Historic haunted places in Buffalo, 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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Haunted place
495 Paderewski Drive, Buffalo, NY 14212
Open for tours and events (daytime tours and ghost hunts ticketed).
This 1929 Art Deco station saw millions of WWII servicemen ship out, decades of railroad deaths, and a long abandonment after 1979. Ghost lore draws on all of it, with stories of s…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
998 Lovejoy Street, Buffalo, NY 14206
Open to the public (museum by donation; ghost hunts ticketed).
This former church and funeral home earned its reputation after unclaimed cremated remains were found in a basement closet in 2000. The spirit named most often is Edgar Zernicke, a…
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This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
444 Forest Ave, Buffalo, NY 14213
Open to the public (hotel and seasonal architecture tours; abandoned wings closed).
The restored 1880 Kirkbride asylum has gathered ghost stories since at least the mid-1900s. Former hospital staff and grounds workers describe phantom footsteps in empty corridors,…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
650 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14202
Open to the public (ticketed Broadway and concerts; periodic lobby tours).
Staff and actors have long reported a man who looks like the theater's namesake, Michael Shea, sitting in one particular balcony seat during rehearsals and previews. The story has …
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.
Haunted place
1 Naval Park Cove, Buffalo, NY 14202
Open to the public (Buffalo Naval Park museum ship; admission charged).
This destroyer is named for the five Sullivan brothers lost together in WWII. Caretakers, security staff and investigators have reported strange activity aboard for decades, includ…
Source: hauntbound.com
This story is folklore told about a real place. It is not presented as documented fact.