The Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum, Cooperstown This museum was founded in 1936 by Stephen C. Clark.  Bruce Markusen, a Cooperstown native runs Candlelight Ghost Tours in town, but before that was Manager of Programs for many years at the Hall of Fame. Both he and the Chief Security Officer have heard many stories from the security guards of footsteps and voices during times when the place is  empty.  Nighttime security staff have also experienced elevator doors opening and closing while empty, and motion detectors going off for no apparent reason.  Other staff working at night will feel like there is a presence of spirits, but it is hard to know if this is just due to the atmosphere being so rich in history and the lingering aura of baseball greats. The museum is located at: 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY  Phone: 1-888-HALL-OF-FAME  It is open daily year round except for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Baseball Museum Website                              the Morris-Jumel Mansion, upper Manhattan, NYC Way uptown in New York City this former residential mansion sits on a hill and is now a museum open to the public.  Located between 160th and 162nd streets this home of over 8,000 square feet was built in 1765 by British Colonel Roger Morris for his family. After the American revolutionists' victories in the area Morris returned to England and George Washington used the houses as his headquarters in the area,  the views from its hilltop setting making it a strategic location. In the early 1800s the Jumel family lived there.  After Mr. Jumel's death, his widow married former Vice President Aaron Burr and continued to reside there.  Eliza Jumel Burr's apparition has been seen throughout the house and is blamed for rappings on walls and windows.  There also is said to be the ghost of a servant girl in the servants' quarters and another spirit of an American Revolutionary soldier.  The mansion is open Wednesday-Sunday for self guided tours.  If you want a guided tour, you need to call in advance and make arrangements. Morris-Jumel Mansion web site The Edge of Thyme, Candor, NY  Located near the southern tip of Cayuga Lake, this bed-and-breakfast has four guest rooms and is run by the Musgraves.  The Musgraves and their dog have heard distinct footsteps of shoes on wooden floors walk through the house, coming down the stairs and going from one end of the house to the other.  Not only are the Musgraves alone when they hear this, but the floors are heavily carpeted, and the footsteps continue a path through locked doors.  One particular window is often opened despite being locked closed.  Two different guests at different times have reported waking up in the night to see a blonde woman wearing a long white dress in the rocking chair in their room.   The Edge of Thyme is at 6 Main St., Candor, NY phone: 607.659.5155                                         Beardslee Castle,  Little Falls, NY  An estate that looks like an Irish castle, this restaurant in Upstate New York has ghosts that set tables, shatter glasses, move or take objects and open/close doors. Balls of light have been seen, as well as apparitions.  One ghost is a former owner who hung himself upstairs. A woman named Abigail died in the Manor, either by choking or during an epileptic fit. A long time employee would hear a woman softly call her name when no one was around. Another staff person saw a woman in white walk up a non existent staircase (where one had once been), and she has been seen by guests as well. One woman followed Abigail into the Ladies Room, but once in there realized she was alone.  The figure of a tall menacing looking man in dark clothes is also seen. He is Dominie Jake, a man who molested children and supposedly hung himself in disgrace in a tunnel under the restaurant.  There is a lot of info about this restaurant and ghostly activity in the book, The Ghostly Gazeteer by Arthur Myers and also on the restaurant’s web site.  The Castle is on Rte 5 (Old State Rd.) in Little Falls, off exit 29A on the NY Thruway. Phone, 315.823.3000 or  800.487.5861  http://www.beardsleecastle.com