New York City
The Enduring Appeal of the New York City Ghost Tour
“We should pass over all biographies of ‘the good and the great,’ while we search carefully the slight records of wretches who died in prison, in Bedlam, or upon the gallows.” – Edgar Allan Poe The eagle-eyed among you will have by now spotted the above “Motto” carefully emblazoned on my home page. In my mind it encapsulates all the …Continue reading →
June 13, 2013 Thursday at 7:21 pm
Lessons Learned
This weekend I decided to try life on the other side… of the walking tour business, that is. In addition to leading my regular tours, I attended two tours offered by other companies to get a sense of what it felt like to be a customer. It’s easy to get myopic or stuck in a rut as a guide, and …Continue reading →
June 9, 2013 Sunday at 1:21 pm
Ghosts of the Sea
When April comes, I begin to think of the Titanic. The tragic maritime disaster with its ghostly whiff of unfinished business, why, it just inflames my imagination, let me tell you. And living in New York City, we have something of a special claim to the story — along with Belfast, Southampton, and Halifax, New York is one of the …Continue reading →
April 11, 2013 Thursday at 11:34 am
Haunted Hell’s Kitchen
New Years’ Eve is almost upon us, so what better time to tell a few ghostly yarns involving bars? There are many reportedly haunted bars and taverns in New York City, and many of their stories are well-known by now: The White Horse Tavern, The Bridge Cafe, McSorley’s, and the Ear Inn all have their share of ghosts. But …Continue reading →
December 30, 2012 Sunday at 5:29 pm
The Most Haunted House in Greenwich Village
14 West 10th Street, located between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, on one of the Village’s most picturesque blocks. It is perhaps no wonder, then, that it is incredibly haunted. After all, it seems almost too good to be true… Mark Twain lived at this address from 1900 – 1901 and if you visit it you will see a small bronze …Continue reading →
December 20, 2012 Thursday at 9:15 pm
Ghosts, Christmas and New York City
We in New York City are lucky enough to have had some jolly old Dutch forefathers, who brought the holiday with them. When the British took over the colony in the 1660s, their children envied the Dutch boys and girls who got presents every December 6th and begged their parents to follow suit. Then in 1823 Clement Clark Moore wrote …Continue reading →
December 13, 2012 Thursday at 7:05 pm
Boroughs of the Dead
“Like the best of the pulps, the narratives are creepy, darkly comical and elegantly composed, with lovingly detailed descriptions of place and an ample whiff of lurid decay.” – FANGORIA Imbued with the chilling undertone that inhabits all of New York’s five boroughs, BOROUGHS OF THE DEAD is an entertaining, varied and infectious take on things that go bump …Continue reading →
November 14, 2012 Wednesday at 9:00 pm
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