The Legend Of The Goblin Of Easton In Pennsylvania Is Chilling

We Pennsylvanians, certainly aren’t strangers to urban legends – maybe we’ve even told a few in our time. The thing about urban legends is, no matter how wildly impossible they may seem, they remain alive in our imaginations as the often terrifying tales are passed down from generation to generation. The legend of the Goblin of Easton in Pennsylvania, for example, just might send chills down your spine.

A charming city with a population just under 30,000, Easton is perhaps best known for such popular attractions as the Crayola Factory, Easton Farmers’ Market, and Karl Stirner Arts Trail.

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However, it also lays claim to a chilling urban legend that’s said to date back to Easton’s earliest days, sometime in the late 1880s.

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Sometime in the opening chapters of Easton’s history, a monk became a trusted confidant of countless locals. He listened to their confessions, as men of the cloth do.

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Instead of keeping residents’ sins quiet, this monk threatened to expose all of their secrets if they didn’t give in to his demands.

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Most of those who confessed were wealthy, so the monk could squeeze out huge amounts of money. However, he became even greedier.

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One day, his greed turned him into a murderer. He beat an elderly woman, who either wouldn’t pay up or who didn’t in time, to death.

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His crimes earned him a date with the executioner, and he was hanged in short order. Death, however, didn’t stop him. He immediately leaped back to life as a frightening monster before fleeing into the nearby forest.

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The greedy monk, however, would return every so often to devour the monks who remained at his former monastery.

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Those monks who remained fled for their lives, leaving the monastery to fall into disarray. Thus, the legend of the Goblin of Easton was born.

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Have you heard the tale of the Goblin of Easton in Pennsylvania? What do you think? Share your thoughts in the comments! Speaking of urban legends, have you heard the long-told legend of the Bus to Nowhere? It, too, might send chills down your spine.