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Northeast — Anecdotal filings

Anecdotal reports in New York

New York keeps 22 anecdotal files — secondhand accounts and casually repeated reports, the friend-of-a-friend shelf. The archive holds them because the stories circulate and somebody should keep count; each is filed as reported, no stronger.

22 dossiers0 counties covered91% open to visitorsRolling Hills Asylum — deepest file

Also filed anecdotal:Arizona58 Hawaii55 Virginia34 Michigan31 Louisiana29 Texas26 Pennsylvania24 Georgia24

Other New York shelves:documented legends49 local folklore36 reported experiences24 investigation claims22 media-reported hauntings6 internet rumors5 unverified files4

Former Institution

Rolling Hills Asylum

East Bethany, New York

Genesee County poorhouse turned paranormal-investigation venue.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Former Train Station

Buffalo Central Terminal

Buffalo, New York

Art Deco rail terminal abandoned since 1979, wrapped in station-ghost lore.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Execution Rocks Lighthouse

New Rochelle, New York

The reef named for chained executions—British lore and a keeper’s curse.

2 claims · 1 legend→

New Amsterdam Theatre

New York, New York

Broadway’s oldest operating theater—and Olive Thomas’s ghost.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Belasco Theatre

New York, New York

David Belasco’s own theater—his ghost and the actor’s lift.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Sing Sing

Ossining, New York

"Up the river"—the Hudson prison where the Rosenbergs and 613 others died.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Boldt Castle

Alexandria Bay, New York

The Thousand Islands castle abandoned for 73 years—love and loss.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Algonquin Hotel

New York, New York

The Round Table’s hotel—Dorothy Parker’s seat is reportedly still warm.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Hart Island

Bronx, New York

The potter’s field—a million buried, no headstones.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Old Stone House

Brooklyn, New York

The Vechte house—where the Maryland 400 held the line.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Prison Ship Martyrs Monument

Brooklyn, New York

The 1908 column over the prison-ship dead—11,000 martyrs.

2 claims · 1 legend→

McSorley’s Old Ale House

New York, New York

The 1854 ale house—"we were here before you were born."

2 claims · 1 legend→

Chumley’s

New York, New York

The speakeasy that gave "86" to the language.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Landmark Tavern

New York, New York

The 1868 dockside tavern—where the drowned captain is seen.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Triangle Shirtwaist site

New York, New York

March 25, 1911—the fire that changed labor law.

2 claims · 1 legend→

The Jane Hotel

New York, New York

The 1908 sailors’ hotel—where the Titanic survivors stayed.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Palace Theatre

New York, New York

The vaudeville palace—Judy Garland’s door and a hundred phantom acts.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Landmark Theatre

Syracuse, New York

Loew’s movie palace—Clarissa, the electrician who fell.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Shea’s Performing Arts Center

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo’s 1926 Tiffany palace—Michael Shea still runs the house.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Love Canal

Niagara Falls, New York

The canal that poisoned a neighborhood—1978, Superfund born.

Former Hospital

Hudson River State Hospital

Poughkeepsie, New York

1871 Kirkbride asylum partially destroyed by fire and redevelopment.

Puck Building

New York, New York

The 1885 magazine building—where Puck’s statue watches Lafayette Street.

Full New York record → state index· Every anecdotal filing → evidence shelf

Record last amended October 2, 2026 · shelves recounted with the archive