TOP 5 EVIDENCE FILES
ELEPHANT
RCPP INVESTIGATOR LEE IS HOLDING A SMALL PLASTIC ELEPHANT. WHEN ASKING WHAT IT WAS, A FEMALE VOICE RESPONDING "ELEPHANT" CAN BE HEARD THROUGH THE ITC.
“WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL IS THIS?"
CARTWRIGHT INN
GET OUT
AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH, RCPP INVESTIGATOR LEE ASKS A FEMALE FOR VERIFICATION THAT SHE WANTS US OUT. WHEN ASKING, YOU CAN HEAR A FEMALE VOICE RESPOND "GET OUT" THROUGH THE ITC.
"CAN YOU SAY GET OUT?"
RONCONE'S
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PINK
RCPP INVESTIGATOR LEE REFERS TO A PLUSH BEAR SITTING IN THE ROOM. WHEN ASKING WHAT COLOR IT WAS, YOU CAN HEAR THE CORRECT RESPONSE OF "PINK" REPEATED 4 SEPARATE TIMES THROUGH THE ITC.
"WE HAVE A BEAR HERE WITH US. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT COLOR THE BEAR IS?"
CARTWRIGHT INN
YEAH, IT WOULD.
WHILE INVESTIGATING A LOCATION THAT HAD AN EXORCISM DONE ON THE LAND, RCPP INVESTIGATOR ASKS IF A PRIEST WOULD HELP. WHEN ASKING, YOU CAN HEAR A MALE VOICE SAY "YEAH, IT WOULD," THROUGH THE ITC.
“WOULD A PRIEST HELP?"
HINSDALE / DANDY HOUSE
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NO
CLASS A EVP: WHILE INVESTIGATING AN AREA ONCE RESTRICTED TO WOMEN, RCPP INVESTIGATOR LEE ASKS ABOUT A WOMAN SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE ROOM. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING, YOU CAN HEAR THE GRITTY RESPONSE OF "NO". NOBODY AT THE INVESTIGATION HEARD THIS OR REACTED - WE WERE LUCKY AN AUDIO RECORDER WAS ROLLING.
"WOULD YOU PREFER IF A WOMAN SITS IN YOUR CHAIR?"
ROLLING HILLS INSANE ASYLUM
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SITE SPECIFIC OVERVIEWS
HINSDALE / DANDY HOUSE
Built in the mid-1800s and located at 3830 McMahon Road in Hinsdale, New York, the Hinsdale House is regarded as one of Western New York’s most haunted historic sites. Its reputation grew in the 1970s when Phil and Clara Dandy and their children reported intense paranormal activity—unexplained voices, apparitions such as a “Lady in White,” and violent disturbances that culminated in a failed exorcism by Father Alphonsus Trabold of St. Bonaventure University. The family eventually fled the home, leaving behind a legacy of mystery and fear. Now owned and restored by paranormal investigator Daniel Klaes, the Hinsdale House hosts tours and overnight investigations where visitors continue to witness disembodied voices, cold spots, and strange lights in the surrounding woods. Both a preserved relic of 19th-century life and a hotspot of supernatural activity, the house remains a central destination for those seeking to uncover the truth behind its enduring hauntings.
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HISTORIC PALMYRA
The Historic Palmyra Museum and the adjoining Phelps General Store in Palmyra, New York, are among the region’s most historically rich and paranormally active sites. The museum stands on the former location of the Breeden family home, where a tragic 1964 fire claimed the lives of Ruth Anna Breeden and her six children. Although the cause was never determined, many believe the family’s presence lingers within the museum’s walls. Visitors and staff frequently report ghostly laughter, footsteps, unexplained movement of objects, and apparitions believed to be connected to the Breedens. In remembrance, the museum honors the family each year by hanging Christmas stockings in their memory. Next door, the Phelps General Store, built in 1826 and preserved almost exactly as it was when it closed in 1940, offers a rare glimpse into 19th-century life. Originally a boarding house, tavern, bakery, and store, it remains frozen in time, complete with the Phelps family home upstairs, untouched by modern updates. Together, these historic buildings provide both a fascinating look into Palmyra’s past and a compelling destination for paranormal investigators seeking to uncover the stories that still echo within their walls.
ROLLING HILLS INSANE ASYLUM
Originally established in the winter of 1826 and officially opening in January 1827 as the Genesee County Poor Farm (also known as the County Home), Rolling Hills Asylum in East Bethany, NY, began as a self-sufficient poorhouse and working farm, where widows, orphans, the disabled, mentally ill, vagrants and minor criminals were housed and required to tend animals, crops, and other chores. In 1828 a stone building was added to confine “lunatics” and the facility later included infirmary services and a cemetery for unclaimed deaths—some 1,700 documented deaths and likely hundreds more unrecorded occurred on the property. Over time the institution morphed into what is popularly known today as Rolling Hills Asylum. With its long legacy of neglected, dying and isolated residents, the site has become a famed location for paranormal investigation and was rated the second most haunted site in the United States by Haunted North America: visitors report shadow‐figures moving in the so-called “Shadow Hallway,” indiscriminate EVPs in rooms like “Hattie’s Room,” cold spots, doors slamming unexplained, and objects moving on their own.
CARTWRIGHT INN
Located at 5691 West Henrietta Road at the historic crossroads of West Henrietta and Erie Station Roads in Henrietta, New York, the property known today as the Cartwright Inn has deep roots in local history. The original building was erected in 1831 by Edward Bush as a second hotel in the hamlet of West Henrietta, serving stagecoach travelers and locals alike. Through the years the building carried several names—Gilmore’s Hotel, Ryno’s Hotel, Rafferty’s Hotel during Prohibition—and even served as a gas station and auto-repair shop in the 1920s. In 1949, it was purchased by Gordon Cartwright and operated for decades as a celebrated restaurant-hotel, “the gracious dining of yesteryear”, until it closed as such in 2007.
The structure’s long-standing use, frequent name changes, and layered past—stage-coach waystation, hotel, restaurant, auto repair—make it ripe for paranormal activity. Though specific hauntings aren’t widely published, the building is often referenced by locals and ghost-tour guides when discussing the more spectral side of West Henrietta’s heritage.
RONCONE'S
Located at 232 Lyell Avenue in Rochester, New York, Roncone’s Italian Restaurant was founded in the late 1930s—making it one of Rochester’s oldest Italian-American establishments. Over the decades it became a beloved neighborhood fixture, known for its warm “family” atmosphere, classic wood-paneled interior, and devotion to tradition. The restaurant permanently closed its doors in May 2019 under longtime proprietor Chef Jimmy Paulino.
Though Roncone’s was not widely known or publicized as a haunted location, our team, ROC City Project: Paranormal (RCPP), is among the very few to investigate and validate the owner’s suspicions of paranormal activity on the premises. During our investigation we documented several anomalous readings, unexplained footsteps near the historic bar area, and fleeting cold spots around the original building’s back corridor—suggesting residual activity tied to the restaurant’s long history. The combination of rich heritage, repeated use by generations of patrons, and the owner’s firsthand sense that something else was present make Roncone’s a unique case study in historic-restaurant hauntings.
BERGEN HOUSE
Built in 1858 and located in the small town of Bergen, New York, the Haunted Bergen House is a historic farmhouse long associated with intense paranormal activity and local folklore. Originally purchased by the Heglund family in the 1950s, the home has been the site of unexplained occurrences spanning generations — from disembodied voices and shadow figures to objects moving on their own and lights flickering without cause. Owner Cathy Heglund, who has lived there since childhood, recounts encounters dating back to her earliest years, including an apparition of a Native American man and mysterious noises that defy explanation. The property, which sits beside a swamp believed by some to hold spiritual significance, has been featured in regional news and paranormal documentaries such as Death Walker, where investigators captured electronic voice phenomena and unexplained visual anomalies. Today, the Bergen House remains both a treasured historic landmark and one of Western New York’s most intriguing destinations for serious paranormal research.
