Want to be a ghost hunter? The crew of the Long Island Paranormal Investigators is going to spend the night exploring two old homes on the East End of Long Island you’re invited to join them! Find out what it really takes to be a Paranormal Investigator. Get a chance to participate in experiments to test various paranormal theories, learn about the paranormal, hear great spooky stories and maybe even leave with one of your own.
Tours will begin with an introduction to who the Long Island Paranormal Investigators are and a crash course in the theories and devices to interact with and document paranormal beings. Following this 15 minute introduction guests will then begin a 45 minute investigation of the homes to put some of their newly learned theories to the test.
The tours will be in timed increments between 7:30-11pm on Saturday, September 17 at the 1843 Rogers Mansion, 17 Meeting House Lane, Southampton and Halsey House & Garden, 249 S Main Street, Southampton.
Sign up for the tours on the Southampton History Museum website here.
About the 1843 Rogers Mansion: In 2012 the Rogers Mansion Museum Complex, with 12 historic buildings, was awarded a unique designation on the National Register of Historic Places. The Gilded Age mansion stands today on land that was awarded to William Rogers in 1645 and which remained in the Rogers family through eight generations. In 1899 the dwelling was purchased by Samuel L. Parrish; an attorney from New York City, summer colonist, and founder of the Parrish Art Museum. Shortly after Parrish’s death in 1932 the Southampton Village acquired the mansion and it became home to various organizations like the YMCA and Red Cross. Later, in 1952 the Southampton History Museum leased the house and grounds from the village and began restoration. The house is filled with furnishings donated by members of the Southampton community, most dating from the Victorian (1837-1901) and Edwardian eras (1901-1910).
About Halsey House & Garden: Thomas Halsey Sr., one of Southampton’s founders, and his family built the first farmhouse on this property a few years after arriving in 1640. They had stopped first in Lynn, Massachusetts, after leaving their native England. When they became dissatisfied with their situation in Lynn, they obtained a deed for land on Long Island from British authorities and later came to terms with the Shinnecock tribe. The current house was built c. 1683 by Thomas Halsey Jr. who inherited his father’s property and used wood frame timbers from his father’s house to build his own. The house remained in the Halsey family for several generations. Visitors who pass through the weathered front door find the wide-planked floors, hand-hewn beams, furnishings, textiles and objects that were the backdrop for domestic farm life in colonial times.