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1. One of the most haunted houses in New York City is also the oldest and one of the most beautiful. Built in 1765, the Morris-Jumel mansion still stands on its hilltop in northern Manhattan. The house is said to be haunted by at least five ghosts, including those of Madame Jumel and her two husbands. Legend suggests that perhaps Mme. Jumel hastened the death of Husband #1 in her eagerness to marry this former US vice-president in 1832.
2. New York's "Hell's Kitchen" is home to several spirits, many of whom haunt Clinton Court on West 46th Street. A little girl and a coachman's wife both encountered the "Old Moor"...in life, a sailor who was executed by the British in Colonial times. Both the child and the wife fell to their deaths after seeing the spirit, and both now haunt the area. There are other ghosts in Clinton Court, which was once a "potter's field". What is that?
3. One of America's busiest ghosts is that of mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe, which is reported to haunt multiple sites. In New York City, Poe may haunt the place where he wrote "The Raven". Poe moved around a great deal in his short life, but by far the greatest number of reported Poe hauntings are in this city, where he died and was buried.
4. Mark Twain's ghost is said to haunt the stairwell of 14 West 10th Street, where the writer lived from 1900-1901. Other sources mention multiple (at least 22) deaths at this address, including the horrific murder in 1987 of six-year-old Lisa Steinberg. In what part of New York City is 14 W. 10th?
5. The New Amsterdam Theater is reportedly haunted by Olive Thomas, who committed suicide by poisoning herself in 1920. Although she is rarely mentioned now, Ms. Thomas was very famous almost a hundred years ago. As which of the following did Olive first come to New York's attention?
6. Another Broadway theater used to be haunted: Producer David Belasco, who died in 1931, reportedly continued to attend premieres at his Belasco Theater for the next forty years. What finally stopped the impresario from reappearing in his box on opening nights?
7. This locale was featured in "An Affair to Remember" and "Sleepless in Seattle", and one of its ghosts is that of a woman whose lover said he'd meet her there on V-J Day...and never did. What is this romantic, haunted New York place?
8. If you live in (or visit) New York City and want to drown your sorrows (your dates aren't working out; you're a depressed poet, an alcoholic, or both) you can visit the White Horse Tavern at 567 Hudson St. in the West Village, where the resident ghost is that of this depressed alcoholic poet, who drank his last meal there in 1953.
9. In the mid-1960s, film star June Havoc had some trouble with a ghost in her townhouse on West 44th Street. The spirit of "Lucy", a young girl who was raped and murdered by soldiers in 1792, was contacted by mediums and released. If June Havoc had wanted to tell her famous sister about the ghost, which of the following would she have called?
10. The historic Dakota Building, at 1 West 72nd Street, was the inspiration for the creepy book and movie "Rosemary's Baby". The spirit of what famous former Dakota resident has allegedly been seen haunting the building's entrance since the 1980s?
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