One of his favorite bits of ghostly lore involves The Newtown Bee, said Mr Cruson, and is a story he included in his book, A Mosaic of Newtown History. "Where the parking lot of The Bee building now stands, there was a cobbler's shop around the turn of the century. One morning, a customer stopped in, found the shop in disarray and looked behind the counter to find the cobbler brutally murdered. It was known as the 'hatchet murder' and was never solved. The town simpleton was found covered in blood, but he was let go. Around 1914, a new cobbler took over the shop. One night, he runs into The Bee where Allison Smith was working late, and claims he heard the pan downstairs rustling on the stove and footsteps coming upstairs. It happened three times, at exactly 9 pm. The third time, the cobbler came to The Bee with his arms full of his cobbling tools, left them with Allison, then got on a train and never came back," Mr Cruson recalled the story. [ Visit Website ]