Long Island Gothic

Long Island’s Jamesport Manor Inn: An insider’s story

Long Island's haunted Jamesport Manor Inn

You can get used to about anything, living at the Jamesport Manor Inn on Long Island. A former dishwasher who was also a tenant before it burned and was restored, proved it one afternoon as he was at his sink, doing his job. A waitress, who was also familiar with the specter of what people [...]

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DEKs American Restaurant: Comfort food and true ghost stories in Rocky Point, Long Island

DEKs American Restaurant, Rocky Point, Long Island, New York

Dek’s American Restaurant, Rocky Point, Long Island, New York. To view larger or to see more pictures from Haunted Long Island, click here The bartender and a friend are shooting pool in the empty restaurant, waiting to lock up. It’s either late at night or very early in the morning, depending on one’s perspective and [...]

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The Jamesport Manor Inn: Gourmet dinner and spirits

The haunted Jamesport Manor Inn, Long Island

The Jamesport Manor Inn, Jamesport, Long Island, New York. To order fine art prints or view larger, click here   One could argue that the main character of The Witching Hour, a novel by Anne Rice is the Mayfair mansion on First Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the book, the house is painstakingly restored, [...]

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Tales of Old Stony Brook II: Of William Sidney Mount, spirits and Spiritualism

Hawkins Mount House, Home of William Sidney Mount, Stony Brook, New York

On Long Island, New York, the village of Stony Brook seems trapped in time. Meet one of its oldest residents, who once communicated with spirits, and now finds himself one as well. A tale of one of America’s first great artists, William Sidney Mount, the early days of Spiritualism, and a dash of Hell House, in this piece from a Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries.

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Tales From Head of the Harbor & St. James Part IV: A True Ghost Story from Head of the Harbor

Carman-White House, St. James, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

The Carmans and the Whites are two of the most prominent families in Head of the Harbor, New York. Meet a cantankerous fellow with a cane, and a couple of elderly ladies who still met for tea and to help the family, from beyond the grave, in this true ghost story from the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

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The Legends and Myths of Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road, Part III. Mary takes another swing with her bloody hatchet on the big screen

Sweet Hollow Road's Mary Hatchet

It’s approaching Halloween and we have another film based on the legend of Mary Hatchet of Sweet Hollow Road and Mount Misery. Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet is a hatchet job on the legends, which we look at in detail in this look at one of Long Island’s most popular Urban Legends in the Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries.

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The Ghosts of Old Bethpage Village Restoration

Williams House, c. 1860, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, Old Bethpage, Nassau County, New York

Old Bethpage Village Restoration has its share of ghosts. Take a look at the houses and the spirits rumored to inhabit them, as well as view Old Bethpage Village photos, from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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The Legends and Myths of Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road Pt. II: Of Native Americans, Mothmen, M.I.B.s and UFOs

Sweet Hollow, West Hills County Park, Melville, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow’s Road big-time debut came in the book the Mothman Prophecies by John Keel, but the legends stretch back further. Lost and confused in the history of the native Americans of Huntington and Plainview, we try to untangle the mysteries of the mothman, M.I.B. and UFOs in this haunted area. From the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet

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The Legends and Myths of Sweet Hollow and Mount Misery: Part I, The Asylums of Mount Misery

Mount Misery, West Hills County Park, Melville, Town of Huntington, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York

Legends abound on Mount Misery, perhaps none so popular as those of the asylums which supposedly stood there in the past. Take a look at the facts and decide for yourself, the truth behind one of Long Island’s most famous urban legends, from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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The Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church, Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Another Kind of Planting Fields

The Memorial Cemetery of St. John’s Church, designed by the Olmstead Brothers, who designed the gardens at Planting Fields Arboretum, Oheka Castle and many other Gold Coast Estates – a lovely place to spend an afternoon or an eternity, from the Gothic Curiosity Cabinet.

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