Join us in Western New York/NorthWestern Pennsylvania for the Village Haunts 2012 Dunkirk Lighthouse Investigative Series
Night at the Hannah House
July 28, 2012 -- 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m.
3801 Madison Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana
Far removed from the slave-holding plantations of the south is a historic home in Indianapolis, Indiana called the Hannah House. But even here, in the northern states, the specter of slavery, and of the Underground Railroad, still manages to make itself known. The house was built in 1858 by Alexander Moore Hannah, a prominent figure in Indiana history. Hannah was well-known in Indiana for his stand against slavery. As a fierce abolitionist, he opened his home to proponents of the Underground Railroad and it became a station on this secret system of helping slaves escape to freedom. It has been its role as an Underground Railroad that has caused Hannah House -- many believe -- to become one of the most haunted houses in America! Over the years, dark stories have circulated about moans, cries and weeping from the darkest corners of the house, causing stories to spread that perhaps
Night at Rolling Hills Asylum: East Bethany, New York: July 28, 2012 Do you Dare to Spend the Night Behind These Walls? Night at Rolling Hills Asylum July 28, 2012 -- 8:00 PM - 5:00 AM 11001 Bethany Center Rd. East Bethany, NY Are you brave enough to spend the night in one is rapidly becoming known as one of America's most haunted spots? The history of Rolling Hills Asylum began in 1827, when it was opened as the Genesee Poorhouse. County poorhouses were common in those days, established for those who could not care for themselves. The inmates were a mixture of orphans, the indigent, the mentally insane, the elderly and even occasional criminals with nowhere else to go. According to the old records, many died at the poorhouse during its years of operation and many were buried on the property in unmarked and forgotten graves. Rolling Hills later served as a mental institution but when federal funding ran out, it was turned into a nursing home. The conditions deteriorated until it was fi
