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