True American Ghost Stories: New York Ghost Tales

Do you believe in ghosts? I do.

I firmly believe that these ghosts are the souls of deceased loved ones. But a certain thing is going on. All history, ghosts have been told and written. Yes, and the result is bad. Perhaps this phenomenon has real connections with our deceased. Perhaps the ghosts only echo stubbornly, hopelessly reminding those who once walked the earth. Some paranormal-research also believe that these are not spirits of the dead, but inter-dimensional beings, trying He communicates to us through faint whispers and fleeting visions.

To categorically deny these events as mere overactive imaginations of the witnesses, or to question their sobriety or sanity, is insultingly simplistic to those who report the phenomenon and to humanity as a whole. We owe it to ourselves and to those who have left us to take the next step in our search for answers.

Everyone in the country, these rumors continue to intrigue and even terrify. From small-towns to the big city, ghost stories haunt people in the region. New York, the economic, cultural and dramatic center for the United States, is nicknamed. Big Apple. Anything can happen in NYC and it often does, but it’s still only one city in a big city. What follows are some of the wild, weird and overwhelming events of State Empire.

Headless Horsemen

It is great, bad and noble to lose one’s head or never have one. He is a rogue knight. This hat-challenged ghost may be the most famous ghost in all of America, perhaps the world. The premise of his story is intense and hails from a sleepy village in New York State – aptly named Sleepy Coelen. Most people know the legend from the classic Disney cartoon Legend of Sleepy Hollow or a recent blockbuster. Tim Burton feature film, Dream Hollow.

Irving wash based Legend of Sleepy Coelen on real people from the town of Kinderhook, NY. He said the family itself was Dutch Van Alen, and Ichabod Crane was founded by a teacher named Jesse Merwin. Various stories in the area also say that the ghost who is roaming around is Aaron Burr, the third vice president of the USA, who fatally shot Alexander Hamilton wounded in his famous duel in New Jersey. Kinderhook is also famous for being a historically important cemetery with President Martin Van Buren being the most famous person buried there. Tim Burton carrying a sword as the ghost of German mercenary soldiers – Hessarians – who were used by the British to fight against the Americans in the Revolutionary War.

Ghost Railroad

Railroads can be scary places. At night, miles off the trail alone in remote areas often far from the center of human activity. This is the mystery of the lights and the railroad.

It has long been reported that a peculiar and mysterious belief occurs in the dark of night, on the road of the Central Railway, west of the bridge over the river. Shortly after the arrival of the coursers from the West red and white light are seen. slowly to the east as if carried by the hands. After a short distance coming to the bridge over the river, the lights come up and suddenly disappear. The westbound train drivers, while taking water supply, noticed the lights and waited for them to move before they disappeared. the rest This apparition can often be seen by the police and sober people, but the cause of the mystery seems to be an effect without human agency.

“Railroad Spirit” August 3, 1883 Ohio Newark Daily Advocate

Leaping rats

Ghosts are sometimes seen to become playful, or to be excited to be sketched in their likeness by supposed living men. Some were even seen hopping around like a rabbit or a hare. Take this story from the year 1890.

At Auburn, individuals who were watching at 1 AM claimed to have seen a tall, white, light-bearing apparition very clearly. Instead of sliding, it is circumscribed as if prejudiced.

“New Spirit” August 4, 1897 Indiana Fort Wayne News

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