June 22, 2012 The Overlook Mansion, also know as the Burrell Mansion was designed by noted archtect Archimedes Russel and built around 1889 for the industrialist and inventor David H. Burrell in Little Falls, NY.
Mr. Burrell spent his life traveling abroad an
One of the questions paranormal investigators ask themselves is regarding the location of haunted sites. Anecdotal evidence tells us that there are a lot of haunted buildings by rivers and other bodies of water. Folklore tells us that ghosts can’t cross running water, so does this mean that spirits hit a river and then stop at the nearest building? Science tells us that water conducts electricity dissipating the current, so it is a barrier to the passage of electricity, which backs up the folklore. That still leaves us with the question about hauntings near bodies of water. Whether you believe in science or folklore, we are left with a lot of ghosts residing along our waterways.
March 11, 2011 In our final installment in our week-long look at Central New York history through historic photographs, we're featuring locations in Herkimer County including Little Falls and Old Forge. These great photos are from the collection of the Library of Congress
Throughout Central New York there are countless haunted historic sites that have fallen from public recognition. While not every historic site is haunted and not every haunted location is historic there are large numbers of sites that have found their way back into the public consciousness due to their paranormal activity.
One of the most renowned historic locations in the region also known for its haunting is Beardslee Castle.
