haunted tales of wny

Goodleburg Cemetery on Goodleburg Road in Wales dates back to 1811 and was an active cemetery until 1927. There are many tales and stories attached to the site.  The paranormal incidents are rumored to have originated from the legend of a doctor, who practiced illegal abortions and buried the aborted babies as well as any of the mothers who died during the procedure near a pond, which was located

Pigman Road is the supposed home to a serial killer by the name of "the Pigman". He allegedly resembles a pig or wore a mask of pig parts. The murderer is said to have put the heads of his victims as well as the heads of pigs on stakes along the road...

Many people believe that driving down this sketchy, unlit road is a rite of passage. Evil has been connected with the road -- for example, KKK lynchings and lantern-carrying ghosts. It is rumored that at night a man can be seen standing on the side of the road holding a lantern with a young girl a few feet away beside him...

The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane architectural treasure goes by a much more common name today the H. H. Richardson Complex, named for the designer of the building. During its time of operation from 1870 through 1974, the state asylum apparently witnessed many of the horrors of mental health profession that were prevalent at the time from electroshock therapy, hyrdrotherapy and lobotomies to

Formerly the Holiday Inn Grand Island (currently Byblos Niagara Resort and Spa), 100 Whitehaven Road isn't a location you would look at and automatically assume is haunted. In fact, the hotel looks just like any other suburban hotel, and the name of the landmark hardly invokes fear, unless you've had some traumatic experience at a chain hotel...