Main Line Paranormal Investigators - Active New York Locations

Aurora Inn
	Colonel E. B. Morgan built this establishment in 1833. It became a popular overnight destination for weary travelers. Its location on the Erie Canal favored continued, steady business. It was deeded to Wells College, then to the Aurora Foundation. It has closed its doors recently for renovations. Staff and guests alike have witnessed a lady in white, as well as, numerous mysterious noises.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Auditory, Apparition Location: Aurora MLPI Score: 5.40
Belhurst Castle
	Situated on a former Seneca Indian village, this development was divided among the stockholders of the Ontario Glass Company and William Delong. It then changed hands several times before it was torn down in 1888 and a new four-story mansion was built. The ghost of an Italian opera singer, who fled from Spain with her lover, tragically died in a secret tunnel underneath the mansion. Her apparition is supposedly seen on premises.

	Accessibility: Good Activity: Auditory, Apparition Location: Geneva MLPI Score: 5.63
Boldt Castle
	Built around the turn of the 20th century, this old castle was never completed due to the death of the builder's wife. He left, never to return but visitors and staff experience the apparition of what some believe to be the builder's wife roaming the uppermost floors of the castle, sometimes seen peaking out a window.

	Accessibility: Good Activity: Auditory, Apparition Location: Alexandria Bay MLPI Score: 5.40
Eastman Dental Dispensary
	This former dental hospital on the University of Rochester campus, now sits abandoned. Scott Donaldson, a local businessman, purchased the building in 2007 and turned it into a haunted house. Since then, every entrance has been boarded or locked shut. There are no trespassing signs. Those that do enter experience disembodied noises and voices.

	Accessibility: Poor Activity: Auditory Location: Rochester MLPI Score: 1.70
Hunter's Woods
	Over 60 people were murdered in these woods. During the twilight hours, sounds of children laughing and gunshots are heard. Numerous eyewitnesses have seen apparitions. Some believe Native Americans cursed this land long ago.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Presence, Auditory, Apparition Location: Ballston Lake MLPI Score: 5.93
Jacksonville Cemetery
	This rural cemetery outside of Baldwinsville has graves from the 19th century. Those that visit feel an eerie sense of presence. There are reports of young people wandering aimlessly, chasing then disappearing into thin air. Screams and gunshots are also heard in the backwoods.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Presence, Auditory, Apparition Location: Lysander MLPI Score: 6.33
McClurg Mansion
	James McClurg, a wealthy industrialist, built this Federal-style mansion in 1818. It houses early artifacts and materials relating to the local, early settlements here. There is a vast collection of fine art, furnishings, textiles and dolls. The Chautauqua County Historical Society now owns this building and conducts tours for the general public. Visitors witness floating white apparitions, believed as the maids of the manor. There is also faint sobbing heard.

	Accessibility: Good Activity: Presence, Auditory, Apparition Location: Westfield MLPI Score: 5.93
Old Seaview Hospital
	This old T.B. and insane asylum now sits abandoned on Brielle Avenue, across from the new Seaview Hospital. Those who explore these grounds have witnessed numerous apparitions, shadows, disembodied voices and noises. Many believe these entities as the spirits of long-dead patients who walk the hallways and passages, racked with pain from disease.

	Accessibility: Poor Activity: Auditory, Apparition, Shadow Location: Staten Island MLPI Score: 6.86
Sage College of Albany
	Formerly known as Sage Junior College of Albany, this institution was renamed in 2002. The fine arts building on campus supposedly hosts paranormal activity. These buildings were at one time part of the Parson's Home for Children, a children's sanitarium. Apparently, a fire racked this orphanage and many died in the fire. The caretaker and numerous small forms are witnessed in the basement of this building, along with disembodied noises and voices.

	Accessibility: Poor Activity: Presence, Auditory, Apparition, Visual Phenomena Location: Albany MLPI Score: 6.83
Sanger Mansion
	The Sangers, an aristocratic landed family, owned this grand country house prior to the anti-feudal movements of tenant farmers before the Civil War. It since changed hands many times through the Sanger family before William Cary Sanger Jr., the last Sanger to reside in the mansion, sold the property outside the family. It now is for sale. Visitors witness monk-like shadowy figures, balls of light and the sounds of footsteps following them.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Presence, Auditory, Shadow, Visual Phenomena Location: Waterville MLPI Score: 5.60
Shanley Hotel
	Throughout the 1800's, the Shanley Hotel served as a vacation home for weary travelers. Local workers frequented the Shanley as a favoriate watering hole and temporary home for some. The wealthy also visited this establishment and had private quarters. It continued to function as a hotel, changed its name several times and supposedly housed the mafia at one time. Staff, visitors and paranormal investigators have experienced disembodied voices, an antique lamp turning on by itself and a full body apparition.

	Accessibility: Very Good Activity: Auditory, Physical Manipulation, Apparition Location: Napanoch MLPI Score: 7.33
Skene Manor
	Colonel Skene built the manor around 1874. It later became a restaurant but failed. It is said that the Colonel buried his wife underneath the grand staircase but because of state laws, he had to move her to a plot at the bottom of the hill, on the outskirts of the property. Visitors witness a lady in Victorian garb wandering around the castle. She is also seen materialize in a fountain on the outer grounds.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Presence, Apparition Location: Whitehall MLPI Score: 5.26
Valentown Museum
	This museum houses many artifacts from the 19th century Victor and Rochester area. Levi Valentine originally built this structure in 1879 as a community center. Staff, visitors and paranormal investigators have experienced disembodied noises: footsteps, knocking, small stones being tossed and EVP. There are also instances where unseen forces touch or grab those that enter this old building.

	Accessibility: Good Activity: Presence, Auditory, Physical Manipulation Location: Victor MLPI Score: 4.70
Wells College - Main Building
	This private liberal arts college is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York. It was originally established as a woman's college in 1868, burned down in 1888 and finally rebuilt in 1890. During the brutal influenza epidemic, many students fell ill. The fourth-floor of the main building was transformed into an infirmary. Students claim to witness the ghostly apparitions of nurses standing over their beds or feel cold hands placed on their forehead.

	Accessibility: Average Activity: Presence, Apparition, Physical Manipulation Location: Aurora MLPI Score: 6.36