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Happy #3FPFactsFriday! Today is brought to you by 🐝! Today I’m here to talk about a beautiful cemetery in the #HauntedHudsonValley located in Troy, NY. Oakwood Cemetery was established in 1848 and was the 4th rural cemetery to be established in New York. It was designed by architect John C. Sidney who is most known for his work done alongside fellow architect John Jay Smith at locations like Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia. What makes Oakwood Cemetery so notable to warrant it a Fact Friday? Not only is it haunted, it is HUGE. This cemetery features 26 miles of roads, 60,000+ graves, 4 artificial lakes, a chapel, and a crematorium! It also boasts scenic views of the Hudson River. In 1984 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. As for hauntings, all older cemeteries have reports of their ookie spookies. However Oakwood Cemetery has enough that its association occasionally offers ghost tours along with their other historical events offered seasonally. Some of the reports of hauntings from Oakwood Cemetery include children’s spirits laughing and playing between the tombs, mysterious shadows, and, of course, disembodied voices! Certainly enough strange occurrences to warrant a visit to this stunning cemetery if you’re in the area. Oh, and if you’re in the area visiting be sure to check out the Forest Park Cemetery which locals refer to as The Gates of Hell. 👹 Stay safe out there friends! #cemetery #haunted #oakwoodcemetery #hauntednewyork #troyny #paranormal #paranormalactivity #crematorium #cremation #spooky #taphophile #cemeterypics #graveyard #3FatesParanormal #ParanormalNewYork #goth #gothgoth #beereckless #photographicwarfare #photography #photooftheday (at Oakwood Cemetery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_x7PTNKuE/?utm_medium=tumblr

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While looking for "something else" I came across this curiosity box that I started many moons ago! It's a great time of year to finish it up🧡🖤 #halloweencollectibles #halloweenart #curiositybox #josephcornellinspired #hauntedhudsonvalley #skeletonart #digiliodesigns #artistoninstagram (at Hyde Park, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiSxab2Axoo/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Happy #TarotTuesday! Today’s reading is brought to you by 🐝 using the Traditional Rider-Waite Tarot Deck! As those of us in the #HauntedHudsonValley are struggling to stay dry today, I bring you the Six of Swords. The boat on the face of this card is ironic with all the flooding but it brings along with it a more spiritual meaning as well. This week, as we head into the Witch’s New Year on Sunday you’re being told to let go of your baggage—be it emotional or physical—and flow once again down river of life. Stepping into the new year, let it go. The past is the past and you cannot focus on the future unless you let the issues of the past flow away so you can continue on. Accept the clarity and freshness of the changing season to overcome you. Shift into the new you that is waiting to come alive in the new year! Allow yourself to open up to new experiences, personal growth, and opportunities as they are presented to you. Great things are about to happen if you accept them into your life so go forth and claim them! Happy (early) Samhain! . . . . #spiritually #love #spirituality #spiritual #spirit #spiritualhealing #physically #spiritualpath #spiritualgrowth #spiritualist #awakening #mindfulness #spiritualquotes #healing #soul #selflove #spiritualguidance #thirdeye #lightworker #Paranormal #TarotTuesday #3FPP #riderwaitetarot #riderwaite #traditionaltarot #pagan #witchcraft #wicca #samhain https://www.instagram.com/p/CVgaGa6LKLm/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Welcome to #3FPTarotTuesday with your (g)host for the day 🐝! This week, I utilized the @selfcareoracle by @goddessprovisions. This deck is quickly becoming my favorite oracle deck. 💪 Ironically, as my area faces a heat wave, I’ve pulled the “Flow Like Water” card which could be taken quite literally as we all try to cool down. And if that’s how you choose to interpret this card that is totally fine! Go cool off and relax, it’s very much a form of self-care. There are some fantastic lakes in the #hauntedhudsonvalley you can visit this coming July 4th weekend! 🐚 🏖 For those of us that find ourselves wishing to look deeper into the meaning, flow like water is a call for inaction. Stop resisting your own personal relaxation and growth. Water flows effortlessly and you have this ability, too. Not everything needs to be a fight. Relax and feel the energy of life around you. Like the ocean, the energy of the universe is always there for you to flow with. The waves of emotion and memory inside all of us flow through the universe like the ocean’s tides. Some tides are higher than others, but you can always count on the ocean settling back into it’s normal flow again. Acknowledge your waves of emotion and memory and let the waves of the universe take them back out to sea. 🌊 . . . . #tarottuesday #oraclereading #oraclecards #oraclecardreading #paranormal #witchcraft #pagan #goth #seamagick #seawitch #ocean #summer #psychic #tarot #fortuneteller #soothsayer #witchyvibes #witchythings #spiritual #spiritualjourney https://www.instagram.com/p/CQt2FKpt7Mr/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy #3FatesFactsFriday! Today’s fact is brought to you by 🐻! This week’s fact is about one of the oldest and well known haunts of the Hudson Valley in New York State. Many paranormal groups have checked out this particular establishment through the years and it is still popular today. The Shanley Hotel in Napanoch, NY, acquired its current name in 1905 when James Shanley acquired the property. It retains this name today although it was purchased in 2005 by Sal and Cindy Nicosia who immediately restored and decorated the crumbling hotel to its original beauty and reopened it for business. Shortly after reopening, paranormal experiences were reported in the building by guests. These activities included shadowy figures and feelings of strong presences, in addition to unexplained footsteps and voices when no one else was in or near the rooms. In recent years, as guests have ventured to stay at the Shanley Hotel there have been even more increased reports of paranormal activity. Strange occurrences like clocks chiming on the hour (when there are no chime clocks in the building), the smell of cigar smoke hanging in the air (but no one is smoking a cigar), feelings of being pushed by someone (as if someone is trying to get by), and people feeling disoriented and dizzy as if the floor is moving. These and many other paranormal activities continue to occur and attract people to the Shanley Hotel. In order to find out first hand what all the hoopla is about, why not take a road trip to Napanoch, NY, and check it out for yourself? . . . . . . #paranormal #ghosthunting #hauntedhudsonvalley #shanleyhotel #ghosts #paranormalactivity #paranormalactivity #haunted #hauntedplaces #hauntedhistory #hauntedtourism #hauntedny #ghoststories #ghoststory #3FPP #3fatesparanormal #ulstercountyny #napanochny #ShanleyHotel (at Shanley Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNuw9idrWyj/?igshid=q84pdwaa49cm

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Happy #3FatesFactsFriday Today’s late night fact is brought to you by 🐻! As many people are aware, the Hudson Valley is quite well known for its paranormal activity. Today’s fact involves a murder that occurred at the Cold Spring Train Depot in Cold Spring New York, a small town on the east side of the Hudson River about 50 miles north of NYC. Apparently, on a winter night in 1898, a woman in the town overheard her husband plotting to kill her. She immediately left and ran down to the Train Station located on Main Street.  There was a train scheduled to leave at 10:15 pm for Poughkeepsie, NY.  She sat on the bench nervously awaiting the train.  But as luck (or lack of luck) would have it, her husband found her at 10:13 pm  and stabbed her with a knife killing her before she could escape.  The story went  that if you sat on that bench (which has since been removed) at  the depot, at 10:13 pm at night you would  feel a cold chill pass over you. Some people have said that at times they have seen a shadowy image of a woman floating throughout the depot and one legend has been told by a night custodial person that after cleaning the toilets at the depot he would leave the seats up, but in the morning the seats would be down, indicating to him that the ghost of a woman may very well inhabit the depot.            Today, the Cold Spring Depot is a Restaurant and Cafe. Why not go check it out for yourself? . . . . . . . #hauntedhudsonvalley #coldspringdepot #ghosts #ghoststory #paranormal #paranormalactivity #paranormalinvestigation #spooky #trains #haunted #hauntedplaces (at Cold Spring Depot) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNMB--Hh-Ww/?igshid=dkhxtbp6otap

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Welcome back to #3FatesFactFriday with your (g)host, 🐝! The photo, however, was taken by 😈! Built in 1907, Burn Brae Mansion in Glen Spey, NY is one of Sullivan County’s most historical and famous haunts. Once part of the estate of the 3rd President of the Singer Sewing Machine company it’s now operating as a charming Victorian B&B. Since becoming a B&B it’s quickly gained notoriety as a haunted location hosting spooky icons like Linda Blair (from The Exorcist) as guests, and having been featured on numerous paranormal TV shows and media helping to add to this seemingly endless reputation. It is also no surprise that Burn Brae Mansion is one of the first places locals think of when asked for paranormal hotspot recommendations. Some of its most terrifying reports include that of a woman in white, disembodied children’s voices, and a mysterious man in late 1900s attire. However the spooky appeal doesn’t stop there! The house even features an Attic of Curiosities packed full of mysterious artifacts (like dolls and children’s toys) leftover from the mansion’s previous tenants. Do you dare check into Burn Brae Mansion? If so, be sure to leave the lights on! You never know who might be lurking in the shadows of its history.... . . . . #hauntedhudsonvalley #burnbraemansion #ghoststories #famoushaunts #hauntedny #ghost #paranormalactivity #paranormal #paranormalinvestigation #folklore #haunted #parapsychology #glenspeyny #sullivancounty #sullivancountyny #victorian #victorianmansion #goth #gothgoth #hauntedmansion #hauntedhotel #historicalhaunts #localhistory #sullivancountyhistory #3FPP #3FatesParanormal #Oldhouses #lindablair #theexorcist (at Burn Brae Mansion) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM4wpM3BkaB/?igshid=ij6w7a8ph08b

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Happy #3FatesFactsFriday! Today’s fact is brought to you by 🐝! Today I’m going to share a little local history with you all as this is an infamous story from right here in the #HauntedHudsonValley. George Markert was an incredibly successful farm worker in the area that was accused by his brother-in-law of having put a curse upon his brother-in-laws’ farm as it was not prospering in the same way as his own. His brother-in-law, Adam Heidt, accused George of everything from causing his cows to run dry to the man bewitching him any time he did something in a succession of three around him. This ill-will between the men quickly turned to a murder plot when Heidt demanded Markert remove the supposed curse after meeting at a local tavern. When Markert refused, claiming he never placed a curse in the first place, he quickly left the tavern to head home. However, this would turn to be a deadly mistake when he was followed by Adam Heidt who met up with his son, Joseph Heidt, upon the majestic Stone Arch Bridge in Kenoza Lake. It is upon this tri-arched bridge the two would proceed to kill Markert choosing this spot as warlocks were believed to be powerless above running water. Unfortunately, this is where the story gets even more gruesome. Heidt believed that the only way to thoroughly detroy the curse Markert had placed upon his farm and berid himself of his brother-in-law’s evil for good was to murder him utilizing three different methods. The two Heidts stabbed, shot, and beat Markert to death upon the Stone Arch Bridge before tossing his body over the bridge into the frozen waters of the Callicoon Creek below. However, the saddest part of this story is the lack of justice for George Markert as Adam Heidt was acquitted and sent to Middletown’s insane asylum and Joseph served less than two decades in prison before being released back into the real world. Perhaps this very lack of justice is the reason so many residents of the county claim to see the ghost of George Markert still wandering the bridge searching for help on cold January nights. 👻 #3FPP #Ghoststories #RealGhostStories #Paranormal #ParanormalActivity #HudsonValley #HauntedNY #Goth #Haunted #Witchcraft https://www.instagram.com/p/CKWZB5Fsesk/?igshid=lmued51whzxy