Have you ever heard of a doppelganger? A look-alike. Someone who looks exactly like you. Your double. I found mine and he runs a maple sugar house in West Edmeston, New York.
When looking at what makes a good ghost story, the elements that are looked for are a tragic back story, a creepy location, and sometimes a tantalizing mystery. A lot of well-known ghost stories end up becoming more myth than fact, and the true tragedy of their haunting takes a back burner to the spirit sightings themselves.
A hiker in New York's Adirondack Mountains near the hamlet of Indian Lake in 1997 stumbled onto a metal box that led to a mystery of hidden, secret structures deep in the Adirondack Park and allegations of government experimentation on children. Was it Internet fiction or New York's creepiest conspiracy theory? Delve into the Indian Lake Project.
Rumors run rampant among students in New Hartford that the high school is haunted. But the school did not make a national list of top 10 most haunted, scariest high schools.
When discussing the folklore of the paranormal, and the evolution of historical fact into myth, we tend to look towards the long term. Events that happened in the 1700's evolve to become something more than they ever were, facts blurred by the passage of time.
Originally constructed some 300 years ago on the eastern bank at the mouth of the Niagara River, Fort Niagara is one of the most haunted sites in New York.
The iconic Hotel Utica has been seen presidents and dignitaries spend the night when they visit central New York. But is there a Tuxedo Man who haunted the hotel's Lamplighter Pub?
When investigating a location, it’s easy to look for the most notable history of a building, and assume that any paranormal activity in that location is connected to that notable event.
Lansing Manor is located in North Blenheim, NY, and a demonstration of what is possible when the historic value of a location is realized from an early date.