THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The New York State Capitol is famous for ghost stories involving former lawmakers, employees, and the spirit of night watchman Samuel Abbott, who died during the Capitol fire of 1911. Visitors and staff have reported apparitions, footsteps, and unexplained voices after dark.
At the Capitol building, some say ghosts walk at night. One of them is said to be artist William Morris Hunt, and another is a night watchman who perished in a fire in 1911.