Historic haunted places in Utica, NY. Each page gives the ghost story, whether visitors can go, and a link to the site the story came from. The stories are folklore, not documented fact.
Open to the public (hotel; lobby and public areas accessible).
Staff call the hotel's best-known ghost 'Charlie', a man in a tuxedo who is blamed for broken glasses and plates near the mezzanine bar, where tradition says a man died in the 1950…
Open for scheduled Landmarks Society tours (fees vary).
As volunteers and contractors spent long hours restoring these gutted mansions, they began reporting shadows at the edge of sight, unexplained lights, voices in empty rooms, and be…
A central New York ghost-hunting team that investigated this 1928 movie palace said its video showed a shadowy shape gliding from the stage toward the women's restroom. Investigato…
Most stories at the 1914 station come from the tracks and platforms rather than the waiting room. People describe a lantern-like light moving along the rails at night, conductors p…
Exterior and grounds only (state records archive, not open to the public).
New York's first state asylum opened in 1843 and is remembered for the 'Utica Crib', a caged bed used to restrain patients. Local radio and paranormal write-ups repeat reports of s…