Haunted Places in Potsdam, New York



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    SUNY Potsdam

    Potsdam, New York

    SUNY Potsdam is said to have ghosts in residence at Satterlee Hall, where namesake and first dean Dr. Howard Satterlee is said to walk the third floor and sometimes even turn on the clock tower light at night, and in the Knowles basement, where students have seen apparitions and doors ...


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    Holcroft House

    Potsdam, New York

    Holcroft House, which contains Clarkson University's Office of Admissions and Welcome Center, was built way back in 1822 and houses many Clarkson family heirlooms--including a ghost believed to be Elizabeth Clarkson, the mother of the college's namesake. Witnesses have described apparitions, lights that come on by themselves, footsteps, moving furniture, ...


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    Herring-Cole Hall

    Canton, New York

    10.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Herring-Cole Hall at St. Lawrence University is a T-shaped sandstone building said to be a hot spot for spirits. Rumor has it that the haunts who live here along with the great acoustics make it a favorite spot for séances and meditation.


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    The Hub

    Canton, New York

    10.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    This old cottage, called "The Hub" on the St Lawrence University campus, is said to be haunted by the ghost of Florence Lee Whitman, the daughter of John Stebbins Lee, a former President of the college. The famous ghost hunting couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren, visited this location in ...


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    Spanky's Diner

    Massena, New York

    18.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Spanky’s Diner is rumored to be haunted by many ghosts, including one who once tied a patron's shoelaces together while she was eating. Other paranormal experiences here have included uneasy feelings, apparitions, orbs with faces, electronic voice phenomena, and more.


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    Frederic Remington Art Museum

    Ogdensburg, New York

    25.2 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Frederic Remington Art Museum is known for its large collection of original Remington works, but it's also famous for its ghost—that of Madame Vespucci. Reports say the building was her former home; the mystifying sound of her voice has been reported by visitors on the museum's upper level.


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    Ogdensburg Public Library

    Ogdensburg, New York

    25.2 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Ogdensburg Public Library building dates back to 1895, and is a regular stop on the local ghost tours. Librarians working there often have peculiar experiences, which almost all of them ascribe to the friendly library ghosts.


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    Cornwall Jail

    Cornwall, Ontario

    26.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Jail which was in operation until 2002 runs the gamut of haunted claims. People claim to have seen full body apparitions, usually of a woman and child, hear male voices and one that hums. People also say they often hear "operational sounds" of the jail, such as carts going ...


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    Mater Dei College - Academy at Ivy Ridge

    Ogdensburg, New York

    29 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The former Mater Dei College, later the Academy at Ivy Ridge, was a school for troubled teens. Reports are unclear as to its status today, but the building is said to still stand, with plenty of ghosts inside. Witnesses claim that there is a ghost boy, a phantom nun, a ...


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    Parkhurt House - Nye Manor

    Fort Covington, New York

    32.7 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Parkhurt House - Nye Manor is a circa-1820 stone house constructed for Army major Jabez Parkhurst, one of the six confirmed folks to pass away inside the home. Witnesses claim the place is haunted by some of the spirits who linger here, as evidenced by multiple flashlights going dead at ...


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    Parkhurt House - Nye Manor

    Fort Covington, New York

    32.7 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Parkhurt House - Nye Manor is a circa-1820 stone house constructed for Army major Jabez Parkhurst, one of the six confirmed folks to pass away inside the home. Witnesses claim the place is haunted by some of the spirits who linger here, as evidenced by multiple flashlights going dead at ...


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    Fulford Place Museum

    Brockville, Ontario

    34.3 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The turn-of-the-century Fulford Place Museum is the former home of George Taylor Fulford, senator and manufacturer of the famed Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People. His wife Mary was a spiritualist who held séances here, and it is she who is believed to haunt the mansion today. Mary was ...


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    Boldt Castle

    Wellesley Island, New York

    51.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Millionaire businessman George C. Boldt, proprietor of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, built the castle for his wife around 1900 for $2.5 million. It was to be a Valentine’s Day gift to his wife on 1905. But in January 1904, Louise Boldt suddenly died. Heartbroken, Boldt stopped the ...


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    Watson's Mill

    Ottawa, Ontario

    51.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The 1860 Watson's Mill, a working mill and museum that still sells stone-ground whole wheat flour, has a ghost story. The spirit here is Ann Crosby Currier, the wife of Joseph Merrill Currier, a mill co-owner. At a party there on March 11, 1861 to celebrate their honeymoon, Ann's dress ...


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    State Street

    Carthage, New York

    56.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    There are vague reports online of people seeing the ghosts of two couples who died in a 1950s car crash on State Street.


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    Fairview Cemetery

    Carthage, New York

    56.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    At least one ghost hunting group claims to have captured a "knocking" EVP while investigating Fairview Cemetery in Carthage, New York.


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    Evans Mills Volunteer Ambulance Squad

    Evans Mills, New York

    57.3 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Evans Mills Volunteer Ambulance Squad, established in 1980, is said to have a couple of ghosts on the staff. The friendly spirits include an elderly woman who tinkers with the TV and an elderly man who peers in from the vehicle bay.


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    Isle of Pines

    Pines, New York

    57.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Isle of Pines is a private island residence that has been investigated by TV's Ghost Hunters together with the musician Meat Loaf. Among the many paranormal claims they experienced were unexplained noises, footsteps, shadows, apparitions, objects that move by themselves, and lights that flicker. Further, young relatives of the residents ...


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    Big Moose Lake

    Eagle Bay, New York

    58.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    This upstate New York lake, 5 miles north of Fourth Lake in the Adirondacks, is known by some as the site where Grace Brown's spirit resides. Grace was allegedly murdered by Chester Gillette in a cabin, and her apparition has been seen around and inside Covewood Lodge. She has also ...


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    The Big Moose Inn

    Eagle Bay, New York

    59.1 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Big Moose Inn is allegedly haunted by the ghost of a pregnant woman named Grace who was murdered there. Her lover was convicted of hitting her on the head and throwing her in the lake to drown. It is believed that you can still see her ghost wandering the ...


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    Brightside on Raquette

    Raquette Lake, New York

    59.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    This secluded inn, which is only accessible via water taxi, is alleged to be haunted by the ghost of a woman whose husband disappeared from the inn one night during a blizzard. The story claims that she remains in the room waiting for her husband and can frequently seen ...


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    Canadian Museum of Nature

    Ottawa, Ontario

    61.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    It is rumored that late at night on the fourth floor of the Canadian Museum of Nature, things move about by themselves. Native masks and artifacts have moved or rotated, and lights have been known to come on or off by themselves. Unexplained noises, such as howling, and cold spots ...


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    The Duford House

    Ottawa, Ontario

    61.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The 1825 Duford House belonged to the family until 1977. It was then moved to its current location as a museum. It is said to have a ghost girl who plays with the two porcelain dolls, which move from place to place, float in the air, or even disappear for ...


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    Ottawa City Hall

    Ottawa, Ontario

    62.4 miles from Potsdam, NY

    At Ottawa City Hall, employees have felt an invisible presence and noticed the sound of footsteps at night when no one was in the building.


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    Ottawa Jail Hostel

    Ottawa, Ontario

    62.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Ottawa Jail Hostel in Ottawa is believed to be haunted by some former prisoners, who after death were burned and buried behind the building. The Death Row area also is said to be visited by ghosts who were executed here; one of them that has been seen in apparition form ...


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    Château Laurier

    Ottawa, Ontario

    62.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Château Laurier is a gorgeous luxury hotel done in French Gothic style. Completed in 1912, it is believed to be haunted by the former owner of the hotel, Charles Melville Hays who unfortunately died just two months before it opened. He was returning from England on ...


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    Courtyard Restaurant

    Ottawa, Ontario

    62.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    At the Courtyard Restaurant, workers have reported the sound of disembodied footsteps at night, and a woman's apparition has been noticed peering from the second-story windows. Local lore says she is the ghost of a woman who was trapped in the building during a long-ago fire, and is still watching ...


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    Bytown Museum

    Ottawa, Ontario

    62.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    This museum is possibly the oldest stone structure in Ottawa and dates back to 1827 when the British army had it built to house money and store goods. Claimed to be haunted by Colonel John By who founded the town as a military camp in the early 29th century, however ...


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    Wellscroft Lodge

    Potsdam, New York

    63.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Reported here have been phantom music and a Lady in Red who appears on the stairs. She may also appear in the front windows. The location is not currently in operation as a lodge; reports say it is for sale.


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    Perth Museum

    Perth, Ontario

    64.3 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Perth Museum consists of the 1840 stone home built for Canadian senator and merchant, the Honorable Roderick Matheson. It has been restored to reflect the 1800s era--so well, in fact, that the family members have known to appear in spirit. Caretakers and visitors alike have reported seeing their apparitions.


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    Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital

    Perth, Ontario

    64.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Perth and Smiths Falls District Hospital was once known as the Great War Memorial Hospital, and legend has it that it has a curse upon it. Apparitions of members of the Malloch family, appearing haggard and unwell, have been known to appear at second-story windows and in the upstairs halls.


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    New York Pizzeria

    Lowville, New York

    66.1 miles from Potsdam, NY

    On New York Pizzeria's third floor is said to be an old apartment where witnesses have felt presences and a sensation of being pushed.


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    Thompson Park Vortex

    Watertown, New York

    66.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Over the past century, folks have regularly disappeared from Thompson Park--at least for a few minutes. Then they return suddenly, disoriented, claiming to have had a visit to the past. Many feel Thompson Park has a vortex that warps folks right out of time. Some investigators believe that the warping ...


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    Auberge Willow Place Inn

    Hudson, Québec

    68.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The 1820s Auberge Willow Place Inn is believed to be haunted by the ghost of a young servant girl named Maude. She was killed and buried in the basement in the 1930s by some men who were plotting a military uprising. Maude's ghost is still here, singing in the hallways, ...


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    Tug Hill Annie

    Lowville, New York

    73.7 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Tug Hill Annie was born as Anna Joan Machowski in 1917, and she is the subject of a popular ghost legend in these parts. By her twenties she found herself married to a man called Alfred with four children, but she wasn't happy, and took to drink. One night in ...


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    Fort Henry

    Kingston, Ontario

    79 miles from Potsdam, NY

    At Fort Henry, sitings have been made of the ghost of Nils von Schoultz, who was hanged for treason after leading a failed American invasion. The gallows where he was hanged, which were dismantled over a century ago, also materialize to some visitors, and some have reported moving objects, opening/closing ...


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    North Lake Road

    Forestport, New York

    83.7 miles from Potsdam, NY

    North Lake Road is known for being the route taken by British soldiers after their retreat from the siege of Fort Stanwix. It is said that on some misty mornings the retreat scene is played out in a ghostly retelling, accompanied by moans of wounded soldiers and creaks of wagon ...


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    The Hulbert House

    Boonville, New York

    83.8 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Hulbert House is a self-proclaimed haunted mansion originally built in 1812. Among the ghostly activity here are apparitions, the sounds of children playing, heavy footsteps and touches from unseen hands. The place has been featured on TV's Haunted Collector and is open for haunted sleepovers and tours.


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    Lover's Lane

    Boonville, New York

    83.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    It is said that back in the 18th century this was part of a well-known road used by French settlers. Some of them seem to have liked it enough to stick around - on some nights locals swear they can hear an eerie creaking sound, as if of wagon ...


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    St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church

    Wentworth, Québec

    84.4 miles from Potsdam, NY

    St. John's Shrewsbury Anglican Church was built in the 1850s and has an adjacent cemetery with graves that date from 1868 to the 2000s. Here, folks have reported disembodied voices, footsteps, strange lights, uneasy feelings and a sensation of being watched.


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    Mount Royal Cemetery

    Montréal, Québec

    88.9 miles from Potsdam, NY

    At Mount Royal Cemetery, visitors have seen apparitions walking through the graves or standing on the edge of the high rock cliffs. One of the ghosts seen most often is an Algonquin Native Canadian warrior.


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    Club 1234

    Montréal, Québec

    89.3 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Built in 1859 as a private residence and later use as a funeral home, the building that houses Club 1234 is said to be haunted. Witnesses have felt unseen presences, heard sighs just behind them, and seen objects move by themselves.


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    Dorchester Square

    Montréal, Québec

    89.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Dorchester Square (originally called Dominion Square) in downtown Montreal is a park area that was once a cemetery. It has crosses embedded in the walkways to show respect for those buried here long ago. Despite that, it's said that some of those once buried here still appear in ghostly form.


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    Royal Victoria Hospital

    Montréal, Québec

    89.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The Royal Victoria Hospital, nicknamed "Royal Vic" or "The Vic," is home to the apparitions of deceased patients, disembodied footsteps, voices, strange lights and nurse-calling buzzers that sound from empty rooms.


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    Ghost of Mary Gallagher

    Montréal, Québec

    89.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Mary Gallagher is a headless ghost who appears in the same spot every seven years, according to her legend. She shows up at the corner of William and Murray streets in Griffintown, where a murder took place on June 27, 1879. Mary Gallagher was a prostitute, age 38, who had ...


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    Queen Elizabeth Hotel

    Montréal, Québec

    89.7 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Queen Elizabeth Hotel has a ghostly Lady in White who wanders the halls and staircases and, once in a while, guest rooms. Guests have reported being touched or pushed, voices, knocks, footsteps, bangs, cold spots and a feeling of being watched.


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    455 Rue Saint Pierre

    Montréal, Québec

    90.2 miles from Potsdam, NY

    455 Rue Saint Pierre, built in 1865, once belonged to American sympathizer Pierre du Calvert during the American Revolution. It has been visited by Benjamin Franklin as well as other famous folk, and is said to be haunted by the ghost of Pierre's wife Mary-Louise. The building was made over ...


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    Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel

    Montréal, Québec

    90.5 miles from Potsdam, NY

    The 1754 Auberge Le Saint-Gabriel, the oldest inn in North America, is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a little girl who perished in a fire during the 19th century.


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    Ramezay Castle

    Montréal, Québec

    90.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Ramezay Castle, aka the Château Ramezay, is a historic structure built in 1705 as the home of then-governor of Montreal, Claude de Ramezay. In 1775 it served as a war headquarters for the Continental Army, and was visited by Benjamin Franklin in 1776 as he tried to recruit aid for ...


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    Rue Saint Paul

    Montréal, Québec

    90.6 miles from Potsdam, NY

    Rue St. Paul (or Rue Saint Paul) is a street in Montreal street with 2 legends, those of Vallier and Marie-Joseph Angélique. According to the story, Vallier was framed and arrested in 1732. After being tortured for answers about a crime he new nothing about, Vallier hanged himself with his ...


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