{"id":903405,"date":"2026-11-02T16:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903405\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T16:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T16:40:10","slug":"baldwins-book-barn-senses-stories-of-spirited-sightings-among-the-stacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/903405\/","title":{"rendered":"Baldwin&#8217;s Book Barn senses stories of spirited sightings among the stacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baldwin&#8217;s Book Barn in West Chester has been a treasure-trove of used books since 1946. Folklore has it that the store is haunted.<\/p>\n<p>WPVI<\/p>\n<p>ByNatalie Jason  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WPVI logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/origin-wpvi.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Monday, November 2, 2026 2:42PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">WEST CHESTER, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; Baldwin&#8217;s Book Barn in West Chester has been a treasure-trove of used books since 1946.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Folklore has it that the store is haunted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Originally a dairy barn built in 1822, the shop is a booklover&#8217;s paradise with over 300,000 books on four floors spanning 25,000 square feet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">People from longtime staffers to local paranormal societies have noted strange experiences over the years. Opening hours are 10am to 5:30pm every day except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \"><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/bookbarn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Baldwin&#8217;s Book Barn<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/p\/Baldwins-Book-Barn-100057562804914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> | <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/locations\/376024\/baldwins-book-barn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">865 Lenape Road, West Chester, PA 19382<br class=\" \"\/>610-696-0816<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">10am-5:30pm daily<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baldwin&#8217;s Book Barn in West Chester has been a treasure-trove of used books since 1946. Folklore has it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903406,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[378128,223,88],"class_list":["post-903405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-books","tag-378128","tag-books","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}