having thoughts about true bdsm couple. like……. one wants to be punished/craves release and the other craves control.

nicest people you’ll ever meet, but behind closed doors…..

Other Branches of the Mizrahi Tree

Outside of the main family line of the tree lies a number of spare branches that have their own minor legacies. Below is the list of these legacies, their role in the main plot, as well as their current heir.

For the main family tree click here

Mizrahi Farm (Nathaniel Tabor) - During the Antique Generation Uriah Mizrahi inherited his father's farm after the untimely death of his older brother. He later purchased the neighboring Hoffman Farm which belonged to his brother-in-law giving him control of all of Old New Henford. He left the land to his son David. While David is considered to be the heir of that time it was his twin brother who actually produced the next heir so David was able to leave the land to his own biological son Reuben who never had children of his own but his twin sister did and he adopted her youngest son Nathaniel as heir.

Henford Crime Ring (Hayden Noble) - During the Juice Prohibition during the Burnished Generation Esther Mizrahi married Gilbert Hough who opened a speakeasy (that David worked in). With his wife's full support he became a powerful figurehead in Henford that no one wanted to cross. His son-in-law Jonathan picked up the mantel after Gilbert's death in WWII leading to both sons working to break free of the family after Alexander's daughter was severly injured as a toddler. Samuel continued to work for the HCR while keeping his family a secret in hopes of protecting them from a similar fate. It wasn't until the 60's when the HCR got tangled up with the Oasis Springs Syndicate (OSS) and they met Detective Nikolas Layne that both brother's were able to get out and be moved to other Worlds

Henford Citizens (Batiste/Harris) - During the Antique Generation, Uriah's older brother passed away but not before he had 3 sons. His middle son had two children. His daughter Kinley Batiste was the heart and soul of Henford and passed that down to her 7 children. Her oldest daughter Rosalie Harris has now passed that down to her own 6 children. Together they keep Henford running and grounded to it's roots.

Pigulock Manor (Huey Pigulock) - During the Classic Generation Lizbeth Mizrahi married William Pigulock who later inherited his grandparents estate in Evergreen Harbor. The house was a safe place for the women (including Kailee Greenburg who founded the Greenburg Rehabilitation Center) to raise their families while their husbands served in WWII. After William died in the war his children struggled to get their feet under them. His son Frankie was a deadbeat who never had children while his son Blaine (who he never met) was in and out of rehab and eventually OD'd. He had a son with a stripper who seems to have a good head on his shoulders. Though Huey currently lives in San My with his wife and son he is set to inherit both the Pigulock fortune and the Greenburg Rehibilitation Center (see below)

Greenburg Rehibilitation Center (Amira Greenburg) - After the Hoffman Purchase during the Antique Generation, Imram Hoffman continued to work for his brother-in-law Uriah and he and his wife were great supports for their nephew David during the Burnished Generation. During the Classic Generation their daughter Kailee went to Evergreen Harbor with her cousin where they lived in a hobo camp and she met Knox Greenburg. Knox had big dreams of changing Evergreen, dreams that she brought to fruition on her own while he was fighting in WWII. Their children halfheartedly continued their dreams but after Amira's death the Center will close unless someone finds a heart to continue.

Scavengers (Elisha Gagnon) - During the Antique Generation, Jeb Mizrahi (Uriah's nephew) was disowned and cast out of Henford for getting a woman pregnant. After his death in WWI and his wife's death a few years later their 3 unmarried daughters were left with nothing. When the economy collapsed during the Classic Generation they became homeless and lived in a junkyard. While Hannah's son Cohen continued that lifestyle her 3 daughters were raised in an orphanage and given a bit of a better chance at life. Two of her grandchildren have even managed to make a name for themselves with Katlin being a prestegious scientist who's research helped cure Esteban Beltran during the Expressionist Generation and Derrick Parson who became the music agent for Johnny Zest during the Fast Generation.

Oasis Springs Syndicate? (Major Blanton) - During the Burnished Generation David's other cousin Gabriel (Kinley's older brother) took to a life of crime. But rather than stay in Henford and get involved in the HCR he moved to Oasis Springs and got involved in something shadier. He met Rowan who was [redacted] and they had two sons. While Gabriel was eventually arrested and spent his last days in prison, Rowan continued pursuing her own goals. She worked as a double agent for both the Syndicate and the HCR while completing her own mission. She was sent to retrieve Sofia from her foster home during the Classic Generation at which point she gave her a cypher disguised as a book which she later sent a Syndicate agent to retrieve during the Dandy Generation. Though she died before achieving her goal of [redacted] she passed her aspirations on to her son and grandson who launched OMI during the Fast Generation in preparation for [redacted]

Penguin Brief - Animal Farm Research & Cover History

Animal Farm was written by George Orwell in 1945 

The book is labeled as a ‘fairy story’ or ‘beast fable’

Plot Summary:

Old Major, a prize-winning boar, gathers the animals of the Manor Farm for a meeting in the big barn. He tells them of a dream he has had in which all animals live together with no human beings to oppress or control them. He tells the animals that they must work toward such a paradise and teaches them a song called “Beasts of England,” in which his dream vision is lyrically described. The animals greet Major’s vision with great enthusiasm. When he dies only three nights after the meeting, three younger pigs—Snowball, Napoleon, and Squealer—formulate his main principles into a philosophy called Animalism. Late one night, the animals manage to defeat the farmer Mr. Jones in a battle, running him off the land. They rename the property Animal Farm and dedicate themselves to achieving Major’s dream. The cart-horse Boxer devotes himself to the cause with particular zeal, committing his great strength to the prosperity of the farm and adopting as a personal maxim the affirmation “I will work harder.”

At first, Animal Farm prospers. Snowball works at teaching the animals to read, and Napoleon takes a group of young puppies to educate them in the principles of Animalism. When Mr. Jones reappears to take back his farm, the animals defeat him again, in what comes to be known as the Battle of the Cowshed, and take the farmer’s abandoned gun as a token of their victory. As time passes, however, Napoleon and Snowball increasingly quibble over the future of the farm, and they begin to struggle with each other for power and influence among the other animals. Snowball concocts a scheme to build an electricity-generating windmill, but Napoleon solidly opposes the plan. At the meeting to vote on whether to take up the project, Snowball gives a passionate speech. Although Napoleon gives only a brief retort, he then makes a strange noise, and nine attack dogs—the puppies that Napoleon had confiscated in order to “educate”—burst into the barn and chase Snowball from the farm. Napoleon assumes leadership of Animal Farm and declares that there will be no more meetings. From that point on, he asserts, the pigs alone will make all of the decisions—for the good of every animal.

Napoleon now quickly changes his mind about the windmill, and the animals, especially Boxer, devote their efforts to completing it. One day, after a storm, the animals find the windmill toppled. The human farmers in the area declare smugly that the animals made the walls too thin, but Napoleon claims that Snowball returned to the farm to sabotage the windmill. He stages a great purge, during which various animals who have allegedly participated in Snowball’s great conspiracy—meaning any animal who opposes Napoleon’s uncontested leadership—meet instant death at the teeth of the attack dogs. With his leadership unquestioned (Boxer has taken up a second maxim, “Napoleon is always right”), Napoleon begins expanding his powers, rewriting history to make Snowball a villain. Napoleon also begins to act more and more like a human being—sleeping in a bed, drinking whisky, and engaging in trade with neighbouring farmers. The original Animalist principles strictly forbade such activities, but Squealer, Napoleon’s propagandist, justifies every action to the other animals, convincing them that Napoleon is a great leader and is making things better for everyone—despite the fact that the common animals are cold, hungry, and overworked.

Mr. Frederick, a neighbouring farmer, cheats Napoleon in the purchase of some timber and then attacks the farm and dynamites the windmill, which had been rebuilt at great expense. After the demolition of the windmill, a pitched battle ensues, during which Boxer receives major wounds. The animals rout the farmers, but Boxer’s injuries weaken him. When he later falls while working on the windmill, he senses that his time has nearly come. One day, Boxer is nowhere to be found. According to Squealer, Boxer has died in peace after having been taken to the hospital, praising the Rebellion with his last breath. In actuality, Napoleon has sold his most loyal and long-suffering worker to a glue maker in order to get money for whisky.

Years pass on Animal Farm, and the pigs become more and more like human beings—walking upright, carrying whips, and wearing clothes. Eventually, the seven principles of Animalism, known as the Seven Commandments and inscribed on the side of the barn, become reduced to a single principle reading “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” Napoleon entertains a human farmer named Mr. Pilkington at a dinner and declares his intent to ally himself with the human farmers against the labouring classes of both the human and animal communities. He also changes the name of Animal Farm back to the Manor Farm, claiming that this title is the “correct” one. Looking in at the party of elites through the farmhouse window, the common animals can no longer tell which are the pigs and which are the human beings.

https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2021/08/animal-farm-george-orwell-75-covers-design-history

an idiot’s guide to the wayne family.

now complete with new diagrams! i wish i wash kidding, ive really made a diagram to help illustrate this.

[ follow the link here for actual visible quality. thanks tumblr.]

some points to make quickly -

• this is not complete. there were probably more siblings and wives and children, but i just focused on the main lineage i could piece together from DC knowledge

• apologies for the lack of knowledge on the women in the family past the last century. this is unfortunately common in real life too, as women were not landowners etc, and without a marriage certificate they basically don’t show up on records. dc happily talk about the male line but not about the wives and daughters so :/

• the dates are fairly made up, and especially at the bottom are just me twisting things to fit my own personal canon

• and finally, i just wanted to say that while this is pieced together from what DC have told us, there are a lot of holes that i have filled with headcanons. not all of this is canon. sometimes i just want to give a person a cool life that dc are too cowardly to do.

so, although this varies by “earth”, i have tried to combine the various histories given for pre- and post-52 waynes into a full comprehensible timeline. i’ve probably failed, but this is what i’m sticking with.   

to start with we’re supposed to believe that there was a norse guy calling himself the Bat-Man, running around in the 10th century killing frost giants. is it plausible? yes. is it exaggerated? most definitely. am i wiping it from existence because it was one issue in a faintly terrible run that has technically been retconned anyway? absolutely. ignoring that makes the earliest recorded ancestor of the wayne family a man called gawayne de weyne, a french crusader in the 14th century. on some earths he’s called lancelot wayne (too on the nose) or harold wayne (thanks i hate it), so im personally going to retcon that and just say gawayne is it. also because i love the etymological aspect of the name beginning as de weyne in old high french and it slowly changing through out the centuries. gawayne, also sometimes written as gevain, was one of the knights sent to retrieve the holy grail, but, as knights tended to do, he died. sorry gawayne. the weirdest part about all of this is that he asked for his heart to be embalmed, and there’s a plot line revolving around this (batman: scottish connection). now i’m not saying that madness runs in the family, but the waynes absolutely do not get a good head start in history. 

gawayne must have had at least one surviving heir who goes on to have babies etc etc, and eventually we get to the 16th century, and the next instance of the waynes. specifically, contarf wayne. which, i have to say, super dumb name. if i ever have a kid, im calling it contarf. so it’s now the 1500s and the waynes have somehow become scottish, probably from getting given land after crusading and that. apparently gawayne was aknight of the scottish court, despite being french, which actually happened a lot back then. literally the only notable thing contarf does with his life is build castle wayne, and i swear these people are all born with both madness and a flair for the dramatic. yes at some point bruce does go to this gloomy scottish castle where it’s always rainy and stormy and fits right on in, so that’s terrifying.

around a hundred years later nathaniel wayne tries to emigrate across to the “new world”. nathaniel likes witchhunting, and has come over to what will one day be the US following a witch fleeing from england - annie. annie who he may have dated. annie who may be pregnant with his child. good on you nathaniel, that’s a healthy relationship you’ve got right there. after the baby is delivered, he finds her and. you know, people were not kind of witches back then, so she dies. and with her dying breath, curses nathaniel and all his descendants. which includes her OWN BABY (super punk move), and one day bruce wayne. this curse manifests in very few of the extant waynes surviving beyond 40, often going mad, and absolutely tuning on each other. nathaniel’s particular grisly end comes when his is the fateful colony that ends up in what-will-one-day-be-gotham (see my idiots guide to gotham for more juicy details), releasing the deacon blackfire from his little cave and ending up missing, presumed dead. (definitely dead). this is the start of the “waynes probably should avoid gotham” saga. spoiler alert - they don’t. 

somewhere in the interluding 100 years, a branch of the waynes do actually successfully make it over into the americas. 2 brothers, caleb and thomas simon wayne, reach the east coast from britain, and go their separate ways. caleb joins a convoy heading out west, leading a wagon train, and, as so many pioneers do, he also dies, while trying to make this trip. but caleb really isnt the interesting brother here (sorry man), because what thomas gets up to is far more exciting. he settles in, lo and behold, the newly formed town of gotham, and for some strange reason (probably because all the waynes are fairly nuts, as we’ve established at this point) decides to give devil-worshipping a go. maybe its fucking curse. maybe its something in the water. maybe its maybelline. but whatever it is, thomas wayne tries to summon and ensnare the demon barbatos by killing some innocents, in a wild, but understandable, attempt to gain immortality. he doesn’t succeed. or does he. it half works - instead of summoning the bat-demon (yes the same bat-demon that the founding fathers later summon and also trap beneath gotham) he gets one of darkseid’s hyper-dimensional bounty hunters, and some how, through some space age magic, the energy of this event corrupts him into agelessness/slowed ageing, we’re not totally sure. later dear old tom pops back up as the villainous dr simon hurt, and literally fights his own descendant. DC give no fucks. 

after the whole corrupting not-magic thing, but before he disappears, thomas/simon impregnates one of his cult’s disciples. a lot. (is this why the waynes can look 30 at 50? more on this at 10) and between 1747 and 1771 (because immortal people also have immortal sperm apparently), she bears him 3 sons. probably some daughters too but again, who cares about that. not DC, that’s for damn sure. these sons are all absolutely fucking insane, just like daddy dearest. the eldest, who is LITERALLY known as “mad” anthony wayne, is said to be the spitting image of bruce, which is confirmed through some time travelling bs that we’re not going to think about. anthony and horatio wayne, the middle brother, both sign up to fight in the revolutionary war. unfortunately THE CURSE STRIKES AGAIN and horatio perishes while burning british ships. anthony goes on to becomes a brigadier general, serving directly under george washington and pulls some crazy good strategies that help to kick the british out of new jersey, earning his nickname of “mad” anthony, because only someone fucking nuts could come up with these plans, and pull them off. the youngest brother darius wayne is only 4 when the war breaks out, and is therefore too Babey to fight, but does later become notable for being the man to start construction on wayne manor. in 1795, using the money inherited from his brother horatio on his death, he hires an architect nathan van derm, to begin planning and building. sadly darius will never see it completed, with funds dwindling and his older brother’s death, eventually darius takes his own life. 

not to worry, he leaves behind 2 sons - herkimer and charles wayne. literally herkimer’s only notable feature is that he fights in the war of 1812. sorry my guy, DC hate you. charles, on the other hand, is a businessman, who manages the failing company his father had left behind and starts to grow the wayne fortune. charles buys more land surrounding the manor, as well as a lot of general gotham real estate, and is the man accrediting for starting wayne enterprises as a series of several small business, ranging from merchant trading to land ownership to mining, in 1845. however charlie contracts tuberculosis at the ripe old age of 62 and shuffles off the mortal coil. 

the oldest of his sons, charles lincoln wayne, also known as charles junior, does 2 things - begins construction on the wayne manor again in 1855 after purchasing it back from jerome k. van derm, the destitute son of the original architect, who had been living in the bones of the construcion, and uses a considerable portion of his inheritance to build the gotham botanical gardens in 1870. the next son, winslow wayne, is another enigma - the only thing mentioned about him in the comics is that he fought alongside teddy roosevelt, which i’m guessing is in the spanish-american war. but the youngest two brothers, joshua thomas and solomon zebadiah wayne are the real spicy pair. not only do they tackle the bat infestation on the manor grounds, but the pair work to change the federal system of america - joshua, when he’s not managing the wayne companies, is an abolitionist who engages in secret missions to free slaves by getting them across the border into canada, and solomon, the vaguely more sensible of the two, becomes a judge, attempting to be as fair and incorruptible as possible. sadly joshua is killed due to his slave smuggling antics (THE CURRSSEE), and this sends solomon slightly nuts, and causes him to contract the architect cyrus pinkney, who is even more nuts, to basically. build gotham. these two men are the reason 97% of buildings have gargoyles on them. 

solomon has only 1 child before he dies, who fortunately, grows up to be a very shrewd businessman capable of growing wayne ent even through with the advent of shipping and rail sectors. this man, alan wayne, constructs the original wayne tower in 1888, and it completely swamps the gotham skyline. he also marries catherine van derm, the great granddaughter of the original architect of wayne manor, and finally manage to complete and move in to the building in 1895, exactly 100 years after the project was started. for a while they are very happy, and catherine falls pregnant. but this darn curse just won’t leave these wayne boys alone, and in 1897, catherine dies giving birth to their son, kenneth wayne. a year later, lost and traumatised and going insane thinking about his wife’s death alan wayne mysteriously disappears (read as: fell down a well and was maybe or maybe not tortured and killed by the court of owls). 

kenneth wayne, raised as virtually an orphan, turns out to have his papa’s business management skills, and, foreseeing america's impending industrialisation in the 20s and 30s, makes some risky moves that pay off, including the advent of wayne chemicals, and wayne ent expands yet again. kenneth, like the recurring pattern that you can see here, dies fairly early due to WW2 however, leaving his wife laura to care for their 4 sons AND the company, which she does like a boss ass bitch. seriously, women barely had the vote and she was already a titan of industry and raising 4 teenage boys like. massive props to you babe. these boys are

ishmael wayne, a whaler who is an incredible parody of captain ahab and also dies trying to catch a white whale, elwood wayne, who goes and reclaims what is now called waynemoor castle in scotland, living there until his death, silas wayne, who may or may not be a thief posing as a wayne because the real silas died, AND at long last, patrick wayne - bruce’s granpappy, who founded the wayne tech arm of the company at 20 years old, aiding the war effort, and where this stupidly long post ends, because there is 0 point in me recounting the lives of thomas, bruce, or any of his children. everyone knows them. could i write more about thomas’ siblings and the kanes and how they tie in? yes. but this post is like 2100 words long and i want to sleep at some point today so this will have to do askjdbjsdhgf

Wintersoul Report: Day 6

*~Hey there campers! Goopman again, here to bring you the new! Dinner and a show this day! Or well, a show then dinner. Dinner that was a show...it was quite an entertaining day, yeah!~

*~Counselor Doggo [ @ask-doggo-things] hosted a movie session in the auditorium this morning, sharing some Gyftmas classics that were apparently near and dear to his heart with us. The first had a lot of troubling parental figures...Let’s see, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer was the title, quirky but heartwarming enough. Don’t know what the deal is about red noses, I mean whole faces light up when I’m around! Still, accepting differences and uniqueness and whatnot, it was a good movie.

Santa Clause is Coming to Town was the next film, origin story for the bearded guy in the first film. Apparently he was quite a rebel, breaking the law to give toys to kids. What kind of mayor bans toys? Hmph...any reports of me cursing during the movie are lies. Decent film, it sparked some conversation about shared human and monster myths, and how one might’ve inspired the other.

And the last movie was A Year without a Santa Claus.  Sounds like a nightmare for you anklebiters. Was actually absent for a chunk of the film, but from what I could catch, it seems the big bearded guy was laid low by a perceived lack of holiday spirit and his wife went to work to convince him otherwise. Lot of hijinks,centered around some weather deities. Apparently even elemental demi-gods love their mama. Or fear her anyways. Can’t blame ‘em when lightning strikes as shes about to lay down the law.

Quite a lot of musical numbers in these films, though what was more surprising was that the grump dog knew them all by memory heh. Thanks again, Doggo!~

*~While Doggo was preparing the evenings entertainment, Camp Counselor Cam [ @two-littlesouls] handled the evening’s festivities by setting up a Dinner Theater. The nefarious reprobate. Yours truly was even drafted to take part in it!~

*~ Dinner and a Show! While a delicious three course dinner was served at the Cafeteria, Camp Counselor Cam recruited several other counselors, and Eimmet, to act out a mystery for the campers to solve. The prestigious Sir Temsworth (portrayed by Eimmet himself) and his 'wife' Lady Temsworth (Played by Doggo dressed* for the occasion.)  hosted a dinner party with the intent to donate a valuable temmie artifact, The Golden Tem Flake to a museum  in order to preserve its historical importance. To that end, Temsworth invited Curatros, the museums curator (Played by Wander, hey dats me!)  to accept the contribution, Articlisa a Reporter for The Daily Soul (played by Brie of @thevoidedsouls), and an old friend from cooleg, Sykes. A once successful business man down on his luck (Played by that villain, Invex @lord-invex.). Guarding the flake were a pair of hired security, Doglorian and Doglilah [ @ask-dogi].

Long story short, the butler didn't do it. Sykes, who knew Temsworth only invited him so the petty tem could rub his success in Sykes face, worked together with Curatros, who was secretly bigoted against temmies, to steal the flake. Sykes gets to one-up Temsworth and get a valuable artifact to sell, Curatros ensures that no temmies pollute his museum. And they nearly succeeded! If that damned bug didn't drop his character sheet 'utility bill' near the flakes case. Curatros attempted to pin the blame entirely on the clearly unstable Sykes, but Articlisa had taken a photo earlier, that while blurry, showed just enough to reveal that Curatros was the actual thief! Only 4 members of the audience had guessed the curator was the culprit. The majority had picked Lady Temsworth instead.

While the guests were busy trying to defuse the hostage situation between Sykes and the Lady, Curatros made his escape, leaping out of Temsworth's manor... And into the mass of miscreants bearing witness. The thief was promptly apprehended via dogpile.

And I would’ve gotten away with it too, if it weren’t for you meddling kids!

Can’t believe Winter actually thought I was a crook. How did she not catch on that it was all pretend? If you’re reading this Win, remind me to ground you when we get home!~

*~Seems like an eventful day actually. If any of you noticed the rumbling this morning, that was Soul Island arriving at its destination and coming to a stop. Eimmet had some plans today, a Trial to unlock some rusty mechanisms in the Soul Sanctum. A bit of finagling with a Virtue Tree, “Finding the Root of All Virtues” according to some runes on the altar, revealed a hidden stairway lined with murals leading deeper into the Sanctum. Think I have the transcripts...~

-A depiction of two Temmies arguing. One looks like the Temmies from the Underground, the other like the Sky Temmies of Soul Island -

Tem Kind was torn between aiding the Kingdom of Monsters in its war, or retreating to our ancient home.

-Another mural, showing a large group of Temmies. One, the Sky Temmies, are walking to the left, and the other to the right-

Half of us chose to return here. The other half chose to FIGHT.

-A third mural, depicting seven hooded figures in front of a mountain. Their hands are raised, and a large magical circle is under them.-

And in time, half of our kind was trapped forever in the dark.

-The final mural depicts the mountain again, but the Barrier is shattering around it like glass.-

But in time, the seal would be undone...and those Underground would await the return of their Homeland.

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*~The stairs led to the islands landing platform where Eimmet was waiting. Right on the peak of Mount Ebott. Appears that the geezer tem needed the Island and Mountain lined up that way so he could safely leave it. Too bad he still needed help getting deeper into the mountain. Something jamming the entrance for him. Of course, being utterly devoid of such a thing as ‘self-preservation’, a lot of campers volunteered.~

*~They got to fight giant statues of the Virtuous temmies alongside the Temgon though. A Trial that Eimmet had undergone in the past apparently. Taking those out unsealed the path that Eimmet was trying to reach. His end goal? To reconnect with the Temmies still in the Underground. Cousins finally reuniting. So I guess it was worth it! But all of you will have to wait til the next report to see how that turned out.~

[[More News Under the Cut!]]

*~Now for the less sappy and life threatening news! No wait...still possibly life threatening. What kind of brat spikes cookies with hot peppers?! ‘Cause that’s what happened at the cafeteria today. Reports indicate Adam @sevendeadlysouls ‘pranked’ fellow campers by giving them chocolate cookies seasoned with Ghost Peppers. Unsurprisingly this resulted in an altercation with Aiden @kindtale when she and Alexis @integrity-dancer fell victim to the ruse. He has since apologized, even making a replacement batch of unpoisoned cookies. Good thing too, otherwise the Counselors would’ve had some stern words for him...~

*~Ran into some curfew breakers making illegal purchases from the Shady Temmie again.  Bunch of miscreants in the Cafeteria, trying to pass it off as ‘a friend fell asleep here’. Looking at you Adie and Carla! Heard some Bravery campers stole from the stock earlier too What is wrong with you kids?!~

*~Alright, that’s it for today. Quite a lively one, but that’s what happens when somebody gets involved [Looking at you, plot-hijacker!]. Thank you for watching and keep an eye out for the next report!~

Paranormal PLACES IN NEW YORK STATE

New York is always a popular tourist destination, but it is also home to some of the most haunted places in America. Some of the most notorious haunted locations around can be found not just in New York City, but further afield all across New York State. 12. LETCHWORTH VILLAGE, THIELLS, NY Letchworth Village, Thiells, NY Letchworth Village is tucked away in a rural community where the state gave 2362 acres of land to be used in the care of the mentally and physically disabled. It was beautiful to look at having been modeled on Thomas Jefferson’s estate in Monticello. However, it hid an ugly reputation. Like so many of these institutions, Letchworth Village earned a reputation for mistreating its residents. Reports began to filter out of patients living naked in their own filth without any bedding and barely enough food to survive. The children here were used as guinea pigs for early polio vaccines and barbaric treatments. It is no wonder the place is haunted! Strange noises, poltergeist activity and apparitions are all the norm at Letchworth Village. 11. LANDMARK THEATRE, SYRACUSE, NY Landmark Theatre, Syracuse, NY The Landmark Theatre is a grand former movie house dating back to the 1920s, but behind the beautiful facade there are restless spirits lying in wait as this is one of the most haunted buildings in New York. There are at least 3 ghosts said to haunt the building. The most common one seen is Clarissa, an actress how died after falling from the balcony. You may also see Oscar, a stagehand who likes to flick the lights on and off! 10. THE MORRIS-JUMEL MANSION, MANHATTAN, NY The Morris-Jumel Mansion, Manhattan, NY The Morris-Jumel Mansion is one of the oldest houses in all of Manhattan. It also happens to be one of the most haunted mansions in New York. The Georgian style mansion was built by Roger Morris in 1765 and served as a military headquarters for both sides of the Revolution. In 1810, Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza purchased the property. Stephen died in suspicious circumstances and she married again in 1832, this time to Aaron Burr, the former Vice President who also killed Alexander Hamilton. Rumours of paranormal activity in the mansion first surfaces in the 1960s when a visiting group of schoolchildren claimed to have seen the ghost of Eliza Jumel, who appeared and told them to quieten down. There have also been reports of a disembodied voice coming from inside a old grandfather clock and a Hessian soldier who emerges from painting on the wall. 9. FORT WILLIAM HENRY MUSEUM, LAKE GEORGE, NY Fort William Henry Museum, Lake George, NY Fort William Henry Museum is actually a replica which was built in the 1950s to represent the original British stronghold just off of Lake George. However, this certainly does not seem to have discouraged the hundreds who died in a bloody massacre here from returning after death to haunt the area. Fort William Henry was lost in 1757 when it was attacked and destroyed by thousands of French soldiers during the French and Indian War. Visitors have captured shadow figures in their photographs and report hearing whispered voices telling them to hurry up while visiting! 8. THE WINERY AT MARJIM MANOR, APPLETON, NY The Winery at Marjim Manor, Appleton, NY The Winery at Marjim Manor is one of the most haunted houses in New York and it has appeared on various paranormal television shows including ‘Most Terrifying Places in America’. Despite this, the owner insists that the spirits haunting the property are friendly in nature! It is believed that some of the spirits may date back to the original family who first built the property in 1834. There are also reports of a spirit dog that brushes against people’s legs as they sit sipping their wine while looking out over Lake Ontario. This is definitely a place for those interested in the paranormal, but who don’t fancy encountering malevolent spirits! 7. THE HOUSE OF DEATH, NEW YORK CITY, NY The House of Death, New York City, NY If you visit number 14 West 10th in New York City, you will happen upon a beautiful townhouse on a quiet street. You would never believe that this unassuming home is one of the most haunted places in New York, with up to twenty-two different spirits dwelling inside what has come to be known as ‘The House of Death’. Mark Twain lived in the property between 1900 and 1901 and documented a number of supernatural experiences that he had. It comes as little surprise that the property is haunted given its gruesome past… Throughout the twentieth century there have been some horrifying events the most famous of which include a murder suicide and a six year old girl (Lisa Steinberg) who was beaten to death by her adoptive father Joel Steinberg in 1987. There have been all manner of paranormal incidents reported in the house and there have even been sightings of Mark Twain himself on a couple of occasions. 6. GURNSEY HOLLOW, FREWSBURG, NY Gurnsey Hollow, Frewsburg, NY Most cemeteries are pretty creepy, but few had terrifying legends on a par with those linked to Gurnsey Hollow. The graveyard is tucked away down a side road which gradually tapers off into a dirt track ending in this burial ground. It is said that a 7 year old mentally handicapped girl was stoned to death here by the locals for undisclosed reasons. She is just one of the unusually high concentration of children that are buried here. Many of the grave markers have been tipped over or vandalised and this has caused unrest resulting in many shadowy figures poised to attack any mortal who enters the secluded cemetery! 5. FOREST PARK CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK, NY Forest Park Cemetery, Brunswick, NY Forest Park Cemetery, also known as Pinewoods Cemetery, is an abandoned graveyard in Brunswick which is only visited by the bravest of souls these days! Those who do venture into the overgrown burial ground report feeling a cold chill running down their spines as they encounter unexplained cold spots all over the area. There has been a great deal of vandalism here and some of the decapitated angels on the headstones have been said to bleed from their severed stone necks! Several coffins are missing from the vandalised mausoleums and many believe that it is this desecration which has disturbed the spirits resulting in paranormal activity. 4. THE AMITYVILLE HOUSE, LONG ISLAND, NY The Amityville House, Long Island, NY Everyone is familiar with The Amityville Horror. There has been a debate raging regarding whether or not the book that inspired a popular horror movie franchise is a work of fiction or a true account of a genuine haunting, but the general consensus is that it was at the very least heavily embellished! However, regardless of this, we must not forget that aside from the alleged paranormal events described by the Lutz Family, there was still a brutal murder in this property. In 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr, murdered six members of his family as they slept, claiming that ‘voices’ told him that they were plotting to murder him. This has to have left some kind of mark on the property, so genuine hauntings are not out of the question. 3. UTICA STATE HOSPITAL, UTICA, NY Utica State Hospital, Utica, NY When Utica State Hospital opened in 1843 it was the first state-run hospital for the mentally ill. Back then it was called New York State Lunatic Asylum and it was considered to be state of the art for the time. However, like so many asylums of that era the treatment of the patients was anything but supportive or caring. It was routine for staff to perform lobotomies, electroshock therapy and other inhumane treatment methods. The patients lived in filthy conditions and were confined to cramped accommodations with little to no medical care. This was the hospital where the ‘Utica Crib’ was invented. It was a long shallow cage where agitated patients were placed to calm them down. It was also used as a punishment for undesirable behaviour. The hospital has long since closed, but it is by no means empty! This is without doubt one of the most haunted hospitals in New York state, and there are still patients wandering the halls. People have seen faces looking out of the windows and it is common to hear the patients screaming from the buildings. For the most part, the hospital is off limits but in occasion they do allow ghost tours and paranormal investigations to take place on the premises. 2. THE SAGAMORE, LAKE GEORGE, NY STAY HERE The Sagamore, Lake George, NY The Sagamore is a grand hotel which sits on a private island overlooking Lake George. It seems like it would be the ideal spot for anyone who is looking for a little bit of rest and relaxation. However, it is one of the most haunted hotels in New York and it seems like some former guests have made it their eternal resting place! You can rent a room in the hotel, but the chances are fair that you will not be alone in it! There are many ghost stories connected to the Victorian resort including a little boy who loves to play outside. It has been suggested that this is the spirit of a little boy who used to find lost or abandoned golf balls and sell them back to the pro shop customers. However, around 70 years ago he was hit by a car while looking for the golf balls and dies instantly. He can often be seen on the grounds and many guests have heard him giggling. Are you brave enough to spend a night at The Sagamore? 1. ROLLING HILLS ASYLUM, EAST BETHANY, NY Rolling Hills Asylum, East Bethany, NY Rolling Hills Asylum is a 19th century poorhouse which has seen thousands of deaths. In fact, it is estimated that 1700 bodies lie in unmarked graves on the premises. When it first opened in 1826 it was known as Genesee County Poor House where lunatics, paupers and vagrants were put to work on the farm. It later became an infirmary, an orphanage, a tuberculosis hospital and a nursing home. It is now thought to be one of the most haunted buildings in New York with a large amount of the paranormal activity seemingly centered on the psych ward, morgue and the graveyard. One of the most commonly reported apparitions is a seven foot tall shadow man which is believed to be the spirit of an inmate named Roy who lived at Rolling Hills Asylum for most of his life and died there in 1942.