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Explore 60 haunted places in New York. Read ghost stories, local history, source notes, and visiting information in the PHASM Haunted Atlas.
Syracuse, New York · Road or bridge
Cedarvale Road’s best-known apparition is the Bloody Bride, a woman in a wedding dress reportedly seen beside the winding roadway. The Lineup recounts rival versions: newlyweds died in a wreck, or the bride survived and later returned as a ghost to search for her husband. Other versions replace the car with a horse-drawn buggy.
Owego, New York · Hotel
Owner Beth Johnson's accounts describe bells ringing and objects moving in unoccupied restaurant rooms. Local lore also tells of a girl who died in a fire; renovations uncovered a sealed, fire-damaged room. The Haunted History Trail says visiting investigators interpret their experiences as signs that spirits remain in the restored inn.
North Creek, New York · Other
Employees report footsteps, banging and displaced objects in this former house. A construction crew reportedly heard voices upstairs when nobody else was inside. The Trail's account also describes a boy running through the store, a basement man and a woman with a muffled voice, alongside tales of tossed chocolates and inexplicable alarms.
Geneva, New York · Hotel
Belhurst's best-known legend concerns Isabella, an opera singer said to have died when an escape tunnel collapsed. Her white-clad figure supposedly wanders the Seneca Lake shore and lawn, grieving her lover. Staff and guests also report moving glasses, taps turning themselves on, nocturnal singing and sightings attributed to former caretaker Dick O'Brien.
Cobleskill, New York · Other
The inn's haunting is attributed to Grace Steacy, a former resident and temperance advocate. According to the Trail, trouble began after a bar occupied her old bedroom: silverware fell, glasses tipped and napkins flew. Staff and diners have also described a woman in a long white dress or old-fashioned clothing moving through the building.
Mexico, New York · Historic house
After William Casey died in 1978, visitors to the carriage house he transformed into a medieval-style cottage began reporting faint organ music, cries for help and moving furniture. Other accounts describe candles falling from shelves, keys reappearing in odd places and a young girl near a tree. The alleged burial associated with that apparition remains part of the story.
Chittenango, New York · Other
The museum presents Erie Canal workers' superstitions and local ghost stories around its nineteenth-century drydocks. The Trail highlights accounts involving a fatal boiler explosion and a boy who died after jumping from a bridge, alongside tales of towpath violence. These are the site's advertised haunting traditions; the source does not identify a particular apparition as a verified victim.
Middleburgh, New York · Other
Investigators at the Best family home report distant voices, shadowy figures and a piano playing without an apparent player. Some recordings are attributed to Leonard, Dr. Christopher Best's six-year-old son, who died after an illness. The Trail links other perceived presences with family members who died in the house, where their furniture and medical equipment remain.
Dunkirk, New York · Other
Visitors report footsteps in the keeper's house and on the tower stairs, voices, humming and an unseen touch. The Trail offers two local interpretations: former lighthouse keepers who stayed on, or presences connected to the museum's military artifacts. The accounts concern the historic working light and adjacent Victorian keeper's house.
Rochester, New York · Natural landmark
The White Lady is said to search the Lake Ontario shoreline for her missing daughter, accompanied by two pale, wolf-like dogs. Monroe County’s folklore marker records the story as a multigenerational local legend. The stonework popularly called her castle is actually the surviving patio foundation of an old public refreshment building.
Cobleskill, New York · Other
Visitors and investigators at Empty Pockets Ranch describe objects moving in the house, voices in the woods and a feeling of being watched. The Trail repeats legends of a hidden headstone, an unmarked cemetery and a death in the barn's hayloft. Those proposed explanations remain local tales rather than established causes of the reported experiences.
Syracuse, New York · Other
The Trail's museum account describes translucent children playing in the courtyard and two arguing men whose heavy footsteps travel the old Weighlock Building's halls. Another spirit is associated with a woman reportedly killed near the present model canal boat. Docents include these reported hauntings in the museum's wider canal history.
Nichols, New York · Hotel
Guests describe two women taking tea in the Fainting Room, a child-sized chair moving beside a bed and footsteps on a staircase that no longer exists. The Angora Room has generated reports of shifting bedcovers and the sensation that someone sits on the mattress. The Trail attributes these stories to guests and the inn's owners.
Oswego, New York · Other
Fort Ontario's reported phenomena include unexplained lights and music, a woman appearing in an upstairs window and a child's voice calling for a cat. The Trail connects the site's ghost traditions with generations of military occupants and civilians. These accounts accompany the fort's documented role as a historic defensive site and burial place.
Lake George, New York · Other
Ghost-tour visitors at Fort William Henry report knocks and apparent figures around the reconstructed fort. In a 2019 Reddit account, a visitor described a shape on stairs where they believed nobody stood; another commenter recalled a whisper and an unseen touch in the same area. Other commenters suggested low-light image artifacts, illustrating the uncertainty around the reports.
Ogdensburg, New York · Other
The former Parish Mansion's best-known reported spirit is Ameriga Vespucci, a nineteenth-century resident whose apparition was said to appear repeatedly in the 1950s. The museum's Trail account also mentions mysterious lights, footsteps, voices and moving doors. Other presences are attributed to Eva Remington, a child and a War of 1812 soldier.
Gloversville, New York · Other
In the former Kingsboro School, volunteers and staff report doors slamming when already closed and a model train starting by itself. Visiting paranormal groups have presented recordings they interpret as spirit voices. The Trail frames these accounts around the building's school past and the historical artifacts now held by the county museum.
Portageville, New York · Hotel
Guests report nocturnal footsteps and self-closing doors; the owners describe a child in old-fashioned clothing crossing the kitchen and a man seated in a bedroom. Missing objects supposedly reappear after requests for their return. The Trail also repeats a story that a former caretaker still guards his room by shutting and locking its door.
Gasport, New York · Hotel
Graestone's reported sounds evoke its horse-breeding past: hooves, a carriage, whistling and men's voices arguing in the basement and front hall. A woman is said to watch from a window and follow visitors. The owners' account also describes dark shapes, cigar smoke and perfume without an obvious source.
Cobleskill, New York · Other
Customers at the farmhouse shop and bistro report apparitions, recorded sounds and children apparently running along the halls. The Trail says some visitors identify second-floor presences as David Hiltz and his wife, who are described as buried on the property. Stairway footsteps and indistinct voices are recurring elements of the shop's stories.
Medina, New York · Hotel
During the building's long period as a shirt factory, workers told of white-clad women and purposeful footsteps on the stairs. In the restored hotel, people report hearing their names when alone. The most frequently described apparition is a brown-haired woman in a flowing dress who stands at the first staircase's upper landing.
Broadalbin, New York · Hotel
Hotel visitors report soldier-like figures at the staircase, shapes in windows and unexplained pokes while sleeping. The Trail also recounts a lamp apparently pushed from its longstanding position. Stories connect the building's uneasy reputation with its earlier uses, including a nineteenth-century alcohol-treatment institution, without identifying the figures as particular former patients.
Palmyra, New York · Other
Historic Palmyra's museum complex offers ghost accounts, photographs and recordings gathered in its canal-era buildings. The family residence above the preserved Phelps General Store is one focus; another concerns a fatal fire on the historical museum's site before the present building was moved there. Guides relate the stories during dedicated ghost tours and investigations.
Rochester, New York · Other
Staff at the restored firehouse restaurant describe figures appearing on cameras, taps running in empty bathrooms and music that falls silent when someone enters. Bottles have reportedly tumbled from untouched basement shelves. The former bunk rooms and firefighter memorabilia give these accounts their particular setting, while the downstairs pub is singled out in local reports.