Haunted New York: Ghosts & Strange Phenomena of the Empire State

Stackpole Books, Inc.

Copyright August 10, 2005

"Haunted New York is utterly fascinating, fact filled, and so well written it's hard to put down. I devoured every page!"

Maggie Shayne, New York Times best-selling author of Darker Than Midnight and Blue Twilight

From the back cover:

New York is host to a variety of ghouls, demons, and other supernatural beings. Ghostly figures haunt historic landmarks, strange monsters lurk in the forest, and alien visitors appear in the night. The best stories of the state, from the Adirondacks to the Big Apple, are collected here.

Stories, by region, include:
Northern New York:

Beardslee Castle

Burrville Cider Mill

Champ, the Lake Champlain Monster

Fort Ontario

Graveyard Ghosts

Skene Manor

The Gougou

The Seneca Hill Ghost

The Whitehall Creature

UFOs over Fort Drum

Central New York:

Ancestors Inn at Bassett House

Belknap's Ghost

Syracuse City Hall

Cherry Hill

Cohoes Music Hall

Devil's Elbow

Forest Park Cemetery

Griffis Air Force Base Incident

Landmark Theatre

Men in Black

Mosqueto, the Lake Onondaga Monster

New York State Capitol Building

The Station House Restaurant and Sleeping Cars

Western New York:

Belhurst Castle

Cherry Creek Incident

Devil's Hole

Fort Niagara

Holiday Inn

McDonald's Frontier House

Seneca Falls Historical Society

The Abominable Snowman

The Clawfoot People

The Medina Crop Circles

USS The Sullivans

Southern New York:

Bannerman's Island

Christ Episcopal Church

Eternal Vengeance

Giant Ghost Pig

Kinderhook Creature

Night Riders

The Ackley House

The Hudson Valley UFO Flap

The Real Sleep Hollow

The Riotous Catskill Gnomes

West Point Military Academy

New York City:

Chumley's

Manhattan Bistro

Old Bermuda Inn

One If By Land, Two If By Sea

The Belasco Theatre

The Bridge Café

The Brooklyn Bridge Encounter

The Ear Inn

The Gay Street Phantom

The Great Northeast Power Blackout

The New Amsterdam Theatre

Long Island:

A Cloud with Attitude

Kings Park Psychiatric Center

More Men in Black

Mount Misery

The Lady of the Lake