The Basement of The Silly Goose Used to Be a Speakeasy. Now It's Just Haunted.
Published in Nate’s Jim Thorpe Blog
Category: Jim Thorpe History & Weird Stuff
TL;DR:
- The Silly Goose Gift Shop is in a building that used to be a Prohibition speakeasy
- The basement still exists and has the energy of a place you shouldn’t be
- Nate went down there. He wouldn’t recommend it.
- The ghost vibes are strong
What This Place Used to Be
During Prohibition, Jim Thorpe had its share of underground bars. Literally. The building where The Silly Goose Gift Shop is today used to be one of them — a full-on speakeasy with secret staircases, a hidden bar, and not a single legal drink in sight.
That bar is still there.
It’s just buried in the basement.
And it’s weird now.
The Basement Tour, If You Can Call It That
There’s no public access. Mostly because it’s crumbling. But also because you probably don’t want to be down there. Nate went anyway.
What he saw:
- Broken stairs
- Pipes from the 1800s (probably)
- A lot of cold air coming from nowhere
You can feel the history. And also maybe the ghosts of people who really wanted gin.
The Vibe
It’s not haunted in a cheesy tourist-attraction way. It’s just… off.
The kind of space where your brain goes “nope” before you’ve even hit the last step.
The upstairs? Bright, colorful, lots of geese.
The downstairs? Unfinished business.
But not anymore…
Where It Is
The Silly Goose Gift Shop
65 Broadway, Jim Thorpe, PA
Right in the heart of downtown. The basement isn’t open to visitors, but the building itself is part of Jim Thorpe’s underground history.