{"id":3175,"date":"2015-02-04T16:02:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wordpress\/?p=3175"},"modified":"2015-02-04T16:02:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T21:02:50","slug":"themed-weekends-at-hotel-bethlehem-let-guests-hunt-ghosts-or-solve-a-murder-mystery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=3175","title":{"rendered":"THEMED WEEKENDS AT HOTEL BETHLEHEM LET GUESTS HUNT GHOSTS OR SOLVE A MURDER MYSTERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

BETHLEHEM, PA \u2013 February 4, 2015<\/span><\/em> <\/strong>\u2013 Ghost hunters and fans of old fashioned whodunits will descend upon the Christmas City for two winter themed weekends at Historic Hotel Bethlehem. The property is bringing back its popular Murder Mystery Weekend next month and its Ghostbreakers Weekend in March.<\/p>\n

Now in its third year, the theme of this year\u2019s Murder Mystery weekend is \u201cThe Valentine Motive.\u201d The three-day, two-night Murder Mystery Weekend takes place February 20-22. It is created and run by Keith O\u2019Leary and Margo Morrison, award-winning writers, producers, and directors with backgrounds in motion picture, television, and theatrical production<\/p>\n

The mystery begins at a reception on Friday<\/span> evening when guests are introduced to each other, not all of whom are who they appear to be, and someone is murdered. Actors blend into the group and incriminate other guests in the murder. The plot develops and clues are given over the early afternoon on Saturday<\/span>, when dreadful events occur, and guests may even stumble over a dead body or two. By dinner on Saturday<\/span> night, guests might think they have all the information they need to solve the murder, but there\u2019s always a final twist.<\/p>\n

Sunday<\/span> Brunch is when the mystery comes to an end. Guests write down their best hunch about who did what to whom and why. The Murder Mystery team will select the best-submitted hunch, along with some of the more outlandish suggestions, at an awards ceremony.<\/p>\n

Murder Mystery packages start at $449 per room per night (based on double occupancy) and include overnight accommodations, hors d\u2019oeuvres on Friday<\/span> night, breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday<\/span>, and Sunday<\/span> brunch.<\/p>\n

Well-known for its spirited guests, Hotel Bethlehem is a ghost hunters dream with three ghosts who call it home \u2013 May Yohe, Francis \u201cDaddy\u201d Thomas, and Mrs. Brong. Ghostbreakers Weekend is lead by the Ghostbreakers Paranormal Research Organization, an organization that is dedicated to researching and investigating paranormal activity, and consists of professional investigators and law enforcement officers<\/p>\n

The March 27-29<\/span> event, now in its fifth year, includes ghostly talks, trainings, tours, and investigations. It concludes with the hotel\u2019s famous Sunday<\/span> Musical Brunch where guests can regroup and discuss the weekend\u2019s ghostly experiences. Infrared thermal scanners, electromagnetic field detectors, and electronic voice phenomenon devices will be employed as the paranormal professionals hunt the hotel\u2019s permanent guests.<\/p>\n

A talk entitled \u201cHaunted Crimes\u2026 Here or There?\u201d will be lead by Katherine Ramsland, a non-fiction author and associate professor of forensic psychology at DeSales University, and Dana DeVito, General Manager at the Moravian Book Shop. Ramsland and DeVito are co-authors of the book \u201cBethlehem Ghosts \u2013 Historical Hauntings in and Around Pennsylvania\u2019s Christmas City\u201d which includes stories from Hotel Bethlehem, the State Theatre, and other locations.<\/p>\n

Packages start at $265 for one night or $445 for two nights (both rates are based on double occupancy). A single-day package option for local residents who don\u2019t need overnight accommodations is $45 per person and includes tours and other activities.<\/p>\n

The Historic Hotel Bethlehem is located in Bethlehem, Pa. in the heart of Bethlehem\u2019s nationally registered historic district. The Hotel is a proud member of Historic Hotels of America<\/em>.\u00a0 Experience world-class service, charming guest accommodations and award-winning cuisine, all on a site that has been warmly welcoming guests since 1741. www.HotelBethlehem.com<\/a><\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Media Contact: Tracey Werner, Blabbermouth Communications<\/p>\n

610-730-4515<\/a>; tracey@blabbermouthcommunications.com<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"… Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1890,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[54,1150,1147,1146,1149,1148,1151],"class_list":["post-3175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","tag-bethlehem","tag-ghost-hunters","tag-ghostbreakers","tag-ghostbreakers-paranormal-research-organization","tag-haunted-crimes-here-or-there","tag-murder-mystery","tag-the-valentine-motive"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Hotel-Bethlehem.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}