Established in 1862 the Lake Ronkonkoma Cemetery, aka: Five Corners Cemetery is known to have many burials for war veterans. This cemetery has no particular stories behind it as far as anything paranormal.

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Amityville Horror House

An old photo of the infamous view of the house. This is actually the rear view of the house.
The front of the house is different. It has been remodeled several times.

No discussion of haunted locations on Long Island would be complete without mentioning the Amityville Horror. The stories of the horrors of the Amityville home on Ocean Avenue are well known. However, what is fact and what is fiction is harder to determine. What is known to have happened for sure is what follows.

On the night of November 13, 1974 the DeFeo family went to sleep in their home, except Ronald Defeo. Ronald took his father’s Marlin rifle and then moved about his home and proceeded to murder his parents, his two brothers, and his two sisters as they slept. All of the family was found in the same position, lying on their stomachs with their heads in their arms.

During his trial, DeFeo testified that he killed his family because voices in his head told him to do it. He said, "whenever I looked around, there was no one there, so it must have been God talking to me." Ronald "Butch" DeFeo was convicted of murder and sent to prison for his crime.

On December 18, 1975 a new family moved into the home. George Lutz, and his wife Kathy were recently married. They moved into the waterfront property with their children Daniel, 9, Christopher, 7, and Missy, 5. George Lutz was the children’s step father. Then twenty-eight days later, the family left the house, claiming that it was haunted by evil spirits. This is where the story takes a twist.

The Amityville Record which covered the story had this to say, According to the Lutzes and their priest, the following events took place during the 28 days the Lutzes lived on Ocean Avenue:

• While the priest was blessing the house as the family moved in, a strange masculine voice clearly said to him "Get out!" As he drove back to the rectory, the hood of the priest’s car flew open, smashing against his windshield. One of the welded hinges tore loose. The right door flew open. The car stalled. The priest summoned a friend for help and later the friend called the priest and said, "Do you know what happened to me after I dropped you off? The windshield wipers, they began to fly back and forth like crazy! I couldn’t stop! I never turn them on! What the hell is going on?"
   
• In the house windows flew up and down and doors were repeatedly ripped off their hinges in the house even though they were securely locked.
   
• Mrs. Lutz levitated a foot above her bed on several occasions and floated toward an open window. On one of the occasions, when her husband pulled her back, her 30-year-old face had been transformed into the face of a 90-year-old woman - "the hair wild, a shocking white, the face a mass of wrinkles and ugly lines and saliva dripping from the toothless mouth."
   
• In the dead of winter, hundreds of buzzing flies materialized in one of the upstairs rooms of the house.
   
• A 12-inch crucifix hung in a closet by Mrs. Lutz revolved until it was upside down and gave off a sour smell.
   
• The insides of the toilet bowls in two upstairs bathrooms turned absolutely black, "as though someone has painted (them) from the bottom to the edge just below the rim" even though Mrs. Lutz had recently scrubbed both bowls with Clorox.
   
• Lutz discovered a small secret room in the basement, a room that appeared in no blueprints of the house. It was painted solid red - and had the smell of blood. In one of the red walls, Lutz saw a vision of a face - a face that he would later find from newspaper photographs was that of Ronald DeFeo.
   
• Every time the family priest would attempt to help the Lutzes, bleeding blisters would erupt on his hands. Telephone calls between the Lutzes and the priest were continually interrupted or cut off by loud noises and eerie sounds, making it impossible for them to communicate.
   
• While standing outside the house one night, Lutz saw the face of a pig with glowing red eyes in the window of his daughter, Missy. Missy began to continually talk of "my friend Jodie, the biggest pig you ever saw." One night Missy pointed toward her window and there were the two red eyes again. "That’s Jodie," Missy said. "He wants to come in." Mrs. Lutz swung a chair at the window, breaking it and "there was an animal cry of pain, a loud squealing."
   
• The flowing red eyes again appeared at a downstairs window. When Lutz ran outside, there were tracks in the snow - "No man or woman had made those tracks. The prints had been left by cloven hooves, like those of an enormous pig."
   
• A bartender who had worked at a party in the house at 112 Ocean Avenue when the DeFeos had lived there told Lutz that he had found the secret red room in the basement and that after seeing it, "I used to have nightmares about it. Sometimes I’d dream that people - I don’t know who they were - were killing dogs and pigs in there and using their blood for some kind of ceremony."
   
• Mrs. Lutz continued to feel invisible hands gripping her and one day found flaming red welts covering her body, "as though she had been burned by a hot poker."
   
• Green gelatinous slime began to ooze from the ceiling and from door openings.
   
• "A white-hooded figure, its face half-blasted away as if by a gun, appeared in the living room fireplace and was permanently burned into the fireplace wall." (The Amityville Record 8/24/2000)
   

The well known paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated the home. They substantiate the claim that the home was haunted by demonic spirits. It was their most famous case. During the course of investigations of the property it was determined that at an earlier point in history the land was used by Native Americans as mental hospital. Perhaps giving rise to inhuman spirits who could take pleasure in the misery.

They asked the question, why is it that no one heard the gun shots of Ronald DeFeo on that November evening in 1974? The furthest neighbor was only 40 feet away. Why were all the family members in their beds? How could none of them hear the shots coming from inside their home? The Warrens believed that the victims were paralyzed and in a state of phantomania, which made them unable to move or call for help. DeFeo stated during his trial that there was a "shadow ghost" alongside him while he killed his family, and that it compelled him to shoot his family at 3:15am.

The first day of the Warren’s investigation left an impression on them. Lorraine Warren said that she received constant clairvisual and clairaudial messages. Ed Warren who was not a sensitive went into the basement to investigate, with the theory that demonic spirits spend most of their days in cellars or lower levels of homes. Once down there Ed said that he saw shadows and pinpoints of light moving about. The shadows attempted to lift him off the ground.

As this was happening Lorraine was heading to the second floor. She said that she felt a rush of water against her and pressure building. While in Missy’s room, Lorraine immediately clairvoyantly knew that the furniture was same as it was when the DeFeo girls lived in it, meaning that Missy was sleeping a dead girl’s bed. Upon entering the parent’s bedroom Lorraine felt a feeling of absolute horror. She also stated that on the third floor she psychically encountered Ronald DeFeo. She felt a sinister presence that she couldn’t rid herself of. Over the course of the investigation one of the investigators with the Warrens fainted from fear. Two others said they felt their hearts pounding and had to rest on the floor. Mary Pascarella, the director of a prominent psychic research group grew so ill that she had to be taken outside and never re-entered the house. This was all on their first day of investigation.

Some people feel that the haunting was nothing but a hoax. Rumors that it was all a scheme for the Lutzes to make money came to the public eye. The Warrens disagreed with these skeptics because they felt that they experienced some of the spiritual phenomena. Where did these hoax rumors begin? They seem to have started with a man named Dr. Steven Kaplan. Dr. Kaplan was later exposed to not be a doctor, nor have any sort of advanced degree; however it didn’t stop him from claiming that he did. Kaplan was a self proclaimed president of the Parapsychology Society of Long Island., an organization which he presumably founded himself. The Warrens felt that Kaplan hated the Lutzes because they called Mr. Kaplan before they called the Warrens and asked him to investigate. Kaplan showed up to investigate with a news team from channel 7 and six witches. Mr. Lutz threw them off the property and then called the Warrens.

Kaplan said that he felt that everything was a hoax because the book written about the events, The Amityville Horror, had some inconsistencies and therefore was not 100% accurate. The Warrens agreed that it wasn’t completely accurate, but that it was because the author was unfamiliar with the field of demonology, not because he was trying to con people, or that the Lutzes were. It just seemed that since Kaplan was angry that he was removed from a now famous investigation; he decided to try run everyone else’s names into the mud. Steven Kaplan wrote a book called The Amityville Conspiracy; however one week before it was published he died of a heart attack. The book written by Kaplan contained more inaccurate details than the previous one. Kaplan also swore that he had evidence that showed everything was a hoax. Ed Warren offered him $5000 to bring it public and share it, yet Kaplan declined the offer. Kaplan wouldn’t even offer so much as information saying what equipment he used or when he did his experiment. Eventually a radio station called on Kaplan to retract his statements and admit to making up his hoax story. He did so, and died shortly after.

If everything was a hoax, who did it benefit? The only person who made a significant sum of money was Jay Anson, the author of The Amityville Horror. The Lutzes received little, or no money for the book or movies that followed. Another rumor said that the Lutzes lawyer made up the story with them while drinking wine together. However, the Lutzes didn’t drink alcohol and only had one bottle of wine in their home, one that was given to them by the priest which he had blessed. It was thought that the lawyer wanted to write his own book, but was beaten out by Anson. Jay Anson had a heart attack while finishing the last chapter of his book. He survived, only to die from one on a lter date while writing a book about the antichrist.

Today, the house on Ocean Avenue still stands. The number of the home has been changed, and the front of it has been remodeled. The current residents say that nothing supernatural occurs there and life is quiet.

Camp Hero

Historical Facts:

In 1942 the United States Government set up Fort Hero, named after Major General Andrew Hero Jr. Considered to be a likely point of attack by the German U-boats in the eastern coast of Long Island the government decided to upgrade the Fort to Camp Hero in the same year. The Camp was designed to look like a New England fishing town, the bunkers had windows painted on them and the training gym was designed to look like an old church. After WWII had ended it was shut down and used only as a training facility to the US Army. In the 1950's with the beginning of the Cold War a huge concern of Long Range missiles flying over, the US government gave the Western half of the base to the773rd Aircraft Control and Warning (AC&W) Squadron; they were there to spot and identify all aircrafts. In 1958 a Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) radar system was set up. It was designed to detect any airborne objects with a range of 200 miles. Due to the increasing development of Spy Satellite technology the airbase was considered obsolete and closed down in 1981. In 1984 the government tried to sell the land to real estate but because of environmental protest it was deemed unique for ecosystems and animal habitats. It was donated to the New York Department of State Parks. The idea of turning it into a golf course was abandoned after 1999 and in 2002 the Park was opened to the public, which it remains to this day.

Haunted History:

The most famous account of Camp Hero is the Montauk project. It was said that two boys were kidnapped and put in a special training facility on the camp. They were being experimented on to see if they could be used for remote viewing or bringing in objects from another dimension with the use of the Montauk Chair. Also known as the Phoenix project and was said to have scientists from Brookhaven National Labs in charge of the Project. It is claimed that in one Experiment with the Montauk Chair a boy accidentally opened a door that released a fourth dimensional creature they refer to as "Junior". It is said that the creature was captured underneath the grounds and that it was closed off. It is also said that the state park only owns the grounds and everything underneath is owned by the US Government.

Centereach High School

Historical Facts:

James Halverson was a second year FDNY Firefighter who liked to run around the Centereach High School track every day. The evening of January 3, 1997 started out like no other. As James was running on the track accompanied by his dog he was most likely not paying much attention to William Sodders and Eric Calvin, who were hanging out near the northwest corner of the asphalt track. Sodders and Calvin possessed a shared obsession for the movie Natural Born Killers.

On this particular evening Sodders was concealing a stolen 9mm handgun and waiting for a chance to use it.

Halverson continued to run around the track as Sodders knelt appearing to tie his sneakers. Soon as Halverson was in front of him, Sodders pulled out his gun and shot him twice, once in the leg and once in the chest. Sodders then turned his gun on the dog and killed it. After the shooting William Sodders, Eric Calvin, and their friend who was in the getaway car drove off.

As James Halverson laid on the track, his wife who was pregnant with twin girls was getting worried. It was not like her husband to be late. She drove over to the school and found him laying on the track, deceased. William Sodders was turned into the police by his father who was horrified at what his son had done. Sodders was convicted of Second Degree Murder and was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison. Calvin was convicted of Criminal Facilitation and Hindering Prosecution. Paranormal Activity At This Site: During football games at the high school the visitor bleachers are usually empty, because it is close to the North East corner of the track and also when people do sit there they feel like they are being watched, possible by the presence of James Halversen. When people run around the track they have been known to avoid the North West corner and the 5th lane of the track. Some people even run on the grass to avoid that part of the track all together. People say that they have sighted a white glowing object in the North West and North East corner of the track. Others have seen a man running on the 5th lane of the track and then just disappear. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

Paranormal Activity At This Site:

During football games at the high school the visitor bleachers are usually empty, because it is close to the North East corner of the track and also when people do sit there they feel like they are being watched, possible by the presence of James Halversen. When people run around the track they have been known to avoid the North West corner and the 5th lane of the track. Some people even run on the grass to avoid that part of the track all together. People say that they have sighted a white glowing object in the North West and North East corner of the track. Others have seen a man running on the 5th lane of the track and then just disappear. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

Chandler Estate (aka Satan's Trails)

The Chandler Estate is well known for its many ghost stories, stories of satanic cult gatherings, and ghost sightings. It is an abandoned waterfront resort located in Mount Sinai that was later converted to apartments. At least two famous people are known to have lived in these apartments. Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller (Miller was one of the best-known American playwrights after WW II, known for the play "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" in 1949).

After the main building suffered serious fire damage Ms. Chandler turned the chandler estate into a boarding house. Eventually it was abandoned and burned down. The homes have been bulldozed.

The grounds remain abandoned in this county park.

There are quite a few urban legends that surround this area. One is that the area has had accusations of demonic claims and satanic rituals that took place in the estate. This may be where the nickname "Satan's Trails" came from. In the area there have been reports from paranormal investigators and explorers of having feelings of dizziness, nausea, feeling out of breath.

These feelings have been reported in the same specific area near where the fire escape stairs used to be.

Another story tied to the chandler estate is that there is a man who's nickname is Whacker who is said to be haunting this area. We have not found any evidence to support this rumor or how the story of Whacker came to be. Perhaps he was a resident who lived there and passed or maybe he was one who took part in the satanic rituals or perhaps he stayed in the boarding house.

There are also many stories of the chandler estate being the actual burial place of Mary's grave.

Commack Multiplex Cinemas

A brief History: The Commack Multiplex Cinemas is located at 100 Long Island Expressway, Commack N.Y. 11725. The theater was built in the mid 1980s. The architect who designed the theater is Burt W. Federman. The Commack Multiplex Cinemas is within the National Amusements chain. The theater is still open today housing 15 screens, totaling 5,100 seats.

Haunted History: Many employees while in the employee lounge have reported the doorknobs turning by themselves, and the locker doors opening and closing on their own, when no one is around. Employees also claim that scratch marks appear and disappear on the concession stand glass countertop, after it has been completely cleaned off. Guests have claimed that they have seen shadows move in front of the screen when the theater has dim lighting.

Country House Restaurant

Historic Facts: This is an old farm house that was built in 1710, and was used as a stage coach station in 1800. Now it is a running restaurant.

Haunted History: During the Revolutionary War the British hung a young girl accused of being a spy. Supposedly her spirit is felt in the kitchen and on the staircase. Sometimes you may hear cry’s of a young girl in those areas as well.

Fire Island Lighthouse

Fire Island Light was an important landmark for transatlantic ships coming into New York Harbor at the turn of the 18^th  century. For many European immigrants, the Fire Island Light was their first sight of land upon arrival in America.

The first lighthouse built on Fire Island was completed in 1826. It was a 74-foot high, cream colored, octagonal pyramid made of Connecticut River blue split stone. The tower was built at the end of the island, adjacent to the inlet. This tower was not effective due to its lack of height. It was taken down and the stone was reused to build the terrace for the present lighthouse. Today a circular ring of bricks and stone are all that remain of the original lighthouse. Due to the westward migration of sand along the beach, known as littoral drift, the inlet is now approximately six miles westward of this site.

In 1857 Congress appropriated $40,000 for the construction of a new tower, 168 feet tall. It was lit for the first time on November 1, 1858. This tower was made of red brick, painted a creamy yellow color. The tower was changed to the present day-mark of alternating black and white bands in August 1891.

The new tower was fitted with a First Order Fresnel Lens, which emitted a white flash at one minute intervals. A Funk Lamp with 4 concentric wicks was used for illumination. Over the years various fuels were used for the lamps, including whale oil, lard oil, mineral oil and kerosene. Electricity finally reached the lighthouse on September 20, 1938. However, on September 21, 1938 a hurricane struck the island, effectively severing all electric power to the island and causing a delay in the electrification of the Fire Island Light Station. The United States Coast Guard has been present on Fire Island since its inception in 1915. A Coast Guard Station was established on the Lighthouse tract. Eventually the United States Lighthouse Service was dissolved. The administration of lighthouses was placed under the jurisdiction of the US Coast Guard in 1939 "in the interest of economy and efficiency" (Presidential Reorganization Act).

The Fire Island Lighthouse was decommissioned as an aid to navigation on December 31, 1973. The new aid to navigation was a "small flash tube optic" installed atop the Robert Moses State Park Water Tower.

After the Fire Island Lighthouse was decommissioned in 1974, the Coast Guard gave the National Park Service a five-year permit to use the entire Lighthouse Tract (approximately 82 acres). In 1979, the tract was declared by law to be within the boundaries of the Fire Island National Seashore. With limited funds, the major function of the Park Service during its early administration of the Lighthouse tract was to prevent further deterioration of the buildings through neglect and vandalism. Between 1974 and 1980, private citizens grouped together in an effort to "save the Fire Island Lighthouse." The strobe light on the Robert Moses Tower only shone seaward and was of no use to boaters on the Great South Bay. Public support for restoration of the Fire Island Lighthouse was great among the bay men.

In 1982, the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society was formed. They successfully raised over 1.3 million dollars for the restoration and preservation of the Fire Island Lighthouse. In 1984, the Fire Island Lighthouse was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Lighthouse was restored to its 1939 condition, which is when electricity was first installed. On Memorial Day, May 28, 1986, the Fire Island Lighthouse was relit and reinstated as an official aid to navigation.

In December 1996 the Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society (FILPS) through an agreement with the National Park Service took over the maintenance and operation of the Fire Island Lighthouse and Keeper's Quarters.

Today the light is lit by two 1000-watt bulbs, which rotate in a counter-clockwise direction, giving the appearance of a flash every 7.5 seconds. The light is visible for approximately 21-24 miles.

In January 2006 FILPS took over the ownership and maintenance of the beacon from the United States Coast Guard. The beacon will continue to remain on all charts as a private aid to navigation.

"The Fire Island Lighthouse in the town of Islip," according to Turpin, "carries the story of a caretaker who hanged himself in the original lighthouse sometime prior to the building of the second lighthouse in 1857." Today a circular ring of bricks and stone are all that remain of the original lighthouse. "It would seem this circle should be the area of haunting and not the current lighthouse that was completed in 1857," Turpin says, but "the legends report heavy doors open and close by themselves, strange laughing, banging sounds that seem to come from inside, eerie feelings, as well as the appearance of a shadowy figure in the caretaker's house."

"Unfortunately exposure to the elements brought illness and one of their young daughters died. Some say you can hear a man moaning. Supposedly he had to wait three days in torment before a doctor came and by then it was too late for his daughter. Others say you can hear footsteps on the lighthouse stairs. Other legends claim one of the lighthouse keepers hung himself in the tower but as of yet we have not found substantial proof."

Fort Hill Cemetery

Today, some people feel that while the Native Americans no longer meet on the land and there is no sign of the cemetery that doesn't mean that they aren't there anymore. Some say if you listen closely enough you will hear the sounds of beating drums resonating from the land. The Montauk Manor as well is a supposed place of residence for the long departed original hosts of this special and beautiful land. Next time you are in the area go visit the cemetery and silently listen, and maybe you to will feel the presence of what happened here long ago, in a different time, but at this same place.

Located in Patchogue on the North side of Great South Bay. Legend has it that during colonial times people accused of witchcraft were hung from this tree. There is little historical evidence to support this legend. However, in more modern times at least 2 people have died (murder or suicide?) by hanging from the tree. Visitors to this location report seeing shadows and distortions, unexplained lights in the woods, and a feeling of uneasiness and dread. Several investigators have reported being pushed or having equipment knocked out of their hands. Many EVPs have also been taken here This is not a place to investigate by yourself!

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Harts Tavern Cemetery
(aka Episcopal Cemetery, Patchogue Cemetery, Lakeview Cemetery)

Jayne's Hill

Jayne's Hill in Huntington is the highest point on Long Island and is part of the Walt Whitman historical area. Whitman, one of America's most innovative poets, lived on Long Island in the area. He would spend countless hours walking the woods around his home (though not always living on Long Island through out his life), both enjoying nature and taking inspiration for his writings.

Legend has it the ghost of Walt Whitman is still seen today walking through the woods of Jayne's Hill.  The area is also said to be a hot-bed of UFO activity. This is probably due to the close proximity to Mount Misery which is also said to be an active UFO site.

Grumman Road

Grumman Road is supposed to be a small road somewhere on Eastern Long Island where strange things occur:

• When you drive down this road the gauges in your car start to move back and fourth.
• Your radio in your car may go on or off, and change radio stations on it’s own.
• The reception to your radio will be low, and you will hear a lot of static.
• While you are driving down this road your car may stall out.
• If you have a compass, it will give faulty directions or it may even spin around.
• It is also said that while driving on this road all of these things start to happen to your car and when you turn around to go back the side roads that you passed while driving on the road have disappeared, and then reappears later.

All of these occurrences may be do to extraterrestrial activity in the area. It is said this road may cross through a military base and the events happening here could be do to government testing on different types of top-secret equipment. This road may even cross through a strong magnetic field that no one knows is there. This road also may cross into another dimension and then come back, which would explain why roads disappear and then reappear.

Supposedly this road is somewhere on the Eastern end of Long Island, but no one knows exactly where it is (the Grumman Road that comes up on some Mapquest and similar searches is not it). It may be a locally known name for an otherwise unmarked road, or, it may be a nickname for a private road that was once part of the Grumman aerospace complex on Long Island.

A legendary location on Long Island, in the Kings Park/Stony Brook area. People passing through the area have reported hearing yells and screams the abandoned buildings. This area is scheduled to be demolished in the near future.

Note that access to the grounds is limited and entry into the buildings is forbidden by law.

This potters field, located on the grounds of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center, is no longer used but is considered very active. Sounds, EVPs and unusual photographs have all been encountered here. In spite of it's proximity to a residential area access is as limited as to the Kings Park center itself.

Lake Ronkonkoma

Laurel Lake

Historic Facts: Years ago there was a campground here, but now most of it is rubble. Laurel Lake is now park land with some new camp grounds on it. Access is mainly by fishermen.

Haunted History: It is said there is a spirit of an angry old man that lurks in the woods at Laurel Lake. If you go in there at night the spirit of the old man will chase you out. It is said that you will hear growling and footsteps coming towards you if you don’t leave. In 1998 there was a report of three teenaged kids going into the woods after dark and they said that they were being chased by a fat old man who was growling and muttering words at them. It is also said that when you are in these woods at night you feel like your being watched and followed every where you go.

Mary's Grave/Head of The Harbor

There are many stories that go along with Mary’s Grave. All of these stories have been being told for many years now and we are sure that many of them were added to and embellished throughout the years. No one really knows what actually happed or even if the story of Mary is true. While some people claim to have seen the grave no photographic evidence has yet been provided.

Here is a list of the foremost stories that go along with Mary’s Grave.

• Mary was cheating on her boyfriend, and when he found out he took her in the woods behind her house and hung her on a tree. It is said that if you are walking in the woods behind Mary’s house you will see her hanging from the tree.
   
• While Mary’s boyfriend was in the Revolutionary War he was cheating on her with another woman. When he came home Mary found out that he’d been cheating on her so she brought him into the woods and killed him. Later on when people found out about it they took her into the woods and murdered her in the same spot.
   
• Mary’s boyfriend was a sailor in one of the wars and while he was away she used to keep the bedroom light on in a second floor window so when he came home he would see her house and know it was her. Many years past and she did not hear from him so she got very depressed and committed suicide by hanging herself on a tree in front of her house. Supposedly when you drive past her house at night you can still see the bedroom light on. Also while driving down the road you may either see her hanging from the tree in front of her house or while driving under the tree you will hear scraping on the roof of your car, that supposed to be her feet dangling from the tree.
   
• While driving down the road where Mary’s house is, if you are driving with 2 cars and only one car passes you on the way in one of your cars will not make it out.
   
• While you are parked in front of Mary’s house, if you flash your head lights and honk your horn then turn off your car supposedly when you go to turn your car on it won’t start.
   
• Supposedly Mary was a witch that killed children.  When the locals found out what was happening to all of the missing children they burnt her at the stake and buried her remains in a potters field so no one knows who she is and where she is buried.
   
• Two boys raped and murdered Mary right out side of her house. Supposedly while driving down the road you will see a while shadowing figure standing there and right when you drive passed she jumps out at your car trying to make you crash. (This only happens if you are male.)
   
• Supposedly her tombstone is behind her house in the woods, and when you find the tombstone you will see her name on it and the year she died. Many people claim that they took photos and video of the grave but when they got the pictures developed, or viewed the video tape the tombstone was blank.
   
• On the road where Mary’s house is there is a small stone building where supposedly Mary got murdered. If you hold a cross and knock three times on this building you supposedly wake the dead.

Montauk Manor

The roaring twenties was a time of fun and affluence across the country. Long Island was no exception. Carl Fisher, a multi-millionaire Industrialist decided to construct a grand hotel for the wealthy to visit in Montauk, NY. The hotel was completed in 1927 and featured a beach and yacht club, polo fields, a golf course, tennis courts, health clubs, spas, and a boardwalk. The hotel with its "Tudor style" construction sat across the top of Signal Hill.

The Montauk Manor hosted elegant parties and balls. Its cuisine was known internationally. It was a place of opulence and extravagance. However, with time the extravagant hotel faded into disrepair until not much was left. Eventually effort was put into restoring the Montauk Manor to it prior grandeur. Today the hotel once again is open for business sitting on top of its hill.

While the hotel provides home to many guests every year, does it also provide a residence for forces unseen? What is not known to many visitors is that the manor resides next to holy ground for Native Americans. The property was a meeting place and burial ground for hundreds of years for the Montauketts, as well as some other tribes of the area. Today, the cemetery is  home to a modern cemetery. The only reference to the native origin is a marker next to "Meeting Rock" inside the cemetery. Also, to be noted is that during latter part of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century the area was home to many companies of the U.S. Army. Many were veterans of the Spanish American War. Nearby Camp Hero protected the coast and the Montauk Lighthouse provided watch against German U-Boats.

Today there are accounts of paranormal activity at the manor. People report hearing the beating of drums and chanting outside by the cemetery. Also reported are accounts of those who claimed to have seen people in native garb standing in the shadows and corners of the fourth floor. People have also claimed to have seen them looking out the windows at them. Are these claims true, or are they figments of some overactive imaginations? Who can say for sure, but maybe on your next vacation there you will hear a faint sound of drum beats, or the feeling of someone watching over you as pass down a corridor at night.

So named by early settlers because the ground is very rocky, difficult to climb by foot (or horse) and nearly impossible to farm. This area is actually two locations, one each on the North and South sides of the Northern State Parkway. The South side (site 1)  has easier access while the North side (site 2) requires long travel along dirt roads. Legend also has it that there was a military hospital somewhere in the area during the early 1900's. Patients where experimented on with various psychological drugs. In this area many EVPs and orbs have been taken. Electronic measurements are difficult (if not impossible) due to a high power communications tower on the hill. The legends of Mount Misery are also closely tied to the legends of Sweet Hollow Road.  Also see our recent investigations of Mount Misery for further information about this area.

Normandie Inn

History: The Normandie Inn was built in the early 1920s for Czech Royalty. The Inn was known as the Hotel Chateau La Boheme in the 1920's. In the late 1920's during the prohibition era the Normandie Inn was turned into a speakeasy.

Haunted History: During the time that the Normandie Inn was a speakeasy there was a young girl named Maria, or Sarah, while in the back bedroom on the 2^nd floor she was brutally strangled to death. There have been claims from hotel guests that claim that there was a knocking on there door late at night, but when they opened the door there was nothing there, but they felt a cold chill and a draft. The guests seem to believe that it is Maria knocking on the doors late at night.

Hotel guests also claim to have felt cold spots all around the hotel, specifically when they are alone, strange whispering sounds of a young woman, and shadow people lurking around the premises inside of the hotel and on the outer grounds of the hotel property.

Hotel employees claim to have seen footprints appear in the carpet but there was no one walking around. They also claim to hear the sounds of service bells, but there weren’t any to be found. Employees also have claimed that they see apparitions in the kitchen area.

It has been said that there was a pile of bones found in the basement of the Inn during renovations either by the hotel employees or by the workers. The claim that they were not sure if they were animal bones or human remains, but when they went for help to find out more about the bones, when they returned the bones were missing and never found. Are these the bones of Maria’s strangled body, no one will ever know?

Old Burial Hill Cemetery

Old burial hill cemetery is located in Huntington Village on Route 25a. This old burial ground dates back to at least 1712 when the first burial took place. It was also occupied and desecrated by the British during the occupation of Huntington in the American Revolution and used as a fort Named Fort Golgotha headed and commanded by a British officer named Benjamin Thompson, also known as Count Rumphord.

The Old Presbyterian church down the road was the original church that was built on burial hill. This church was torn down to use as firewood and to build Fort Golgotha. Some of the Tombstones are not in the same place where the people are buried. During the British occupation the British soldiers removed the tombstones to make way for there fort. Local merchants and workers made to work against their will reported the British removing these tombstones to use as flooring for tents and make shift bread ovens. The bread was known as Tombstone bread (the name tombstone bread was given by the locals due to the fact that when the British baked this bread in the torn down tombstones the inscription on the stone would burn itself into the bread crust).

Some of the cemetery residents were very important in the shaping of the American Revolution. General Gilbert Potter was an officer and patriot in the revolution and a member of the Long Island Spy Ring between Brooklyn and Setauket. The home of Gilbert Potter was on the corner where a Walbaums supermarket now stands on Wall Street in Huntington Village. Gilbert Potter was known for the patriotic saying "I am determined to live and die free". Two other noted residents of the cemetery are the Rev Ebenezer Prime who was the pastor of the Presbyterian church and Count Rumford known as the man Huntington Loved to hate.

Rev Prime was an enthusiastic supporter of the revolution had been the 3^rd minister from 1763 to 1779 and buried in old burial hill. It is reported that when building the fort Col. Thompson made sure that Rev Primes headstone was placed in front of his tent. This so when he departed or entered his tent so that he might have the pleasure on "Treading on the old Rebel". It is said that the ghost spirits of these two still occupy the cemetery.

The cemetery residents also include local militia, enlisted soldiers and decorated officers from the Revolution. In March 1783, just 4 months after disassembly of the Old first church and construction of Fort Golgotha the British troops evacuated Huntington. As Count Rumphord's last act to aggravate the Huntington towns people Thompson burned all the wood in the area so that the inhabitants would have less wood in the area to heat their homes during the remaining months of winter. The hated fort was subsequently torn down and the Old Presbyterian church was reconstructed in 1784 on the site where it stands today.

Pizza Hut  in Centereach

Historical Facts: A while ago when this restaurant was a Jack in the box a man or a woman either committed suicide or got murdered in the bathroom.

Haunted History: Supposedly when you are in the bathrooms at Pizza Hut you will feel cold spots and hear whispering. Also the employees claim that when they are cleaning the restaurant the pots and pans will suddenly fall off of the shelves on there own. The employees claim that it’s a ghost pushing them off of the shelves. Click Here to read about our investigations of this site.

Reids Ice Cream Factory

Historic Facts: Reid’s Ice Cream Factory was abandoned in the mid 1920s.  In January 0f 2003 the factory was finally demolished and left in ruins. As of 2007 a row of houses now stand on the grounds that used to be the factory and lot.

Haunted History: There are a few stories that go along with Reid’s Ice Cream Factory. The 1^st story is that in the 1950's a dancer went to the factory with a guy to hang out. While the evening went on he raped and killed her. If you go there at night you may hear screams and cries for help. Also people have reported seeing a woman walking on the property. The 2^nd story is that in the 1970's there was a little boy that went into the abandoned factory and he was playing on old machinery equipment. While playing on the equipment, the little boy slipped, fell and died. People say when walking on the grounds of the factory you may hear giggling and singing. Also you may hear a little pitter patter of footsteps running around. The 3^rd story is that when the factory was standing there were many mysterious fires that broke out. No one ever knew how the fires broke out. Some people say it was the spirits that remain at this location. The 4^th story is that supposedly there is a lady in white that roams around the grounds of the factory and the road by the factory. Supposedly when you see this lady and look at her she has no eyes. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

Restaurant in Mattituck
(name and location withheld upon request)

Historical Facts: Back in the 1700s the basement of the restaurant was an old fisherman’s hang out.

Haunted History: The employees of this restaurant say that when they are sitting in the dining room area, they here a knock on the door and then the doorknob moves. When they go open the door to see who it is there’s no one there Another occurrence they had was while they were in the basement stocking up after the restaurant was closed, they would here the phone ring upstairs and then here someone walk towards the phone and then the phone would stop ringing.

NOTE: The employee’s claim that while they are in the basement there is no one upstairs.

Revolutionary War Historic Site
(name and location withheld upon request)

Historical Facts: The land was purchased from Secatogue Indians in 1692. The building goes back to the early 1700's and was used by the British during the Revolutionary War. Later George Washington and other Revolutionary figures visited the area. A reported assassination attempt on George Washington occurred here during the Revolutionary War. Also, it is said this is the location where Benedict Arnold first plotted with the British. There are several graves dating back to the 1700-1800's.

Haunted History: Supposedly a Revolution-era girl haunts this site. It may be the spirit of one of the children that lived there and is buried on the site, or a servant girl. There is a local legend that says a lady in white around this area haunts the area by causing many car accidents around he corner of the property. There is also a female Indian that is buried on this location. Who she is and why she is buried there is unknown. Supposedly there is a revolutionary guard that haunts this area by still standing guard on the premises and patrolling the grounds. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

Ronkonkoma County Park

The story behind Ronkonkoma County Park is back in the 1980's a group of kids, 2 boys and 1 girl, went camping in the woods at Ronkonkoma County Park. In the woods there is a pond and in the middle of the pond there is a small  island. This is were the kids camped for the night. Supposedly the two boys raped and killed the girl during the night, and left her body there on the island. People say that she haunts the little island in the middle of the pond and the area around the pond. Supposedly you can hear screams and a white glow coming from the island. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

NOTE: We have not been able to find any official records or news reports of someone getting murdered in this park.

Shep Jones Road
(part of the
Mary's Grave legend)

The story of Shep Jones Road is that while driving on the road at first the road is paved and normal, but as you go deeper on it, it gets darker and road becomes a dirt road that is bumpy. Supposedly on the side of Shep Jones Road is where "Mary’s" house used to be. Supposedly while she was sleeping in her house her mother killed her. After the murder, she was buried somewhere in the field behind her house. People say that she haunts the field and the woods in this area. The house that supposedly was there is knocked down, but people say that her grave is still somewhere in the field.

Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts Theatre

A Brief History: The Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts Theatre is located at 2 E. Main Street in Smithtown, NY. It opened in 1932. It was a one-screen movie house with over 500 seats and a balcony. It is not confirmed but a manager that used to work there said that vaudeville shows were performed at the theatre possibly before it was a movie house. It was purchased by United Artists and became a discount second run movie house. You could see films that had already been out for a while for about $2. It eventually closed up and could have been demolished, but over 8,000 Smithtown residents signed a Save The Theatre petition and it became a live theatre playhouse in October 2002. Now the theatre host concerts and live shows.

Haunted History: A little known fact it that when it was a discount theatre, the projectionist would operate both the Smithtown and Northport Theatres simultaneously by driving back and forth. Tragically one night somewhere in the Kings Park area, the projectionist was killed in a car accident. Another former projectionist who worked their later claims you could see his ghost on the balcony. Also claims were that if projection equipment were to break, it would mysteriously be fixed by the next day before the service technician would have arrived.

Smithtown General Hospital

Historical Facts: Smithtown General Hospital was not a big hospital. The facility was not the greatest around, that’s why it closed in the late 1990s. The hospital closed due to the amount of funding needed to keep it running, and the amount of lawsuits it had. In the winter of 2007 the building was finally demolished.

Haunted History: Supposedly on the second floor by the surgery rooms there is a lady in a white gown that still walks the hallways of Smithtown General Hospital. It is said that because this is a hospital and people have died here that this place is the final resting ground of there life and there spirits still lie within the walls of Smithtown General Hospital.

South Heaven UFO Crash

(Although not a traditional paranormal ghost or spirit haunting, the tale of the alleged UFO crash in South Heaven deserves mention on this page.)

Of perhaps all of the paranormal stories and tales which have arose from the Long Island area, the South Haven UFO crash of 1992 is undoubtedly the most acclaimed.

Motorists traveling Eastbound on Sunrise Highway in Shirley, NY, on November 24 at approximately 7:15 pm have claimed to witness a long, tubular shaped object crash into the strip of forest dividing Sunrise Highway from Montauk Highway (part of the Pine Barons area) and creating a brilliant white flash followed by a fire. Within the time frame of a few seconds, formations of black unmarked helicopters began to surround the area as well as military road blocks dispatched from the nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory. Suffolk County police and firemen were turned away from the scene as military personnel flooded the area surrounding the crash, their vehicles and uniforms bearing no insignia.

While there were dozens of eye witnesses that evening, town and police records do not recognize that any incident having had occurred that day at that location. Residents of the area who would frequently pass through the wooded area in question on a daily basis stated that the perimeter was blocked off and carefully guarded by Suffolk police officers for weeks to follow this event When the officers were questioned as to why the woods were blocked off they were told it was because of duck hunting season. Local residents also recall during this time a series of electronic failures and malfunctions including television interference, drained car batteries and telephones ringing with no one on the other end.

Aerial photographs taken of the area show a section of trees flattened to the ground as if something had crashed through the forest. There was also heavy vehicle traffic during this time and the sounds of large machinery. The object described just before its descent into the trees matched that of a group of strange lights reported weeks earlier on Channel 12 News. Other theories include the crash of a top-secret military stealth plane or prototype unmanned drone.

This cemetery has long since been abandoned for use. It still, however, remains an active location. EVPs and shadows continue to be encountered here. Also, strange lights in the surrounding woods have been observed many times, often accompanied by voices. Click Here for our investigations of this location.

Sweet Hollow Road, Huntington

There are many legends of Sweet Hollow Road:

• The 1^st one is that awhile ago 3 boys committed suicide by hanging themselves off of the Northern State overpass bridge on Sweet Hollow Road. It is said that when driving down Sweet Hollow Road, if you look up at the bridge you will see 3 bodies hanging there.
  
  NOTE: There is no town record of this.
   
• The 2^nd urban legend of Sweet Hollow Road is that a bus full of children was driving in snowy conditions on the Northern State overpass bridge The bus lost control and slipped off of the bridge killing everyone on board. NOTE: There is no town record of this.
  
  It is said that when you drive under the bridge, if you put your car in neutral, supposedly the car will start to move out from underneath the bridge. People say that this is the kids pushing your car out of harms way. NOTE: There is an incline on the road underneath the bridge.

• The 3^rd urban legend of Sweet Hollow Road is the white lady. The story goes as follows: A lady named Mary and her boyfriend was driving down Sweet Hollow Road one night. They got into a fight and supposedly her boyfriend pushed her out of the car or she jumped out of the car while it was in motion, the stories differ. Then a car that was following hit her and killed her. It is said that when you are driving down Sweet Hollow Road at night you will see a lady in white on the side of the road and then when you go to pass her she jumps out at your car. The lady in white is also supposed to be Mary from "Mary’s Grave", and people say that you can find her grave stone in the graveyard that is on Sweet Hollow Road.
   
• The 4^th urban legend of Sweet Hollow Road is that supposedly a while ago a police officer got shot and killed on Sweet Hollow Road. It is said that while you are driving on Sweet Hollow Road you will get pulled over by a cop. The cop comes over to you car, questions you and then lets you go. As the cop turns away to go back to his car, the back of his head is blown out from a shotgun.
  
  NOTE: There is no town record of this.
   
• The 5^th urban legend from Sweet Hollow Road is the ghost kids. Supposedly back in the 1930's there was a day camp on Sweet Hollow Road and the kids that went there got abused and some of them killed. It is said while driving on Sweet Hollow Road at night you will see a group of kids in 1930s clothing walking on the side of the road, and then just disappear.

Click Here for our investigations of this location.

NOTE: The legends of Sweet Hollow Road are also closely tied and intertwined with Mount Misery.

Union Cemetery, Middle Island

Before its days as a cemetery, the land was part of a farm belonging to Stephen Swezey. The oldest grave in the cemetery is that of Daniel Brewster from 1748. He was 61 years old at the time of his death. There are indications of older graves, but the stone markers have long since disappeared. The original Middletown Presbyterian Church across the street was constructed in 1767, and the present building has stood since 1837.

Another story to take note of is that of a crime that occurred on the property. A teenage girl was raped on the premises after meeting a man she met on the internet who claimed to be able to turn her into a vampire. He has since been convicted and sentenced to prison.

Union Cemetery has seen many people come its way since it was first opened. Not surprisingly, it has its own tales of the supernatural. Once account from a couple of years ago says that a paranormal group was investigating the cemetery one night when they had a strange occurrence. The organization was split into two teams and they were investigating different parts of the cemetery. One team was seated at a bench observing the property while the other was moving about through the lines of head stones. The mobile team was moving down one row when it noticed a member from the other team walking down another row. They radioed to him and asked him what he was doing when he was supposed to be stationary. He replied that the figure wasn't him, but that he could see it too. With that, the figure vanished. Is this a true sighting, I suppose one would have to go, look around, and see for themselves. Maybe as they move about the historic old cemetery they will have a chance to meet someone else from a long time ago.