This New York Manor Once Investigated By Ghost Hunters TV Show, Is It Haunted?

Have you ever  watched one of those ghost shows? You know, the ones where a crew of paranormal experts enter a home, business or property to determine whether it's spooky encounters are real or imagined?

There is a 10,000 square foot manor here in New York where priests and nuns once lived and, some say, they never left. Is this former Catholic rectory haunted by a skeleton-faced lady and other spirits? The stories of encounters were strong enough to have the television show Ghost Hunters came to the Empire State to investigate.

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Ghost Hunters, available to stream on Discovery+, features renowned paranormal investigators Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves and Dave Tango, along with Shari DeBenedetti. This team was called to Ogdensburg, New York to see if the building currently known as, Clair House "A Haunted Bed & Breakfast" truly is haunted.

Nearly 140 years ago the Claire House structure was built and used as a place for priests to live. Over time the building was also used as a convent. orphanage and even a private home. Today Claire House employees and guests report encounters with the ghost of Bishop Conroy, a laughing mystery ghost and others.

Ghostly encounters at Claire House range from footsteps clacking up and down the halls at night to rattling door knobs and visions of a young girl. Are these real or imagined encounters?

Watch this clip from Season 15, episode 15 of Ghost Hunters, the “Diocese of the Dead”. This is some of what the team discovered that night at Clair House.