A look at the Catholic rite of exorcism and the connections that the 1973 film The Exorcist has to New York City, in particular to Fordham University. New York City’s Fordham University wasn’t just a... Read More
In the 1690s, a Transylvania-born mystic, occultist, musician, and writer named Johannes Kelpius led a group of 40 Rosicrucian monks to colonial Philadelphia to wait for the end of the world. Though Kelpius and his... Read More
It only took 15 minutes for the New York Crystal Palace, a beautiful building made of iron and glass, to be destroyed. Financially insolvent and falling apart, the building had seen better days. New management... Read More
The New York Crystal Palace: A look at New York City’s ill-fated Crystal Palace, a beautiful structure built on an abandoned cemetery on the outskirts of town. In the mid-19th century, a castle of glass... Read More
A look at haunted St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery, the second-oldest church still standing in Manhattan, which is full of hauntings both legendary and questionable. Highlights include:• A wealthy man’s remains being stolen and held for ransom•... Read More
A look at two of NYC’s oldest and most haunted churches: Trinity Church and St. Paul’s Chapel, two famous houses of worship in Manhattan’s Financial District with cemeteries tucked into their churchyards. Highlights include:• Disinterring... Read More
Paranormal stories about New York City’s Hell Gate abound, from stories about a serial killer living inside the Hell Gate Bridge, to a tale of an encounter with the devil and a possible EVP that... Read More
The General Slocum Disaster: On a summer afternoon in 1904, the General Slocum, a supposedly unsinkable ship carrying about 1,300 people bound for a picnic, caught fire and sank in New York City’s notorious Hell... Read More
Sunken Treasure at Hell Gate, New York City: Legend has it that beneath the East River lies millions of dollars in gold. In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, a British frigate called the HMS Hussar... Read More
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A deep dive into the darker side of The Exorcist‘s production, with scary facts from The Exorcist’s production, from the director’s tendency to shot blanks from a gun at random on set to scare people,…
A look at the Catholic rite of exorcism and the connections that the 1973 film The Exorcist has to New York City, in particular to Fordham University. New York City’s Fordham University wasn’t just a…
In the 1690s, a Transylvania-born mystic, occultist, musician, and writer named Johannes Kelpius led a group of 40 Rosicrucian monks to colonial Philadelphia to wait for the end of the world. Though Kelpius and his…
It only took 15 minutes for the New York Crystal Palace, a beautiful building made of iron and glass, to be destroyed. Financially insolvent and falling apart, the building had seen better days. New management…