Welles House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania - Discussion

Anonymous · Oct. 30, 2025, 11:13 p.m.

Discussion thread for Welles House, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

The circa-1860 Welles House, built by industrialist Augustus C. Laning, has been compared to the Amityville Horror house. Strange deaths and tragedies followed Laning: His factories burned down and his nephew was killed after a lightning strike began a fire in the barn, trapping him under the body...

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