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Historic haunted places in Brooklyn, 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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Built in 1844 and long sealed, this rail tunnel carries a legend that an Irish laborer shot a British contractor during construction and the crew walled his body up behind the ston…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
Hundreds died when the Brooklyn Theatre burned in 1876, and when Haverly's Theatre opened on the same lot in 1879 neighbors reported glowing lights in its windows late at night. A …
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
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Lovecraft wrote of this Brooklyn Heights building as if it were alive and hostile, and later stories turned that around to suggest his unhappy spirit stayed behind. Tabloid-sourced…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
This WPA-era pool sat abandoned for 29 years, and neighborhood legend says a girl who died there wanders the grounds at night crying for help. A paranormal team that swept the peri…
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.