{"id":2899,"slug":"the-players-new-york-new-york","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["The Players is the '88 — the 'Edwin Booth' that's the founded, the 'brother's ghost' that's the shadow. The 'deed' is the gift — the 'December 31' that's the read, the '3rd floor' that's the kept. The 'John Wilkes' is the portrait — the 'in situ' that's the suite, the 'never mentioned' that's the allowed.","The 'Stanford White' is the remodeled — the '1847' that's the banker, the 'Great Hall' that's the fireplace. The 'Gibson' is the invented — the 'Twain' that's the incorporator, the 'Sarah Bernhardt' that's the elevator. The Players is the club — the '16 Gramercy' that's the still, the 'gaslights' that's the lit.","The file keeps The Players: the 1888 Booth, the deed gift, the John Wilkes portrait, and the Stanford White.","The Players is the archive's NYC file — the actor's club."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["The Players is the archive's NYC file — the Booth's redemption.","A club keeps its suite — the file's suggestion being that Players' hold is the preserved: the '3rd floor' that's the Edwin, the 'John Wilkes' that's the portrait, and the 'deed' that's the given."]}],"name":"The Players","aliases":[],"type":"HOUSE","type_label":"House","cats":["LOCAL_FOLKLORE","HAUNTED_PLACE","HISTORIC_BUILDING","LITERARY"],"groups":["hauntings","historic-sites","legends"],"desc":"Booth’s Gramercy club—where the actor’s ghost reportedly stays.","full_desc":"A house in New York, New York, The Players is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Booth’s Gramercy club—where the actor’s ghost reportedly stays. The name the accounts keep returning to is Edwin Booth. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend and 1 documented fact, with the verified spine filed separately from the lore. The site is open to visitors.","address":null,"city":"New York","county":null,"state":"New York","postal":null,"region":"Northeast","lat":40.662712,"lon":-73.938677,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"ACTIVE","access":"PUBLIC","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":"Historic site","research_notes":"NYC batch; VERIFY task auto-queued.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"MEDIUM","score":59.4,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0.8,"source_quality":0.3999999999999999,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0.7,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":2646,"type":"NAMED_GHOST_LEGEND","description":"Booth is reportedly seen in his room. The lore gives it a name — Edwin Booth — which is what turns a report into a resident. A house with New York's history behind it gives the reports a setting that needs no exaggeration. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. 'Players Club' carries the account. The name gives the haunting a face, and the sightings give the name a job.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Edwin Booth","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]},{"id":2647,"type":"APPARITION","description":"Reported figures in the club. The house's rooms are where the accounts concentrate — old houses keep their stories in the walls they were built around. Investigators logged it; whether instruments or interpretation produced it is the open question. 'Players Club' carries the account. Whatever walks there, it walks often enough to keep the reports coming.","evidence":"PARANORMAL_INVESTIGATION_CLAIM","evidence_label":"Investigation claim","entity":null,"where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.8,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[{"description":"Booth’s 1888 club and the preserved room are documented. A house in New York, New York with this much documented history gives the dossier substance underneath the lore. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Players Club' documents the entry. It is the kind of fact the rest of the dossier leans on.","evidence":"HISTORICALLY_VERIFIED","date_start":"1888","date_end":null,"confidence":null,"source":{"name":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"Booth is reportedly seen in his room. The Players in New York, New York is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The report is preserved in sources like 'Players Club'. As folklore it's unkillable: the story is too good, and the place too fitting, to let go.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"entities":[{"name":"Edwin Booth","claimed_identity":"Edwin Booth","verified":null,"summary":"Booth is reportedly seen in his room. The presence goes by Edwin Booth. The Players in New York, New York is the kind of old house where every sound eventually gets a name. The report is preserved in sources like 'Players Club'. Named presences persist where anonymous reports fade — the file's name here is Edwin Booth.","behavior":"Booth is reportedly seen in his room.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Historic house; many are private residences—verify public access 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":"Players Club","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Players_(New_York_City)","publisher":"Wikipedia","type":"ENCYCLOPEDIA","authority":4}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":2,"history":1,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}