

Who will you see when you spend the night? Will it be Isabella - or perhaps Dick O'Brien, an old caretaker that passed away in 1972? Guests still see him walking up the stairs or sitting in his favorite chair. the lakeside Belhurst Castle in the Finger Lakes the Royal Suite in Singer Castle on one of the Thousand Islands and the 1898 Inn at. Others hear the sound of furniture being moved above them, coming from the room that once housed the roulette wheel and gambling tables when Belhurst was a speakeasy and gambling casino. Guests report hearing the sound of a soft lullaby being sung in the middle of the night, or the sound of children playing and screaming in the room next to them - most commonly reported by pregnant women. Staff have witnessed many haunted activities - from showers turning on and off in guest rooms, to bottles and glasses flying around the bar, even coming in to see tablecloths tied to the chandeliers. To this day, the white lady is said to walk the shores of Seneca Lake, grieving her lost lover. She has been seen standing at night in the middle of the front lawn or as an apparition flying in through windows. White Springs Winery 9 of 27 things to do in Geneva 95 reviews. GAEL Brewing Company 16 of 27 things to do in Geneva 16 reviews. When the authorities came looking for them, they tried to escape through the underground passage to their awaiting boat, only for the tunnel to collapse on Isabella. 4069 Route 14 South Belhurst Castle, Geneva, NY 14456.

Belhurst Castle & Winery, located in stunning Seneca Lake, New York, is a triple threat. Set in the wine country of Finger Lakes, Belhurst Castle, which finished construction in the late 1800s, offers travelers a romantic retreat in New York state. According to local stories, Isabella fled with her forbidden lover, Spanish Don, to America, where they built a house with a secret tunnel. Pour one out for the ghost of William Henry Bucke. Over the four years that it took to construct the four-story mansion, one man fell from the tower and died, and another went insane while assembling the roof.īut Belhurst's most well-known ghost is Isabella (whom Belhurst's spa and salon is named after), the beautiful opera singer often seen dressed in white. Another crumbling house was torn down in the spring of 1888, in preparation for the Belhurst Castle. But are they truly haunted? One such house, the Hermitage, saw its owner die of blood poisoning after falling and breaking his leg.
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Locals have called the three buildings on the property the "haunted houses." Throughout history, the buildings changed hands many times, some turning old and dilapidated - with their broken windows and strange towers sparking stories of underground passages and hidden treasures. The Belhurst has a colorful past of love affairs, embezzling funds, even death.
