With its wide variety of spooky dining, eerie museums, haunted inns and ghost tours – New York offers everything you need to plan a truly eerie road trip! These haunted places in new york may keep you awake at night while giving rise to goosebumps!
Long Island’s Amityville house became world-famous after it was the scene of a tragic family murder-suicide in 1974, inspiring numerous films and true crime podcasts about it.
85 West 3rd Street
New York City is famous for many things – from Times Square’s vibrant energy to its breathtaking skyline – but many also believe there are haunted locations within its boundaries.
Edgar Allan Poe lived at 85 West 3rd Street for three years between 1844 and early 1846, where he wrote many short stories and revised and published The Raven. While also staying in a cottage type house in Bronx area during this time period, 85 West 3rd street residence is best-known for being haunted.
This building is said to be haunted by the ghost of former fire patrolman named Schwartz, whose ghost has been seen by staff members and people visiting. Additionally, other paranormal activity reported includes footsteps on stairs that disappear upon walking across them as well as seeing an apparition with a top hat who appears.
The Dakota
The Dakota is famously associated with John Lennon, as it was where he lived until he was murdered there by Mark David Chapman on December 8, 1980. But it also holds another reputation: being one of New York City’s most haunted places.
Judy Holliday died in 1962 but it’s believed her spirit can still be felt within the Dakota. Both workers and residents have reported sightings, including a little girl who often bounces around on lower floor windows.
One resident that has been seen by many is a mysterious figure with the body of an adult but childlike head. Workers and residents have both reported him, who can often be found watching them from behind doors; it has even been said he likes watching people play instruments or participate in other activities while making loud screams or shouts of alarm.
Pinewoods Cemetery
Forest Park Cemetery (commonly referred to as Pinewoods Cemetery) near Troy is widely believed to be one of the most haunted cemeteries in Michigan, spawning numerous urban legends about it such as its statue of a headless angel that bleeds from its neck.
Rumor has it that this cemetery allegedly houses a ghost of a woman, who walks around its grounds. Additionally, strange fogging or shadowy figures have been reported from within its boundaries.
SUNY Albany is said to be one of the most haunted campuses in the nation, with reports of ghostly apparitions seen at Mahican and Pierce Hall on Alumni Quad, students hearing the keys of night watchmen jangling or experiencing unexplained lights and noises. Trespassing on private property is illegal; numerous haunt hunters have been arrested or ticketed for breaking rules that govern such places; therefore make sure that prior to visiting any real haunted houses in your locality you obtain all necessary permission and permits before visiting any real haunted house!
The Church of Saint Peter Stuyvesant
This church dates back to 1660, and has long been used as a place of worship and also reported instances of doors slamming shut and ghostly forces pushing people around inside it. However, reports of doors slamming shut have surfaced as well as reports of spirits manipulating its members to move about within it.
Though not ideal for tours, the building was once used by mob bosses in New York as a torture chamber during the 1800s; some believe ghosts of victims can still be found there today.
Greenwich Village’s 19th-century brownstone near Washington Square Park earned the macabre moniker due to a string of mysterious deaths that took place there, but not only that: celebrated author Mark Twain lived here from 1900-01, and his ghost has been reported. Other ghostly presences spotted include Eliza Bowen Jumel and Aaron Burr.
