{"id":567,"slug":"kilmer-mansion-binghamton-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Kilmer is the cured — the 'Swamp Root' that's the fortune's source, the 'paper questioned' that's the son's buy. The 'four mansions' is the thinned — the 'three razed' that's the sisters' fate, the 'temple saved' that's the '50's rescue. The 'newspaper bought' is the bold — the 'criticism silenced' that's the purchase's aim, the 'Willis' that's the marketer's name.","The 'children sing' is the heard — the 'doll's head' that's the movement's odd, the 'touched' that's the guests' feel. The 'gargoyles stolen' is the lost — the '$25,000' that's the bronze's worth, the 'front door' that's the lamps' spot. Kilmer is the castle — the 'turrets' that's the style's mark, the 'Parlor City' that's the town's name.","The file keeps Kilmer: the cured fortune, the bought paper, the thinned mansions, and the singing children.","Kilmer Mansion is the archive's New York file — the Swamp Root castle that outlived its sisters."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Kilmer Mansion is the archive's New York file — the mansion built on patent medicine.","A mansion keeps its cure — the file's suggestion being that Kilmer's hold is the marketed: the 'Swamp Root' that's the fortune's source, the 'paper bought' that's the criticism's fix, and the 'three razed' that's the survival's luck."]}],"name":"Kilmer Mansion","aliases":[],"type":"MANSION","type_label":"Mansion","cats":["HAUNTING"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites"],"desc":"Historic event venue where investigators report voices, touch sensations and moving objects.","full_desc":"Kilmer Mansion is a mansion in Binghamton, New York. Historic event venue where investigators report voices, touch sensations and moving objects. The mansion was built for the Kilmer family in 1898 and is used as an event venue. Reported lore and claims include: An unnamed investigative team reportedly heard children singing and footsteps, felt touching and saw a doll’s head move.","address":"9 Riverside Drive","city":"Binghamton","county":"Broome","state":"New York","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":42.101331,"lon":-75.909369,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"HISTORIC_SITE","access":"RESTRICTED","access_notes":"Open only for scheduled tours and events; confirm with the venue.","ownership":null,"website":"https://kilmermansion.org/","phone":null,"year_built":1898,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery/enrichment pass; geographic coordinates and current visitor conditions remain to be independently verified. Evidence confidence refers to attribution, not paranormal reality.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":61.9,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":429,"type":"OBJECTS_MOVING","description":"An unnamed investigative team reportedly heard children singing and footsteps, felt touching and saw a doll’s head move. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. It originates in investigator claims — compelling inside the team's log, unverifiable outside it. The account appears in 'Kilmer Mansion'. Nothing here would make headlines alone; together the reports make a pattern.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Kilmer Mansion","url":"https://hauntedhistorytrail.com/explore/kilmer-mansion","publisher":"Haunted History Trail of New York State","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"The mansion was built for the Kilmer family in 1898 and is used as an event venue. Kilmer Mansion's history is documented rather than told — this entry is part of that spine. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Kilmer Mansion' documents the entry. Documented ground is what separates this file from pure legend — this is part of it.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":null,"date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Kilmer Mansion","url":"https://hauntedhistorytrail.com/explore/kilmer-mansion","publisher":"Haunted History Trail of New York State","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"legends":[],"entities":[],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access is restricted; check with the managing agency or landowner before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Kilmer Mansion","url":"https://hauntedhistorytrail.com/explore/kilmer-mansion","publisher":"Haunted History Trail of New York State","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":1,"legends":0,"entities":0,"sources":1}}