Haunted Northern New York

North Country Books, Inc. (2002)

The book that started it all...

The first book in the best-selling Haunted Northern New York series includes 26 stories that took place in Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin, and Clinton Counties. 

"This fascinating and well-researched collection of spine-tingling accounts of paranormal phenomena focuses on the restless spirits that haunt Upstate New York's rustic and weathered region known as the North Country.  What makes these stories so chilling is that each one of them is factual!  The haunted sites covered in this book range from centuries-old mansions to mobile homes, and even commercial establishments such as bars, diners, and fraternity houses.  The results of Ms. Revai's research show us that every haunting is unique in its own style and characteristics, although certain similarities may exist between each.  Guaranteed to send a chill or two up your spine, this book is ideal for anyone who has ever encountered a ghostly apparition or wondered what it would be like to spend a night in a haunted house."

Prolific paranormal author Gerina Dunwich

The House at the Racket - Massena

Too Hot to Handle - Norfolk

Double, Double Toil & Trouble - Fort Covington

Haunted Halls - Plattsburgh

DocRoc's Z-Bar, Malone

Franklin County Poorhouse, Malone

The Haunting of Haskell House, Massena

The House on Liberty Ave., Massena

Spanky's Diner, Massena

Grandma & Her Dog, Louisville

Worse Things Could Happen, Knapps Station

Tau Epsilon Phi Fraternity House, Potsdam

The Spirit of Olivia, Nicholville

It's Back...A Haunted Trailer, Lisbon

Plum Brook Milling Company, Russell

A Haunted Resort & Restaurant, Alexandria Bay

A Father & Daughter's Story, Carthage

Going Nowhere Fast, Watertown

Burrville Cider Mill, Watertown

Ruby's Castle, Watertown

Murder in the Harbor, Sackets Harbor

Haunted Cemeteries

Mahoney Road, Brasher

Cemetery Caretaker

Spirit Photographer

Living Next to a Cemetery

The Others

War or Eternal Unrest, Henderson

Leave or You'll Lose Your Job, Ogdensburg

Saying Goodbye, West Potsdam

EXERPTS from Haunted Northern New York:

Following are the first paragraphs from a few chapters in Haunted Northern New York.

THE HOUSE AT THE RACKET - Massena, N.Y.

If houses could hear, this house has surely heard the panicked cries of a man who drowned in the river behind the house.  It would have heard the tortured sobs and ensuing silence of the many fatal car accidents nearby.  It would have heard the primal wailing of native ancestors as they held down their fort in an unsettled land.  It would certainly have heard the terrified shrieks of the young children upstairs as they fended off presences, both seen and unseen, even as those very presences tried to stifle their screams.

TOO HOT TO HANDLE - Norfolk, N.Y. (Baxterville area)

It was a night Diane and Fred Murphy will never forget.  They had gone out for the evening, as they usually did each weekend, but on that night they decided to try someplace different.  For that reason, nobody knew where to find them when their house caught on fire around 6 p.m.  It was a horrible shock to return to what was left of their home nearly eight hours later, and even more of a shock when a weary fireman approached them to say he was very sorry, but they were not able to save the Murphys' grandmother in the fire.  Diane and Fred looked at each other.  What grandmother?  No grandmother lived with them, and nobody had been in their home while they were away.  Still, the fireman insisted that there was an old woman they clearly saw screaming in the upstairs window.  It was a night the local firefighters would also never forget.

DOUBLE, DOUBLE, TOIL & TROUBLE - Fort Covington, N.Y.

A remarkable house sits atop a grassy knoll on a street off Route 37 in Fort Covington that must have one of the most extraordinary histories of any house in Franklin County.  Built nearly 130 years ago during construction of the railroad, the Victorian/Art Nouveau-style mansion is thought by some to be haunted.  Add to that the fact that a modern witch of the Wicca religion not only owned it, but also ran her coven and a shop called the Country Witch there as well, and you can imagine the stories that have been brewing in this straitlaced little North Country community!