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 Chris just found in a recording from April.
Many of the stories of the Hell Gate center around the grand Hell Gate Bridge, so this episode dives into the bridge’s history, as well as accounts of people sneaking up onto the bridge and exploring it. The episode closes out with a recording that Chris did on the shore alongside the Hell Gate back in April 2020, which Chris thought was just a normal recording, but which maybe actually contains a couple somewhat terrifying EVPs? (Listen to the end for that.)
Highlights include:
• The best place to hide from zombies in NYC
• Other Hell Gates
• The Nazi plot to destroy the Hell Gate bridge
• A funny flaw in the Hell Gate’s paint job
Note: This episode includes brief mentions of suicide.
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Pictures of the Hell Gate Bridge
The Hell Gate Bridge, April 2020
Beneath the Hell Gate Bridge, April 2020
The Hell Gate Bridge, April 2020
The Triboro Bridge (left) and Hell Gate Bridge (right)
The underside of the Hell Gate Bridge, with its red lights, April 2020
The Triboro Bridge with the Hell Gate bridge behind it, April 2020
The Hell Gate Bridge seen from Astoria Park, April 2020
Plaque commemorating the General Slocum Disaster, April 2020
Triboro Bridge seen from near the Hell Gate Bridge, April 2020
The bottom of the Hell Gate bridge, November 2020
Hell Gate mural beneath the Hell Gate bridge in Astoria Park, November 2020
The Hell Gate, with the RFK and Hell Gate Bridge in the distance, November 2020
The Hell Gate and Hell Gate Bridge seen from Astoria Park, November 2020
Sources consulted RE: The Haunted Hell Gate
For more sources consulted, check out The General Slocum Disaster, Hell Gate, New York City.
Websites consulted RE: The Haunted Hell Gate
- https://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2010/06/inside-the-hell-gate-bridge/
- https://forgotten-ny.com/2009/11/hells-arches-concrete-supports-of-the-hell-gate-bridge-approach/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2010/05/02/hungry-ghosts/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2020/03/03/starved-monsters/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/tag/hell-gate-bridge/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2016/07/11/half-smile/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2016/06/24/vacant-box/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2010/06/05/from-hells-gate-loosed-upon-the-world/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2010/11/30/shocking-coruscations/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2009/06/05/the-river-of-sound/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2009/09/23/the-bright-passage/
- https://newtownpentacle.com/2016/09/30/civic-spirit/
- http://wirednewyork.com/bridges/hell_gate_bridge/
- https://www.qchron.com/qboro/stories/you-ain-t-afraid-of-no-ghost-we-ll-see-about-that/article_010ee09d-001f-5505-a643-147da790ecbf.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Stuyvesant
- https://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/east-river-shipwrecks/
- https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/south-carolina/haunted-oakwood-cemetery-sc/
- https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kentucky/kasey-cemetery-ky/
- https://www.haunted-places-to-go.com/haunted-huntsville.html
- https://www.insider.com/urban-legends-us-2018-1#alabama-hells-gate-bridge-1
- http://theghostdiaries.com/places-around-the-world-known-as-the-gates-of-hell/
- https://gothamist.com/news/the-strange-history-of-nycs-mighty-hell-gate
- https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-german-saboteurs-invade-america-in-1942.htm
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/earth-without-people
- https://www.timeout.com/newyork/attractions/hell-gate-bridge
- https://boroughsofthedead.com/hell-gate-bridge-a-great-survivor/
- https://thehauntedjournal.wordpress.com/2018/04/20/hell-gate-bridge/
- https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/earth-without-people
- https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-german-saboteurs-invade-america-in-1942.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge
- https://ltvsquad.com/2005/05/13/hell-gate-bridge/
Listen to the Ouija board series:
- Ouija Boards Part 1 – Planchette and Automatic Writing
- Helen Peters and Ouida / Invention (Ouija Boards Part 2)
- William Fuld (Ouija Boards Part 3)
- 19th Century Ouija Board Stories / Early Ouijamania (Ouija Boards Part 4)
- Victorian Egyptomania (Ouija Boards Part 5)
- Ouija after World War I (Ouija Boards Part 6)
- 1920s Ouijamania (Ouija Boards Part 7)
- More 1920s Ouija Board Stories (Ouija Boards Part 8)
- Kill Daddy: The Turley Ouija Board Murder (Ouija Boards Part 9)
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- Playing the Ghost in 19th Century Australia
- Investigating the Hawthorne Hotel:
- Quinta da Regaleira Symbolism: The Occult Mysteries of a Portugese Palace and Garden
- Thomas Edison’s Spirit Telegraph
- The Cult of Santa Muerte, aka Saint Death
- The Haunted Grove Park Inn, Asheville, North Carolina
- Haunted Asheville, North Carolina
- New York City Potter’s Fields
- Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York (Part 1)
- Archbishop John Hughes, aka Dagger John: Calvary Cemetery, Queens, New York (Part 2)
- Ancient Egyptian Tomb Raider and Wizard Setne
- Se-Osiris, Ancient Egyptian Wizard
- The Book of Thoth and the First Egyptologist
- The Haunted Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas: Part 1
- The Haunted Luxor Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas: Part 2
- A Victorian Lunatic’s Fort: Fort Maxey, Blackwell’s Island, NYC
- The Roosevelt Island Lighthouse, or The Blackwell Island Light, NYC
- The General Slocum Disaster, Hell Gate, New York City