At Albany Rural Cemetery, locals say many ghosts walk. Some include a hitchhiker ghost in a prom gown, a phantom mad horse who died when from hitting its head on a monument while running away, and a sad apparition of a gray-haired woman whose body was found after dragging the lake. There is also Mrs. Mary Douglas Scott, who killed herself by drinking arsenic at the cemetery, and Mrs. Anna T. Osterhoudt, who shot herself to death at her husband’s grave. But folks say many more colorful characters have met their ends here, and there’s no telling whom or what visitors may meet up with.
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Geographic Information
- Address:
- Cemetery Ave
Albany, NY 12204
United States
Get Directions » - GPS:
- 42.70711523901726, -73.73156222229005
- County:
- Albany County, New York
- Nearest Towns:
- Menands, NY (1.1 mi.)
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I was just there about an hour ago to take some photos. ght after the entrance by the little waterfall, I was rolling down my window and heard a man’s voice say “Ma’am”, but no ne was around.
In my house in West sand lake there i saw the grey haired women in a chair sowing a blanket nodding her head
Hi Ian, please feel free to contact us if you are looking to explore what you saw in your home. We are on FB at Phantom Paranormal Investigations or our web site is phantomparanormal@vpweb.com. The web page can be found under our page’s about section on FB.
Albany Rural and St. Agnes Cemeteries adjoin and are located in Means,NY.
Menands, NY
I was up on the hill in the back visiting my grandmothers grave but couldn’t find the exact spot. This was no where near the gates where a funeral was occurring. While there I heard a woman yelling but the words were indistinguishable. This was around 3pm on Friday at it’s January. I spun around and listened and looked but there was no one there. The yelling continued for half a minute and seemed to come from a tomb. This isn’t my 1st paranormal experience in life at all so I thought nothing of it at the time. Now it’s kind of freaky and I’m wondering who that could have been.