LOCATION:
226 Fifth Avenue, which is one of
the oldest streets in New York City.
The House, #12, is located just around
the corner from busy 6th Avenue, in the New York artist's quarters in
Greenwich Village, and has existed since the time of the Revolutionary
War. This elegant townhouse was originally next to a morgue.
DESCRIPTION:
It is a 4 story, elegant townhouse
which was built in an artistic style, popular around the 1800's. This
townhouse has a complete puppet theater in the basement, because it once
belonged to a famous puppeteer, Frank Paris. Lots of Paris's art work
favorites still can be found inside the building.
HISTORY:
The second story was turned into a
duplex apartment for Paris and an assistant. In 1924, a new section was
added which covered an existing garden in the back of the house.
OTHER OWNERS:
Mary Ellen Strunsky, then Paris, Mayor
Jimmy Walker, (during the Prohibition era , as a residence for a lady
friend.)
MANIFESTATIONS:
Felt/ heard / seen by the owners &
friends & guests.
1) Feeling the sensations of unseen
beings, and hear them walk up & down the stairs at night.
2) At least once, a man in dressd
up evening attire,wearing a top hat and tails, appeared at the door
and smiled politely, and then evaporated into the air. (No one knows
who he is.)
3) Lost ghosts, probably from the
old morgue, have been sighted in the Puppet threatre in the basement.
PSYCHIC RESEARCH:
3 Hans Holzer investigations.
1) Hans Holzer brought in a medium,
Betty Ritter, who made contact with a restless ghost, dating back to
the prohibition era.
2) In another session, a medium,
Ethel Meyers, made contact with a French diplomat, who complained that
he had been tortured here but had held onto his "secrets".
3) At a 1991 televised visit, with
medium, Shaun Robbins, once again contact was made with a tortured soul
who had died violently for holding onto "something".
WITNESSES:
Mary Ellen Strunsky, Frank Paris,
Jimmy Walker, other owners, friends & guests, Holzer, and mediums
(Ethel Meyers, Betty Ritter and Shaun Robbins.)
STILL HAUNTED?
Yes. Apartment residents have sensed
a shadowy presence moving up and down the stairways.
Two detailed apparitions have been
spotted as well.
1) A man dressed in a black suit
was standing on the front steps of the building. He smiled politely
before disappearing right before the people who saw him.
2) The apparition of the fellow
dressed in a top hat and tails already described above, occasionally
appears inside the building in front of residents.
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