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LOCATION:
If one takes the train, this grand "Gingerbread"
Manor House is found 40 minutes from Manhattan, New York City, in Ryan
county, and was built on a bluff, which offers a view of the New Haven
Railroad. (Privately Owned, no tours).
DESCRIPTION:
Built in the 1860's, by Jared B Peck, this
immense, sprawling "Gingerbread" Manor House has 4 floors,
with a wide, covered porch that goes all away around the perimeter
of the "Gingerbread" Manor House's first floor. Although
the estate that the "G" Manor House sits on isn't very big,
the tall trees that surround it, block the road noises and give a
remote, isolated charm to the property.
The first floor consists of a rather
gigantic living room, a sitting room, and a kitchen. The second floor
holds many smaller rooms, and has a winding staircase that takes one
to the third floor, which was the servants' quarters whose bedrooms
were even smaller. Finally, One goes to the fourth floor, the attic,
by way of a sharply-angled staircase. The attic itself has a wooden
door, to make it a closed 4th floor.
THE MANIFESTATIONS - HEARD & SEEN
( 2 to 3 Ghostly Presences)
1) A ghostly apparition has been physically
seen near the kitchen and on the upper floors.
2) Poltergeist Activities -
A) Opening noises of the front door,
swinging of the chain on the door, and heavy objects moving all by
themselves.
B) A knife flew through a well-lighted
kitchen and flung itself at the feet of the Manor's owners.
C) In one of the upper floor bedrooms,
an ashtray sprung from its place and landed on the floor in slow motion.
D) The wooden attic door opens
and slams shut by itself on many occasions.
3) Mrs. S, co-owner of the "Gingerbread"
Manor House, as of 1991, was a portrait painter, and had her studio
upstairs. One day, when Mrs. S had stepped out of her studio for a moment,
the nude, professional model, who was the portrait model for that particular
day, had the unnerving experience of suddenly coming face to face with
an unknown lady, who quickly vanished, not bothering to use the door.
4) (1990-91) When Hans Holzer sent
a film crew to this "Gingerbread" Manor House, in order to
get some footage for a TV news series about the supernatural, the face
and signature of a young woman unexpectedly appeared on a frame of the
film footage.
PSYCHIC RESEARCH:
Hans Holzer did several investigations
using his medium friends, Sybil Leek and Ethel Johnson Myers. Contact
was made with 3 ghosts.
1) The door slamming incidents were
perhaps done by a former owner, a Mrs. W, who was locked up in a small,
third floor bedroom, by her family during her old age, the last years
of her life. She deeply resented this treatment. (One third floor
bedroom had signs on the door of a heavy lock being in place at one
time.)
2) A second woman ghost, present
in the "Gingerbread" Manor House, was connected to an earlier
18 th century house that was originally built where the "Gingerbread"
Manor House now stands. Through a medium, the ghost tells them of
the terrifying fire that destroyed her house and about her horrible
experience of being burned alive.
3) The young woman ghost who was
seen on the TV film footage, had a tragic death also, but at the current
"Gingerbread" Manor House, sometime during the 20th century.
Mr. Holzer suspects that she is the one behind some of the continuing
occurrences.
WITNESSES:
Past owners, visitors, Hans Holzer,
Sybil Leek, Ethel Johnson Myers, Mr. & Mrs. W, and the TV film crew.
Yes.
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