Way OT: Supernatual Sightseeing in NYC?

[el seth]

Okay you homps:

I live in NYC. I got this girl I'm going to start dating. We're both lovely little quasi-goth people into the odd and weird and eerie.

So my question: do you guys know any good museums and such we could take a visit to? Places ol' H.B. would get called out to? That sort of thing.

I'm thinking we might hit Madam Tussaud's Wax Museum. That's all I got so far.

Thanks guys. :D

[Mist the Soul-Gatherer]

Hi El Seth,

Can't guarantee you'll see any ghosts, but you'll have fun trying.

H

Washington Square Park's hauntings - originate from its use as a hanging ground,in the days before DVD's and video games. For cheap entertainment on a Sunday afternoon, you could go for a stroll and catch a hanging. People swung from trees that still stand today. The bodies were just dumped into a mass grave after the afternoon's festivities. Later on, the Park also served as an "official" cemetery, and still has more than 15,000 bodies buried under the lawns and paths.

The Morris-Jumel Mansion, 65 Jumel Terrace (uptown,between West 160th and 162nd Streets), the oldest home in Manhattan, is said to be haunted by at least three separate spirits. Eliza Jumel, the wife of Aaron Burr and former mistress of the mansion, is said to wander through the house in a purple dress, rapping on walls and windows. The servants quarters are frequented by the apparition of a young servant girl who supposedly committed suicide by jumping out of a window. A soldier who served in the American Revolution is said to come alive on occasion.

Aaron Burr seems to have attracted spooks - Greenwich Village - One If By Land, Two If By Sea Restaurant - Once a carriage house owned and operated by Aaron Burr, the place is supposedly haunted by Burr's daughter Theodosia Burr Alston, who vanished off the coast of North Carolina while on her way to visit her father in New York. Apparitions of Theodosia and various other spirits have actually been seen and several women sitting at the bar have had their earrings pulled off by Theodosia.

Downtown at 14 West 10th Street (near Fifth Avenue), is a house haunted by ghosts of the more than 22 people who have died there. Mark Twain, who lived in the house from 1900 to 1901, is said to haunt the building's stairwell. In recent years, Joel Steinberg lived here in 1987, when he was accused of beating his daughter, 6-year-old Lisa Steinberg, to death.

The burial ground at St. Paul's Chapel is reportedly frequented by the ghost of George Frederick Cooke, who was buried headless, having pledged his head to science in order to pay doctor's bills (and whose skull was used in multiple performances of "Hamlet" on Broadway). Cooke's spirit roams through the churchyard in an endless search for his detached head

White Horse Tavern (567 Hudson Street at West 11th Street) is the site of the poet Dylan Thomas' collapse and death, after drinking 18, count 'em, 18 shots of scotch in 1953. It is said that his ghost returns to the scene from time to time to rotate his favorite corner table, as Thomas used to do when he was alive.

New Amsterdam Theatre - haunted by a Ziegfeld Follies chorus girl, Olive Thomas, who killed herself. She has been seen on the stage and in one of the dressing rooms by workmen that were doing repairs on the theatre. She holds a blue glass bottle (reportedly that held the poison that killed her)

Brittany Hotel - Corner of East 10th and Broadway - Phantom music and lights, people hearing unknown footsteps in the rooms and feeling a presence "watching" them.

[el seth]

Holy crap, Mist! Thanks!

[Neil Hill]

Mist, you aren't by any chance a tour guide or Museum docent, are you?! Wow, what an incredible travelogue! If you can't find something to do on that list, you really need to get out more. :D

[Asa]

Mist: I heard about some of them but didn't know where they were. I have some really good weekend plans, love hauntings.

[Lilitu]

Hey, Mist, when I ever had to come in the US for a vacancy I will call you!!!:rolleyes:

[Mist the Soul-Gatherer]

Thanks, everyone!
Although I live in Orlando now, I'm actually a Jersey girl-born and raised in the Garden State. I went to NYU at Washington Square and worked most of my "up-North" career in NY. Have been to "One if by Land.." and "White Horse" many times-never saw or heard anything strange. I did have a few ghostly encounters in Asheville, N.C. That's a terrific place to go ghost hunting, but that's another story.
H

[Damascinos]

Hey Man-
Good to see you again, if only in cyberland. If you two are wandering the East Village, take her to Obscura on e 10th Street between 1st ave and Ave A. It's a creepy and intriguing little antique/oddity shop. Probably too small a place for HB to fit in the door, but this is the place I'd go if I were looking for a cursed or possessed antique. They have glass eyes, sinister old medical tools, preserved animals and insects, death portraits (like in The Others), and lots of other stuff that looks haunted. The owners are very friendly goth-types. Bring money. Even if you can't afford the fancier antiques, they'll probably have a cool little photo or gizmo you can get for her.
-D

[InAdia]

Thanks, everyone!
Although I live in Orlando now, I'm actually a Jersey girl-born and raised in the Garden State. I went to NYU at Washington Square and worked most of my "up-North" career in NY. Have been to "One if by Land.." and "White Horse" many times-never saw or heard anything strange. I did have a few ghostly encounters in Asheville, N.C. That's a terrific place to go ghost hunting, but that's another story.
H

Ghostly encounters?

I am inrigued.

The Real Inadia

[dogboy443]

If you're looking to go out for a bite, check out Jeckyl & Hydes at http://www.jekyllandhydeclub.com/home.htm

Well worht the price of dinner and the place is amazing.

Mk

[jnapper]

This doean't have anything to do with NYC, but it's about ghost photos...
http://paranormal.about.com/od/ghostphotos/ig/Best-Ghost-Photos/index.htm

One of my favorites is the story here:
http://paranormal.about.com/od/ghostphotos/ig/Best-Ghost-Photos/Grandpa-s-Ghost.htm
With more pics of the grandfather (while alive) here:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/bl_grandpa_ghost_lg.htm?once=true&