Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow’s Road big-time debut came in the book the Mothman Prophecies by John Keel, but the legends stretch back further. Lost and confused in the history of the native Americans of Huntington and Plainview, we try to untangle the mysteries of the mothman, M.I.B. and UFOs in this haunted area.
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The Legends and Myths of Sweet Hollow: Part I, The Asylums of Mount Misery
Posted in Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged abandoned asylums, History of Melville, Jayne's Hill, Mothman, Sweet Hollow Road, UFOs on January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Legends abound on Mount Misery, perhaps none so popular as those of the asylums which supposedly stood there in the past. Take a look at the facts and decide for yourself, the truth behind one of Long Island’s most famous urban legends.
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Looking for Mary of Sweet Hollow
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Mary's Legends, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged Ghost story, long island, Mount Misery, Sweet Hollow Road, urban legends on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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Mary of Sweet Hollow Road, outside Melville, New York is perhaps Long Island’s most famous ghost. And with Hallow’een coming up, she finds herself more popular than ever.
Last week I was on a video shoot, this time for www.forgottenli.com, and [...]
Northern State Parkway Overpass on Sweet Hollow Road
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged Ghosts of Long Island, Hanging from overpass, Northern State Parkway Overpass, suicide, Sweet Hollow Road, urban legends on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Melville, New York
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Sweet Hollow perhaps has had more reports of haunting and strange incidents than any other place on Long Island, particularly if you include neighboring Mt. Misery. Sweet Hollow Road divides the hollow from that ridge, and it is at [...]
The Old Man With the Basket Of Human Heads
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged Ghosts of Long Island, Haunted Long Island, Mount Misery, Sweet Hollow Road, urban legends on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Mount Misery,
Melville, New York
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So I was walking through the woods on Mount Misery with my little guy, who was having a fun time until I told him the following story …
“You know, there’s a story about these woods, that people used [...]
The Coyler House
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged Ghosts of Long Island, Haunted Long Island, Mount Misery Road, urban legends, Walt Whitman on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ca. 1819
Mount Misery Road
Melville, New York
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Built by Walt Whitman, Sr., the design of the structure is almost identical to that of the Walt Whitman’s birthplace, just of Route 110 nearby. The house was originally part of a farm of 80 acres [...]
The Peace and Plenty Inn
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged Chichester Inn, Ghosts of Long Island, Haunted Long Island, Peace and Plenty Inn, Sweet Hollow Road on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
ca. 1680
Mount Misery
Melville, New York
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In the woods off Chichester Road in Melville, New York, if you look hard enough, you’ll find a cemetery with about a dozen graves. There you’ll find the final resting place of one Eliphalet Chichester, a noted [...]
The Mothman of Mount Misery
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery, tagged John Keel, Mothman Prophecies, Mount Misery, Native American Legends, urban legends on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
West Hills County Park, Melville, New York
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The Mothman is a figure which plays a small role in the book and film, The Mothman Prophecies. The book by John Keel actually deals more with UFOs than the mothman, which has been described [...]
Mary of Sweet Hollow Road
Posted in Haunted Houses and Places, Sweet Hollow & Mount Misery on October 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Melville, New York
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Every haunted city, town or village knows Mary. There are countless Mary stories, countless Lady in White stories, and Long Island has more than a few.
Mary was a witch, who lived on Mount Misery and was hung in the [...]
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