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Have you ever had a drink at the Wayside Irish Pub of Syracuse? You may have experienced something more than a belly full of jumbo wings. Haunted History Trail of New York State recently took a trip to the pub to investigate some of what's going on.

Are you curious about the paranormal? Do you believe in ghosts? Then maybe a stay in this haunted hotel is just what you need.

In Amityville New York, you can now own the home behind the "Amityville Horror: A True Story" and the 1979 film "The Amityville Horror". 108 Ocean Ave is up for sale again, and can be yours if the price is right.

In newly released video from New York, did this camera capture a ghost rising out of the rubble of Ground Zero?

Abandoned in 1996, the haunting institution of Letchworth Village still stands as a monument to "Those Who Shall Not be Forgotten."

These are the stories that made us question our world and wonder who we could call. Throughout 2015 there were quite a few stories that sent chills down our spines, ranging from strange creatures to the US Government looking for volunteers to legally haunted houses, these are the top paranormal stories for 2015.

Ghosts and Christmas have been intrinsically tied for as long as we can remember. Charles Dickens cemented this connection with ‘A Christmas Carol’, where crotchety Ebenezer Scrooge was confronted with the ghosts of the past, present, and future.

At this year's Haunts and Legends Live event at the Hotel Utica one guest who explored the forbidden 13th floor took a photo of what looked like two bright lights. When she looked further she couldn't believe her eyes! She had captured what appears to be evidence of the Hotel Utica ghost.

In this episode Phil guides the explorers to the downtown Utica at Rutger Park to explore Utica's grandest mansion of the 1800's, a place where Senators, Civil War Generals and even the President of the United States came to visit and helped shape the nation. A place that still experiences the haunting echoes of that past today.

Deep in downtown Syracuse, surrounded by the historic buildings that make up the city’s core, is the Syracuse City Hall. This iconic landmark holds a long and tragic history and more than a few ghost stories.

In this episode Phil guides the explorers to the town of Steuben in northern Oneida County near Remsen to uncover the legend of the Witch Doctor of Steuben and the Starr Hill ghost that is believed to be the legendary doctor who died in the early 1800's and still attempts to help strangers along the road today.

One of the interesting facts about Central New York, that is usually pretty unknown, is the area’s contribution to the evolution of humane care in asylums. Utica’s psychiatric center was the home of the straight jacket and the Utica crib, Willard Asylum was the first place in NY to provide long-term mental health care, and the Newark State School, as it was initially called, was developed to provi