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Historic haunted places in Albany, NY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
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In 1827 John Whipple was murdered at this 1787 Van Rensselaer house by his wife's lover, Jesse Strang. Visitors and staff describe a watchful, uneasy presence on the ground floor t…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Night watchman Samuel J. Abbott died in the Capitol's 1911 fire, and the state's own Empire State Plaza hauntings page connects him to odd happenings in the building. The free Hall…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Eliza Hamilton's childhood home has a quiet reputation rather than a dramatic one. Docents and guides describe thumps and footsteps on the original wood floors of the second-floor …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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The mansion's main ghost is a man in 17th-century Dutch soldier's gear, with a helmet and pike, seen most often on the third floor. The widely repeated account comes from two child…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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This pub fills the old Quackenbush House, and its ghost stories revolve around mirrors. Staff and diners say they've glanced at the big mirrors over the bar and the fireplace and s…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.