Legends 5: Long Island Ghosts (ad-free) (Patreon)

Our search for legends today takes us deep into the woods outside of Huntington, Long Island, to a place known forbiddingly as Mount Misery. Just be sure to bring a flashlight.

Narrated and produced by Aaron Mahnke, with writing by Harry Marks and research by GennaRose Nethercott.

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Further Reading

1. Arnett, Andrew K. “Mount Misery: Part 13 — Jaye Paro.” Arnett Files. March 7, 2021. https://arnettfiles.com/2021/03/07/mount-misery-part-13-jaye-paro
2. Atteberry, Todd. “The Ghosts of Fire Island Lighthouse.” The Witchery Arts. Accessed October 3, 2022. https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/the-ghosts-of-fire-island-lighthouse
3. Atteberry, Todd. “The Legends and Myths of Sweet Hollow and Mount Misery: Part One, On Mary Hatchet and Sweet Hollow Road.” The Witchery Arts. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/behind-urban-legends/the-legends-and-myths-of-mount-misery-and-sweet-hollow-road-part-iii-mary-takes-another-swing-with-her-bloody-hatchet-on-the-big-screen
4. Atteberry, Todd. “The Legends and Myths of Sweet Hollow and Mount Misery: Part II, The Mothman and the Thunderbird of Native American Myths.” The Witchery Arts. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/by-location/mid-atlantic/long-island/the-legends-and-myths-of-sweet-hollow-and-mount-misery-part-ii-the-mothman-and-the-thunderbird-of-native-american-myths
5. Atteberry, Todd. “Tales From Head of the Harbor and St. James I: New Thoughts on Mary Hatchet and Mary’s Grave.” The Witchery Arts. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/behind-urban-legends/storys-from-head-of-the-harbor-and-st-james-i-new-thoughts-on-mary-hatchet-and-marys-grave
6. Bellerjeau, Claire & Tiffany Yecke Brooks. “Did an Enslaved Woman Try to Warn the Americans of Benedict Arnold’s Treason?” Smithsonian Magazine. May 16, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-an-enslaved-woman-try-to-warn-the-americans-of-benedict-arnolds-treason-180980080
7. Black, Bela. “Mount Misery and Sweet Hollow Road.” American Ghost Stories. October 16, 2018. https://americanghoststories.com/mid-atlantic-ghost-stories/mount-misery-sweet-hollow-road#google_vignette
8. Brosky, Kerriann Flanagan. Historic Haunts of Long Island (The History Press, 2015).
9. Brosky, Kerriann Flanagan. “Long Island's Legends and Myths: Mary's Grave.” Huntington, NY Patch. September 3, 2012. https://patch.com/new-york/huntington/bp--long-islands-legends-and-myths-marys-grave
10. Carr, Julie. “Raynham Hall Museum.” HauntedHouses.com. Accessed October 1, 2022. http://hauntedhouses.com/new-york/raynham-hall-museum
11. “Fire Island Lighthouse.” Lighthouse Friends. Accessed October 3, 2022. https://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=390
12. Gentile, John. “Find Slain Girl Was Raped First.” Daily News. June 10, 1976. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36846504/katherine-woods-murder
13. Hanc, John. “A Long Island House Holds the Story of Washington’s Spy Ring.” New York Times. March 12, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/12/arts/raynham-hall-revolution-spies.html
14. “History.” Fire Island Lighthouse Preservation Society. Accessed October 3, 2022. https://www.fireislandlighthouse.com/history
15. “History.” Raynham Hall Museum. Accessed October 1, 2022. https://raynhamhallmuseum.org/1740-1776-before-the-revolution
16. Keel, John A. The Complete Guide to Mysterious Beings (Tom Doherty Associates, 2002).
17. Keel, John A. The Mothman Prophecies (Tor, 2001).
18. Lefebvre, Scott. Scary Stories To Tell In Long Island (CreateSpace, 2014).
19. “Legends of Sweet Hollow Road.” New York Mystery Machine. October 4, 2021. https://anchor.fm/nymysterymachine/episodes/Episode-14-Legends-of-Sweet-Hollow-Road-e1894jn
20. Leita, John & Laura Leita. Long Island Oddities: Curious Locales, Unusual Occurrences and Unlikely Urban Adventures (Arcadia Publishing, 2013).
21. “List Melville Woman’s Death A Suicide.” Newsday (Suffolk Edition). March 15, 1949. https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/712381229
22. Lucia. “Haunted Road Trip: Mount Misery Road and Sweet Hollow Road, Long Island, New York.” The Ghost In My Machine. May 4, 2015. https://theghostinmymachine.com/2015/05/04/haunted-road-trip-mount-misery-road-and-sweet-hollow-road-west-hills-huntington-long-island-new-york
23. “Mary’s Grave — Long Island’s Most Legendary Final Resting Place.” Weird U.S. Accessed September 28, 2022. http://www.weirdus.com/states/new_york/cemetery_safari/marys_grave/index.php
24. “Mary’s Grave — Real Haunt in St. James, NY.” Long Island Haunted Houses. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.lihauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/marys-grave.html
25. Mates, Seth. “A father’s anguish at the Fire Island Lighthouse.” Newsday. Accessed October 3, 2022. https://projects.newsday.com/lifestyle/haunted-long-island-fire-island-lighthouse
26. McCarthy, “America’s first Valentine in Oyster Bay?” Newsday. February 13, 2011. https://www.newsday.com/news/america-s-first-valentine-in-oyster-bay-o49087
27. Mian, Rashed. “First Valentine In The Country Given On Long Island.” Long Island Press. February 14, 2017. https://www.longislandpress.com/2017/02/14/first-valentine-in-country-long-island-raynham-hall
28. “Miscellaneous.” New York History 28(4), October 1947: 520-525. https://www.jstor.org/stable/23147954
29. “Mount Misery — Melville NY Haunted Place.” Long Island Haunted Houses. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.lihauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/mount-misery.html
30. O’Connor-Arena, Melissa. “Mount Misery.” Huntington, NY Patch. March 15, 2010. https://patch.com/new-york/huntington/a-new-view-mount-misery
31. “An Old Tar.” Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 6, 1878. https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/50423545
32. Paro, Jaye. “Medium’s Insist This Spot Is Dominated By Evil Spirits.” Beyond. July 1969. http://www.johnkeel.com/?p=3715
33. “Raynham Hall Museum.” Atlas Obscura. Accessed October 1, 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/raynham-hall-museum
34. Sclafani, Tony. “Father’s deadly gunshot startles Samaritans.” Courier News. August 8, 2000. https://www.newspapers.com/image/legacy/224427244
35. Smitten, Susan. Ghost Stories of New York State (Ghost House Books, 2004).
36. Stark, Ian J. “Haunted spots to explore on Long Island.” Newsday. October 1, 2021. https://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/holidays/halloween/haunted-long-island-y7563
37. Swancer, Brent. “Ghosts, UFOs, and High Strangeness at Mount Misery, New York.” Mysterious Universe. June 24, 2020. https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/07/ghosts-ufos-and-high-strangeness-at-mount-misery-new-york
38. “Sweet Hollow Road.” Long Island Paranormal Investigators. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.liparanormalinvestigators.com/post/sweet-hollow-road
39. “Sweet Hollow Road.” Scary for Kids. January 18, 2015. https://www.scaryforkids.com/sweet-hollow-road
40. “Sweet Hollow Road — Real Huntington Haunt.” Long Island Haunted Houses. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.lihauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/sweet-hollow-road.html
41. Walsh, Colleen. “Uncovering what Thoreau uncovered.” Harvard Gazette. July 31, 2015. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/07/uncovering-what-thoreau-uncovered
42. “West Hills South: Mt. Misery Nature Preserve.” Town of Huntington. Accessed September 28, 2022. https://www.huntingtonny.gov/filestorage/13749/13843/15187/99828/153038/17956/Trails_Guide_Mt__Misery_Nature_Preserve.pdf
43. Whitehouse, Jack. 13 Legends of Fire Island and the Great South Bay (iUniverse, 2008).