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0Jane McCrea House
Fort Edward, New York
Jane McCrea was murdered by Native Americans during the American Revolution. At her former home, residents have reported footsteps in the attic and lights that mysteriously come on when no one is in the house.
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Jane McCrea House
Fort Edward, New York
Jane McCrea was murdered by Native Americans during the American Revolution. At her former home, residents have reported footsteps in the attic and lights that mysteriously come on when no one is in the house.
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The Anvil Inn
Fort Edward, New York
The Anvil Inn, formerly an 1840s blacksmith shop, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman who turns the lights and the music on and off and drops bottles on the floor.
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Fort William Henry Museum
Lake George, New York
12.3 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Fort William Henry Museum is rumored to be haunted by victims of the massacre of 1757. Reports say anywhere from 200 to 1500 people were killed. One ghost, with uneven footsteps, is nicknamed the Limper. His amputated skeleton was unearthed by archeologists in the 1950s. Another ghost, the Slammer, likes ...
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Long Island Campground
Queensbury, New York
15.4 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Legend at Long Island Campground tells of a 1960s honeymooning bride and groom who were murdered while they slept. Witnesses claim to have seen a ghostly bride wandering through the campsites.
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0Adelphi Hotel
Saratoga Springs, New York
16.4 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Haunted by a lady in Victorian era clothing wearing a blue dress, numerous guests of the hotel claim to have seen her walking through the hotel. *Closed for renovations as of Nov 2012.
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Canfield Casino
Saratoga Springs, New York
16.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the casino is rumored to be haunted. Since the 1990s, witnesses have experienced odd apparitions such as that of a woman in Victorian clothing, cold spots, hostile energies, and even slaps from something unseen. Tinkling sounds and moving objects, such as a levitating trash can ...
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Batcheller Mansion Inn
Saratoga Springs, New York
16.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The 1873 Batcheller Mansion Inn was originally home to Civil War veteran and prominent political figure George Sherman Batcheller. Both staff and visitors have reported meeting up with ghosts in the mansion.
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Saratoga National Historical Park
Stillwater, New York
18.9 miles from Fort Edward, NY
At Saratoga National Historical Park, the ghost of a black man in a three-cornered hat and ragged militia uniform was said to appear and tell his story to a visitor. He told her he thought he was shot and killed by his own men. After he told her the tale, ...
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0Sagamore Resort
Bolton, New York
20.3 miles from Fort Edward, NY
This restored 1883 resort is believed to have been haunted at least since the 1950s. One of the spirits was a little boy who used to sell found golf balls to the pro shop for extra cash. He was killed after being hit by a car, and his spirit is ...
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Stillwater Union Cemetery
Stillwater, New York
21.9 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Another cemetery where visitors swear they regularly see a green, glowing light hovering around certain gravestones.
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Skene Manor
Whitehall, New York
22 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Built circa 1874 by Colonel Skene and believed to be haunted by his wife, Skene Manor is a castle of a place, built of stone and open for guided tours. When the colonel's wife passed away, according to local lore, the colonel chose to keep her body nearby. Some say ...
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Crandall House
Ballston Spa, New York
23.3 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The Crandall House was built in the 1800s by unsuccessful stockbroker Sylvester Crandall for himself and his wife Julie. Legend has it that the two fought incessantly over money, and Sylvester was often seen by himself in the house's cupola. In 1887, Julia's mother, sister and stepsister came to take ...
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0Saratoga County Homestead Sanitarium
Middle Grove, New York
24.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Saratoga County Homestead (aka Homestead Sanitarium) opened in 1914 as a tuberculosis hospital. It is rumored to be haunted by patients who perished here, one of whom may be Mr. Horace Carpentier, buried at the nearby Barkersville Cemetery. The sanatarium is sometimes referred to as Bills Road Infirmary in Providence, ...
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The Equinox Golf Resort and Spa
Manchester, Vermont
27.1 miles from Fort Edward, NY
This 1769 resort is said to be haunted by Abraham Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd Lincoln. She visited the hotel in 1865 and has been seen as a quickly vanishing apparition, along with one of her children.
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Tunic Road
Shaftsbury, Vermont
27.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Ghost soldiers have been seen along Tunic Road, and some witnesses say phantom orbs have shown up in photographs taken here.
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0Carney's Tavern
Ballston Lake, New York
28.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Owners and staff have reported feeling someone tap them on the shoulder when the building is totally empty but for the person tapped. This historic site is next to the rail road tracks that carry passengers to and from New York City to the Adirondacks. Teddy Roosevelt was said ...
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0Jennings Hall - Bennington College
Bennington, Vermont
29.4 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Jennings Hall is reported to be the inspration for horror author Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House" and its 1963 movie adaptation. Jennings Hall is a gray stone mansion reportedly used by the college's music department.
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Ellis Hall - Castleton State College
Castleton, Vermont
31 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Rumor has it that a second-floor bathroom is haunted by a female student who committed suicide here. Witnesses say toilets flush and showers and faucets run on their own.
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Old Chapel - Castleton State College
Castleton, Vermont
31.3 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The Old Chapel, built in 1821, is Castleton State College's oldest building. Formerly the college's medical academy, legend has it that the ghost of a partially dissected woman roams the chapel without her head. It seems that the medical academy rarely had enough cadavers to practice on, so the students ...
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Lake Bomoseen
Fair Haven, Vermont
31.9 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Locals tell of three men who long ago set out to cross Lake Bomoseen to the tavern on its shore, and were never seen again. Only their boat was found floating empty on the water. Now, during full-moon nights, folks here say that a phantom rowboat can be seen moving ...
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Glastenbury Mountain
Glastenbury, Vermont
32.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Legends say that the Native Americans believed this place to be cursed and used it as a burial ground. There have been several unsolved disappearances on the mountain, and all the trails stop partway up the mountain as if forbidding hikers to go any further. The mountain is said to ...
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Southern Vermont College
Bennington, Vermont
33.2 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Here at Bennington, many ghosts are said to roam and photographic images show mysterious figures. One of the many apparitions seen here is a person in a black hooded robe, and phantom smoke sometimes fills the halls. Witnesses have reported lights that turn on locked rooms, door and windows that ...
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Cohoes Falls
Cohoes, New York
33.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The Cohoes Falls on the Mohawk River were discovered by the Mohawk tribe; its similar name in the native language means "Place of the Falling Canoe." According to legend, a Native American girl was boating one summer night when she fell to her death over the falls. Her ghost has ...
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Broadalbin Hotel
Broadalbin, New York
34.2 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Now a restaurant, this historic former hotel is the hideout for a ghostly presence who used to like to sit on the beds and turn the lights on and off. Some folks have reported seeing apparitions in military uniforms.
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Cohoes Music Hall
Cohoes, New York
34.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The 1874 Cohoes Music Hall is believed to be haunted by Vaudeville actress Eva Tanguay, who died in 1947. Cohoes Music Hall was where she made her debut--and was booed offstage. Eva was known as the "I Don't Care" Girl because of her famous song. Many folks who work here ...
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Van Schaick Family Cemetery
Cohoes, New York
34.8 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Anthony Van Schaick, builder of a 1700s mansion, left in his will part of his property to be used as a cemetery. Now, the Van Schaick Family Cemetery contains more than 50 relatives are buried in the cemetery near the historic house. The cemetery was restored in 2010 by participants ...
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Guptills Woods
Latham, New York
35.4 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Guptills Woods, and a certain nearby house off Pollock Road, are rumored to be haunted. Witnesses have seen floating orbs of light as well as strange eyes, with no face, in the dark. The sound of singing has accompanied some of these ghostly incidents.
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Long Trail
Glastenbury, Vermont
35.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Built from 1912 to 1930, this 272-mile-long hiking trail is famous for its disappearances. Between 1945 and 1950, four people disappeared, and only one of their bodies was ever found. One of those who disappeared without a trace was Bennington College sophomore Paula Jean Welden, who set out on during ...
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Jackson's Garden - Union College
Schenectady, New York
35.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Jackson's Garden at Union College is said to be haunted by the ghost of Alice Van der Veer. According to legend, Alice fell in love with a man her father didn't approve of, so he killed his daughter's young lover. In retaliation, an angry mob captured Alice and her father ...
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Front Street Park
Schenectady, New York
35.8 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Remnants from a 1690 raid of French-Canadian and Indian invaders are said to haunt Front Street Park and the entire Stockade Historic District. Most of the town's residents, families of the Dutch merchants and fur traders who settled here in 1661, were massacred in the attack.
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Van Dyke Lounge
Schenectady, New York
36 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The Van Dyck Lounge restaurant and brewery was once a jazz club that opened in 1947. Many big names played here, including Earl Hines, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Dizzy Gillespie and Thelonious Monk. It is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a brothel worker who was killed in ...
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Frear Park
Troy, New York
36.1 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Local lore has it that there is a "ghost beast" that lives at Frear Park. It is known to jump on cars, and is heavy enough to shake it as if a full-sized person were sitting on your trunk. Sometimes claw marks are left behind.
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Vale Cemetery
Schenectady, New York
36.1 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The largest cemetery in Schenectady, Vale Cemetery opened in 1857 and is said to be a spooky place, indeed. Witnesses say some of the statuary cries out at night or bleeds from the eyes or the tops of their heads. Black and white ghostly figures are alleged to wander through ...
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Widow Susan Road
Amsterdam, New York
37 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Widow Susan Road, which runs from Chapman Drive (old Route 5) to Route 67, is haunted by namesake Susan Thomas, who manifests as a female apparition in an old-fashioned white dress. She appears crying and searching for something. Susan was married to Harmanus DeGraff in 1838 and was widowed about ...
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West Hall - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York
37.3 miles from Fort Edward, NY
West Hall at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute currently houses the Arts Department, but was once the historic Old Troy Hospital. As legend has it, ghostly Nurse Betsy of the psych ward sometimes plays the piano, as she used to do to calm her patients. Her footsteps and her patients' screaming ...
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St Mary's Cemetery
Troy, New York
37.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Some say there is a greenish, ghostly light that can be seen some nights in front of a certain gravestone in St. Mary's Cemetery in Troy, NY.
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The Country Club Of Troy
Troy, New York
37.6 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The private Country Club of Troy was established in 1925 and is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a waitress who worked there in the 1970s. She drove off the nearby bridge in some icy conditions. Also, some folks maintain that her footsteps can bee seen in the ...
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Forest Park Cemetery - Pinewoods Cemetery
Troy, New York
38 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Forest Park Cemetery, aka Pinewoods Cemetery, is an 1897 graveyard known for its locally told ghost stories. It has been used for burials as recently as 2005, although it stood neglected for a period between 1975 and the 1990s. The cemetery is said to be extremely active with paranormal activity ...
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Bowman House - Laurel Hall
Shrewsbury, Vermont
38.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The apparition of a women, believed to be Mrs. Bowman, has been seen here. Also, legend has it that those who stand in a dark stain at the top of the stairs develop and intense feeling of foreboding. Please note: The spirits here don't stand for misbehaving. It is said ...
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Community Reformed Church of Colonie
Albany, New York
38.5 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Shadow figures are often seen around this church at night, along with the sounds of children playing.
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Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary
Albany, New York
39 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Witnesses say Professor Java's is haunted by an apparition of a man in a suit. Laughter has come from the back and a barking dog has been heard on the main floor. Apparitions of a woman have shown up in a mirror.
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Albany Rural Cemetery
Fort Edward, New York
39.4 miles from Fort Edward, NY
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 ...
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Evergreen Cemetery
Wynantskill, New York
39.7 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Rumor has it that the elusive ghost of a lady in a black dress has been seen at Evergreen Cemetery. She is said to hang out near the headstones on the top of the hill. But don't take your eyes off her or she'll disappear!
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Loudon Cottage
Albany, New York
39.9 miles from Fort Edward, NY
When President Lincoln was shot, one of his guests at the theater was Sen. Ira Harris's daughter Clara. After the event, Clara's white dress was stained by Lincoln's blood, so upon returning home to this cottage, she had a special closet built for it, then had it sealed up. After ...
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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Gloversville, New York
40.8 miles from Fort Edward, NY
In July of 1874, the Omaha Daily Bee newspaper reported a ghostly "woman in white" at the Prospect Hill Cemetery. She was seen from an adjacent marble-cutting shop, coming from the cemetery straight toward the shop's door. The frightened shop occupants hurried out the back, but the ghost appeared before ...
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Fort Ticonderoga
Ticonderoga, New York
40.9 miles from Fort Edward, NY
Originally the French military Fort Carillon 1755-1759 during the Seven Years War, Fort Ticonderoga was active during the American Revolution. It was the site where Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys gained their first victory. The fort became the property of the state of New York in ...
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Snyder's Lake
Wynantskill, New York
41.8 miles from Fort Edward, NY
There are a number of run-of-the-mill "campfire stories" about Snyder's Lake. Like the one about the night watchman who was murdered nearby, and whose ghost now steals children from the lake campgrounds. Others claim the ghost of a long-dead caretaker can be seen still checking in on the ...
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Vermont Police Academy
Pittsford, Vermont
42 miles from Fort Edward, NY
The Vermont Police Academy was once a state hospital for tuberculosis patients, and is believed to be haunted by a nurse named Mary who worked here during that era. Legend has it that Mary contracted TB herself. Reports say that the patients' call buttons are still present in the recruit ...
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University at Albany SUNY
Albany, New York
42.1 miles from Fort Edward, NY
At Mahican Hall on Indian Quad, the ghost of a young girl has been roaming the halls since 1994. And at Pierce Hall on Alumni Quad, the ghost of an unknown woman is said to appear in the halls.
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