THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Cumberland Public Library has been the site of reports involving unexplained footsteps, shadow figures, and books shifting without explanation. Employees have also described hearing voices after closing when the building was otherwise empty. Some believe former occupants remain within the historic library.
The library was built on the former site of the Monastery of Our Lady of the Valley, consecrated in 1928, which was partially destroyed by fire in 1950. Witnesses in the library have experienced ghostly voices, doors slamming, and apparitions. One witness found a rock mysteriously placed on the seat of their locked car; another heard a voice calling her full name.