Legend has it that a mother could not take watching her children starve to death, so she murdered them to save them from such a long and painful death. She then threw their remains into the creek and died soon afterward.

The story of the Gurdon Light has several variations. In one, a railroad worker was hit by a train and decapitated. His spirit can still be seen today, searching for his lost light

The Jersey Devil is described as a kangaroo-like creature with the face of a horse, the head of a dog, bat-like wings, horns and a tail

Children in Staten Island grew up hearing spooky stories about a child-snatching boogeyman named "Cropsey"

In 1932, the New York Times reported that a group of teenagers had witnessed a gator easing itself out of the Bronx River

Passersby are often keen to point out the oddly-shaped mark, resembling a leg, that stains the tomb of this former Justice of the Peace

Radioactive, glowing Green Man-type figure who haunts an abandoned freight tunnel

The Legendary"Gateway to Hell" in Kansas