to avoid exploring the basement, however, as the store got set to expand, and employees shared experiences of strange sounds after dark, said the store's owner, Linda Schlier.

Investigating further, they uncovered a grisly history of animal experiments, which led to a paranormal investigation that turned the candle shop into the subject of an episode of a new show about animal hauntings on the Animal Planet network.

"It wasn't really a problem for a while," Schlier said of the basement spookiness.

"Then we started getting really busy, and we stayed open until 8 on Fridays and Saturdays, and after dark the girls in the shop started hearing some weird stuff."

After looking into the history of the building, which had formerly housed Kelly Antiques, Schlier learned that the shop was built in 1897 as a home for a doctor who worked at the Pocono Biological Laboratories.

A close inspection of the basement turned up old medical equipment and large cages that may have been used to house monkeys for experiments around the turn of the century.

That's when paranormal investigators got involved.

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i watched that on tv last night.i have passed that candle shop many times never stop in will have to to see if i get the chills so daisy do you believe in ghosts?

Ghosts of humans is quite enough... monkeys? That could get interesting!

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Absolutely !!

there is a state park in Delaware, just over the PA/DE line that some believe are haunted by horses. The story is that a barn on the property burned down. People will hear horse noises (neighing, clopping of hooves, etc...) when there are none around.

wow pretty cool , daisy that right in milford there some haunted places bye you,yrs ago i use to go to grave yards and take pics and got some wild stuff on film. that candle shop i did look at the place ever time i whent bye now it's got me thinking.i have cabnit here that was my moms and it knocks. it knocked when my mom owened it and it still knocks we moved it many times i always thought it was the house settling but no its that china cabnit.

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i wonder what a ghost monkey looks when you where a kid did you fall for the sea monkey kit? that are nothing but brine shrimp mine never came to life go how do you know when you have a ghost monkey in the house? when you bananas have gone missing

Maybe when something throws "plasma poo" at your head?

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so who for thanksgiving is making side dish of chilled money briens do you guys remeber that from indeana joenes movie? i thought i tose my cookies at that one but what a new side dish for thanksgiving. I do not need know ghost monkeys in my house, last friday the 13 things kept falling in the house had me all creep out.

I have a friend that is from India that eats monkey brains. They are illegal in the US, yet he still manages to get them in NY.

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I love monkey brains:

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wow i'm stunded no i do think so, i will pass on the money brains,my tummy is light hell i can't eat the heart of turkey.was sitting here thinking the day daisy dog gets married he vows will be and the wife will take the trash out down the 300 ft drive way. long drive way what a work out.

I saw that show too! the hubby was a skeptic but he said he now believes.
My father always told me, Do not ever be afraid of the dead it is the living that can hurt you. Maybe that is why I love the paranormal soo much and to me it is interesting not creepy or scary. Also some personal experiences got me very interested in it.

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your right nicle about the dead. but when they where murder sometimes its best to stay away.

Swiftwater PA is Total Travel Estimate: 1 hour 10 minutes / 68.39 miles
away from Frackville, same as Reading, PA. would love to go there.

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well nicle let me know when you go i live like 15 minutes from that place we could meet up and go ghost monkey hunting together no fun bye your self. there is a lot of nice candles shops around me.

I watched a story about this on TV. I was scared silly.Has anyone been there?

Haunted by ghost monkeys | PoconoRecord.com

Haven't been there, but I have heard about it a couple of times.... Not that scary to me, but I love that kinda stuff.

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Good job DD! You managed to post the same thing twice. No worries though mate, I merged them.