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Abby Brenker
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Haunted History: Harrisena Cemetery
I had totally forgot that Alan and I stumbled upon Harrisena Cemetery last autumn while visiting Upstate, New York. It was such a...
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Abby Brenker
Feb 9, 20222 min read
Haunted History: Death Heads
You might be familiar with the imagery of Death Heads from your local historic cemetery, Especially in the New England area. As you’ll...
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Abby Brenker
Jan 30, 20221 min read
Haunted History: Chattanooga Cemetery
This is the Chattanooga Confederate Cemetery, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 2018 the city removed itself as a trustee to the...
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Abby Brenker
Dec 29, 20212 min read
Haunted History: The History of Milford Cemetery
Milford Cemetery, located in Milford, Connecticut is one of the oldest colonial cemeteries in the United States dating back to the mid...
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Abby Brenker
Sep 23, 20211 min read
Haunted History: Green-Wood's Tranquility Garden
Strikingly different in design than the surrounding Geen-Wood cemetery, is Green-Wood’s Tranquility Garden. Nest led right near the...
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Abby Brenker
Sep 17, 20211 min read
Haunted History: The Longest Running Paranormal Magazine
Bet you didn't know there was such a thing. Fate Magazine was first published in 1948, making it the longest running paranormal magazine...
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Abby Brenker
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Haunted History: Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery
Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery spans 478 acres of land. It opened in 1838, as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States....
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Abby Brenker
Sep 9, 20211 min read
Haunted History: Daniels Farm Burial Ground est.1833
Connecticut’s Daniels Farm Burial Ground was established in 1833. It’s set back from the road by a large stretch of lawn and surrounded...
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Abby Brenker
Aug 25, 20211 min read
Haunted History: Boothe Memorial Park
Connecticut’s Boothe Memorial Park and Museum was built in 1840, across 32 acres of land. The land also houses the Boothe Homestead,...
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Abby Brenker
Aug 20, 20211 min read
Haunted History: Nichols Farm Burial Ground
Nichols Farm Burial Ground, Ye Old West Yard was established in 1806. There is a larger cemetery with the same name a block away,...
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Abby Brenker
Aug 13, 20212 min read
Haunted History: The History of Friday the13th
Let's start with the basics. The number 13 has been a haunted number for a very, very long time. Similar to superstitions like walking...
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Abby Brenker
Aug 12, 20212 min read
Haunted History: The Jersey Devil 101
The Pine Barrens are a densely wooded area stretching across 1.1 million acres in New Jersey. Though it sits between New York City and...
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Abby Brenker
Aug 9, 20211 min read
Haunted History: Greenpoint's Haunted House
This house sits at the corner of Guernsey and Oak streets in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint Neighborhood. For the last few years it’s been covered...
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Abby Brenker
Jul 27, 20212 min read
Haunted History: The Seaside Sanatorium
Seaside Sanatorium overlooks Long Island Sound from the coast of Connecticut. Built in the 1930s, it was originally a groundbreaking...
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Abby Brenker
Jul 13, 20213 min read
Haunted History: Aokigahara Forest - Japan's Sea of Trees
I will be honest. A major reason that I traveled alone from Tokyo to Aokigahara Forest, which consisted of two trains and three buses,...
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Abby Brenker
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Film History: Ghost Watch, Paranormal Panic
A friend of mine recently brought Ghostwatch to my attention. Ghostwatch was a BBC program that was aired on Halloween night in 1992....
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Abby Brenker
Jun 29, 20213 min read
Haunted History: The Loch Ness Monster 101
When I was a kid I had a thing for the Loch Ness monster. I had a shoebox full of articles I had printed from the internet about the...
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Abby Brenker
Jun 28, 20211 min read
Haunted History: A Vintage Palmistry Game
Alan and Abby are joined by Sara Luke in the first of this two part video series exploring the vintage palm reading game: Touch. Touch...
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Abby Brenker
Jun 23, 20213 min read
Haunted History: Escape from Alcatraz
In January of 2020 I went to San Francisco for the first time. One of my friends was directing Little Shop of Horrors out there, which...
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Abby Brenker
Jun 12, 20213 min read
Haunted History: Ellis Island’s Haunted Hospital
Ellis Island opened in 1892 as an immigration hub and port of entry for New York City. The peak years of operation for the island were...
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