float through doorways andwalls and disappear in a puff of smoke. it was the inspiration for the scary character lamont cranston in the shadow. that three-story house has since become a stop on the new york city ghost tour because, you know, people like a ghost story and you ve got to put something on the tour. this house was a former speakeasy called the pirate s den. it was reportedly the former home of the a new york city mayor jamd jimmy walker. was a real dandy. he reportedly housed his mistress there for years. the house was apparently home to the howdy doody guy, the puppeteer frank paris. i don t think there are any allegations of howdy doody haunting the place. that would be the most freaking terrifying to me. but the ghost story about that place is that successive owners of that townhouse at 12 gay street in new york city has
home of the new york city mayor, named jimmy walker, it was real dandy and reportedly housed his mistress there for years. the house was also apparently home to the original howdy duty guy. the puppeteer. although i don t think that there are any allegations about how duty hunting the place. there are how duty hunting the place would be the most focused thing to me. but the ghost story here, the ghost story about that place, is the successive owner of that town halls, at 12 gay street in new york city, have apparently reported hearing weird thumbs. and hearing weird inexplicable noises and seeing weird ghostly apparition s. including a man in a top had who appeared in the weird though, or appeared around the corner, and never quite figured out where. and again this is just a story, it s just a legend, when this town house went on the market in october 2000. nine the new york daily news, one of the great new york tabloids said quote, the historic gay street property on
was a real dandy. he reportedly housed his mistress there for years. the house was apparently home to the original howdy doody guy, the. you puppeteer frank paris. i don t think there are any allegations of howdy doody haunting the place. that would be the most freaking terrifying to me. but the ghost story about that place is that successive owners of that townhouse at 12 gay street in new york city has apparently reported hearing weird thumps and weird inexplicable noises and seeing weird ghostly apparitions, including a man in a top hat who would appear in the window or around the corner and nobody could quite figure out who he was or where he was going. and again this is just a ghost story. this is just a legend. it s kind of a new york city legend. when this townhouse went on the market in october of 2009, the new york daily news said, quote, the historic gay street property on the connor of waverly place is rumored to be