Season 01

Happy Valley

Location:

Happy Valley WMA's northern boundary is transected by U.S. Route 104; its southern boundary is transected by Oswego County Route 26. These routes are accessible off Exit 34 of Interstate 81.

Before You Go

People say they camp at Happy Valley. No camping is allowed.

Sources for the show:

Happy Valley Wildlife Management Area - NYS Dept. of Environmental ...."https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/68691.html.
"Happy Valley WMA | Haunted Places | Oswego, NY." https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/happy-valley-wma/
"Looking back at Happy Valley, a farm town uprooted in the 1930s to ....". https://www.newyorkupstate.com/northern-ny/2016/04/rediscovering_happy_valley_ny.html.
"Landmarks of Oswego County, New York - Google Books." https://books.google.com/books/about/Landmarks_of_Oswego_County_New_York.html?id=BskpAQAAMAAJ. Pp 842
"Great Depression - Wikipedia." Accessed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression.
"Resettlement Administration - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resettlement_Administration.
“Happy Valley Project Oswego County ” Mexico Independent, February 13, 1936http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85026818/1936-02-13/ed-1/seq-1/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Starin Place and House

Location:

Karen Chaplin, Founder and Executive DirectorFortroyal Foundation, Inc.P.O. Box 445Fultonville, NY 12072Phone: 518-853-4542Email: kstarin@hotmail.com

Sources for the show:

"Starin Place | Haunted Places | Fultonville, NY." https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/starin-place/."john h. starin - Three Rivers, Hudson, Mohawk, Schoharie." http://threerivershms.com/starin.pdf. Pg 124, 125"John H. Starin - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_H._Starin. "Amusement Parks of New York: Jim Futrell: Amazon.com: Books." https://www.amazon.com/Amusement-Parks-New-York-Futrell/dp/B008SLG5UM. Pg 24"Starin's Glen Island - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starin%27s_Glen_Island. 2019."Landmarks: A Victorian showplace | The Daily Gazette." 20 May. 2012, https://dailygazette.com/article/2012/05/20/0520_Landmarks . "Fultonville Cemetery - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fultonville_Cemetery. "PS General Slocum - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Letchworth Village

Location:

Letchworth Village Rd, Thiells, NY 10984Most of the location is open to the public, except for the buildings.

Sources for the show:

"A Look at Letchworth Village: By the numbers - LoHud.com." https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/stony-point/2018/10/04/look-letchworth-village-numbers/1443108002/
"Haunted Asylums in New York State | Exemplore." https://exemplore.com/paranormal/Haunted-Asylums-in-New-York-State.
"The Real History of Letchworth Village - Hudson Valley Magazine ...." http://www.hvmag.com/Hudson-Valley-Magazine/February-2016/The-Real-History-of-Letchworth-Village/.
"A look at Letchworth Village: Meet the people who impacted the village." https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/stony-point/2018/10/04/look-letchworth-village-meet-people-who-impacted-village/1443112002/.
"Randalls and Wards Islands - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randalls_and_Wards_Islands.
"Phenylketonuria - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylketonuria.
"Dr. George Jervis, 82; Expert on Retardation - The New York Times." https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/10/obituaries/dr-george-jervis-82-expert-on-retardation.html.
"Hilary Koprowski - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilary_Koprowski.
"Letchworth Village - Abandoned Insane Asylums | Owlcation." https://owlcation.com/humanities/Letchworth-Village-Abandoned-Insane-Asylums.
"Letchworth Village - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letchworth_Village.
"A look at Letchworth Village: Past, present and future - LoHud.com." https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/rockland/stony-point/2018/10/04/look-letchworth-village-past-present-and-future/1377954002/.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Knox Mansion

Location:

104 West 2nd Avenue, Johnstown, NY 12095 Call before you go: (518) 752-8231

Sources for the show:

The Knox Mansion - Haunted History Trail." Accessed March 17, 2019. https://hauntedhistorytrail.com/explore/the-knox-mansion.
"A Ghostly Stay Awaits You at Knox Mansion - Short Weeks – Long ...." Accessed March 17, 2019. http://shortweeks-longweekends.com/a-ghostly-stay-awaits-you-at-the-knox-mansion/
"Knox Unflavoured Gelatine - Brand History." Accessed March 17, 2019. http://www.knoxgelatine.com/history.htm.
"Rose Knox: Foremost Woman Industrialist of Her Day - America ...." Accessed March 17, 2019. https://americacomesalive.com/2015/03/11/rose-knox-foremost-woman-industrialist-of-her-day/.
History of the Village of Johnstown, NY (part 7) - History at Rays Place." Accessed March 17, 2019. http://history.rays-place.com/ny/fult-johnstown-v7.htm.
"Rose Knox - Wikipedia." Accessed March 17, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Knox
"History | Willing Helpers' Home for Women." Accessed March 17, 2019. https://willinghelpers.org/history.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Bernard Hatch: Potato Hill Killer

Location:

Murder took place on Potato Hill, close to Starr Hill in Oneida County

Sources for the show:

I would recommend going to the Oneida County District Attorney’s site to access all the files they have released to the public there: http://www.ocgov.net/distatty/BernardHatch
"Hatch: Convicted of one murder, suspected of others - Uticaod." https://www.uticaod.com/news/20161016/hatch-convicted-of-one-murder-suspected-of-others\
"Police Reports - Oneida County." http://ocgov.net/sites/default/files/distatty/NoteworthyCases/BernardHatch/BernardHatchAdditional2018/Police%20Reports.pdf. Pg 8, 14, 50
"Mary Turner Autopsy Report." Accessed March 16, 2019. http://ocgov.net/sites/default/files/distatty/NoteworthyCases/BernardHatch/BernardHatchAdditional2018/LabReports/Mary%20Turner%20Autopsy%20Report.pdf.
"The Hauntings of Starr Hill Road – Paranormal Central New York." Accessed March 16, 2019. https://lite987.com/the-hauntings-of-starr-hill-road-paranormal-central-new-york/.
"Oswego Palladium Times Archives, October 19, 1973, p. 13." 19 October. 1973, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031482/1973-10-19/ed-1/seq-13/
"'Potato Hill killer' Bernard Hatch still claims innocence - Uticaod." 17 Oct. 2016, http://www.uticaod.com/news/20161017/potato-hill-killer-bernard-hatch-still-claims-innocence.
"The journal. (Ogdensburg, N.Y.) 1971-current, March 9, 1975 ...." 9 March. 1975, http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031170/1975-03-09/ed-1/seq-2/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Forest Hill Cemetery

Location:

Outside of Troy, NY

Visiting is not recommended

Sources for the show:

"One of America's Most Haunted Cemeteries In Troy - Q103." https://q103albany.com/one-of-americas-most-haunted-cemeteries-in-troy/.
"Forest Park Cemetery – Pinewoods Cemetery | Haunted Places ...." https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/forest-park-cemetery-pinewoods-cemetery/.
"The Creepy History of Troy's Forest Park Cemetery - 107.7 WGNA." https://wgna.com/the-creepy-history-of-troys-forest-park-cemetery/.
"Interesting Information About Forest Park ... - Long Island Genealogy." http://longislandgenealogy.com/forestpark.html.
"The Legend Behind Pinewoods Cemetery Will ... - Only In Your State." https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/new-york/haunted-pinewoods-cemetery-ny/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Big Moose Lake: Site of Grace Brown's Murder

Location:

NW of Old Forge, NY

Sources for the show:

"The Murder at Big Moose Lake: One of the ... - Adirondack.net." https://www.adirondack.net/history/grace-brown/. "The Ogdensburg journal., July 14, 1906, Page 4. http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn85054113/1906-07-14/ed-1/seq-4/
"The daily palladium. (Oswego, NY) 1890-1908, July 14, 1906, Page 1 ...." http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031480/1906-07-14/ed-1/seq-1/
"St. Lawrence Republican and Ogdensburgh weekly journal ...." http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031416/1906-07-18/ed-1/seq-1/
"Chester Gillette - Wikipedia."https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_Gillette.
"The diary of Chester Gillette - News - Uticaod - Utica, NY." https://www.uticaod.com/article/20080113/NEWS/301139940.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Barron Steuben

Location:

Steuben Memorial State Historic Site941 Starr Hill Rd. Remsen, NY 13438Open May to September

Sources for the show:

"Biography of Baron von Steuben - USHistory.org." http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/steuben.html
"Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Wilhelm_von_Steuben.
"Steuben 'indispensable' to American Revolution - Rome Sentinel." 8 Oct. 2017, http://romesentinel.com/stories/steuben-indispensible-to-american-revolution,12836.
"Freemason Secrets Of Baron von Steuben - Haunts ... - YouTube." 2 Jul. 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCkEdmqw0YM.
"Steuben Memorial State Historic Site - Parks, Recreation and Historic ...." https://parks.ny.gov/historic-sites/2/details.aspx.

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Twilight Zone and Binghamton NY

This was a former Patreon Episode

Location:

Various Locations around Binghamton, NY. 67 Bennett Ave.Recreation Park: Beethoven St & Seminary AveThe Bundy Museum of History & Art, 127 Main StreetBinghamton High School: 31 Main StBinghamton Walk of Fame located front of Metrocenter: 49 Court StForum Theater: 236 Washington St

Sources for the show:

Twilight Zone episodes:"Walking Distance"“Mirror Image”“The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”
Night Gallery episode: “They're Tearing Down Tim Riley's Bar.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Serling
https://visitbinghamton.org/things-to-do/rod-serling/
http://www.wicz.com/story/36720614/rod-serlings-binghamton-twilight-zone-creators-hometown-represented-simpler-times
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/rod-serling-gazebo
https://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/connections/history/2018/12/08/submitted-your-approval-life-binghamtons-rod-serling/2207322002/
https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/19758
https://www.rodserling.com/bingobit.htm
http://www.rodserling.com/
https://www.bundymuseum.org/exhibits/rod-serling-archive
https://twilightzone.fandom.com/wiki/Binghamton,_NY
http://danvillepubliclibrary.org/Pathfinder/rodbin.html
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/binghamton/news/2016/10/28/twilight-zone-stars-curse-
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/rod-serling-about-rod-serling/702/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


Goodleburg Cemetery

This was a former Patreon Episode

Location:

South Wales, NY 14139 Please only visit during the day

Sources for the show:

http://www.mkearnsreporter.com/Cemetery.html
https://youtu.be/VEginxMhQUQ
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodleburg_Cemetery
http://www.weirdus.com/states/new_york/cemetery_safari/goodleburg_/index.php
https://www.masonwinfield.com/damning-goodleberg-part-1/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y60hQPPDfDE&list=WL&index=8
https://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/goodleburg-cemetery.html
https://www.wgrz.com/article/news/local/unknown-stories/unknown-stories-of-wny-monsters-myths-legends/71-343090272
https://buffalonews.com/2017/06/15/forgotten-crimes-buffalos-torso-killer-murders-kenmore-housewife-helen-lindeman/
The Little Valley hub., October 07, 1948, Page 1http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn92062047/1948-10-07/ed-1/seq-1/
https://buffalonews.com/1998/05/31/48-slaying-96-disappearance-compound-anguish-of-family/

Music:

Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


Death of Sam Patch


Location:Commercial St., Rochester, NY Pont de Rennes pedestrian bridge. Balcony at Terrace Park at the end of Commercial St.
Sources for the show:"Sam Patch - Wikipedia." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Patch
"The Wonderful Leaps Of Sam Patch | AMERICAN HERITAGE." https://www.americanheritage.com/wonderful-leaps-sam-patch
"1829: Sam Patch, America's first daredevil, meets a sad, violent end in ...." 16 Nov. 2018, https://www.newyorkupstate.com/rochester/2018/11/the_final_leap_of_sam_patch_americas_first_daredevil.html
Kinderhook herald., November 05, 1829, Page 2, Image 2http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84035781/1829-11-05/ed-1/seq-2/
"The Grave of Daredevil 'Sam Patch' - Rochester, NY - Exploring Upstate." 13 Sep. 2014, https://exploringupstate.com/grave-of-daredevil-sam-patch-rochester-ny/
Music:Cattails Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Ghost Dance Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/