Warning: Creepy and unsettling history and lore below; read at your own risk!
Genesee Falls Inn offers more than a comfortable bed and delicious breakfast – visitors will find more sinister forces at play… In fact, many guests express a strange feeling upon entering the historic building, built in 1870.
Let’s walk through some of the spooky activity:
Guests to the bed and breakfast report hearing people walking up and down the hallways at night, or doors shutting on their own. The building’s current owners have witnessed a young child walking through the kitchen in period dress, and a man sitting in one of the bedroom’s chairs. It’s also common for items to go missing – and following a request for the spirits to return them, they are put back in their rightful spot. Paranormal groups say the building is active and have watched their flashlights turn on and off when prompted.
The reason for the paranormal occurrences? There are many possibilities at play:
The current inn stands on a property with a long and tragic history. Two previous buildings on the site were lost to fires, and the land was once home to a family marked by untimely deaths, many of which occurred near the nearby waterfalls. More recently, the inn’s caretaker passed away within the building, yet his presence lingers – guests and staff have reported his room mysteriously closing and locking on its own, as if he still watches over the space.
Close to Genesee Falls Inn sits a colonial cemetery – the final resting place of many civil war soldiers and a seven-year-old boy who drowned in the nearby Genesee River. The cemetery was once obliterated by a flood and re-erected by a neighbor. Could the disruption to the graves have disturbed the souls as well?
If you’re intrigued and not too scared, you’re invited to experience it all for yourself. This Victorian-era bed and breakfast has 11 renovated rooms available for overnight visits. Being a half mile away from Letchworth State Park makes it an ideal location from spring to fall. Visitors are also welcome to stop in during normal business hours to walk around or call ahead to schedule a ghost tour for 1-10+ guests. Paranormal groups are also invited to explore, with an appointment.
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