Witchery Art: A Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

A collection of gothic horror stories, urban legends, ghosts, haunted houses & other curiosities

Behind Urban Legends

The Pursuit of Ichabod Crane, from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

Behind Urban Legends, Classic Gothic Ghost Stories, Haunted Hikes, Historic Towns and Villages, Sleepy Hollow and the Hudson River Valley, The best in haunted travel tips

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Writing in an introduction from a reprinting of the story in 1996, Henry Steiner, Village Historian of Sleepy Hollow states that “At the close of his narrative, Irving anticipates a time when change will have so completely altered Sleepy Hollow that cramped historians will doubt that it once existed at all.” Irving need not have […]

Tales From Head of the Harbor & St. James Part II: What Lies Beneath Mary’s Grave

Behind Urban Legends, Haunted Houses and Buildings, Haunted Towns and Cities, Mary Hatchet, Tales From Head of the Harbor & St. James

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“You’re certainly in a cantankerous mood today,” Miss Bronwen noticed as she looked out the window of the passing scenery. “And look at you, speeding along at almost sixty miles per hour. But that’s right, you’re in your element now.” I hmmmmphed indignantly and concentrated on the road for a bit. The road was Route […]

A Romantic Getaway At Kings Park Psychiatric Institution

Behind Urban Legends, Haunted Hikes, Haunted Houses and Buildings, Haunted Towns and Cities, Long Island, The best in haunted travel tips

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“What could be more romantic than a leisurely stroll through an asylum?” I asked Miss Bronwen as we got out of the car, which was parked along the Nissequogue River, in Nissequogue River State Park, also known as the campus of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center. She arched her eyebrow and handed me my walking […]