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    Little Theatre

    Reader Submission Just got out of hospital, so I’ve got plenty of time, here goes; I had been asked to play for “Forever Plaid” at the Little Theater, but I hadn’t played String Bass for 25 years or so, so I was plunking away on stage before dress rehearsal (Just like falling off a … [Read More...]

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    Hollenbeck Cemetery

    Just outside of the city of Jamestown is a small cemetery in which rests about twenty-five graves. There is nothing great or even remarkable about this final resting place last used about 1890. It has sat for over a hundred years watching time pass and along the way certain stories have cropped … [Read More...]

  • Guernsey Hollow Cemetery Report

    Participants: Bruce Gleason, Jim Neal, Todd Pitts, Trevor Pitts, Stacey Crosscut Arrival: Checked equipment Assigned equipment: Bruce Gleason- Movie camera and flashlight Jim Neal- ELF and Disposable camera (No Flash) Todd Pitts- Tape Recorder w/ external microphone Trevor Pitts- … [Read More...]

  • What is Ghost?

    Why do they haunt us? What do they want as they wander through our homes and across our land as the light fades and the moonlights seeps through our windows? Ghosts have been with us since man began to ponder the meaning of death. They began to wonder what happened to friends and family when they … [Read More...]

Oct
30

James Prendergast Home

Reader Submission August 4th 2010 I lived in the house that  James Prendergast once owned  and every night he would appear he liked knocking pictures off the wall and open my kitchen cupboards. … [Read more...]

Oct
28

Strange lights on Newland and Broadhead

Reader Submission: March 3, 2010 My friend and another male friend,and myself...we were outside on a late night enjoying a beautiful summer warmth. We were all giggles and thrills and having a good … [Read more...]

Oct
26

Fenton Historical Society

Reader Submission March 3, 2010 Ok everyone who grew up in Jamestown has been to or at least heard of the Fenton Museum in Jamestown. It sits on a dark hill and one of the oldest and most … [Read more...]

Oct
23

McClurg Mansion

Reader Submission 10/30/2010 My friend and I were looking for something to do while walking around Westfield. It was raining, and we gradually found ourselves in the McClurg Mansion. We took a tour … [Read more...]

Oct
16

New Ireland

Reader Submission I recently came across your web site and believe I can contribute to a story on New Ireland (Little Ireland).  I am not at all an expert on the area but have spoken with many who I … [Read more...]

Oct
16

The Emergence of Spiritualism

Through the ages Spiritualism has been looked down upon as mere pseudoscience, scoffed at by critics, and altogether dismissed as fakery.  All the rage in Europe it did not come into vogue until … [Read more...]

Oct
16

The Incomplete Paper of De La Roche Hall

De Le Roche Hall which houses the computer and science classes at Saint Bonaventure has had a long past and retains a legend that may not just be urban. Somewhere on the third floor, there is a story … [Read more...]

Oct
12

Flight 401

Mystery Flights

On December 19, 1972 the Eastern Airlines Flight 401 L-1011 jumbo jet crashed in the Florida Everglades killing all 100 passengers and crew aboard.  The Captain Robert Loft and Engineer Dan Repo … [Read more...]

Oct
09

Interview with Rebecca Rosen

reflections

“If you look at them [mourning customs, epitaphs, and motifs] with 20th century eyes you will miss [the meaning]. You’ve got to understand what the world was actually like, what it was like living … [Read more...]

Oct
09

Ellington Ghost Carriage

Ellington Ghost Carriage

If you have ever been to Ellington, New York you would know that the quaint little town, sitting around a well manicured square, harkens back to a time when small towns were everything.  The local … [Read more...]