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0National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Cooperstown, New York
11.7 miles from Schenevus, NY
Featured on TV's Ghost Hunters, the baseball museum is believed to be haunted. Witnesses have heard a voice that sounded like baseballer Ted Williams say “persevere, to have courage, to excel and be great.” Other male voices have been heard in the Plaque Gallery. Employees have described a feeling of ...
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0The Otesaga Resort Hotel
Cooperstown, New York
12 miles from Schenevus, NY
People report hearing unseen children laughing and playing in the hallway on the third floor and strange voices in the "Glimmerglass Room". Additionally people claim to have seen full-body apparitions strolling though the corridors and grounds, dressed in period clothing.
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0Hyde Hall
Cooperstown, New York
17.1 miles from Schenevus, NY
Built in the early 19th century, and at one time the largest mansion in the entire United States, Hyde Hall is now said to be haunted by the wife of its original owner, George Clarke. The story goes that upon George's death, the son inherited the house and threw ...
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Bull's Head
Cobleskill, New York
19.2 miles from Schenevus, NY
The 1802 building was originally an inn, but turned into a private residence in 1839. In 1966 the inn was reopened, but is now under refurbishment, reported to be under new ownership as of 2013. It is said to be haunted by former resident Mrs. John Stacy, who wears a ...
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Burroughs Memorial Field - Woodchuck Lodge
Roxbury, New York
21.3 miles from Schenevus, NY
Woodchuck Lodge is the former home of naturalist John Burroughs; his gravesite is near a rock where he played as a child, and, as an adult, sat and thought about nature. It is said that those who sit in the center of the rock will feel a cold spot, believed ...
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Octagon Farm
Walton, New York
27.4 miles from Schenevus, NY
It is said that a harrowing scene of a young woman being thrown form a horse replays nightly at this former dairy farm built in the 1850s. The site was turned into a bed-and-breakfast but is now closed.
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Old Stone Fort
Schoharie, New York
27.8 miles from Schenevus, NY
Old Stone Fort is a 1772 church that was used as a fort during the Revolutionary War and an armory during the Civil War. Reports say there is still a cannonball hall embedded in its wall, but that isn't the only thing that remains here from its past. Witnesses say ...
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Beardslee Castle
St. Johnsville, New York
31.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
On this site in the 1700s, during the French and Indian War, a fortified homestead stood on this site. According to local tales, Indians sneaked into the tunnels at night accidentally lighting the ammunition stores with their torches, and they were killed in the explosion. Many kinds of paranormal activity ...
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Starin Place
Amsterdam, New York
35.7 miles from Schenevus, NY
Starin Place is the mansion and grounds formerly owned by U.S. Representative of New York John Henry Starin (1825–1909), who, from 1848 to 1852 was Fultonville's postmaster. Folks at the historic museum site describe unexplained noises, movement and shadows around the grounds and in the guests' and servants' quarters.
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The Olde Knox Mansion
Johnstown, New York
38.4 miles from Schenevus, NY
No longer in operation, the old bed-and-breakfast is said to be haunted by Rose Knox. Her ghost has been sighted and unexplained voices have been reported throughout the house.
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Orchard Hall Restaurant
Sauquoit, New York
38.6 miles from Schenevus, NY
Orchard Hall Restaurant is housed in a building that dates to the early 1840s and may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. Locals say its upper floor is haunted by Julia, who used to live there in a room called the Red Room. There are different legends that ...
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Sanger Mansion - Sangerfield House
Waterville, New York
39.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
The historic Sanger Mansion, aka Sangerfield House, is rumored to be haunted by ghostly monks. Some folks have told the tale that the place used to be a monastery; other reports say this is simply not so, and the house was always a private home.
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Prospect Hill Cemetery
Gloversville, New York
42.3 miles from Schenevus, 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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St Agnes Cemetery
Utica, New York
42.5 miles from Schenevus, NY
Not much detail on this one, just that some visitors have seen the ghost of a woman hovering around the cemetery late at night.
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Old General Electric Building
Utica, New York
42.6 miles from Schenevus, NY
Maintenance workers in the now empty building that once house General Electric on Broad Street swear the place is haunted. Some have seen shadow figures and felt cold spots.
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Widow Susan Road
Amsterdam, New York
42.9 miles from Schenevus, 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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Stanley Theatre
Utica, New York
43.4 miles from Schenevus, NY
Stanley Theatre, aka Stanley Center for the Arts, was built in the late 1920s as a movie palace. Witnesses say they have heard footsteps and seen shadows and apparitions onstage and in the balcony area. Legend has it that one seat, or a row of seats, remains unsold to leave ...
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Clinton Arena
Clinton, New York
44.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
Clinton Arena, aka Edward W. Stanley Recreation Center, is an indoor arena that was built in the late 1940s. The building was rebuilt in 1954 after it was destroyed in a fire. It is said to be haunted by a ghost some call Lucy. Local legend says strange things happen ...
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Hamilton College
Clinton, New York
45.7 miles from Schenevus, NY
At Hamilton College's North Residence Hall, a ghostly Revolutionary War-era messenger has been seen in the halls. The apparition has been known to point at people and disappear through walls. And two other buildings are said to be haunted by the spirits of family members who lived there when they ...
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Broadalbin Hotel
Broadalbin, New York
47.2 miles from Schenevus, 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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Van Dyke Lounge
Schenectady, New York
48.3 miles from Schenevus, 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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Front Street Park
Schenectady, New York
48.4 miles from Schenevus, 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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Vale Cemetery
Schenectady, New York
48.7 miles from Schenevus, 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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SABIC Innovative Plastics
Selkirk, New York
48.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
SABIC Innovative Plastics, formerly GE Plastics, stands on what was once the Becker farm. The old farmhouse still stands, and was for a time used for offices. According to legend, Mr. Becker caught his wife having an affair with a slave there, so he pushed the slave down the stairs, ...
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Jackson's Garden - Union College
Schenectady, New York
49 miles from Schenevus, 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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Sherwood Inn
Greene, New York
50.7 miles from Schenevus, NY
So when you go on the "internets" to look up the Sherwood Inn the ubiquitous description states that "A female committed suicide here". A female what? Howler monkey? Pony? In any case a female of some sort is alleged to have died and now roams the place. ...
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Oriskany Battlefield
Rome, New York
51.5 miles from Schenevus, NY
Oriskany Battlefield State Historic Site, where the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany was fought in 1777, is believed to be haunted by spirits who lived during the site's trying times. Employees say a bad smell comes from the woods where the British slew Gen. Herkimer's advance party. Also, there is ...
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University at Albany SUNY
Albany, New York
51.6 miles from Schenevus, 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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Community Reformed Church of Colonie
Albany, New York
52.2 miles from Schenevus, NY
Shadow figures are often seen around this church at night, along with the sounds of children playing.
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Oneida Community Mansion House
Oneida, New York
53.2 miles from Schenevus, NY
The Mansion House, a bed-and-breakfast, is said to have two haunted floors, the bottom two of the building. However, reports say these floors are not open for business.
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Sage College of Albany
Albany, New York
53.2 miles from Schenevus, NY
Some of the buildings at Sage College in Albany were once a part of the Albany Home for Children; rumor has it that shallow graves were found during some campus construction. The campus is said to be haunted by some of the home's orphans who died in a fire in ...
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The College of Saint Rose
Albany, New York
53.3 miles from Schenevus, NY
The College of Saint Rose campus is rumored to have many haunted buildings. Students in the residence halls have reported apparitions, unexplained old-fashioned music, footsteps, electrical appliances that turn on or off by themselves, strange sounds, spirit orbs, and pinches on the rear end from an unseen hand.
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Professor Java's Coffee Sanctuary
Albany, New York
53.4 miles from Schenevus, 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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Lincoln Park Gully
Albany, New York
54 miles from Schenevus, NY
Lincoln Park Gully is believed to be haunted by the ghosts of Dutch soldiers and Mahican warriors who planned to attach the Mohawks, but were ambushed by the Mohawks instead. One grisly tale about the battle relates that a Dutch soldier was burned alive, and his leg and arm were ...
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0Carney's Tavern
Ballston Lake, New York
54.1 miles from Schenevus, 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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0Cherry Hill
Albany, New York
54.1 miles from Schenevus, NY
This late-1700s historic manor house was the site of the famed Cherry Hill murder in 1827, in which Elsie Lansing, wife of businessman John Whipple, plotted with her lover drifter Jesse Strang to kill her husband. The controversial trial led to the hanging of Strang. Folks have seen an unidentified ...
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Legs Diamond House
Albany, New York
54.2 miles from Schenevus, NY
Jack "Legs" Diamond, aka Gentleman Jack, was an gangster during the Prohibition era. It was here that he was shot to death in 1931, in a small upstairs room. Subsequent residents have been awakened late at night to footsteps and voices on the stairs that lead up to the room.
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New York State Education Department Building
Albany, New York
54.6 miles from Schenevus, NY
The legend told about this building involves the mysterious disappearance of an Italian worker during its construction. He is believed to have been inadvertently sealed in when the foundation was laid. Inside the building, objects are said to move on their own, perhaps the doings of a shadowy figure witnesses ...
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0New York State Capitol
Albany, New York
54.6 miles from Schenevus, NY
At the Capitol building, some say ghosts walk at night. One of them is said to be artist William Morris Hunt, and another is a night watchman who perished in a fire in 1911.
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Delaware and Hudson Railroad Building
Albany, New York
54.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
The brownstone is said to be haunted by the ghost of an unknown woman in period clothing. Folks speculate that her death was connected to a hotel that stood here before the railroad building was constructed.
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Tem Broeck Mansion
Albany, New York
54.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
The brownstone Ten Broeck Mansion, built in 1859, was first thought to be haunted in the mid-20th century when the children who lived there saw a strange, solemn soldier in 17th-century Dutch attire on the top floor. His connection to the mansion is unknown; some speculate that he was buried ...
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Loudon Cottage
Albany, New York
55.2 miles from Schenevus, 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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Stone Arch Bridge
Kenoza Lake, New York
55.8 miles from Schenevus, NY
In 1892 George Markert was murdered upon this bridge by Adam & Joseph Heidt, for Adam believed the George was a warlock who had placed a hex upon him. This hex could be activated any time George did something 3 times, so it seems a little too ironic that this ...
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0Saratoga County Homestead Sanitarium
Middle Grove, New York
55.8 miles from Schenevus, 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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Guptills Woods
Latham, New York
55.8 miles from Schenevus, 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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Fort Stanwix
Rome, New York
55.9 miles from Schenevus, NY
Fort Stanwix is a historical museum including an authentically restored 1758 fort. It is said to be haunted by apparitions and paranormal occirrences night or day. Witnesses say doorknobs turn, doors open and close, lights go on and off, alarms are tripped, footsteps, voices and a woman's crying are heard, ...
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Capitol Theatre
Rome, New York
56.1 miles from Schenevus, NY
The Art Deco Capitol Theatre was built in 1927 and has been haunted for at least three decades, witnesses say. Reports have come in of a man's shadowy figure, music coming from a long-defunct organ, doors that open on their own, disembodied whispers, and the phantom sounds of a late-night ...
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0Farnam Mansion
Oneida, New York
56.3 miles from Schenevus, NY
This place is the site of numerous reports of haunted activity. People claim that lights turn on and off and that they see shadow apparitions, full-body apparitions, ghostly voices, footsteps and other assorted sounds and phenomena.
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Albany Rural Cemetery
Schenevus, New York
56.4 miles from Schenevus, 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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Crandall House
Ballston Spa, New York
57.6 miles from Schenevus, 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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