The
Riviera Theater located at 67 Webster st in North Tonawanda NY and it
is visited by two apparitions according to the Tonawanda news on of a
construction worker who fell off the roof during its construction in
1926. as well as Mary a 12 year old girl who died while preforming on
stage.
Cardinal
O'Hara's ghost has been seen in the former St. Peter's German
Evangelical Church which is now known as the Tonawanda-Kenmore
Historical Society scene the 19th century. Passers by have
tried giving this woman in a white flowing dress a ride but when they
reach the destination there is no woman to be found. Miss O'Hara has
also been seen near Del-Ton Plaza which is not far from the
Historical Society.
Hanna
Johnson also known as “Black Hanna” or “Aunt Hanna”. She was
born into slavery but moved to North Tonawanda using the underground
railroad. Hanna moved to 338 Sweeney st with John Chadawick man
who's relation to her was unknown although he lived in a big house
while Hanna lived in a shack just out side the woods behind the
Chadawick house. When Hanna was alive all the kids and young women in
town visited her regularly, she was the town story teller. Hanna
passed away in 1883, she is now located at the Sweeney Cemetery the
exact plot is unknown. When the cabin was gone wild flowers began
growing in its place.
ElmLawn
Cemetery in the early 1900's it was known as shell farm.
Unexplainable.net says that you ca see orbs in the cemetery grounds
between midnight and 3am. A woman and a man got married in the church
that is on the grounds. The woman walked across the street and was
hit by a carriage. Some people have said some nights you can see her
ghost crossing the street.
There
are rumors that at the Whitehaven Cemetery in Grand Island a head
stone glows. There have also been reports of a man who died in the
Gulf War and he is looking for his pregnant wife. At the Holiday Inn
is right next to the cemetery where people say there is a young
girl named Tanya who haunts it. Gusest say they hear her swimming in
the pool and running around playfully
Tuscarora
Wallace “mad bear” according to masonwinfeld.com is a Native
American legend. It begins with a man who was on a first name basis
with the Dalai Lama, Martin Luther King, JR and Ted Kennedy. One
night he invited some friends over and served them a tea that had a
potion in it which “mad bear” said helped him think. The
concoction made some of his friends tired and made others hear things
that weren't really there. It turns out that his friends were not
loosing their minds,
Shea's
Theater in Buffalo has said to be haunted by a friendly elderly man
who dresses in a flannel shirt and has a white mustache. This mas
asks if something is wonderful then he vanishes. Some say the man is
Mr Shea. Shea's made to resemble European opera houses was opened in
January 1926 and showed silent pictures.
Some
people say you can see people appear in front of the windows and
strange lights on where The Buffalo Psychiatric Center on Forest Ave
which was finished in 1895. Down the road is the forest lawn cemetery
first opened in 1849 giving tours to see head stones of John Albright
Millard Fillmore and others. Some say that the cemetery is haunted by
an Indian chief. There were also a lot of fighters in the civil war
are buried there. The spirit of Red Jacket, a Seneca Indian who
passed in 1830. The location of his remains is questionable some say
they were taken from Forest Lawn to the Cattaraugus Indian
Reservation some don't think they were moved at all. It is believed
that in 1812 the area was used for mass graves that held casualties
from the war.
Employees
at the Iron Triangle Museum say objects like to move by themselves
and they hear unidentifiable noises. The sounds of kids playing can
be heard in one of the rooms. An orb can be seen near a church alter
that was donated to the museum.
Buffalo's
Old Central Train Terminal was finished in June of 1929 The show
Ghost Hunters visited the terminal where they saw full body shadows
they also say that they can hear a female cry for help coming from an
elevator shaft. The Ghost Hunters recorded some unexplained voices.
The
ships at the military park at Buffalo Place may be haunted. The
Sullivans are five brothers who are believed to be some of the ghosts
who haunt the USS Juneau after it was sunk by the Japanese in 1942.
The USS Juneau was later moved to Buffalo NY in 1977. Some visitors
say they feel their ankles being grabbed at as they walk around the
ship.
The
Summit Mansion according to the paranormalghostsociety.org used to be
part of the underground rail road. Some visitors at the old tavern
across the street see figures in the windows. They also say that the
slaves that lived here were unhappy with their lifestyle. Because of
this unhappiness the slaves slowly went insane and killed the family
and then turned on each other. In the 1990's there was some
restoration going on but it was never finished, the contractors got
spooked and left. The Manson is abandoned but tightly locked up,
people who feel the presence of spirits always say they are not nice
fuzzy ones. The Mansion also goes by Hitchings House or Mount
Providence.
Melody
Fair Theater once featured artists like Sonny and Chear, Johnny
Cash,Tom Jones and Bill Cosbey. It was destroyed in May 2010.
The web
site nthistorymuseum.org says that in the early 1900's Goundry Street
was a nice street it had a red brick road, many small lumber
companies and with those lumber companies came houses with fancy wood
work. Many houses had large front windows and balconies.
The De
Graff House was built between 1882 and 1884 was built by James De
Graff a bank president. The house had the first indoor pluming and an
elevator in the area. James donated the land for the building of the
hospital in the memory of his parents.
In the
Fall of 1890 located on 170 Schenck St was The Evangelical Friends
Church which was finished being built in the town of North
Tonawanda in, 2001 it became the Starry Night Theater also called
Ghostlight Theater. The church was built for German immigrants that
were separated by the building of the Erie Canal.
Referances
Tonawanda-News.com
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niagarafallsundergroundrailroad.org
niagara-gazette.com
masonwinfeld.com
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nthistorymuseum.org
GhostHunters.com
paranormalghostsociety.org
