Take a ghostly journey through Long Island s history, from Native American legends and beyond. Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, where Revolutionary War Patriots were brutally tortured and killed by the British during the Battle of Long Island. Popular gathering places have otherworldly tenants, including Bayport s Grey Horse Tavern and the Cutchogue Village Green, where several old buildings and their former inhabitants are preserved. Long Island s history is unearthed and preserved through its ghost stories and spirits that have made their presence known. Through extensive...

Beyond the idyllic countryside and suburban communities of Long Island lies a murky history of murder and mayhem. A Victorian romance went awry in Huntington when wealthy farmer Charles Kelsey was tarred, feathered and murdered in 1872. Thirty-five years before the famous witch trials of Salem, East Hampton had its own Puritan hysteria among charges of witchcraft. The 1937 kidnapping of wealthy heiress Alice Parsons shook the quiet town of Stony Brook and remains a mystery to this day. Award-winning author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky uncovers some of the most ghastly and...

Take a ghostly journey through Long Island s history, from Native American legends and beyond. Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, where Revolutionary War Patriots were brutally tortured and killed by the British during the Battle of Long Island. Popular gathering places have otherworldly tenants, including Bayport s Grey Horse Tavern and the Cutchogue Village Green, where several old buildings and their former inhabitants are preserved. Long Island s history is unearthed and preserved through its ghost stories and spirits that have made their presence known. Through extensive...