Island of Lost Souls: Madness & Medicine on Roosevelt Island The intersections between the history of institutional spaces and the urban folklore that surrounds them Now a pleasant, tight-knit residential community, Roosevelt Island was once an island of institutions inhabited by convicts, lunatics, and the destitute. City leaders in 19th century New York viewed the small East River island as an ideal locale for their […]
Haunting Histories and Legends of Astoria Unsettling tales of this neighborhood’s grim and ghostly past Astoria is a pleasant, bustling, vibrant neighborhood — but it also has a dark and lurid history with its fair share of ghosts. Its shadowy past is a whirlpool of sunken ships, secret cemeteries and tombstones, grisly murders, sinister legends, and deadly waters. Discover these unsettling […]
Haunted Brooklyn Heights Where genteel brownstones belie subterranean horrors Take a stroll among the graceful homes of one of Brooklyn’s oldest neighborhoods… but don’t let their sedate charms fool you. Nestled within these dwellings are a wealth of gory, ghastly, haunted, and gruesome tales. Brooklyn Heights hides surprising secrets: Revolutionary-era bones are buried in gardens; concealed tunnels are […]