

New York Central Railroad put the terminal up for sale in 1955. The first two decades were the busiest times at the terminal, especially during World War II.

On June 22, 1929, this $15 million, Art Deco staple to The Queen City opened its doors as a railroad station owned by New York Central Railroad. The History: The Ghost Hunters have visited this massive terminal on several occasions, so you know it has to be magnificently creepy. Buffalo Central TerminalĤ95 Paderewski Dr., Buffalo / (716) 810-3210 / The museum also has a military room, where sounds of heavy footsteps and EVPs that sound like mortar and gunfire have been recorded.Ĭentral Terminal / Step Out Buffalo 2. It is now called the children’s room due to the belief that multiple spirits haunt the room. On numerous occasions, eyewitnesses have returned to the room to find a toy has been moved when nobody else had entered the room. The voice of a little boy saying “boat” was recorded when asked about the model boat in the same room. One of the first EVPs (Electronic Voice Phenomena) from the museum was recorded in the children’s room. According to his cousin, Tommy liked boats during his lifetime. Tommy is sometimes seen and heard in the “children’s room,” where employees have laid out toys for him to play with. He was waked at the museum when it was a funeral home. In 1958, a seven-year-old boy named Tommy Philangelo passed away battling Leukemia. Zernicke likes to spend time in the attic, where footsteps and disembodied voices can be heard. After research was done into the name, one of the unclaimed containers was found to have the remains of an Edgar Zernicke, a former U.S. With this discovery and current renovations going on down there, the basement is said to have plenty of activity, including shadow figures.Įlmira native and psychic medium Chip Coffey came to do a reading at the museum and he gave a name: Edgar Zernicke. During the process, they found 24 unclaimed cremations left in the basement. The Story : When The Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy took over, they began restoring and renovating the building while collecting items for the museum. With both Ghosthunters and Ghost Lab visiting the Lovejoy museum, it’s no question why this museum has a spot on this list. The owners invited several paranormal groups to investigate the property.

It was then discovered by members of the preservation society that there were some strange things happening within the building. In August, 2000, then-owner Anthony Amigone donated the building to The Iron Island Preservation Society of Lovejoy, Inc., which transformed it into Iron Island Museum. A building was erected inside the church with three viewing rooms to accommodate funeral services. The church closed in the 1940s and was abandoned for a brief period of time before a funeral director took over and turned it into a funeral home in the late 1950s. A small wooden church with a parsonage existed on the property in 1888. The History: Iron Island Museum was originally a well-attended brick Methodist church built in 1883 and opened in 1885. Iron Island Museum / Photo from Facebook 1.
