Island of Lost Souls: Madness & Medicine on Roosevelt Island The intersections between the history of institutional spaces and the urban folklore that surrounds them Explore the dark and haunting past of Roosevelt Island with our ‘Island of Lost Souls: Madness & Medicine on Roosevelt Island’ ghost tour. Discover the history of lunatic asylums, smallpox hospitals, and penitentiaries that once occupied this eerie island. Now […]
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 Uncover the chilling secrets of Brooklyn Heights on our Haunted Brooklyn Heights Tour. 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 […]