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The McGarrah Stagecoach Tavern Inn
Monroe, New York
3.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Featured on several ghost-related TV shows, this historic inn from the late 1700s is one of the oldest buildings in town. Here you may see a ghost in a top hat and dark suit. The inn may no longer be in operation but may be offering private tours by appointment ...
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Oxford Depot Cemetery
Chester, New York
4.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Among the many odd occurrences reported at Oxford Depot Cemetery are orbs of light, dark figures that may give chase, the sound of someone unseen whistling, and footsteps coming from behind visitors. Some orbs have shown up in photographs of the cemetery.
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Bannerman Castle
Beacon, New York
10.4 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Bannerman Castle was built by Francis Bannerman, who had a military surplus business. In 1901 he began to build an arsenal on Pollepel Island because his storerooms couldn't hold all of his stock. When Bannerman died in 1918, construction on his castle stopped. Then, in 1920, some of his stock ...
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Letchworth Village
Thiells, New York
10.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Letchworth Village is a former psychiatric hospital that is rumored to be haunted by the spirits of the patients who suffered here. Some reports say the full name of the place was Letchworth Village Institute for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic, and the establishment got into trouble with the law ...
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Goshen Historic Track
Goshen, New York
10.7 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Goshen Historic Track is said to be haunted by the spirit of a jockey and his horse, who both drowned in the nearby lake early 1900s. They've been seen riding along the lake or chasing visitors through the dirt-road trails; other witnesses say the clip-clopping of ghostly horse hooves has ...
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Bird and Bottle Inn
Garrison, New York
12 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Reportedly haunted by the ghost of Emily Warren, the woman who lived there originally. People claim to see a hazy figure and reportedly hear her singing.
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Newburgh Masonic Temple
Newburgh, New York
12.2 miles from Highland Mills, NY
One night at Newburgh Masonic Temple, students experienced some strange and unexplained phenomena: A chair slid itself across the floor, a hinged door began to swing, and disembodied men's voices were heard throughout the building.
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Downing Park
Newburgh, New York
12.3 miles from Highland Mills, NY
A little boy's ghost has been seen sitting by Downing Park's lake, crying. Locals say he drowned here long ago. He also has been known to make bubbles in the water and scream when a child gets too close to the water's edge.
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Demarest Building
Warwick, New York
13.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The Demarest Building, once called the National Hotel, was constructed in 1863 and was used as an inn and a meeting place for the townspeople. In the mid-1900s, the building was turned into apartments and the Demarest Bar, which closed in the early 1990s. It is now a complex of ...
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Spook Rock Road
Suffern, New York
15.7 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The name of Spook Rock Road comes from the large rock formation thought to have been created by Lenape Tribes and rumored to have been used as a sacrificial stone. One legend tells of a Dutch woman and her Indian lover who met here and were murdered by other Dutch ...
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Haunted Hudson Valley: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of New York's Sleepy Hollow Country
Cheri Farnsworth
Ghosts of Manhattan (NY): Legendary Spirits and Notorious Haunts (Haunted America)
Dr. Philip Ernest Schoenberg
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Ringwood Manor
Ringwood, New Jersey
15.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Ringwood Manor began in 1740, built by the Ogden family, although it was expanded over the years. Witnesses say it is haunted, and report footsteps, locked doors that open on their own, chills, cold spots, and apparitions of former residents.
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Silvio's Italian Villa Restaurant
Warwick, New York
16.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Silvio's Italian Villa Restaurant is housed in a building that originally dates back to the 1700s, was originally inhabited by a Revolutionary War veteran Levi Ellis. After several owners it was purchased by the Vail family, when tragedy struck. In 1972, Roy Vail’s sister was found murdered in 1972, and ...
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Sparta Cemetery
Briarcliff Manor, New York
20 miles from Highland Mills, NY
At Sparta Cemetery, visitors have described eerie mists over the graves, ghostly voices, and unexplained lights.
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1 LaVeta Place
Nyack, New York
20.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
1 LaVeta Place is a private home that's said to have been haunted since at least the 1960s. It was owned by Helen and George Ackley, who at least once saw an apparition there and woke up every morning to a shaking bed. After getting used to and living peacefully ...
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Vernon Inn
Vernon Township, New Jersey
20.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Vernon Inn was built around 1833 by John Vandegriff, and it is rumored to be haunted. Witnesses say lights come on and off, doors open and close, and apparitions and shadows have been seen. Ghost investigators turned up many orbs in photographs as well as EVPs of a child's voice.
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Miss Fanny's Victorian Party House
Wappingers Falls, New York
23.2 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The Victorian Party House structure, filled with Gothic antiques and horror-film paraphernalia including a coffin, is nearing 150 years old, and is said to be haunted by a menacing presence. The place was featured on several paranormal TV programs including Haunted Collector and My Ghost Story.
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Marymount College - EF Academy
Tarrytown, New York
23.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The former Marymount College merged with Fordham University, then was sold to EF Academy in 2007. It is said to be haunted by the ghosts of its founders, Father Gailhac and Mother Butler, on hand to protect the former woman's college's students. More sinister tales tell of ghosts who shake ...
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Smalley's Inn and Restaurant
Carmel, New York
23.8 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Smalley’s, originally opened in 1852 by James Smalley, was rebuilt in 1924 after a fire burned much of the city. It's now an Italian-American restaurant and is rumored to have been haunted for many years. When the tombstone of a little girl was recently found under the basement steps, it ...
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Myers-Masker House - Van Iderstine House
Midland Park, New Jersey
23.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
This house dates back to 1795 and is known as either the "Myers-Masker House" or the "Van Iderstine House". It is commonly believed by locals that Hessian prisoners were held in this house during the Revolutionary War (which, confusingly, was won almost a decade before this home was built?) ...
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Harbour House - 14 and Hudson
Piermont, New York
23.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
This building was formerly the Harbour House and before that Mama Maraglia's. As a former employee and patron of the Harbour House, I have seen some many things that would make even the hardest doubter shake their heads. It is said the Mama Maraglia walks around the second floor to ...
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Clinton Road
West Milford, New Jersey
23.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Clinton Road begins at Route 23 near Newfoundland and runs 10 miles to Upper Greenwood Lake. The area is said to be traversed by ghosts, odd creatures, devil worshippers, witches, and members of the Ku Klux Klan, and is known for being a spot where murderers choose to dispose of ...
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Washington Irving's Sunnyside
Irvington, New York
24.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Washington Irving's Sunnyside, historic home of the famed writer of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," is said to be haunted by Irving himself as well as his nieces, who used to take care of the home. Irving's ghost has a reputation for pinching women, and his ...
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Church of St. Barnabas
Irvington, New York
25.2 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The church is allegedly haunted by two separate spirits, one is believed to be that of a former pastor and the other that of a former pastor's wife, who died somewhere in the early 1900's. She seems to be especially drawn to the children of pastors who live in ...
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Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
Poughkeepsie, New York
25.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Another cemetery with vague reports of hauntings, but very little in the way of detail is available.
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Blauvelt Cemetery - Old Burying Ground
Harrington Park, New Jersey
26 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Blauvelt Cemetery, or the Old Burying Ground, has been in use since 1722 and is rumored to be full of ghostly presences. Visitors have found strange shadows, orbs or mists in the photos they've taken here, and reports say there is also the unexplained sound of a clock ticking on ...
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Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie, New York
26.3 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The historic Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie, built in 1921, is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former caretaker. Witnesses have heard the jingle of his keys and the tap of his fingers on his old office desk; his whistling has been heard in the gym and ...
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Christ Episcopal Church
Poughkeepsie, New York
26.4 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Built in 1888, the Christ Episcopal Church is said to be haunted by apparitions and shadows that appear around the altar and elsewhere. One of the ghosts is an older female parishioner who appears in her Sunday clothes, sitting in a pew halfway back. Another is a happy man who ...
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229 Rock Road
Glen Rock, New Jersey
26.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
I used to work in an office on the 2nd story of 229 Rock Road, Glen Rock, NJ. We were an eclectic group of scientists and used to play practical jokes on each other. We also had a ghost we called the Phantom. Our front door was at the bottom ...
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Marist College - Sheahan Hall
Poughkeepsie, New York
27.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Marist College's Sheahan Hall is said to be haunted by a student named Shelly Sperling, who was killed in 1975 by Louis Acedevo, her rejected suitor.
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Buckout Road
Harrison, New York
28.1 miles from Highland Mills, NY
On Buckout Road, aka Head Road, rumors surround a house that has several Xs around it. Some say it is a place where witches were caught and put to death long ago. Others say a gang of cruel albinos lives here and attacks visitors. Legend has it that some school ...
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Hudson River State Hospital
Poughkeepsie, New York
28.3 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Hudson River State Hospital was a psychiatric hospital complex from 1873 through the early 2000s. The historic High Victorian Gothic building was abandoned in 2003 and set afire by a lightning strike in 2007. It was purchased by a private owner in 2013. Rumor has it that former patients wander ...
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Bowne Hall - Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie, New York
28.4 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Bowne Hall at Dutchess Community College was built around 1913 as the Nettie Bowne TB Hospital. It is rumored to be haunted by what staff and students have called "strange presences."
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Mohonk Mountain House
High Falls, New York
29.1 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Although rumors of this place being haunted are vague and unsubstantiated, some employees and locals claim that this hotel is actually the place that inspired the Overlook hotel in Stephen King's "The Shining". As Stephen King has himself stated that a certain "Colorado resort" (Stanley) was not the inspiration ...
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Easton Tower - Red Mill
Fair Lawn, New Jersey
29.2 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Easton Tower is a stone and wood frame structure, once an irrigation pump, built in 1900 as part of a scenic park. It now abuts the Saddle River Bikeway. It was named after Edward D. Easton (1856-1915), founder and president of the Columbia Phonograph Company. It is sometimes mistakenly called ...
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The Shanley Hotel
Napanoch, New York
30 miles from Highland Mills, NY
I'll be honest, I am always a little leery of places that market themselves primarily as a haunted hotel. It's different to be a HAUNTED HOTEL than a hotel that happens to be haunted. I can never decide if they are taking advantage of the craze with smoke and ...
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Devil's Tower
Alpine, New Jersey
30.3 miles from Highland Mills, NY
In the early 1900s, some say, plantation owner Manuel Rionda built this tower for his wife, so she could look out over the New York City skyline. Others say he built it as a mausoleum or for religious purposes. An underground tunnel connected the tower to his home. According to ...
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Dey Mansion
Totowa, New Jersey
30.3 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Dey (pronounced "dye") Mansion, formerly known as Bloomsbury Manor, is an 18th-century building that served several times as George Washington's Headquarters during the American Revolution. Witnesses say it is haunted by strange shadows and lights, and often visitors become frightened for no reason at all, especially in the conference room.
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Steuben House
River Edge, New Jersey
30.4 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Steuben House is a historic Revolutionary landmark. George Washington was headquartered here for 16 days in 1780. But it's also known for a ghost who visited in 1951. Former resident Gen. F.W.A. Von Steuben, according to legend, paid a visit to his former home, sitting in a chair and having ...
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SUNY Purchase
Purchase, New York
30.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
SUNY Purchase college is believed to be haunted in several spots, incuding its small cemetery, where strange noises and ghostly presences have been reported, and the house across from Starbucks, where resides, according to rumor, the ghost of an elderly man who hanged himself in the attic or the basement. ...
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Manhattanville College
Harrison, New York
30.6 miles from Highland Mills, NY
The college has a beautiful and small campus, but what lies beneath the surface is chilling. Many have heard whispers and seen entities playing the back room of the library where the books and archives are located. The elevator has also taken its riders to their destination without the pushing ...
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Roosevelt Mansion
Hyde Park, New York
30.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Roosevelt Mansion was the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd U.S. president. It is a National Historic Site, designated as such in 1945. Witnesses say the haunting here is manifested by coldness and a sad feeling in the dining room and in Mrs. Roosevelt's bedroom.
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Oakland Cemetery
Yonkers, New York
31 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Oakland Cemetery, established around 1783 to bury Revolutionary War soldiers, was originally called St. John’s Burial Grounds. The name was changed to Oakland Cemetery in 1875. Rampant vandalism has led to the rumors of its being haunted; three ghostly women, coming from the hill towards the cemetery's center, are said ...
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Heathcote Crossing
Scarsdale, New York
31 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Built in 1924 to be a restaurant supporting the rail line that ran between New York and Boston it has had a storied history and a string of restaurants occupying the site. Said to have been a speakeasy in the 20's and a brothel in the 60's. There are no ...
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Concordia College
Bronxville, New York
32.1 miles from Highland Mills, NY
There are four halls at Concordia College that are rumored to be haunted. Bohm Hall is said to house the ghost of a girl who was raped years ago. Feth Hall is the home of namesake spirit Rev Dr. Henry Feth. Rippe Hall is haunted by the ghost of a ...
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St Mary's Cemetery
Boonton Township, New Jersey
33.4 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Locals tell vague stories about this cemetery having "glowing gravestones" if you visit it late at night.
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Van Cortlandt Park
Highland Mills, New York
33.5 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Van Cortlandt Park is thought to be haunted. Witnesses say dolls walk, doors close, whispers come from nowhere, and apparitions abound here in the Bronx’s oldest building, Van Cortlandt House. The park, back in 1778, was the site of the Stockbridge Indian Massacre, when British soldiers hunted and killed nearly ...
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Darress Theatre
Boonton Township, New Jersey
33.9 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Darress Theatre, built in 1919, is said to be haunted by ghost of a former actor. Witnesses say chairs move by themselves in the backstage area.
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Essex County Hospital Center
Cedar Grove, New Jersey
34.8 miles from Highland Mills, NY
This 1800s former hospital, also called Overbrook, was turned into a psychiatric hospital in the 1920s. It was said to have been haunted by phantom nurses and patients. Also, the sound of rolling gurneys could be seen, and a demonic presence was felt by witnesses. According to reports, in 1917 ...
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Tom Quick Inn
Milford, Pennsylvania
35 miles from Highland Mills, NY
At this old Victorian inn, spirits like to make neatly made beds look rumpled, like someone has slept in them. They also have been known to call out the names of the staff and move guests' beds.
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Abandoned Factory on Herman Street
East Rutherford, New Jersey
35.1 miles from Highland Mills, NY
Local legend has it that a ghost who haunts the abandoned factory will chase away curious passersby who peek into the factory's windows.
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