• 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 that persists of a student that has never left. The story goes that late one night while a student, … [Read More...]

  • Saint Bonaventure University

    A Brief History of Saint Bonaventure University It would seem that stories persist on every University campus across the world of ghosts roaming the halls haunting students from generation to generation. It is hard to decipher if these stories are just urban legend masquerading as fact or if a … [Read More...]

  • The Investigation (Part 1)

    The team that you hunt with is one of your most useful tools on an investigation.  They are the ones that gather the evidence and then interpret the results.  The solid group is the way to accurate results.  But how do you select a team?  Odds are if they are willing to go on a ghost hunt in the … [Read More...]

  • Ghost Hunt at Local Business

    Just a few miles from my own home and overlooking Chautauqua Lake stands a building high atop a hill shaded by a row of trees. Set back away from Route 394 it has sat for many years watching all those that pass by. A converted farmhouse from the late 1700’s the structure seems sound even after all … [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...]