The ghost walk tour leader and contributor to Haunted Rochester heads east for the horse races, famous springs, and a flood of paranormal phenomena.Author Mason Winfield, operator of Saratoga's Haunted History Ghost Walks, chronicles the Spa City's spookiest legends, from the Iroquoian zombie-like vampires to Benedict Arnold's Halloween apparitions. The heart of the city brims with lore, as covens work in secret in the Devil's Den neighborhood and phantoms...

• An anatomically perfect human jaw of diamond-hard quartz crystal is uncovered at an Ohio burial mound. Soon after, its three vendors are found dead.• A new drug suspected of South American origin surfaces in Buffalo, NY. Its unprecedented psychotropic effects include the momentary activation of ESP.• Blind, speechless, emaciated street people start appearing in many parts of the world. An urban legend-cycle attaches to them, as well as the name of a murderous old cult, "t...

High school English teacher and paranormal scholar Ward Courier publishes a story collection in 1999 based on supernatural folklore and interviews with witnesses in his native upstate New York. He is shocked in 2007 when he and his book draw attention from high levels of American law enforcement. His work has foreshadowed some strange events:– Tourist disappearances along the Tex-Mex border spark rumors of an active sacrificial cult.– Psychologists on several continents repor...

The western New York state Great Lakes region serves as a scenic setting for supernatural traditions, incidences, and folklore.Avenging specters, demon-tortured roads, holy miracles, weird psychic events, prehistoric power sites, ancient curses, Native American shamans, active battlefields, ghost ships, black dogs, haunted monuments, and the phantoms of Rochester's famous—all are part of the legacy of Rochester and the lower Genesee. Supernatural historian Mason Wi...